2012 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming
| Women's 200m Backstroke | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
USAUnited States | Missy Franklin | 2:04.06 OR/WR | |
RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 2:05.92 | |
USAUnited States | Elizabeth Beisel | 2:06.55 | |
| 4 | GBRGreat Britain | Elizabeth Simmonds | 2:07.26 |
| 5 | AUSAustralia | Meagen Nay | 2:07.43 |
| 6 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 2:08.18 |
| 7 | FRAFrance | Alexianne Castel | 2:08.43 |
| 8 | CANCanada | Sinead Russell | 2:09.86 |
| 9 | GBRGreat Britain | Stephanie Proud | 2:09.04 |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | Belinda Hocking | 2:09.35 |
| 11 | NEDNetherlands | Sharon van Rouwendaal | 2:09.50 |
| 12 | UKRUkraine | Daryna Zevina | 2:09.70 |
| 13 | ESPSpain | Duane Da Rocha | 2:09.88 |
| 14 | CZECzechia | Simona Baumrtová | 2:10.18 |
| 15 | GERGermany | Jenny Mensing | 2:10.68 |
| 16 | RSASouth Africa | Karin Prinsloo | 2:11.42 |
| 17 | NZLNew Zealand | Melissa Ingram | 2:10.63 |
| 18 | CANCanada | Hilary Caldwell | 2:10.75 |
| 19 | CHNChina | Bai Anqi | 2:11.26 |
| 20 | ISLIceland | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 2:11.31 |
| 21 | JPNJapan | Miyu Otsuka | 2:11.65 |
| 22 | CHNChina | Yao Yige | 2:12.14 |
| 23 | ITAItaly | Alessia Filippi | 2:12.40 |
| 24 | MEXMexico | Fernanda Gonzalez | 2:12.75 |
| 25 | SLOSlovenia | Anja Carman | 2:13.01 |
| 26 | VIEVietnam | Nguyen Thi Anh Vien | 2:13.35 |
| 27 | COLColombia | Carolina Colorado | 2:13.64 |
| 28 | DENDenmark | Mie Nielsen | 2:13.89 |
| 29 | POLPoland | Alicja Tchorz | 2:14.02 |
| 30 | FRAFrance | Laure Manaudou | 2:14.29 |
| 31 | KORSouth Korea | Ham Chan Mi | 2:15.30 |
| 32 | BULBulgaria | Ekaterina Avramova | 2:15.44 |
| 33 | CROCroatia | Kim Pavlin | 2:15.67 |
| 34 | IRLIreland | Melanie Nocher | 2:16.29 |
| 35 | HUNHungary | Dorina Szekeres | 2:18.16 |
| 36 | HKGHong Kong | Stephanie Au | 2:18.47 |
| 37 | UZBUzbekistan | Yulduz Kuchkarova | 2:18.60 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | VIEVietnam | Nguyen Thi Anh Vien | 2:13.35 |
| 2 | COLColombia | Carolina Colorado | 2:13.64 |
| 3 | KORSouth Korea | Ham Chan Mi | 2:15.30 |
| 4 | HUNHungary | Dorina Szekeres | 2:18.16 |
| 5 | UZBUzbekistan | Yulduz Kuchkarova | 2:18.60 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Heats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Missy Franklin | 2:07.54 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Elizabeth Beisel | 2:07.82 |
| 3 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 2:08.14 |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Meagen Nay | 2:08.40 |
| 5 | AUSAustralia | Belinda Hocking | 2:08.75 |
| 6 | FRAFrance | Alexianne Castel | 2:08.92 |
| 7 | CANCanada | Sinead Russell | 2:09.04 |
| 8 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 2:09.36 |
| 9 | UKRUkraine | Daryna Zevina | 2:09.40 |
| 10 | ESPSpain | Duane Da Rocha | 2:09.72 |
| 11 | GBRGreat Britain | Stephanie Proud | 2:10.01 |
| 12 | CZECzechia | Simona Baumrtová | 2:10.03 |
| 13 | RSASouth Africa | Karin Prinsloo | 2:10.34 |
| 14 | GBRGreat Britain | Elizabeth Simmonds | 2:10.37 |
| 15 | GERGermany | Jenny Mensing | 2:10.54 |
| 16 | NEDNetherlands | Sharon van Rouwendaal | 2:10.60 |
| 17 | NZLNew Zealand | Melissa Ingram | 2:10.63 |
| 18 | CANCanada | Hilary Caldwell | 2:10.75 |
| 19 | CHNChina | Bai Anqi | 2:11.26 |
| 20 | ISLIceland | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 2:11.31 |
| 21 | JPNJapan | Miyu Otsuka | 2:11.65 |
| 22 | CHNChina | Yao Yige | 2:12.14 |
| 23 | ITAItaly | Alessia Filippi | 2:12.40 |
| 24 | MEXMexico | Fernanda Gonzalez | 2:12.75 |
| 25 | SLOSlovenia | Anja Carman | 2:13.01 |
| 26 | VIEVietnam | Nguyen Thi Anh Vien | 2:13.35 |
| 27 | COLColombia | Carolina Colorado | 2:13.64 |
| 28 | DENDenmark | Mie Nielsen | 2:13.89 |
| 29 | POLPoland | Alicja Tchorz | 2:14.02 |
| 30 | FRAFrance | Laure Manaudou | 2:14.29 |
| 31 | KORSouth Korea | Ham Chan Mi | 2:15.30 |
| 32 | BULBulgaria | Ekaterina Avramova | 2:15.44 |
| 33 | CROCroatia | Kim Pavlin | 2:15.67 |
| 34 | IRLIreland | Melanie Nocher | 2:16.29 |
| 35 | HUNHungary | Dorina Szekeres | 2:18.16 |
| 36 | HKGHong Kong | Stephanie Au | 2:18.47 |
| 37 | UZBUzbekistan | Yulduz Kuchkarova | 2:18.60 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Missy Franklin | 2:04.06 |
