Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
| Women's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Sydney International Aquatic Centre | ||||||||||||
| Date | September 21, 2000 (heats & semifinals) September 22, 2000 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 29 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:08.16 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2000 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 |
The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 21–22 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]
Diana Mocanu emerged as a newcomer on the international swimming, after effortlessly winning her second gold at these Games. She maintained a lead from start to finish, and posted a new Romanian record of 2:08.16, the third-fastest of all time, making her the fourth swimmer in Olympic history to strike a backstroke double, since Ulrike Richter did so in 1976, Rica Reinisch in 1980, and Krisztina Egerszegi, the three-time champion in the event, in 1992.[2][3] France's world champion Roxana Maracineanu, born with Romanian heritage, seized off an early lead on the first length, but fell short only for the silver in 2:10.25. Japan's Miki Nakao powered home with the bronze in 2:11.05 to hold off her fast-pacing teammate Tomoko Hagiwara (2:11.21) by 16-hundredths of a second.[4][5][6]
U.S. swimmer Amanda Adkins improved a lifetime best of 2:12.35 to move herself up from seventh to fifth spot on the final half, finishing ahead of Spain's Nina Zhivanevskaya (2:12.75), the bronze medalist in the 100 m backstroke five days earlier, by four-tenths of a second (0.40). Meanwhile, Germany's Antje Buschschulte (2:13.31) and Canada's Kelly Stefanyshyn (2:14.57) rounded out the finale.[6]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) |
2:06.62 | Athens, Greece | 25 August 1991 | [7] |
| Olympic record |  Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) |
2:07.06 | Barcelona, Spain | 31 July 1992 | [7] |
Results
Heats
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Roxana Maracineanu |  France |
2:11.93 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Miki Nakao |  Japan |
2:12.49 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Antje Buschschulte |  Germany |
2:12.64 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Lindsay Benko |  United States |
2:13.73 | |
| 5 | 7 | Louise Ørnstedt |  Denmark |
2:14.24 | |
| 6 | 1 | Clementine Stoney |  Australia |
2:14.25 | |
| 7 | 8 | Charlene Wittstock |  South Africa |
2:14.95 | |
| 8 | 2 | Helen Don-Duncan |  Great Britain |
2:14.97 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Diana Mocanu |  Romania |
2:09.64 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Tomoko Hagiwara | Japan |
2:11.02 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Nina Zhivanevskaya |  Spain |
2:11.93 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Amanda Adkins | United States |
2:12.97 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Kelly Stefanyshyn |  Canada |
2:13.39 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Joanna Fargus | Great Britain |
2:13.57 | |
| 7 | 7 | Cathleen Rund | Germany |
2:13.85 | |
| 8 | 8 | Ivette María | Spain |
2:15.11 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Diana Mocanu | Romania |
2:08.16 | NR |
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3 | Roxana Maracineanu | France |
2:10.25 | NR |
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2 | Miki Nakao | Japan |
2:11.05 | |
| 4 | 5 | Tomoko Hagiwara | Japan |
2:11.21 | |
| 5 | 1 | Amanda Adkins | United States |
2:12.35 | |
| 6 | 6 | Nina Zhivanevskaya | Spain |
2:12.75 | |
| 7 | 7 | Antje Buschschulte | Germany |
2:13.31 | |
| 8 | 8 | Kelly Stefanyshyn | Canada |
2:14.57 |
References
- ^ "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ Harris, Beth (22 September 2000). "Bennett Wins Gold in 800m Freestyle". ABC News. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ Berlin, Peter (23 September 2000). "Tie in 50-Meter Freestyle Is Only the 2nd in the History of the Games : Ervin and Hall Strike Gold Together". New York Times. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ "Mocanu takes double". ABC News Australia. 22 September 2000. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ "Mocanu wins women's 200m Olympic backstroke gold". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 22 September 2000. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ a b Whitten, Phillip (22 September 2000). "Olympic Day 7 Finals (50 Free, 800 Free, 200 Back, 100 Fly)". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ a b c "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 302–303. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
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