Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date31 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors43 from 30 nations
Winning time2:07.06 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dagmar Hase  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nicole Stevenson  Australia
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Records

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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
Olympic record   Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) 2:09.29 Seoul, South Korea 25 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
31 July Heat 6 Krisztina Egerszegi   Hungary 2:07.34 OR
31 July Final A Krisztina Egerszegi   Hungary 2:07.06 OR

Results

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Heats

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Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Krisztina Egerszegi   Hungary 2:07.34 Q, OR
2 4 4 Lea Loveless   United States 2:11.32 Q
3 6 3 Dagmar Hase   Germany 2:11.52 Q
4 4 8 Silvia Poll   Costa Rica 2:11.66 Q, NR
5 5 5 Nicole Stevenson   Australia 2:12.32 Q
6 6 5 Anna Simcic   New Zealand 2:12.99 Q
7 6 2 Leigh Habler   Australia 2:13.44 Q
8 4 5 Tünde Szabó   Hungary 2:13.81 Q
9 5 4 Janie Wagstaff   United States 2:13.91 q, WD
10 5 6 Joanne Deakins   Great Britain 2:14.34 q
6 6 Nina Zhivanevskaya   Unified Team q
12 4 6 Marion Zoller   Germany 2:14.53 q
13 5 3 Lorenza Vigarani   Italy 2:15.49 q
14 5 8 Noriko Inada   Japan 2:15.74 q
15 6 7 Lin Li   China 2:15.87 q
16 3 5 Nathalie Wunderlich   Switzerland 2:16.07 q, NR
17 5 1 Junko Torikai   Japan 2:16.13 q
18 4 1 Núria Castelló   Spain 2:16.24
19 2 7 Akiko Thomson   Philippines 2:16.44 NR
20 6 1 Francesca Salvalajo   Italy 2:16.89
21 4 3 Katherine Read   Great Britain 2:17.15
22 4 7 Ellen Elzerman   Netherlands 2:17.34
23 5 2 Nikki Dryden   Canada 2:17.54
24 3 1 Ana Barros   Portugal 2:17.59
25 5 7 Beth Hazel   Canada 2:17.70
26 3 7 Małgorzata Galwas   Poland 2:17.73 NR
27 3 6 Rita Jean Garay   Puerto Rico 2:18.10
28 2 4 Lee Chang-ha   South Korea 2:18.33
29 3 4 Claudia Stănescu   Romania 2:18.39
30 3 3 Helena Straková   Czechoslovakia 2:18.44
31 6 8 Lü Bin   China 2:18.51
32 2 6 Jill Brukman   South Africa 2:18.56
33 4 2 Natalya Shibayeva   Unified Team 2:20.52
34 3 2 Cristina Rey   Spain 2:20.75
35 2 5 Michelle Smith   Ireland 2:21.37
36 1 4 Mariya Kocheva   Bulgaria 2:21.79
37 1 7 Darija Alauf   Independent Olympic Participants 2:22.07
38 2 3 Marta Włodkowska   Poland 2:22.86
39 1 6 Storme Moodie   Zimbabwe 2:23.26
40 1 3 Sarah-Jane Murphy   Zimbabwe 2:24.58
41 2 2 Tanja Godina   Slovenia 2:25.31
42 1 5 Praphalsai Minpraphal   Thailand 2:26.32
43 1 2 Ana Joselina Fortin   Honduras 2:27.33

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 3 Marion Zoller   Germany 2:13.77
10 4 Joanne Deakins   Great Britain 2:13.91
11 8 Junko Torikai   Japan 2:15.20
12 7 Lin Li   China 2:15.38
13 6 Lorenza Vigarani   Italy 2:16.21
14 5 Nina Zhivanevskaya   Unified Team 2:17.61
15 2 Noriko Inada   Japan 2:17.68
16 1 Nathalie Wunderlich   Switzerland 2:19.70

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Krisztina Egerszegi   Hungary 2:07.06 OR
  3 Dagmar Hase   Germany 2:09.46 NR
  2 Nicole Stevenson   Australia 2:10.20 OC
4 5 Lea Loveless   United States 2:11.54
5 7 Anna Simcic   New Zealand 2:11.99 NR
6 8 Tünde Szabó   Hungary 2:12.94
7 6 Silvia Poll   Costa Rica 2:12.97
8 1 Leigh Habler   Australia 2:13.68

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 376–377. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 377. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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