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200 metres Backstroke, Women

Date	11 – 12 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	28 from 20 countries

Australian Emily Seebohm had won the 2015 World Championships and ranked #2 on the world list coming into Rio, trailing only her countrywoman Belinda Hocking. Missy Franklin was the world record holder and defending gold medalist, but had not been the same swimmer since back injuries had slowed her in 2014. Other contenders were Hungary’s Katinka Hosszú, who had already won the 100 back, and American Maya DiRado, the US Olympic Trials Champion.

DiRado, who was retiring after the Rio Olympics, came through to win a very close gold medal over Hosszú, as DiRado finished in 2:05.99 with Hosszú at 2:06.05. Canada’s Hilary Caldwell won the bronze medal, repeating her finish at the 2015 World Championships and the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Maya DiRado	USA	2:08.60 (3 h3)	2:07.53 (2 h2)	2:05.99 (1)	Gold
2	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:06.09 (1 h3)	2:06.03 (1 h2)	2:06.05 (2)	Silver
3	Hilary Caldwell	CAN	2:07.40 (2 h3)	2:07.17 (1 h1)	2:07.54 (3)	Bronze
4	Darya Ustinova	RUS	2:09.96 (4 h2)	2:08.84 (5 h2)	2:07.89 (4)
5	Belinda Hocking	AUS	2:08.67 (1 h4)	2:07.83 (3 h2)	2:08.02 (5)
6	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:08.91 (5 h3)	2:08.83 (4 h2)	2:08.80 (6)
7	Liu Yaxin	CHN	2:08.84 (4 h3)	2:07.56 (2 h1)	2:09.03 (7)
8	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	ISL	2:09.62 (4 h4)	2:08.84 (3 h1)	2:09.44 (8)
9	Daryna Zevina	UKR	2:08.88 (2 h4)	2:09.07 (4 h1)	–
10	Dominique Bouchard	CAN	2:08.87 (2 h2)	2:09.07 (6 h2)	–
11	Anastasiya Fesikova	RUS	2:10.39 (6 h3)	2:09.12 (5 h1)	–
12	Emily Seebohm	AUS	2:09.00 (3 h4)	2:09.39 (6 h1)	–
13	Lisa Graf	GER	2:08.67 (1 h2)	2:09.56 (7 h1)	–
14	Missy Franklin	USA	2:09.36 (3 h2)	2:09.74 (7 h2)	–
15	Matea Samardžić	CRO	2:10.51 (5 h2)	2:09.83 (8 h2)	–
16	Jenny Mensing	GER	2:10.68 (5 h4)	2:10.15 (8 h1)	–
17	Margherita Panziera	ITA	2:10.92 (6 h2)	–	–
18	Claudia Lau	HKG	2:10.94 (6 h4)	–	–
19	Duane Da Rocha	ESP	2:11.17 (7 h2)	–	–
20	Alicja Tchórz	POL	2:11.40 (8 h2)	–	–
21	Ekaterina Avramova	TUR	2:12.98 (1 h1)	–	–
22	Réka György	HUN	2:12.99 (7 h3)	–	–
23	Simona Baumrtová	CZE	2:13.26 (2 h1)	–	–
24	Martina van Berkel	SUI	2:13.46 (3 h1)	–	–
25	África Zamorano	ESP	2:13.74 (7 h4)	–	–
26	Natsumi Sakai	JPN	2:13.99 (8 h3)	–	–
27	Chen Jie	CHN	2:14.18 (8 h4)	–	–
28	Yessy Yosaputra	INA	2:20.88 (4 h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	11 August 2016 — 14:36
Format	Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:06.09	Q
2	3	Hilary Caldwell	CAN	2:07.40	Q
3	5	Maya DiRado	USA	2:08.60	Q
=4	6	Lisa Graf	GER	2:08.67	Q
=4	5	Belinda Hocking	AUS	2:08.67	Q
6	7	Liu Yaxin	CHN	2:08.84	Q
7	3	Dominique Bouchard	CAN	2:08.87	Q
8	3	Daryna Zevina	UKR	2:08.88	Q
9	2	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:08.91	Q
10	4	Emily Seebohm	AUS	2:09.00	Q
11	4	Missy Franklin	USA	2:09.36	Q
12	2	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	ISL	2:09.62	Q
13	5	Darya Ustinova	RUS	2:09.96	Q
14	6	Anastasiya Fesikova	RUS	2:10.39	Q
15	2	Matea Samardžić	CRO	2:10.51	Q
16	6	Jenny Mensing	GER	2:10.68	Q
17	7	Margherita Panziera	ITA	2:10.92
18	7	Claudia Lau	HKG	2:10.94
19	1	Duane Da Rocha	ESP	2:11.17
20	8	Alicja Tchórz	POL	2:11.40
21	5	Ekaterina Avramova	TUR	2:12.98
22	1	Réka György	HUN	2:12.99
23	4	Simona Baumrtová	CZE	2:13.26
24	3	Martina van Berkel	SUI	2:13.46
25	8	África Zamorano	ESP	2:13.74
26	8	Natsumi Sakai	JPN	2:13.99
27	1	Chen Jie	CHN	2:14.18
28	6	Yessy Yosaputra	INA	2:20.88

