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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date25 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors33 from 28 nations
Winning time2:07.83
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Whitney Hedgepeth  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cathleen Rund  Germany
← 1992
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Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) 2:06.62 Athens, Greece 25 August 1991
Olympic record   Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) 2:07.06 Barcelona, Spain 31 July 1992

Results

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Heats

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Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Krisztina Egerszegi   Hungary 2:09.18 Q
2 4 3 Whitney Hedgepeth   United States 2:11.63 Q
3 4 6 Anke Scholz   Germany 2:12.73 Q
4 4 4 Miki Nakao   Japan 2:12.92 Q
5 3 5 Nina Zhivanevskaya   Russia 2:13.32 Q
6 3 3 Lorenza Vigarani   Italy 2:13.58 Q
5 5 Cathleen Rund   Germany Q
8 5 2 Anna Simcic   New Zealand 2:13.74 Q
9 3 4 Beth Botsford   United States 2:14.16 q
10 3 2 Hélène Ricardo   France 2:14.18 q
3 7 Lee Chang-ha   South Korea q, NR
12 5 6 Chen Yan   China 2:14.74 q
13 5 3 Mai Nakamura   Japan 2:15.05 q
14 5 1 Joanne Deakins   Great Britain 2:15.12 q
15 4 7 Cătălina Cășaru   Romania 2:15.92 q
16 4 2 Marianne Kriel   South Africa 2:15.99 q
17 4 1 Mette Jacobsen   Denmark 2:16.68
18 4 5 Nicole Stevenson   Australia 2:16.71
19 3 1 Izabela Burczyk   Poland 2:16.91 NR
20 2 4 Julie Howard   Canada 2:17.25
21 5 8 Kateřina Pivoňková   Czech Republic 2:18.20
22 4 8 Yseult Gervy   Belgium 2:18.69
23 3 8 Ivette María   Spain 2:18.72
24 5 7 Lydia Lipscombe   New Zealand 2:19.54
25 2 2 Anu Koivisto   Finland 2:19.58 NR
26 2 6 Petra Chaves   Portugal 2:20.49
27 1 5 Maja Grozdanić   FR Yugoslavia 2:20.65
28 3 6 Wu Yanyan   China 2:20.89
29 2 5 Akiko Thomson   Philippines 2:21.36
30 1 4 Praphalsai Minpraphal   Thailand 2:21.82
31 2 3 Aikaterini Klepkou   Greece 2:22.83
32 1 3 Dijana Kvesić   Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:23.78
33 2 7 Lin Chi-chan   Chinese Taipei 2:24.50

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 2 Mai Nakamura   Japan 2:13.40
10 4 Beth Botsford   United States 2:13.48
11 6 Chen Yan   China 2:14.37
12 7 Joanne Deakins   Great Britain 2:14.50
13 5 Lee Chang-ha   South Korea 2:14.55
14 1 Cătãlina Cășaru   Romania 2:15.15
15 3 Hélène Ricardo   France 2:16.29
16 8 Marianne Kriel   South Africa 2:18.41

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Krisztina Egerszegi   Hungary 2:07.83
  5 Whitney Hedgepeth   United States 2:11.98
  7 Cathleen Rund   Germany 2:12.06
4 3 Anke Scholz   Germany 2:12.90
5 6 Miki Nakao   Japan 2:13.57
6 8 Anna Simcic   New Zealand 2:14.04
7 1 Lorenza Vigarani   Italy 2:14.56
8 2 Nina Zhivanevskaya   Russia 2:14.59

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 43. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 43. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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