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200 metres Backstroke, Women

200 metres Backstroke, Women

Date	14 – 16 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Guojia Youyong Zhongxin, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	34 from 24 countries

Six weeks before the Beijing Olympics Margaret Hoelzer, the 2007 world champion, took half a second off the world record at the US Olympic Trials in Nebraska. Her main rival for the Olympic title appeared to be the defending champion Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe whose record Hoelzer had broken. Coventry turned the event into a time trial and passed every 50 metre split under the existing world record. At the finish she was 0.8 of a second inside the previous mark and a second clear of Hoelzer with Reiko Nakamura repeating her performance of 2004 by claiming third place. Coventry, who had been world champion in 2005, regained her world title in 2009.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Kirsty Coventry	👁 Image ZIM	2:06.76 (1 h4)	2:07.76 (1 h2)	2:05.24 (1)	Gold
2	Margaret Hoelzer	👁 Image USA	2:09.12 (3 h5)	2:08.25 (3 h2)	2:06.23 (2)	Silver
3	Reiko Nakamura	👁 Image JPN	2:09.77 (4 h5)	2:08.21 (2 h1)	2:07.13 (3)	Bronze
4	Anastasiya Zuyeva	👁 Image RUS	2:09.01 (2 h3)	2:09.07 (5 h2)	2:07.88 (4)
5	Elizabeth Beisel	👁 Image USA	2:09.02 (2 h5)	2:07.90 (1 h1)	2:08.23 (5)
6	Lizzie Simmonds	👁 Image GBR	2:08.66 (1 h5)	2:08.96 (3 h1)	2:08.51 (6)
7	Meagen Nay	👁 Image AUS	2:08.79 (2 h4)	2:08.09 (2 h2)	2:08.84 (7)
8	Belinda Hocking	👁 Image AUS	2:09.54 (4 h3)	2:08.80 (4 h2)	2:10.12 (8)
9	Gemma Spofforth	👁 Image GBR	2:10.58 (6 h3)	2:09.19 (4 h1)	–
10	Zhao Jing	👁 Image CHN	2:08.97 (1 h3)	2:09.59 (5 h1)	–
11	Melissa Ingram	👁 Image NZL	2:09.34 (3 h4)	2:09.70 (6 h1)	–
12	Hanae Ito	👁 Image JPN	2:10.05 (5 h4)	2:09.86 (7 h1)	–
13	Alexianne Castel	👁 Image FRA	2:09.37 (4 h4)	2:10.04 (6 h2)	–
14	Stanislava Komarova	👁 Image RUS	2:09.93 (5 h5)	2:10.50 (7 h2)	–
15	Laure Manaudou	👁 Image FRA	2:09.39 (3 h3)	2:12.04 (8 h1)	–
16	Anja Čarman	👁 Image SLO	2:10.49 (5 h3)	2:12.46 (8 h2)	–
17	Evelyn Verrasztó	👁 Image HUN	2:11.02 (7 h3)	–	–
18	Nikolett Szepesi	👁 Image HUN	2:11.47 (6 h5)	–	–
19	Chen Yanyan	👁 Image CHN	2:11.95 (6 h4)	–	–
20	Melanie Nocher	👁 Image IRL	2:12.29 (1 h2)	–	–
21	Zuzanna Mazurek	👁 Image POL	2:12.46 (2 h2)	–	–
=22	Melissa Corfe	👁 Image RSA	2:12.64 (7 h4)	–	–
=22	Kateryna Zubkova	👁 Image UKR	2:12.64 (7 h5)	–	–
24	Escarlata Bernard	👁 Image ESP	2:12.86 (8 h5)	–	–
25	Lidia Morant	👁 Image ESP	2:13.87 (3 h2)	–	–
26	Gang Yeong-Seo	👁 Image KOR	2:14.52 (1 h1)	–	–
27	Gisela Morales	👁 Image GUA	2:14.54 (2 h1)	–	–
28	Fernanda González	👁 Image MEX	2:14.64 (4 h2)	–	–
29	Stella Boumi	👁 Image GRE	2:14.73 (5 h2)	–	–
30	Lindsay Seemann	👁 Image CAN	2:15.07 (8 h3)	–	–
31	Sanja Jovanović	👁 Image CRO	2:15.57 (6 h2)	–	–
32	Erin Volcán	👁 Image VEN	2:15.58 (3 h1)	–	–
33	Iryna Amshennikova	👁 Image UKR	2:15.78 (8 h4)	–	–
34	Christin Zenner	👁 Image GER	2:20.28 (7 h2)	–	–
Julia Wilkinson	👁 Image CAN	– (DNS h2)	–	–

