Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke

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Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Dates August 2, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
August 3, 2012 (final)
Competitors 37 from 31 nations
Winning time 2:04.06 WR
Medalists
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1st Missy Franklin  United States
2nd Anastasia Zuyeva  Russia
3rd Elizabeth Beisel  United States
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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
Marathon
10 km men women

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 2–3 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]

U.S. teenage sensation Missy Franklin blistered the field with a remarkable world record in textile to strike a backstroke double for the first time, since Romania's Diana Mocanu did so in 2000. Dominating the race from the start, she threw down a sterling time of 2:04.06 to broaden a full-body length gap over the rest of the field and to slice three-quarters of a second (0.75) off the previous record set by Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry in a now-banned polyurethane bodysuit from the 2009 World Championships.[2][3] Russia's Anastasia Zuyeva cleared a 2:06-barrier to take the silver in 2:05.92, while Franklin's teammate Elizabeth Beisel snatched the bronze in 2:06.55, handing over an entire medal haul for the Americans with a one–three finish.[4][5]

Backed by a raucous home crowd, Great Britain's Elizabeth Simmonds fell short of the podium with a fourth-place time in 2:07.26.[6] Australia's Meagan Nay finished fifth in 2:07.43, while Coventry, a two-time Olympic champion, missed a chance to produce another historic three-peat as she claimed a distant sixth spot in 2:08.18.[7][8] France's Alexianne Castel (2:08.43) and Canada's Sinead Russell (2:09.86) closed out the championship field.[5]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) 2:04.81 Rome, Italy 1 August 2009 [9][10]
Olympic record  Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) 2:05.24 Beijing, China 16 August 2008 [11]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
August 3 Final Missy Franklin  United States 2:04.06 WR

Results

Heats

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Missy Franklin during the heats
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Missy Franklin  United States 2:07.54 Q
2 3 5 Elizabeth Beisel  United States 2:07.82 Q
3 5 2 Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 2:08.14 Q
4 5 5 Meagen Nay  Australia 2:08.40 Q
5 4 4 Belinda Hocking  Australia 2:08.75 Q
6 3 6 Alexianne Castel  France 2:08.92 Q
7 3 3 Sinead Russell  Canada 2:09.04 Q
8 3 4 Anastasia Zuyeva  Russia 2:09.36 Q
9 4 3 Daryna Zevina  Ukraine 2:09.40 Q
10 4 7 Duane da Rocha  Spain 2:09.72 Q
11 5 7 Stephanie Proud  Great Britain 2:10.01 Q
12 2 6 Simona Baumrtová  Czech Republic 2:10.03 Q, NR
13 3 1 Karin Prinsloo  South Africa 2:10.34 Q
14 4 5 Elizabeth Simmonds  Great Britain 2:10.37 Q
15 4 6 Jenny Mensing  Germany 2:10.54 Q
16 5 3 Sharon van Rouwendaal  Netherlands 2:10.60 Q
17 4 1 Melissa Ingram  New Zealand 2:10.63
18 4 2 Hilary Caldwell  Canada 2:10.75
19 3 7 Bai Anqi  China 2:11.26
20 5 8 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir  Iceland 2:11.31 NR
21 2 4 Miyu Otsuka  Japan 2:11.65
22 5 1 Yao Yige  China 2:12.14
23 3 2 Alessia Filippi  Italy 2:12.40
24 2 5 Maria Fernanda Gonzalez  Mexico 2:12.75
25 2 7 Anja Čarman  Slovenia 2:13.01
26 1 4 Nguyen Thi Anh Vien  Vietnam 2:13.35
27 1 6 Carolina Colorado  Colombia 2:13.64 NR
28 2 2 Mie Nielsen  Denmark 2:13.89
29 3 8 Alicja Tchórz  Poland 2:14.02
30 5 6 Laure Manaudou  France 2:14.29
31 1 2 Ham Chan-Mi  South Korea 2:15.30
32 4 8 Ekaterina Avramova  Bulgaria 2:15.44
33 2 1 Kim Daniela Pavlin  Croatia 2:15.67
34 2 3 Melanie Nocher  Ireland 2:16.29
35 1 3 Dorina Szekeres  Hungary 2:18.16
36 2 8 Hoi Shun Stephanie Au  Hong Kong 2:18.47
37 1 5 Yulduz Kuchkarova  Uzbekistan 2:18.60

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Elizabeth Beisel  United States 2:06.18 Q
2 5 Meagen Nay  Australia 2:07.42 Q
3 6 Anastasia Zuyeva  Russia 2:07.88 Q
4 3 Alexianne Castel  France 2:08.24 Q
5 1 Elizabeth Simmonds  Great Britain 2:08.48 Q
6 8 Sharon van Rouwendaal  Netherlands 2:09.50
7 2 Duane da Rocha  Spain 2:09.88
8 7 Simona Baumrtová  Czech Republic 2:10.18

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Missy Franklin  United States 2:06.84 Q
2 5 Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 2:08.32 Q
3 6 Sinead Russell  Canada 2:08.76 Q
4 7 Stephanie Proud  Great Britain 2:09.04
5 3 Belinda Hocking  Australia 2:09.35
6 2 Daryna Zevina  Ukraine 2:09.70
7 8 Jenny Mensing  Germany 2:10.68
8 1 Karin Prinsloo  South Africa 2:11.42

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 5 Missy Franklin  United States 2:04.06 WR
2nd 6 Anastasia Zuyeva  Russia 2:05.92
3rd 4 Elizabeth Beisel  United States 2:06.55
4 1 Elizabeth Simmonds  Great Britain 2:07.26
5 3 Meagen Nay  Australia 2:07.43
6 7 Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 2:08.18
7 2 Alexianne Castel  France 2:08.43
8 8 Sinead Russell  Canada 2:09.86

References

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