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

Event:	Women's 200 metre backstroke
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:	25 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	33
Nations:	28
Gold:	Krisztina Egerszegi
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Whitney Hedgepeth
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Cathleen Rund
Bronzenoc:	GER
Win Value:	2:07.83
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

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]

Records

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

Results

Heats

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			2:09.18	Q
2	4	3			2:11.63	Q
3	4	6			2:12.73	Q
4	4	4			2:12.92	Q
5	3	5			2:13.32	Q
6	3	3			2:13.58	Q
	5	5				Q
8	5	2			2:13.74	Q
9	3	4			2:14.16	q
10	3	2			2:14.18	q
	3	7				q, NR
12	5	6			2:14.74	q
13	5	3			2:15.05	q
14	5	1			2:15.12	q
15	4	7			2:15.92	q
16	4	2			2:15.99	q
17	4	1			2:16.68
18	4	5			2:16.71
19	3	1			2:16.91	NR
20	2	4			2:17.25
21	5	8			2:18.20
22	4	8			2:18.69
23	3	8			2:18.72
24	5	7			2:19.54
25	2	2			2:19.58	NR
26	2	6			2:20.49
27	1	5			2:20.65
28	3	6			2:20.89
29	2	5			2:21.36
30	1	4			2:21.82
31	2	3			2:22.83
32	1	3			2:23.78
33	2	7			2:24.50

Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	2			2:13.40
10	4			2:13.48
11	6			2:14.37
12	7			2:14.50
13	5			2:14.55
14	1			2:15.15
15	3			2:16.29
16	8			2:18.41

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			2:07.83
	5			2:11.98
	7			2:12.06
4	3			2:12.90
5	6			2:13.57
6	8			2:14.04
7	1			2:14.56
8	2			2:14.59

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165444/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/womens-200-metres-backstroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 43. 13 September 2017.
3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Finals. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 43. 12 September 2017.