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200 metres Backstroke, Women

Date	2 – 3 August 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Participants	37 from 31 countries

Four days earlier American Missy Franklin had won gold in the 100 backstroke, and she later added a relay gold in the 4×200 free. As the 2011 World Champion in this event she was favored on this night and came through in spectacular fashion. Franklin led from the start, turning in 29.53, just ahead of Great Britain’s Lizzie Simmonds. But at 100 metres Franklin was well ahead, turning almost ½-second under the world record split. She maintained that pace and came home for gold in a world record 2:04.06, 0.75 seconds better than the mark set by Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) at the 2009 Worlds. Behind Franklin, Russian Anastasiya Zuyeva closed fast for the silver medal in 2:05.92, while Franklin’s teammate, Elizabeth Beisel won the bronze, as Simmonds dropped back to fourth. Coventry contested the final but was never a medal factor and finished sixth.

Franklin became the sixth woman to win the 100/200 backstroke double, but the first since Diana Mocanu (ROU) in 2000. This was her third gold medal of the 2012 Olympics, which she would finish with five medals and four golds.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Missy Franklin	USA	2:07.54 (1 h5)	2:06.84 (1 h2)	2:04.06 (1)	Gold
2	Anastasiya Zuyeva	RUS	2:09.36 (4 h3)	2:07.88 (3 h1)	2:05.92 (2)	Silver
3	Elizabeth Beisel	USA	2:07.82 (1 h3)	2:06.18 (1 h1)	2:06.55 (3)	Bronze
4	Lizzie Simmonds	GBR	2:10.37 (4 h4)	2:08.48 (5 h1)	2:07.26 (4)
5	Meagen Nay	AUS	2:08.40 (3 h5)	2:07.42 (2 h1)	2:07.43 (5)
6	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:08.14 (2 h5)	2:08.32 (2 h2)	2:08.18 (6)
7	Alexianne Castel	FRA	2:08.92 (2 h3)	2:08.24 (4 h1)	2:08.43 (7)
8	Sinéad Russell	CAN	2:09.04 (3 h3)	2:08.76 (3 h2)	2:09.86 (8)
9	Stephanie Proud	GBR	2:10.01 (4 h5)	2:09.04 (4 h2)	–
10	Belinda Hocking	AUS	2:08.75 (1 h4)	2:09.35 (5 h2)	–
11	Sharon van Rouwendaal	NED	2:10.60 (5 h5)	2:09.50 (6 h1)	–
12	Daryna Zevina	UKR	2:09.40 (2 h4)	2:09.70 (6 h2)	–
13	Duane Da Rocha	ESP	2:09.72 (3 h4)	2:09.88 (7 h1)	–
14	Simona Baumrtová	CZE	2:10.03 (1 h2)	2:10.18 (8 h1)	–
15	Jenny Mensing	GER	2:10.54 (5 h4)	2:10.68 (7 h2)	–
16	Karin Prinsloo	RSA	2:10.34 (5 h3)	2:11.42 (8 h2)	–
17	Melissa Ingram	NZL	2:10.63 (6 h4)	–	–
18	Hilary Caldwell	CAN	2:10.75 (7 h4)	–	–
19	Bai Anqi	CHN	2:11.26 (6 h3)	–	–
20	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	ISL	2:11.31 (6 h5)	–	–
21	Miyu Otsuka	JPN	2:11.65 (2 h2)	–	–
22	Yao Yige	CHN	2:12.14 (7 h5)	–	–
23	Alessia Filippi	ITA	2:12.40 (7 h3)	–	–
24	Fernanda González	MEX	2:12.75 (3 h2)	–	–
25	Anja Čarman	SLO	2:13.01 (4 h2)	–	–
26	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	VIE	2:13.35 (1 h1)	–	–
27	Carolina Colorado	COL	2:13.64 (2 h1)	–	–
28	Mie Ø. Nielsen	DEN	2:13.89 (5 h2)	–	–
29	Alicja Tchórz	POL	2:14.02 (8 h3)	–	–
30	Laure Manaudou	FRA	2:14.29 (8 h5)	–	–
31	Ham Chan-Mi	KOR	2:15.30 (3 h1)	–	–
32	Ekaterina Avramova	BUL	2:15.44 (8 h4)	–	–
33	Kim Daniela Pavlin	CRO	2:15.67 (6 h2)	–	–
34	Melanie Nocher	IRL	2:16.29 (7 h2)	–	–
35	Dorina Szekeres	HUN	2:18.16 (4 h1)	–	–
36	Stephanie Au	HKG	2:18.47 (8 h2)	–	–
37	Yulduz Kuchkarova	UZB	2:18.60 (5 h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	2 August 2012 — 11:31
Format	Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Missy Franklin	USA	2:07.54	Q
2	–	Elizabeth Beisel	USA	2:07.82	Q
3	–	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:08.14	Q
4	–	Meagen Nay	AUS	2:08.40	Q
5	–	Belinda Hocking	AUS	2:08.75	Q
6	–	Alexianne Castel	FRA	2:08.92	Q
7	–	Sinéad Russell	CAN	2:09.04	Q
8	–	Anastasiya Zuyeva	RUS	2:09.36	Q
9	–	Daryna Zevina	UKR	2:09.40	Q
10	–	Duane Da Rocha	ESP	2:09.72	Q
11	–	Stephanie Proud	GBR	2:10.01	Q
12	–	Simona Baumrtová	CZE	2:10.03	Q
13	–	Karin Prinsloo	RSA	2:10.34	Q
14	–	Lizzie Simmonds	GBR	2:10.37	Q
15	–	Jenny Mensing	GER	2:10.54	Q
16	–	Sharon van Rouwendaal	NED	2:10.60	Q
17	–	Melissa Ingram	NZL	2:10.63
18	–	Hilary Caldwell	CAN	2:10.75
19	–	Bai Anqi	CHN	2:11.26
20	–	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	ISL	2:11.31
21	–	Miyu Otsuka	JPN	2:11.65
22	–	Yao Yige	CHN	2:12.14
23	–	Alessia Filippi	ITA	2:12.40
24	–	Fernanda González	MEX	2:12.75
25	–	Anja Čarman	SLO	2:13.01
26	–	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	VIE	2:13.35
27	–	Carolina Colorado	COL	2:13.64
28	–	Mie Ø. Nielsen	DEN	2:13.89
29	–	Alicja Tchórz	POL	2:14.02
30	–	Laure Manaudou	FRA	2:14.29
31	–	Ham Chan-Mi	KOR	2:15.30
32	–	Ekaterina Avramova	BUL	2:15.44
33	–	Kim Daniela Pavlin	CRO	2:15.67
34	–	Melanie Nocher	IRL	2:16.29
35	–	Dorina Szekeres	HUN	2:18.16
36	–	Stephanie Au	HKG	2:18.47
37	–	Yulduz Kuchkarova	UZB	2:18.60