Round One

Date	14 August 2008
Format	Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Kirsty Coventry	👁 Image ZIM	2:06.76
2	6	Lizzie Simmonds	👁 Image GBR	2:08.66
3	3	Meagen Nay	👁 Image AUS	2:08.79
4	5	Zhao Jing	👁 Image CHN	2:08.97
5	3	Anastasiya Zuyeva	👁 Image RUS	2:09.01
6	5	Elizabeth Beisel	👁 Image USA	2:09.02
7	4	Margaret Hoelzer	👁 Image USA	2:09.12
8	2	Melissa Ingram	👁 Image NZL	2:09.34
9	5	Alexianne Castel	👁 Image FRA	2:09.37
10	4	Laure Manaudou	👁 Image FRA	2:09.39
11	6	Belinda Hocking	👁 Image AUS	2:09.54
12	3	Reiko Nakamura	👁 Image JPN	2:09.77
13	7	Stanislava Komarova	👁 Image RUS	2:09.93
14	6	Hanae Ito	👁 Image JPN	2:10.05
15	1	Anja Čarman	👁 Image SLO	2:10.49
16	2	Gemma Spofforth	👁 Image GBR	2:10.58
17	7	Evelyn Verrasztó	👁 Image HUN	2:11.02
18	2	Nikolett Szepesi	👁 Image HUN	2:11.47
19	8	Chen Yanyan	👁 Image CHN	2:11.95
20	7	Melanie Nocher	👁 Image IRL	2:12.29
21	6	Zuzanna Mazurek	👁 Image POL	2:12.46
=22	7	Melissa Corfe	👁 Image RSA	2:12.64
=22	8	Kateryna Zubkova	👁 Image UKR	2:12.64
24	1	Escarlata Bernard	👁 Image ESP	2:12.86
25	4	Lidia Morant	👁 Image ESP	2:13.87
26	3	Gang Yeong-Seo	👁 Image KOR	2:14.52
27	5	Gisela Morales	👁 Image GUA	2:14.54
28	8	Fernanda González	👁 Image MEX	2:14.64
29	1	Stella Boumi	👁 Image GRE	2:14.73
30	8	Lindsay Seemann	👁 Image CAN	2:15.07
31	3	Sanja Jovanović	👁 Image CRO	2:15.57
32	4	Erin Volcán	👁 Image VEN	2:15.58
33	1	Iryna Amshennikova	👁 Image UKR	2:15.78
34	5	Christin Zenner	👁 Image GER	2:20.28
2	Julia Wilkinson	👁 Image CAN	–

Heat #1

Time	20:23

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	3	Gang Yeong-Seo	👁 Image KOR	2:14.52	0.69	32.12 (2)	1:06.17 (3)	1:40.38 (2)	34.05 (3)	34.21 (1)	34.14 (1)
2	5	Gisela Morales	👁 Image GUA	2:14.54	0.73	32.03 (1)	1:05.97 (2)	1:40.25 (1)	33.94 (2)	34.28 (2)	34.29 (2)
3	4	Erin Volcán	👁 Image VEN	2:15.58	0.67	32.35 (3)	1:05.82 (1)	1:40.47 (3)	33.47 (1)	34.65 (3)	35.11 (3)

