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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	Swimmer	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 (11 August 2016 — 14:36)

Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Heat One (14:36)

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

Heat Two (14:41)

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

Heat Three (14:46)

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

Heat Four (14:51)

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

Semi-Finals (11 August 2016 — 22:35)

Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Heat One (22:35)

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

Heat Two (22:44)

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

Final (12 August 2016 — 22:03)

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