2016 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming
| Women's 200m Backstroke | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 11 - Final | |||
USAUnited States | Maya DiRado | 2:05.99 | |
HUNHungary | Katinka Hosszú | 2:06.05 | |
CANCanada | Hilary Caldwell | 2:07.54 | |
| 4 | RUSRussia | Daria K Ustinova | 2:07.89 |
| 5 | AUSAustralia | Belinda Hocking | 2:08.02 |
| 6 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 2:08.80 |
| 7 | CHNChina | Liu Yaxin | 2:09.03 |
| 8 | ISLIceland | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 2:09.44 |
| 9 | CANCanada | Dominique Bouchard | 2:09.07 |
| 9 | UKRUkraine | Daryna Zevina | 2:09.07 |
| 11 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 2:09.12 |
| 12 | AUSAustralia | Emily Seebohm | 2:09.39 |
| 13 | GERGermany | Lisa Graf | 2:09.56 |
| 14 | USAUnited States | Missy Franklin | 2:09.74 |
| 15 | CROCroatia | Matea Samardzic | 2:09.83 |
| 16 | GERGermany | Jenny Mensing | 2:10.15 |
| 17 | ITAItaly | Margherita Panziera | 2:10.92 |
| 18 | HKGHong Kong | Claudia Lau | 2:10.94 |
| 19 | ESPSpain | Duane Da Rocha | 2:11.17 |
| 20 | POLPoland | Alicja Tchorz | 2:11.40 |
| 21 | TURTürkiye | Ekaterina Avramova | 2:12.98 |
| 22 | HUNHungary | Reka Gyorgy | 2:12.99 |
| 23 | CZECzechia | Simona Baumrtová | 2:13.26 |
| 24 | SUISwitzerland | Martina Van Berkel | 2:13.46 |
| 25 | ESPSpain | Africa Zamorano | 2:13.74 |
| 26 | JPNJapan | Natsumi Sakai | 2:13.99 |
| 27 | CHNChina | Chen Jie | 2:14.18 |
| 28 | INAIndonesia | Yessy Yosaputra | 2:20.88 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Heats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 11 - Final | |||
| 1 | HUNHungary | Katinka Hosszú | 2:06.09 Q |
| 2 | CANCanada | Hilary Caldwell | 2:07.40 Q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Maya DiRado | 2:08.60 Q |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Belinda Hocking | 2:08.67 Q |
| 4 | GERGermany | Lisa Graf | 2:08.67 Q |
| 6 | CHNChina | Liu Yaxin | 2:08.84 Q |
| 7 | CANCanada | Dominique Bouchard | 2:08.87 Q |
| 8 | UKRUkraine | Daryna Zevina | 2:08.88 Q |
| 9 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 2:08.91 Q |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | Emily Seebohm | 2:09.00 Q |
| 11 | USAUnited States | Missy Franklin | 2:09.36 Q |
| 12 | ISLIceland | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 2:09.62 Q |
| 13 | RUSRussia | Daria K Ustinova | 2:09.96 Q |
| 14 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 2:10.39 Q |
| 15 | CROCroatia | Matea Samardzic | 2:10.51 Q |
| 16 | GERGermany | Jenny Mensing | 2:10.68 Q |
| 17 | ITAItaly | Margherita Panziera | 2:10.92 |
| 18 | HKGHong Kong | Claudia Lau | 2:10.94 |
| 19 | ESPSpain | Duane Da Rocha | 2:11.17 |
| 20 | POLPoland | Alicja Tchorz | 2:11.40 |
| 21 | TURTürkiye | Ekaterina Avramova | 2:12.98 |
| 22 | HUNHungary | Reka Gyorgy | 2:12.99 |
| 23 | CZECzechia | Simona Baumrtová | 2:13.26 |
| 24 | SUISwitzerland | Martina Van Berkel | 2:13.46 |
| 25 | ESPSpain | Africa Zamorano | 2:13.74 |
| 26 | JPNJapan | Natsumi Sakai | 2:13.99 |
| 27 | CHNChina | Chen Jie | 2:14.18 |
| 28 | INAIndonesia | Yessy Yosaputra | 2:20.88 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Maya DiRado | 2:05.99 |
| 2 | HUNHungary | Katinka Hosszú | 2:06.05 |
| 3 | CANCanada | Hilary Caldwell | 2:07.54 |
| 4 | RUSRussia | Daria K Ustinova | 2:07.89 |
| 5 | AUSAustralia | Belinda Hocking | 2:08.02 |
| 6 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 2:08.80 |
| 7 | CHNChina | Liu Yaxin | 2:09.03 |
