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

The final of the Women's 200 metres backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984. The fastest eight qualified for the final, the next eight for the B-final.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Jolanda de Rover (NED)	2:12.38
	Amy White (USA)	2:13.04
	Anca Patrascoiu (ROU)	2:13.29
4.	Georgina Parkes (AUS)	2:14.37
5.	Tori Trees (USA)	2:15.73
6.	Svenja Schlicht (FRG)	2:15.93
7.	Carmen Bunaciu (ROU)	2:16.15
8.	Carmel Clark (NZL)	2:17.89

B-Final

RANK	B-FINAL	TIME
9.	Sandra Dahlmann (FRG)	2:16.93
10.	Catherine White (GBR)	2:17.63
11.	Katherine Read (GBR)	2:18.33
12.	Reema Abdo (CAN)	2:18.50
13.	Yolande Van Der Straeten (BEL)	2:18.63
14.	Naomi Sekido (JPN)	2:18.87
15.	Sofia Kraft (SWE)	2:19.37
16.	Audrey Moore (AUS)	2:21.36

Non-Qualifiers

RANK	HEATS	TIME
17.	Brigitte van der Lans (NED)	2:20.63
18.	Sabine Pauwels (BEL)	2:21.36
19.	Melinda Copp (CAN)	2:21.39
20.	Teresa Rivera (MEX)	2:22.94
21.	Choi Yun-Hee (KOR)	2:23.80
22.	Nozomi Sunouchi (JPN)	2:25.05
23.	Manuela Carosi (ITA)	2:25.45
24.	Eva Gysling (SUI)	2:25.69
25.	Lotta Flink (HKG)	2:29.00
26.	Yan Hong (CHN)	2:32.33
27.	Christine Jacob (PHI)	2:32.91
–	Kathy Wong (HKG)	DNS
–	Lise Lotte Nylund (NOR)	DNS

References

• Official Report
• USA Swimming