Heat #2

Time	20:27

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	7	Melanie Nocher	👁 Image IRL	2:12.29	0.67	31.36 (3)	1:04.52 (2)	1:38.42 (1)	33.16 (1)	33.90 (1)	33.87 (2)
2	6	Zuzanna Mazurek	👁 Image POL	2:12.46	0.71	31.44 (4)	1:05.04 (3)	1:39.46 (2)	33.60 (4)	34.42 (3)	33.00 (1)
3	4	Lidia Morant	👁 Image ESP	2:13.87	0.70	31.66 (5)	1:05.34 (6)	1:39.56 (3)	33.68 (5)	34.22 (2)	34.31 (3)
4	8	Fernanda González	👁 Image MEX	2:14.64	0.65	31.11 (2)	1:05.06 (4)	1:39.76 (4)	33.95 (6)	34.70 (5)	34.88 (5)
5	1	Stella Boumi	👁 Image GRE	2:14.73	0.72	31.85 (7)	1:05.26 (5)	1:39.90 (6)	33.41 (3)	34.64 (4)	34.83 (4)
6	3	Sanja Jovanović	👁 Image CRO	2:15.57	0.75	30.66 (1)	1:03.93 (1)	1:39.78 (5)	33.27 (2)	35.85 (6)	35.79 (6)
7	5	Christin Zenner	👁 Image GER	2:20.28	0.67	31.75 (6)	1:06.10 (7)	1:42.91 (7)	34.35 (7)	36.81 (7)	37.37 (7)
2	Julia Wilkinson	👁 Image CAN	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #3

Time	20:31

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Zhao Jing	👁 Image CHN	2:08.97	0.58	30.83 (2)	1:03.82 (4)	1:37.23 (4)	32.99 (7)	33.41 (5)	31.74 (1)
2	3	Anastasiya Zuyeva	👁 Image RUS	2:09.01	0.75	31.05 (5)	1:03.84 (5)	1:36.75 (2)	32.79 (3)	32.91 (1)	32.26 (2)
3	4	Laure Manaudou	👁 Image FRA	2:09.39	0.72	30.92 (4)	1:03.63 (3)	1:37.03 (3)	32.71 (2)	33.40 (4)	32.36 (3)
4	6	Belinda Hocking	👁 Image AUS	2:09.54	0.69	30.91 (3)	1:03.56 (1)	1:36.72 (1)	32.65 (1)	33.16 (2)	32.82 (4)
5	1	Anja Čarman	👁 Image SLO	2:10.49	0.65	31.34 (6)	1:04.31 (7)	1:37.65 (=6)	32.97 (=5)	33.34 (3)	32.84 (5)
6	2	Gemma Spofforth	👁 Image GBR	2:10.58	0.59	30.60 (1)	1:03.57 (2)	1:37.39 (5)	32.97 (=5)	33.82 (7)	33.19 (6)
7	7	Evelyn Verrasztó	👁 Image HUN	2:11.02	0.69	31.35 (7)	1:04.21 (6)	1:37.65 (=6)	32.86 (4)	33.44 (6)	33.37 (7)
8	8	Lindsay Seemann	👁 Image CAN	2:15.07	0.71	32.21 (8)	1:05.59 (8)	1:40.17 (8)	33.38 (8)	34.58 (8)	34.90 (8)

Heat #4

Time	20:35

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Kirsty Coventry	👁 Image ZIM	2:06.76	0.66	30.17 (2)	1:02.11 (2)	1:34.65 (2)	31.94 (2)	32.54 (1)	32.11 (1)
2	3	Meagen Nay	👁 Image AUS	2:08.79	0.70	30.53 (3)	1:02.87 (3)	1:35.80 (3)	32.34 (4)	32.93 (2)	32.99 (=2)
3	2	Melissa Ingram	👁 Image NZL	2:09.34	0.66	30.94 (6)	1:03.36 (5)	1:36.35 (5)	32.42 (5)	32.99 (3)	32.99 (=2)
4	5	Alexianne Castel	👁 Image FRA	2:09.37	0.74	30.63 (=4)	1:02.90 (4)	1:36.04 (4)	32.27 (3)	33.14 (4)	33.33 (4)
5	6	Hanae Ito	👁 Image JPN	2:10.05	0.60	29.50 (1)	1:01.15 (1)	1:34.51 (1)	31.65 (1)	33.36 (5)	35.54 (7)
6	8	Chen Yanyan	👁 Image CHN	2:11.95	0.57	30.63 (=4)	1:03.68 (6)	1:37.57 (6)	33.05 (=6)	33.89 (6)	34.38 (6)
7	7	Melissa Corfe	👁 Image RSA	2:12.64	0.62	31.15 (7)	1:04.23 (7)	1:38.56 (7)	33.08 (8)	34.33 (7)	34.08 (5)
8	1	Iryna Amshennikova	👁 Image UKR	2:15.78	0.70	31.23 (8)	1:04.28 (8)	1:39.38 (8)	33.05 (=6)	35.10 (8)	36.40 (8)

