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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 | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Sydney International Aquatic Centre | ||||||||||||
Date | September 21, 2000 (heats & semifinals) September 22, 2000 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 36 from 29 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:08.16 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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]
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 | [7] |
Olympic record | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | 2:07.06 | Barcelona, Spain | 31 July 1992 | [7] |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Roxana Maracineanu | France | 2:11.93 | Q |
2 | 5 | Miki Nakao | Japan | 2:12.49 | Q |
3 | 6 | Antje Buschschulte | Germany | 2:12.64 | Q |
4 | 3 | Lindsay Benko | United States | 2:13.73 | |
5 | 7 | Louise Ørnstedt | Denmark | 2:14.24 | |
6 | 1 | Clementine Stoney | Australia | 2:14.25 | |
7 | 8 | Charlene Wittstock | South Africa | 2:14.95 | |
8 | 2 | Helen Don-Duncan | Great Britain | 2:14.97 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Diana Mocanu | Romania | 2:09.64 | Q |
2 | 3 | Tomoko Hagiwara | Japan | 2:11.02 | Q |
3 | 5 | Nina Zhivanevskaya | Spain | 2:11.93 | Q |
4 | 2 | Amanda Adkins | United States | 2:12.97 | Q |
5 | 1 | Kelly Stefanyshyn | Canada | 2:13.39 | Q |
6 | 6 | Joanna Fargus | Great Britain | 2:13.57 | |
7 | 7 | Cathleen Rund | Germany | 2:13.85 | |
8 | 8 | Ivette María | Spain | 2:15.11 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Diana Mocanu | Romania | 2:08.16 | NR | |
3 | Roxana Maracineanu | France | 2:10.25 | NR | |
2 | Miki Nakao | Japan | 2:11.05 | ||
4 | 5 | Tomoko Hagiwara | Japan | 2:11.21 | |
5 | 1 | Amanda Adkins | United States | 2:12.35 | |
6 | 6 | Nina Zhivanevskaya | Spain | 2:12.75 | |
7 | 7 | Antje Buschschulte | Germany | 2:13.31 | |
8 | 8 | Kelly Stefanyshyn | Canada | 2:14.57 |
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