Heat #1

Time	11:31

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	VIE	2:13.35	0.68	31.30 (1)	1:05.02 (1)	1:39.14 (1)	33.72	34.12	34.21
2	–	Carolina Colorado	COL	2:13.64	0.67	31.60 (4)	1:05.35 (2)	1:39.23 (2)	33.75	33.88	34.41
3	–	Ham Chan-Mi	KOR	2:15.30	0.71	31.67 (5)	1:05.70 (3)	1:40.85 (3)	34.03	35.15	34.45
4	–	Dorina Szekeres	HUN	2:18.16	0.78	31.50 (3)	1:05.87 (5)	1:41.35 (4)	34.37	35.48	36.81
5	–	Yulduz Kuchkarova	UZB	2:18.60	0.73	31.46 (2)	1:05.79 (4)	1:41.88 (5)	34.33	36.09	36.72

Heat #2

Time	11:35

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Simona Baumrtová	CZE	2:10.03	0.63	31.22 (2)	1:04.22 (1)	1:37.05 (1)	33.00	32.83	32.98	Q
2	–	Miyu Otsuka	JPN	2:11.65	0.60	31.21 (1)	1:04.65 (3)	1:38.46 (2)	33.44	33.81	33.19
3	–	Fernanda González	MEX	2:12.75	0.61	31.31 (3)	1:04.64 (2)	1:38.94 (3)	33.33	34.30	33.81
4	–	Anja Čarman	SLO	2:13.01	0.71	31.56 (5)	1:05.31 (5)	1:39.43 (4)	33.75	34.12	33.58
5	–	Mie Ø. Nielsen	DEN	2:13.89	0.66	31.68 (6)	1:05.51 (6)	1:39.61 (5)	33.83	34.10	34.28
6	–	Kim Daniela Pavlin	CRO	2:15.67	0.56	31.75 (7)	1:05.79 (7)	1:40.56 (7)	34.04	34.77	35.11
7	–	Melanie Nocher	IRL	2:16.29	0.68	31.44 (4)	1:05.23 (4)	1:40.50 (6)	33.79	35.27	35.79
8	–	Stephanie Au	HKG	2:18.47	0.59	31.94 (8)	1:06.83 (8)	1:42.22 (8)	34.89	35.39	36.25