Heat #5

Time	20:39

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	6	Lizzie Simmonds	👁 Image GBR	2:08.66	0.65	30.17 (1)	1:02.79 (1)	1:35.66 (1)	32.62 (1)	32.87 (3)	33.00 (5)
2	5	Elizabeth Beisel	👁 Image USA	2:09.02	0.55	31.57 (6)	1:04.64 (7)	1:36.91 (2)	33.07 (5)	32.27 (1)	32.11 (1)
3	4	Margaret Hoelzer	👁 Image USA	2:09.12	0.65	31.59 (7)	1:04.52 (5)	1:36.93 (3)	32.93 (3)	32.41 (2)	32.19 (2)
4	3	Reiko Nakamura	👁 Image JPN	2:09.77	0.63	30.82 (2)	1:03.97 (3)	1:37.08 (5)	33.15 (6)	33.11 (5)	32.69 (3)
5	7	Stanislava Komarova	👁 Image RUS	2:09.93	0.72	31.39 (5)	1:04.10 (4)	1:37.04 (4)	32.71 (2)	32.94 (4)	32.89 (4)
6	2	Nikolett Szepesi	👁 Image HUN	2:11.47	0.59	31.18 (4)	1:04.53 (6)	1:38.31 (7)	33.35 (8)	33.78 (6)	33.16 (6)
7	8	Kateryna Zubkova	👁 Image UKR	2:12.64	0.69	30.96 (3)	1:03.91 (2)	1:38.14 (6)	32.95 (4)	34.23 (8)	34.50 (8)
8	1	Escarlata Bernard	👁 Image ESP	2:12.86	0.68	31.95 (8)	1:05.13 (8)	1:38.98 (8)	33.18 (7)	33.85 (7)	33.88 (7)

Semi-Finals

Date	15 August 2008
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Kirsty Coventry	👁 Image ZIM	2:07.76
2	3	Elizabeth Beisel	👁 Image USA	2:07.90
3	5	Meagen Nay	👁 Image AUS	2:08.09
4	7	Reiko Nakamura	👁 Image JPN	2:08.21
5	6	Margaret Hoelzer	👁 Image USA	2:08.25
6	7	Belinda Hocking	👁 Image AUS	2:08.80
7	4	Lizzie Simmonds	👁 Image GBR	2:08.96
8	3	Anastasiya Zuyeva	👁 Image RUS	2:09.07
9	8	Gemma Spofforth	👁 Image GBR	2:09.19
10	5	Zhao Jing	👁 Image CHN	2:09.59
11	6	Melissa Ingram	👁 Image NZL	2:09.70
12	1	Hanae Ito	👁 Image JPN	2:09.86
13	2	Alexianne Castel	👁 Image FRA	2:10.04
14	1	Stanislava Komarova	👁 Image RUS	2:10.50
15	2	Laure Manaudou	👁 Image FRA	2:12.04
16	8	Anja Čarman	👁 Image SLO	2:12.46

Heat #1

Time	10:26

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	3	Elizabeth Beisel	👁 Image USA	2:07.90	0.59	30.83 (6)	1:02.93 (3)	1:35.38 (3)	32.10 (=2)	32.45 (1)	32.52 (4)
2	7	Reiko Nakamura	👁 Image JPN	2:08.21	0.66	29.98 (1)	1:02.08 (2)	1:34.87 (1)	32.10 (=2)	32.79 (2)	33.34 (6)
3	4	Lizzie Simmonds	👁 Image GBR	2:08.96	0.69	30.69 (5)	1:03.52 (6)	1:36.46 (4)	32.83 (7)	32.94 (3)	32.50 (3)
4	8	Gemma Spofforth	👁 Image GBR	2:09.19	0.56	30.38 (3)	1:03.13 (4)	1:37.01 (6)	32.75 (6)	33.88 (7)	32.18 (2)
5	5	Zhao Jing	👁 Image CHN	2:09.59	0.59	31.05 (8)	1:04.59 (8)	1:38.10 (8)	33.54 (8)	33.51 (6)	31.49 (1)
6	6	Melissa Ingram	👁 Image NZL	2:09.70	0.64	30.99 (7)	1:03.64 (7)	1:36.73 (5)	32.65 (5)	33.09 (4)	32.97 (5)
7	1	Hanae Ito	👁 Image JPN	2:09.86	0.62	30.04 (2)	1:01.78 (1)	1:35.03 (2)	31.74 (1)	33.25 (5)	34.83 (8)
8	2	Laure Manaudou	👁 Image FRA	2:12.04	0.71	30.61 (4)	1:03.17 (5)	1:37.24 (7)	32.56 (4)	34.07 (8)	34.80 (7)

