Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
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| Women's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXX Olympiad |
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| Venue | London Aquatics Centre | |||||||||
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| Date | 2 August 2012 (heats & semifinals) 3 August 2012 (final) |
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| Competitors | 37 from 31 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:04.06 WR | |||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics  |
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women | ||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| Marathon | ||||
| 10 km | men | women | ||
The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 2–3 August at the London Aquatics Centre.[1]
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Records [edit]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) |
2:04.81 | Rome, Italy | 1 August 2009 | [2][3] |
| Olympic record | Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) |
2:05.24 | Beijing, China | 16 August 2008 | [4] |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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| 3 August | Final | Missy Franklin |  United States |
2:04.06 | WR |
Results [edit]
Heats [edit]
Semi-Final [edit]
Semi-Final 1 [edit]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 4 | Elizabeth Beisel | United States |
2:06.18 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Meagen Nay |  Australia |
2:07.42 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Anastasia Zuyeva |  Russia |
2:07.88 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Alexianne Castel |  France |
2:08.24 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Elizabeth Simmonds |  Great Britain |
2:08.48 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | Sharon van Rouwendaal |  Netherlands |
2:09.50 | |
| 7 | 2 | Duane da Rocha |  Spain |
2:09.88 | |
| 8 | 7 | Simona Baumrtová |  Czech Republic |
2:10.18 |
Semi-Final 2 [edit]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 4 | Missy Franklin | United States |
2:06.84 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe |
2:08.32 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Sinead Russell |  Canada |
2:08.76 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Stephanie Proud | Great Britain |
2:09.04 | |
| 5 | 3 | Belinda Hocking | Australia |
2:09.35 | |
| 6 | 2 | Daryna Zevina |  Ukraine |
2:09.70 | |
| 7 | 8 | Jenny Mensing |  Germany |
2:10.68 | |
| 8 | 1 | Karin Prinsloo |  South Africa |
2:11.42 |
Final [edit]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Time behind | Notes |
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5 | Missy Franklin | United States |
2:04.06 | WR | |
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6 | Anastasia Zuyeva | Russia |
2:05.92 | 1.86 | |
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4 | Elizabeth Beisel | United States |
2:06.55 | 2.49 | |
| 4 | 1 | Elizabeth Simmonds | Great Britain |
2:07.26 | 3.20 | |
| 5 | 3 | Meagen Nay | Australia |
2:07.43 | 3.37 | |
| 6 | 7 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe |
2:08.18 | 4.12 | |
| 7 | 2 | Alexianne Castel | France |
2:08.43 | 4.37 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sinead Russell | Canada |
2:09.86 | 5.80 |
References [edit]
- ^ Discipline at london2012.com
- ^ "Women's 200 m backstroke final results". Omega Timing. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ^ Lord, Craig (1 August 2009). "WR: Coventry 2:04.81; Zueva Cracks 2:05". swimnews.com. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ^ Stathi Paxinos (2008-08-16). "Coventry wins backstroke gold". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
- ^ "Women's 200m Backstroke – Heats". Retrieved 27 July 2012.
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