Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Medalists
Krisztina Egerszegi   Hungary   Whitney Hedgepeth   United States   Cathleen Rund   Germany

Swimming events at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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 finals of the Women's 200 metres Backstroke event for the 1996 Summer Olympics were held in Atlanta, United States, on July 25, 1996.

Results

Final A

RANK	FINAL A	TIME
	Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)	2:07.83
	Whitney Hedgepeth (USA)	2:11.98
	Cathleen Rund (GER)	2:12.06
4.	Anke Scholz (GER)	2:12.90
5.	Miki Nakao (JPN)	2:13.57
6.	Anna Simcic (NZL)	2:14.04
7.	Lorenza Vigarani (ITA)	2:14.56
8.	Nina Zhivanevskaya (RUS)	2:14.59

Final B

RANK	FINAL B	TIME
9.	Mai Nakamura (JPN)	2:13.40
10.	Beth Botsford (USA)	2:13.48
11.	Chen Yan (CHN)	2:14.37
12.	Joanne Deakins (GBR)	2:14.50
13.	Lee Chang-Ha (KOR)	2:14.55
14.	Catalina Casaru (ROU)	2:15.15
15.	Hélène Ricardo (FRA)	2:16.29
16.	Marianne Kriel (RSA)	2:18.41

Qualifying heats

RANK	HEATS RANKING	TIME
1.	Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)	2:09.18
2.	Whitney Hedgepeth (USA)	2:11.63
3.	Anke Scholz (GER)	2:12.73
4.	Miki Nakao (JPN)	2:12.92
5.	Nina Zhivanevskaya (RUS)	2:13.32
6.	Anna Simcic (NZL)	2:13.74
7.	Lorenza Vigarani (ITA)	2:13.58
	Cathleen Rund (GER)	2:14.59
9.	Beth Botsford (USA)	2:14.16
10.	Hélène Ricardo (FRA)	2:14.18
	Lee Chang-Ha (KOR)	2:14.18
12.	Chen Yan (CHN)	2:14.74
13.	Mai Nakamura (JPN)	2:15.05
14.	Joanne Deakins (GBR)	2:15.12
15.	Catalina Casaru (ROU)	2:15.92
16.	Marianne Kriel (RSA)	2:15.99
17.	Mette Jacobsen (DEN)	2:16.68
18.	Nicole Stevenson (AUS)	2:16.71
19.	Isabela Burczyk (POL)	2:16.91
20.	Julie Howard (CAN)	2:17.25
21.	Kateřina Pivoňková (CZE)	2:18.20
22.	Yseult Gervy (BEL)	2:18.69
23.	Ivette María (ESP)	2:18.72
24.	Lydia Lipscombe (NZL)	2:19.54
25.	Anu Koivisto (FIN)	2:19.58
26.	Petra Chaves (POR)	2:20.49
27.	Maja Grozdanić (YUG)	2:20.65
28.	Wu Yanyan (CHN)	2:20.89
29.	Akiko Thomson (PHI)	2:21.36
30.	Praphalsai Minpraphal (THA)	2:21.82
31.	Katerina Klepkou (GRE)	2:22.83
32.	Dijana Kvesić (BIH)	2:23.78
33.	Lin Chi-Chan (TPE)	2:24.50

See also

• 1997 Women's World Championships (SC) 200m Backstroke
• 1997 Women's European Championships (LC) 200m Backstroke

References

• USA Swimming