Heat #2

Time	10:31

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Kirsty Coventry	👁 Image ZIM	2:07.76	0.68	30.01 (1)	1:01.97 (1)	1:34.71 (1)	31.96 (1)	32.74 (3)	33.05 (5)
2	5	Meagen Nay	👁 Image AUS	2:08.09	0.67	30.59 (2)	1:03.05 (2)	1:35.76 (2)	32.46 (2)	32.71 (2)	32.33 (2)
3	6	Margaret Hoelzer	👁 Image USA	2:08.25	0.72	30.83 (3)	1:03.36 (3)	1:35.89 (3)	32.53 (3)	32.53 (1)	32.36 (3)
4	7	Belinda Hocking	👁 Image AUS	2:08.80	0.61	31.01 (6)	1:03.72 (6)	1:36.50 (5)	32.71 (=6)	32.78 (4)	32.30 (1)
5	3	Anastasiya Zuyeva	👁 Image RUS	2:09.07	0.75	30.98 (5)	1:03.62 (5)	1:36.43 (4)	32.64 (5)	32.81 (5)	32.64 (4)
6	2	Alexianne Castel	👁 Image FRA	2:10.04	0.75	30.85 (4)	1:03.46 (4)	1:36.69 (6)	32.61 (4)	33.23 (7)	33.35 (7)
7	1	Stanislava Komarova	👁 Image RUS	2:10.50	0.79	31.50 (8)	1:04.21 (7)	1:37.16 (7)	32.71 (=6)	32.95 (6)	33.34 (6)
8	8	Anja Čarman	👁 Image SLO	2:12.46	0.72	31.38 (7)	1:04.51 (8)	1:38.61 (8)	33.13 (8)	34.10 (8)	33.85 (8)

Final Round

Date	16 August 2008 — 10:03

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Kirsty Coventry	👁 Image ZIM	2:05.24	0.69	29.62 (1)	1:00.83 (1)	1:32.69 (1)	31.21 (1)	31.86 (1)	32.55 (3)
2	2	Margaret Hoelzer	👁 Image USA	2:06.23	0.68	29.83 (2)	1:01.69 (2)	1:33.85 (2)	31.86 (3)	32.16 (2)	32.38 (2)
3	6	Reiko Nakamura	👁 Image JPN	2:07.13	0.63	30.14 (4)	1:02.11 (4)	1:34.28 (3)	31.97 (5)	32.17 (3)	32.85 (6)
4	8	Anastasiya Zuyeva	👁 Image RUS	2:07.88	0.72	30.63 (6)	1:02.47 (5)	1:35.10 (5)	31.84 (2)	32.63 (5)	32.78 (5)
5	5	Elizabeth Beisel	👁 Image USA	2:08.23	0.58	31.16 (8)	1:03.48 (7)	1:35.86 (6)	32.32 (6)	32.38 (4)	32.37 (1)
6	1	Lizzie Simmonds	👁 Image GBR	2:08.51	0.65	30.06 (3)	1:02.02 (3)	1:34.86 (4)	31.96 (4)	32.84 (6)	33.65 (8)
7	3	Meagen Nay	👁 Image AUS	2:08.84	0.67	30.62 (5)	1:03.05 (6)	1:36.08 (7)	32.43 (7)	33.03 (7)	32.76 (4)
8	7	Belinda Hocking	👁 Image AUS	2:10.12	0.63	30.80 (7)	1:03.57 (8)	1:36.75 (8)	32.77 (8)	33.18 (8)	33.37 (7)

URL: https://www.olympedia.org/results/261748

⇱ Olympedia – 200 metres Backstroke, Women

200 metres Backstroke, Women

Round One

Heat #1

Heat #2

Heat #3

Heat #4

Heat #5

Semi-Finals

Heat #1

Heat #2

Final Round