Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
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The final of the women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984.[1]
Women's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 4 August 1984 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 29 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:12.38 NR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Cornelia Sirch (GDR) | 2:09.91 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 8 August 1982 |
Olympic record | Rica Reinisch (GDR) | 2:11.77 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 27 July 1980 |
Results edit
Heats edit
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals edit
Final B edit
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 7 | Sandra Dahlmann | West Germany | 2:16.93 | |
10 | 4 | Catherine White | Great Britain | 2:17.63 | |
11 | 6 | Katherine Read | Great Britain | 2:18.33 | |
12 | 2 | Reema Abdo | Canada | 2:18.50 | |
13 | 5 | Yolande van der Straeten | Belgium | 2:18.63 | |
14 | 3 | Naomi Sekido | Japan | 2:18.87 | |
15 | 1 | Sofia Kraft | Sweden | 2:19.37 | |
16 | 8 | Audrey Moore | Australia | 2:21.36 |
Final A edit
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Jolanda de Rover | Netherlands | 2:12.38 | NR | |
3 | Amy White | United States | 2:13.04 | ||
1 | Anca Pătrășcoiu | Romania | 2:13.29 | ||
4 | 5 | Georgina Parkes | Australia | 2:14.37 | |
5 | 2 | Tori Trees | United States | 2:15.73 | |
6 | 6 | Svenja Schlicht | West Germany | 2:15.93 | |
7 | 7 | Carmen Bunaciu | Romania | 2:16.15 | |
8 | 8 | Carmel Clark | New Zealand | 2:17.89 |
References edit
- ^ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 495–496. Retrieved March 14, 2017.