| 2 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 2:05.92 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Elizabeth Beisel | 2:06.55 |
| 4 | GBRGreat Britain | Elizabeth Simmonds | 2:07.26 |
| 5 | AUSAustralia | Meagen Nay | 2:07.43 |
| 6 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 2:08.18 |
| 7 | FRAFrance | Alexianne Castel | 2:08.43 |
| 8 | CANCanada | Sinead Russell | 2:09.86 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Missy Franklin | 2:06.84 |
| 2 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 2:08.32 |
| 3 | CANCanada | Sinead Russell | 2:08.76 |
| 4 | GBRGreat Britain | Stephanie Proud | 2:09.04 |
| 5 | AUSAustralia | Belinda Hocking | 2:09.35 |
| 6 | UKRUkraine | Daryna Zevina | 2:09.70 |
| 7 | GERGermany | Jenny Mensing | 2:10.68 |
| 8 | RSASouth Africa | Karin Prinsloo | 2:11.42 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Elizabeth Beisel | 2:06.18 |
| 2 | AUSAustralia | Meagen Nay | 2:07.42 |
| 3 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 2:07.88 |
| 4 | FRAFrance | Alexianne Castel | 2:08.24 |
| 5 | GBRGreat Britain | Elizabeth Simmonds | 2:08.48 |
| 6 | NEDNetherlands | Sharon van Rouwendaal | 2:09.50 |
| 7 | ESPSpain | Duane Da Rocha | 2:09.88 |
| 8 | CZECzechia | Simona Baumrtová | 2:10.18 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Elizabeth Beisel | 2:06.18 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Missy Franklin | 2:06.84 |
| 3 | AUSAustralia | Meagen Nay | 2:07.42 |
| 4 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 2:07.88 |
| 5 | FRAFrance | Alexianne Castel | 2:08.24 |
| 6 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 2:08.32 |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Elizabeth Simmonds | 2:08.48 |
| 8 | CANCanada | Sinead Russell | 2:08.76 |
| 9 | GBRGreat Britain | Stephanie Proud | 2:09.04 |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | Belinda Hocking | 2:09.35 |
| 11 | NEDNetherlands | Sharon van Rouwendaal | 2:09.50 |
| 12 | UKRUkraine | Daryna Zevina | 2:09.70 |
| 13 | ESPSpain | Duane Da Rocha | 2:09.88 |
| 14 | CZECzechia | Simona Baumrtová | 2:10.18 |
| 15 | GERGermany | Jenny Mensing | 2:10.68 |
| 16 | RSASouth Africa | Karin Prinsloo | 2:11.42 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Canceled |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Missy Franklin | 2:07.54 |
| 2 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 2:08.14 |
| 3 | AUSAustralia | Meagen Nay | 2:08.40 |
| 4 | GBRGreat Britain | Stephanie Proud | 2:10.01 |
| 5 | NEDNetherlands | Sharon van Rouwendaal | 2:10.60 |
| 6 | ISLIceland | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 2:11.31 |
| 7 | CHNChina | Yao Yige | 2:12.14 |
| 8 | FRAFrance | Laure Manaudou | 2:14.29 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | AUSAustralia | Belinda Hocking | 2:08.75 |
| 2 | UKRUkraine | Daryna Zevina | 2:09.40 |
| 3 | ESPSpain | Duane Da Rocha | 2:09.72 |
| 4 | GBRGreat Britain | Elizabeth Simmonds | 2:10.37 |
| 5 | GERGermany | Jenny Mensing | 2:10.54 |
| 6 | NZLNew Zealand | Melissa Ingram | 2:10.63 |
| 7 | CANCanada | Hilary Caldwell | 2:10.75 |
| 8 | BULBulgaria | Ekaterina Avramova | 2:15.44 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Elizabeth Beisel | 2:07.82 |
| 2 | FRAFrance | Alexianne Castel | 2:08.92 |
| 3 | CANCanada | Sinead Russell | 2:09.04 |
| 4 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 2:09.36 |
| 5 | RSASouth Africa | Karin Prinsloo | 2:10.34 |
| 6 | CHNChina | Bai Anqi | 2:11.26 |
| 7 | ITAItaly | Alessia Filippi | 2:12.40 |
| 8 | POLPoland | Alicja Tchorz | 2:14.02 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | CZECzechia | Simona Baumrtová | 2:10.03 |
| 2 | JPNJapan | Miyu Otsuka | 2:11.65 |
| 3 | MEXMexico | Fernanda Gonzalez | 2:12.75 |
| 4 | SLOSlovenia | Anja Carman | 2:13.01 |
| 5 | DENDenmark | Mie Nielsen | 2:13.89 |
| 6 | CROCroatia | Kim Pavlin | 2:15.67 |
| 7 | IRLIreland | Melanie Nocher | 2:16.29 |
| 8 | HKGHong Kong | Stephanie Au | 2:18.47 |
Medal Tracker
Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 45
JPN
Individual Medal Leaders
USA | 40 |
CHN | 40 |
JPN | 20 |
USA | 44 |
CHN | 27 |
FRA | 26 |
USA | 42 |
GBR | 29 |
CHN | 24 |
Medal Leaders
- 5
Marchand - 5
Huske - 5
O'Callaghan
Individual Medal Leaders
Marchand | 4 |
Huske | 3 |
O'Callaghan | 3 |
Smith | 3 |
Huske | 2 |
Walsh | 2 |
Yufei | 5 |
Junxuan | 3 |
McKeown | 2 |
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