Heat #3

Time	11:40

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Elizabeth Beisel	USA	2:07.82	0.64	30.50 (3)	1:02.79 (1)	1:35.62 (1)	32.29	32.83	32.20	Q
2	–	Alexianne Castel	FRA	2:08.92	0.78	30.68 (4)	1:03.41 (4)	1:36.36 (4)	32.73	32.95	32.56	Q
3	–	Sinéad Russell	CAN	2:09.04	0.63	30.38 (1)	1:03.14 (2)	1:36.35 (3)	32.76	33.21	32.69	Q
4	–	Anastasiya Zuyeva	RUS	2:09.36	0.69	30.42 (2)	1:03.29 (3)	1:36.04 (2)	32.87	32.75	33.32	Q
5	–	Karin Prinsloo	RSA	2:10.34	0.68	31.03 (=6)	1:04.46 (5)	1:37.91 (6)	33.43	33.45	32.43	Q
6	–	Bai Anqi	CHN	2:11.26	0.54	31.02 (5)	1:04.51 (6)	1:37.88 (5)	33.49	33.37	33.38
7	–	Alessia Filippi	ITA	2:12.40	0.83	31.59 (8)	1:04.66 (7)	1:38.57 (7)	33.07	33.91	33.83
8	–	Alicja Tchórz	POL	2:14.02	0.64	31.03 (=6)	1:05.31 (8)	1:39.82 (8)	34.28	34.51	34.20

Heat #4

Time	11:44

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Belinda Hocking	AUS	2:08.75	0.67	31.02 (4)	1:03.66 (3)	1:36.45 (1)	32.64	32.79	32.30	Q
2	–	Daryna Zevina	UKR	2:09.40	0.62	31.19 (5)	1:03.79 (=5)	1:36.73 (4)	32.60	32.94	32.67	Q
3	–	Duane Da Rocha	ESP	2:09.72	0.72	31.21 (7)	1:03.79 (=5)	1:36.68 (3)	32.58	32.89	33.04	Q
4	–	Lizzie Simmonds	GBR	2:10.37	0.65	30.55 (2)	1:03.61 (2)	1:37.08 (6)	33.06	33.47	33.29	Q
5	–	Jenny Mensing	GER	2:10.54	0.77	30.52 (1)	1:03.11 (1)	1:36.56 (2)	32.59	33.45	33.98	Q
6	–	Melissa Ingram	NZL	2:10.63	0.62	31.20 (6)	1:04.00 (7)	1:37.00 (5)	32.80	33.00	33.63
7	–	Hilary Caldwell	CAN	2:10.75	0.65	30.96 (3)	1:03.73 (4)	1:37.23 (7)	32.77	33.50	33.52
8	–	Ekaterina Avramova	BUL	2:15.44	0.63	31.68 (8)	1:05.44 (8)	1:40.59 (8)	33.76	35.15	34.85

Heat #5

Time	11:48

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Missy Franklin	USA	2:07.54	0.66	30.28 (1)	1:02.37 (1)	1:35.06 (1)	32.09	32.69	32.48	Q
2	–	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:08.14	0.63	31.06 (6)	1:03.35 (3)	1:35.83 (3)	32.29	32.48	32.31	Q
3	–	Meagen Nay	AUS	2:08.40	0.70	30.52 (3)	1:02.96 (2)	1:35.56 (2)	32.44	32.60	32.84	Q
4	–	Stephanie Proud	GBR	2:10.01	0.60	31.14 (7)	1:03.69 (6)	1:36.63 (4)	32.55	32.94	33.38	Q
5	–	Sharon van Rouwendaal	NED	2:10.60	0.61	30.71 (4)	1:03.52 (4)	1:36.76 (5)	32.81	33.24	33.84	Q
6	–	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	ISL	2:11.31	0.68	30.86 (5)	1:03.55 (5)	1:37.36 (6)	32.69	33.81	33.95
7	–	Yao Yige	CHN	2:12.14	0.70	31.79 (8)	1:05.15 (8)	1:38.80 (7)	33.36	33.65	33.34
8	–	Laure Manaudou	FRA	2:14.29	0.62	30.45 (2)	1:03.76 (7)	1:38.88 (8)	33.31	35.12	35.41

Semi-Finals

Date	2 August 2012 — 19:58
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Elizabeth Beisel	USA	2:06.18	Q
2	–	Missy Franklin	USA	2:06.84	Q
3	–	Meagen Nay	AUS	2:07.42	Q
4	–	Anastasiya Zuyeva	RUS	2:07.88	Q
5	–	Alexianne Castel	FRA	2:08.24	Q
6	–	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:08.32	Q
7	–	Lizzie Simmonds	GBR	2:08.48	Q
8	–	Sinéad Russell	CAN	2:08.76	Q
9	–	Stephanie Proud	GBR	2:09.04
10	–	Belinda Hocking	AUS	2:09.35
11	–	Sharon van Rouwendaal	NED	2:09.50
12	–	Daryna Zevina	UKR	2:09.70
13	–	Duane Da Rocha	ESP	2:09.88
14	–	Simona Baumrtová	CZE	2:10.18
15	–	Jenny Mensing	GER	2:10.68
16	–	Karin Prinsloo	RSA	2:11.42

