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
Venue	Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date	31 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors	43 from 30 nations
Winning time	2:07.06 OR
Medalists
Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary Dagmar Hase  Germany Nicole Stevenson  Australia

Records

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

Heats

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

[3]

Final B

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

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

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.

External links

• Official Report