Heat #1

Time	14:36

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Ekaterina Avramova	TUR	2:12.98	0.59	30.68 (1)	1:03.95 (2)	1:38.52 (2)	33.27 (2)	34.57 (3)	34.46 (2)
2	4	Simona Baumrtová	CZE	2:13.26	0.66	30.77 (2)	1:03.74 (1)	1:37.08 (1)	32.97 (1)	33.34 (1)	36.18 (3)
3	3	Martina van Berkel	SUI	2:13.46	0.65	32.11 (3)	1:06.37 (3)	1:40.08 (3)	34.26 (3)	33.71 (2)	33.38 (1)
4	6	Yessy Yosaputra	INA	2:20.88	0.74	32.69 (4)	1:07.69 (4)	1:44.34 (4)	35.00 (4)	36.65 (4)	36.54 (4)

Heat #2

Time	14:41

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	6	Lisa Graf	GER	2:08.67	0.74	31.25 (7)	1:03.57 (4)	1:36.05 (2)	32.32 (3)	32.48 (2)	32.62 (1)	Q
2	3	Dominique Bouchard	CAN	2:08.87	0.73	31.24 (6)	1:03.45 (2)	1:35.65 (1)	32.21 (1)	32.20 (1)	33.22 (3)	Q
3	4	Missy Franklin	USA	2:09.36	0.70	30.79 (1)	1:03.06 (1)	1:36.16 (3)	32.27 (2)	33.10 (4)	33.20 (2)	Q
4	5	Darya Ustinova	RUS	2:09.96	0.66	31.12 (4)	1:03.53 (3)	1:36.70 (4)	32.41 (4)	33.17 (5)	33.26 (4)	Q
5	2	Matea Samardžić	CRO	2:10.51	0.77	31.06 (3)	1:04.27 (7)	1:37.23 (5)	33.21 (7)	32.96 (3)	33.28 (5)	Q
6	7	Margherita Panziera	ITA	2:10.92	0.68	31.36 (8)	1:04.00 (6)	1:37.42 (6)	32.64 (5)	33.42 (7)	33.50 (7)
7	1	Duane Da Rocha	ESP	2:11.17	0.73	31.19 (5)	1:04.59 (8)	1:37.81 (=7)	33.40 (8)	33.22 (6)	33.36 (6)
8	8	Alicja Tchórz	POL	2:11.40	0.70	30.87 (2)	1:03.93 (5)	1:37.81 (=7)	33.06 (6)	33.88 (8)	33.59 (8)