| 8 | ISLIceland | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 2:09.44 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | HUNHungary | Katinka Hosszú | 2:06.03 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Maya DiRado | 2:07.53 |
| 3 | AUSAustralia | Belinda Hocking | 2:07.83 |
| 4 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 2:08.83 |
| 5 | RUSRussia | Daria K Ustinova | 2:08.84 |
| 6 | CANCanada | Dominique Bouchard | 2:09.07 |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Missy Franklin | 2:09.74 |
| 8 | CROCroatia | Matea Samardzic | 2:09.83 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | CANCanada | Hilary Caldwell | 2:07.17 |
| 2 | CHNChina | Liu Yaxin | 2:07.56 |
| 3 | ISLIceland | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 2:08.84 |
| 4 | UKRUkraine | Daryna Zevina | 2:09.07 |
| 5 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 2:09.12 |
| 6 | AUSAustralia | Emily Seebohm | 2:09.39 |
| 7 | GERGermany | Lisa Graf | 2:09.56 |
| 8 | GERGermany | Jenny Mensing | 2:10.15 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | HUNHungary | Katinka Hosszú | 2:06.03 Q |
| 2 | CANCanada | Hilary Caldwell | 2:07.17 Q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Maya DiRado | 2:07.53 Q |
| 4 | CHNChina | Liu Yaxin | 2:07.56 Q |
| 5 | AUSAustralia | Belinda Hocking | 2:07.83 Q |
| 6 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 2:08.83 Q |
| 7 | ISLIceland | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 2:08.84 Q |
| 7 | RUSRussia | Daria K Ustinova | 2:08.84 Q |
| 9 | CANCanada | Dominique Bouchard | 2:09.07 |
| 9 | UKRUkraine | Daryna Zevina | 2:09.07 |
| 11 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 2:09.12 |
| 12 | AUSAustralia | Emily Seebohm | 2:09.39 |
| 13 | GERGermany | Lisa Graf | 2:09.56 |
| 14 | USAUnited States | Missy Franklin | 2:09.74 |
| 15 | CROCroatia | Matea Samardzic | 2:09.83 |
| 16 | GERGermany | Jenny Mensing | 2:10.15 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 11 - Final | |||
| 1 | AUSAustralia | Belinda Hocking | 2:08.67 |
| 2 | UKRUkraine | Daryna Zevina | 2:08.88 |
| 3 | AUSAustralia | Emily Seebohm | 2:09.00 |
| 4 | ISLIceland | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 2:09.62 |
| 5 | GERGermany | Jenny Mensing | 2:10.68 |
| 6 | HKGHong Kong | Claudia Lau | 2:10.94 |
| 7 | ESPSpain | Africa Zamorano | 2:13.74 |
| 8 | CHNChina | Chen Jie | 2:14.18 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 11 - Final | |||
| 1 | HUNHungary | Katinka Hosszú | 2:06.09 |
| 2 | CANCanada | Hilary Caldwell | 2:07.40 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Maya DiRado | 2:08.60 |
| 4 | CHNChina | Liu Yaxin | 2:08.84 |
| 5 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 2:08.91 |
| 6 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 2:10.39 |
| 7 | HUNHungary | Reka Gyorgy | 2:12.99 |
| 8 | JPNJapan | Natsumi Sakai | 2:13.99 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 11 - Final | |||
| 1 | GERGermany | Lisa Graf | 2:08.67 |
| 2 | CANCanada | Dominique Bouchard | 2:08.87 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Missy Franklin | 2:09.36 |
| 4 | RUSRussia | Daria K Ustinova | 2:09.96 |
| 5 | CROCroatia | Matea Samardzic | 2:10.51 |
| 6 | ITAItaly | Margherita Panziera | 2:10.92 |
| 7 | ESPSpain | Duane Da Rocha | 2:11.17 |
| 8 | POLPoland | Alicja Tchorz | 2:11.40 |
| Women's 200m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 11 - Final | |||
| 1 | TURTürkiye | Ekaterina Avramova | 2:12.98 |
| 2 | CZECzechia | Simona Baumrtová | 2:13.26 |
| 3 | SUISwitzerland | Martina Van Berkel | 2:13.46 |
| 4 | INAIndonesia | Yessy Yosaputra | 2:20.88 |
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