Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 21–22 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 21, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 22, 2000 (final)
Competitors36 from 29 nations
Winning time2:08.16
Medalists
Diana Mocanu  Romania
Roxana Maracineanu  France
Miki Nakao  Japan
Swimming at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

Diana Mocanu emerged as a newcomer on the international swimming, after effortlessly winning her second gold at these Games. She maintained a lead from start to finish, and posted a new Romanian record of 2:08.16, the third-fastest of all time, making her the fourth swimmer in Olympic history to strike a backstroke double, since Ulrike Richter did so in 1976, Rica Reinisch in 1980, and Krisztina Egerszegi, the three-time champion in the event, in 1992.[2][3] France's world champion Roxana Maracineanu, born with Romanian heritage, seized off an early lead on the first length, but fell short only for the silver in 2:10.25. Japan's Miki Nakao powered home with the bronze in 2:11.05 to hold off her fast-pacing teammate Tomoko Hagiwara (2:11.21) by 16-hundredths of a second.[4][5][6]

U.S. swimmer Amanda Adkins improved a lifetime best of 2:12.35 to move herself up from seventh to fifth spot on the final half, finishing ahead of Spain's Nina Zhivanevskaya (2:12.75), the bronze medalist in the 100 m backstroke five days earlier, by four-tenths of a second (0.40). Meanwhile, Germany's Antje Buschschulte (2:13.31) and Canada's Kelly Stefanyshyn (2:14.57) rounded out the finale.[6]

Records

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

World record Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)2:06.62Athens, Greece25 August 1991[7]
Olympic record Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)2:07.06Barcelona, Spain31 July 1992[7]

Results

Heats

[7]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
135Diana Mocanu Romania2:09.21Q, NR
253Roxana Maracineanu France2:11.01Q, NR
354Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain2:11.60Q
444Miki Nakao Japan2:11.69Q
534Tomoko Hagiwara Japan2:12.15Q
646Lindsay Benko United States2:12.72Q
743Joanna Fargus Great Britain2:12.99Q
855Antje Buschschulte Germany2:13.42Q
956Amanda Adkins United States2:13.54Q
1057Louise Ørnstedt Denmark2:13.61Q, NR
1133Cathleen Rund Germany2:13.87Q
1245Helen Don-Duncan Great Britain2:14.18Q
1336Kelly Stefanyshyn Canada2:14.28Q
1432Clementine Stoney Australia2:14.61Q
1537Ivette María Spain2:14.78Q
1631Charlene Wittstock South Africa2:15.10Q
1722Nadiya Beshevli Ukraine2:15.86NR
1847Zhan Shu China2:15.97
1941Irina Raevskaya Russia2:16.13
2048Helen Norfolk New Zealand2:16.22
2124Anu Koivisto Finland2:16.23
2258Yseult Gervy Belgium2:16.67
2351Aleksandra Miciul Poland2:16.71
2442Dyana Calub Australia2:17.05
2525Aikaterini Bliamou Greece2:18.07
2623Ana María González Cuba2:19.35
2728Jana Korbasová Slovakia2:19.37NR
2826Annamária Kiss Hungary2:20.40
2927Şadan Derya Erke Turkey2:21.28
3021Chonlathorn Vorathamrong Thailand2:21.59
3115Marica Stražmešter Yugoslavia2:22.59
3213Kolbrún Yr Kristjánsdóttir Iceland2:24.33
3316Kuan Chia-hsien Chinese Taipei2:24.61
3414Petra Banović Croatia2:25.42
3538Choi Soo-min South Korea2:26.42
52Yuliya Fomenko RussiaDNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Roxana Maracineanu France2:11.93Q
25Miki Nakao Japan2:12.49Q
36Antje Buschschulte Germany2:12.64Q
43Lindsay Benko United States2:13.73
57Louise Ørnstedt Denmark2:14.24
61Clementine Stoney Australia2:14.25
78Charlene Wittstock South Africa2:14.95
82Helen Don-Duncan Great Britain2:14.97

Semifinal 2
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Diana Mocanu Romania2:09.64Q
23Tomoko Hagiwara Japan2:11.02Q
35Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain2:11.93Q
42Amanda Adkins United States2:12.97Q
51Kelly Stefanyshyn Canada2:13.39Q
66Joanna Fargus Great Britain2:13.57
77Cathleen Rund Germany2:13.85
88Ivette María Spain2:15.11

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Diana Mocanu Romania2:08.16NR
3Roxana Maracineanu France2:10.25NR
2Miki Nakao Japan2:11.05
45Tomoko Hagiwara Japan2:11.21
51Amanda Adkins United States2:12.35
66Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain2:12.75
77Antje Buschschulte Germany2:13.31
88Kelly Stefanyshyn Canada2:14.57

References
  1. "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. Harris, Beth (22 September 2000). "Bennett Wins Gold in 800m Freestyle". ABC News. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  3. Berlin, Peter (23 September 2000). "Tie in 50-Meter Freestyle Is Only the 2nd in the History of the Games : Ervin and Hall Strike Gold Together". New York Times. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  4. "Mocanu takes double". ABC News Australia. 22 September 2000. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  5. "Mocanu wins women's 200m Olympic backstroke gold". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 22 September 2000. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  6. Whitten, Phillip (22 September 2000). "Olympic Day 7 Finals (50 Free, 800 Free, 200 Back, 100 Fly)". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  7. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 302–303. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
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