Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre backstroke
Games:	1984 Summer
Venue:	McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date:	4 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors:	29
Nations:	19
Gold:	Jolanda de Rover
Goldnoc:	NED
Silver:	Amy White
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Anca Pătrășcoiu
Bronzenoc:	ROM
Win Value:	2:12.38 NR
Prev:	1980
Next:	1988

The final of the women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984.^[1]

Records

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

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	2:13.50	Q
2	1	4	2:14.89	Q
3	4	5	2:15.40	Q
4	2	5	2:15.69	Q
5	3	5	2:16.23	Q
6	3	4	2:16.41	Q
7	4	4	2:16.71	Q
8	2	7	2:16.78	Q, NR
9	2	6	2:18.02	q
10	1	5	2:18.49	q
11	3	2	2:18.52	q
12	4	3	2:18.92	q
13	2	3	2:19.05	q
14	4	6	2:19.59	q
15	4	7	2:19.73	q
16	3	3	2:20.12	q
17	3	6	2:20.63
18	1	3	2:21.36
19	4	2	2:21.39
20	2	2	2:22.94
21	4	1	2:23.80
22	3	7	2:25.05
23	1	6	2:25.45
24	1	7	2:25.69
25	2	1	2:29.00
26	3	1	2:32.33
27	1	1	2:32.91
	1	2
	4	8

Web site: Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164212/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/SWI/womens-200-metres-backstroke.html . dead . April 17, 2020 . March 5, 2017 . Sports Reference.
Web site: Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Heats. Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. 495–496. 14 March 2017.