Heat #3

Time	14:46

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:06.09	0.65	29.97 (1)	1:01.63 (1)	1:33.91 (1)	31.66 (1)	32.28 (1)	32.18 (1)	Q
2	3	Hilary Caldwell	CAN	2:07.40	0.60	30.11 (3)	1:02.07 (2)	1:34.68 (2)	31.96 (2)	32.61 (2)	32.72 (3)	Q
3	5	Maya DiRado	USA	2:08.60	0.72	30.62 (5)	1:02.91 (4)	1:35.79 (3)	32.29 (3)	32.88 (4)	32.81 (4)	Q
4	7	Liu Yaxin	CHN	2:08.84	0.72	31.26 (8)	1:03.75 (6)	1:36.42 (5)	32.49 (4)	32.67 (3)	32.42 (2)	Q
5	2	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:08.91	0.68	30.29 (4)	1:03.09 (5)	1:35.99 (4)	32.80 (6)	32.90 (5)	32..92 (8)	Q
6	6	Anastasiya Fesikova	RUS	2:10.39	0.72	31.25 (7)	1:04.18 (8)	1:37.24 (6)	32.93 (7)	33.06 (6)	33.15 (5)	Q
7	1	Réka György	HUN	2:12.99	0.68	30.84 (6)	1:04.05 (7)	1:37.73 (7)	33.21 (8)	33.68 (7)	35.26 (6)
8	8	Natsumi Sakai	JPN	2:13.99	0.60	30.07 (2)	1:02.70 (3)	1:38.31 (8)	32.63 (5)	35.61 (8)	35.68 (7)

Heat #4

Time	14:51

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Belinda Hocking	AUS	2:08.67	0.62	31.15 (4)	1:03.37 (2)	1:36.03 (2)	32.22 (1)	32.66 (2)	32.64 (3)	Q
2	3	Daryna Zevina	UKR	2:08.88	0.70	31.21 (=5)	1:04.34 (5)	1:36.86 (4)	33.13 (=5)	32.52 (1)	32.02 (1)	Q
3	4	Emily Seebohm	AUS	2:09.00	0.71	30.64 (2)	1:03.85 (3)	1:36.83 (3)	33.21 (7)	32.98 (=3)	32.17 (2)	Q
4	2	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	ISL	2:09.62	0.64	30.16 (1)	1:02.96 (1)	1:35.94 (1)	32.80 (3)	32.98 (=3)	33.68 (6)	Q
5	6	Jenny Mensing	GER	2:10.68	0.70	31.21 (=5)	1:03.87 (4)	1:37.15 (5)	32.66 (2)	33.28 (6)	33.53 (5)	Q
6	7	Claudia Lau	HKG	2:10.94	0.65	31.88 (8)	1:05.01 (8)	1:38.21 (6)	33.13 (=5)	33.20 (5)	32.73 (4)
7	8	África Zamorano	ESP	2:13.74	0.59	31.85 (7)	1:04.90 (7)	1:39.13 (8)	33.05 (4)	34.23 (8)	34.61 (7)
8	1	Chen Jie	CHN	2:14.18	0.74	30.94 (3)	1:04.77 (6)	1:38.79 (7)	33.83 (8)	34.02 (7)	35.39 (8)

Semi-Finals

Date	11 August 2016 — 22:35
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:06.03	Q
2	4	Hilary Caldwell	CAN	2:07.17	Q
3	5	Maya DiRado	USA	2:07.53	Q
4	3	Liu Yaxin	CHN	2:07.56	Q
5	3	Belinda Hocking	AUS	2:07.83	Q
6	2	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:08.83	Q
=7	7	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	ISL	2:08.84	Q
=7	1	Darya Ustinova	RUS	2:08.84	Q
=9	6	Daryna Zevina	UKR	2:09.07
=9	6	Dominique Bouchard	CAN	2:09.07
11	1	Anastasiya Fesikova	RUS	2:09.12
12	2	Emily Seebohm	AUS	2:09.39
13	5	Lisa Graf	GER	2:09.56
14	7	Missy Franklin	USA	2:09.74
15	8	Matea Samardžić	CRO	2:09.83
16	8	Jenny Mensing	GER	2:10.15

