2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 200m backstroke (women)

sport	swim
discipline	200 meters back
gender	Women
place	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Attendees	28 athletes from 20 countries
Competition phase	11./12. August 2016

The women's backseat competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 11th and 12th, 2012 in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium . 28 athletes from 20 countries took part.

There were four preliminary runs. The 16 fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the two semi-finals, which will be held on the same day. The eight fastest starters of both races qualified here for the final on the next day.

Abbreviations:
WR = world record, OR = Olympic record, NR = national record
ER = European record , NAR = North American record , SAR = South American record, ASR = Asian record, AFR = African record, OZR = Oceania record
PB = personal best, JWB = annual world record

Existing records

World record	Missy Franklin ( United States )	2: 04.06 min	London , UK	August 3, 2012
Olympic record

Title holder

Olympic champion	Missy Franklin ( United States )	2: 04.06 min	Beijing 2012
World Champion	Emily Seebohm ( Australia )	2: 05.81 min	Shanghai 2015
European champion	Katinka Hosszú ( Hungary )	2: 07.01 min	London 2016

Prelims

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Ekaterina Avramova	Turkey	2: 12.98 min
2	Simona Baumrtová	Czech Republic	2: 13.26 min
3	Martina van Berkel	Switzerland	2: 13.46 min
4th	Yessy Yosaputra	Indonesia	2: 20.88 min

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Lisa Graf	Germany	2: 08.67 min
2	Dominique Bouchard	Canada	2: 08.87 min
3	Missy Franklin	United States	2: 09.36 min
4th	Daria Ustinova	Russia	2: 09.96 min
5	Matea Samardžić	Croatia	2: 10.51 min
6th	Margherita Panziera	Italy	2: 10.92 min
7th	Duane Da Rocha	Spain	2: 11.17 min
8th	Alicja Tchórz	Poland	2: 11.40 min

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2: 06.09 min	NO
2	Hilary Caldwell	Canada	2: 07.40 min
3	Madeline DiRado	United States	2: 08.60 min
4th	Liu Yaxin	People's Republic of China	2: 08.84 min
5	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2: 08.91 min
6th	Anastasija Valeryevna Fessikova	Russia	2: 10.39 min
7th	György Réka	Hungary	2: 12.99 min
8th	Natsumi Sakai	Japan	2: 13.99 min

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Belinda Hocking	Australia	2: 08.67 min
2	Daryna Sewina	Ukraine	2: 08.88 min
3	Emily Seebohm	Australia	2: 09.00 min
4th	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	Iceland	2: 09.62 min
5	Jenny Mensing	Germany	2: 10.68 min
6th	Yin Yan Claudia Lau	Hong Kong	2: 10.94 min
7th	Africa Zamorano Sanz	Spain	2: 13.74 min
8th	Chen Jie	People's Republic of China	2: 14.18 min

Semifinals

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Hilary Caldwell	Canada	2: 07.17 min
2	Liu Yaxin	People's Republic of China	2: 07.56 min
3	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	Iceland	2: 08.84 min	NO
4th	Daryna Sewina	Ukraine	2: 09.07 min
5	Anastasija Valeryevna Fessikova	Russia	2: 09.12 min
6th	Emily Seebohm	Australia	2: 09.39 min
7th	Lisa Graf	Germany	2: 09.56 min
8th	Jenny Mensing	Germany	2: 10.15 min

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2: 06.03 min	NO
2	Madeline DiRado	United States	2: 07.53 min
3	Belinda Hocking	Australia	2: 07.83 min
4th	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2: 08.83 min
5	Daria Ustinova	Russia	2: 08.84 min
6th	Dominique Bouchard	Canada	2: 09.07 min
7th	Missy Franklin	United States	2: 09.74 min
8th	Matea Samardžić	Croatia	2: 09.83 min

final

August 14, 2016, 3:03 am CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Madeline DiRado	United States	2: 05.99 min
2	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2: 06.05 min
3	Hilary Caldwell	Canada	2: 07.54 min
4th	Daria Ustinova	Russia	2: 07.89 min
5	Belinda Hocking	Australia	2: 08.02 min
6th	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2: 8.80 min
7th	Liu Yaxin	People's Republic of China	2: 09.03 min
8th	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	Iceland	2: 09.44 min

Web links

• Result of the preliminary runs
• Result of the semi-final
• Result of the final