Heat #1

Time	19:58

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Elizabeth Beisel	USA	2:06.18	0.64	30.19 (2)	1:02.13 (1)	1:34.48 (1)	32.35	31.70	–	Q
2	–	Meagen Nay	AUS	2:07.42	0.66	30.23 (3)	1:02.19 (2)	1:34.90 (2)	31.96	32.71	32.52	Q
3	–	Anastasiya Zuyeva	RUS	2:07.88	0.72	30.46 (4)	1:02.66 (4)	1:35.65 (4)	32.20	32.99	32.23	Q
4	–	Alexianne Castel	FRA	2:08.24	0.72	30.62 (5)	1:03.33 (5)	1:36.18 (5)	32.71	32.85	32.06	Q
5	–	Lizzie Simmonds	GBR	2:08.48	0.63	30.11 (1)	1:02.34 (3)	1:35.42 (3)	32.23	33.08	33.06	Q
6	–	Sharon van Rouwendaal	NED	2:09.50	0.62	31.01 (7)	1:04.09 (7)	1:37.28 (7)	33.08	33.19	32.22
7	–	Duane Da Rocha	ESP	2:09.88	0.71	30.78 (6)	1:03.93 (6)	1:36.99 (6)	33.15	33.06	32.89
8	–	Simona Baumrtová	CZE	2:10.18	0.63	31.08 (8)	1:04.12 (8)	1:37.58 (8)	33.04	33.46	32.60

Heat #2

Time	20:04

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Missy Franklin	USA	2:06.84	0.64	30.17 (=1)	1:02.15 (1)	1:34.64 (1)	31.98	32.49	32.20	Q
2	–	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:08.32	0.64	30.59 (4)	1:03.07 (3)	1:36.02 (3)	32.48	32.95	32.30	Q
3	–	Sinéad Russell	CAN	2:08.76	0.63	30.17 (=1)	1:02.51 (2)	1:35.81 (2)	32.34	33.30	32.95	Q
4	–	Stephanie Proud	GBR	2:09.04	0.61	31.31 (8)	1:03.64 (5)	1:36.66 (5)	32.33	33.02	32.38
5	–	Belinda Hocking	AUS	2:09.35	0.72	30.92 (6)	1:03.40 (4)	1:36.49 (4)	32.48	33.09	32.86
6	–	Daryna Zevina	UKR	2:09.70	0.65	30.98 (7)	1:03.77 (8)	1:37.04 (6)	32.79	33.27	32.66
7	–	Jenny Mensing	GER	2:10.68	0.75	30.74 (5)	1:03.71 (7)	1:37.71 (8)	32.97	34.00	32.97
8	–	Karin Prinsloo	RSA	2:11.42	0.68	30.29 (3)	1:03.66 (6)	1:37.64 (7)	33.37	33.98	33.78

Final Round

Date	3 August 2012 — 19:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Missy Franklin	USA	2:04.06	0.65	29.53 (1)	1:00.50 (1)	1:32.16 (1)	30.97	31.66	31.90
2	–	Anastasiya Zuyeva	RUS	2:05.92	0.72	29.93 (4)	1:01.89 (3)	1:34.21 (2)	31.96	32.32	31.71
3	–	Elizabeth Beisel	USA	2:06.55	0.65	30.12 (6)	1:02.04 (4)	1:34.40 (4)	31.92	32.36	32.15
4	–	Lizzie Simmonds	GBR	2:07.26	0.66	29.74 (2)	1:01.77 (2)	1:34.34 (3)	32.03	32.57	32.92
5	–	Meagen Nay	AUS	2:07.43	0.67	30.23 (8)	1:02.45 (6)	1:34.93 (5)	32.22	32.48	32.50
6	–	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:08.18	0.64	30.06 (5)	1:02.16 (5)	1:34.99 (6)	32.10	32.83	33.19
7	–	Alexianne Castel	FRA	2:08.43	0.74	30.19 (7)	1:02.50 (7)	1:35.34 (7)	32.31	32.84	33.09
8	–	Sinéad Russell	CAN	2:09.86	0.65	29.81 (3)	1:02.77 (8)	1:35.97 (8)	32.96	33.20	33.89