Heat #1

Time	22:35

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Hilary Caldwell	CAN	2:07.17	0.61	30.24 (3)	1:02.13 (1)	1:34.59 (1)	31.89 (1)	32.46 (1)	32.58 (3)	Q
2	3	Liu Yaxin	CHN	2:07.56	0.71	30.81 (6)	1:03.34 (5)	1:35.86 (2)	32.53 (5)	32.52 (2)	31.70 (1)	Q
3	7	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	ISL	2:08.84	0.66	30.34 (4)	1:02.78 (3)	1:36.22 (4)	32.44 (4)	33.44 (7)	32.62 (4)	Q
4	6	Daryna Zevina	UKR	2:09.07	0.64	30.82 (7)	1:03.43 (6)	1:36.61 (7)	32.61 (6)	33.18 (6)	32.46 (2)
5	1	Anastasiya Fesikova	RUS	2:09.12	0.80	30.18 (1)	1:03.17 (4)	1:36.16 (3)	32.99 (7)	32.99 (3)	32.96 (7)
6	2	Emily Seebohm	AUS	2:09.39	0.66	30.19 (2)	1:03.47 (7)	1:36.56 (6)	33.28 (8)	33.09 (5)	32.83 (5)
7	5	Lisa Graf	GER	2:09.56	0.83	31.42 (8)	1:03.59 (8)	1:36.62 (8)	32.17 (2)	33.03 (4)	32.94 (6)
8	8	Jenny Mensing	GER	2:10.15	0.72	30.50 (5)	1:02.76 (2)	1:36.28 (5)	32.26 (3)	33.52 (8)	33.87 (8)

Heat #2

Time	22:44

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:06.03	0.59	29.87 (1)	1:01.37 (1)	1:33.71 (1)	31.50 (1)	32.34 (2)	32.32 (=1)	Q
2	5	Maya DiRado	USA	2:07.53	0.73	30.37 (4)	1:02.26 (2)	1:35.02 (2)	31.89 (2)	32.76 (4)	32.51 (3)	Q
3	3	Belinda Hocking	AUS	2:07.83	0.63	30.46 (5)	1:02.61 (3)	1:35.17 (3)	32.15 (4)	32.56 (3)	32.66 (4)	Q
4	2	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:08.83	0.68	30.34 (3)	1:03.21 (5)	1:36.51 (7)	32.87 (8)	33.30 (7)	32.32 (=1)	Q
5	1	Darya Ustinova	RUS	2:08.84	0.73	30.25 (2)	1:02.78 (4)	1:35.87 (4)	32.53 (7)	33.09 (=5)	32.97 (6)	Q
6	6	Dominique Bouchard	CAN	2:09.07	0.64	31.78 (8)	1:03.91 (8)	1:36.17 (5)	32.13 (3)	32.26 (1)	32.90 (5)
7	7	Missy Franklin	USA	2:09.74	0.70	30.91 (6)	1:03.34 (6)	1:36.43 (6)	32.43 (6)	33.09 (=5)	33.31 (8)
8	8	Matea Samardžić	CRO	2:09.83	0.68	30.95 (7)	1:03.35 (7)	1:36.75 (8)	32.40 (5)	33.40 (8)	33.08 (7)

Final Round

Date	12 August 2016 — 22:03

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	3	Maya DiRado	USA	2:05.99	0.88	29.69 (2)	1:01.47 (2)	1:33.20 (2)	31.78 (3)	31.73 (1)	32.79 (4)
2	4	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	2:06.05	0.59	29.37 (1)	1:00.90 (1)	1:32.72 (1)	31.53 (1)	31.82 (2)	33.33 (6)
3	5	Hilary Caldwell	CAN	2:07.54	0.61	30.18 (=4)	1:01.85 (3)	1:34.43 (=3)	31.67 (2)	32.58 (4)	33.11 (5)
4	8	Darya Ustinova	RUS	2:07.89	0.65	30.93 (7)	1:03.09 (6)	1:36.10 (6)	32.16 (5)	33.01 (6)	31.79 (2)
5	2	Belinda Hocking	AUS	2:08.02	0.64	30.18 (=4)	1:02.00 (4)	1:34.43 (=3)	31.82 (4)	32.43 (3)	33.59 (8)
6	7	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:08.80	0.69	30.77 (6)	1:03.25 (7)	1:36.37 (7)	32.48 (6)	33.12 (7)	32.43 (3)
7	6	Liu Yaxin	CHN	2:09.03	0.70	31.52 (8)	1:04.35 (8)	1:37.26 (8)	32.83 (8)	32.91 (5)	31.77 (1)
8	1	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	ISL	2:09.44	0.78	29.96 (3)	1:02.58 (5)	1:35.88 (5)	32.62 (7)	33.30 (8)	33.56 (7)