Swimming at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre backstroke
Games:	2013 Mediterranean Games
Dates:	22 June
Venue:	Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool
Location:	Mersin, Turkey
Competitors:	11
Nations:	7
Win Value:	2:12.21
Gold:	Ambra Esposito
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Margherita Panziera
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Halime Zülal Zeren
Bronze Nation:	TUR
Prev:	2009
Next:	2018

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 22 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey.^[1]

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:

World record		2:04.06	London, United Kingdom	3 August 2012
Mediterranean Games record		2:08.03	Pescara, Italy	28 June 2009

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Margherita Panziera	2:14.75	Q
2	2	4	Ambra Esposito	2:15.87	Q
3	2	6	Halime Zülal Zeren	2:16.14	Q
4	2	5	Natalia Torné	2:16.16	Q
5	1	3	Afroditi Giareni	2:17.62	Q
6	1	5	Aspasia Petradaki	2:18.14	Q
7	1	6	Lidón Muñoz	2:18.92	Q
8	2	3	Fantine Lesaffre	2:20.28	Q
9	2	2	Lucija Kous	2:21.67
10	1	2	Hania Moro	2:24.17
11	2	7	Gizem Çam	2:28.24

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
	5	Ambra Esposito	2:12.21
	4	Margherita Panziera	2:12.86
	3	Halime Zülal Zeren	2:14.93	NR
4	6	Natalia Torné	2:15.12
5	1	Lidón Muñoz	2:16.43
6	8	Fantine Lesaffre	2:16.49
7	2	Afroditi Giareni	2:17.55
8	7	Aspasia Petradaki	2:17.68

Web site: Sessions. Mersin 2013. 20 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130622023520/http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/disiplineDetails_SW.aspx. 22 June 2013.
http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr:80/pdf/SW/SWW042100..C74A.ENG.1.0.pdf Swimming - Women's 200m Backstroke Heats Summary (Official)
http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr:80/pdf/SW/SWW042301..C73A1.ENG.1.0.pdf Swimming - Women's 200m Backstroke Final (Official)