Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke

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Women's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Competitors	35 from 27 nations
Medalists
Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe   Stanislava Komarova   Russia   Reiko Nakamura   Japan   Antje Buschschulte   Germany
«2000	2008»

Swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men		women
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

These are the results of the Women's 200 metre backstroke, one of sixteen events for female competitors in Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Records

Heats

Heat 1

1. Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai, Hong Kong 2:19.83
2. Gretchen Gotay Cordero, Puerto Rico 2:23.39
3. Saida Iskandarova, Uzbekistan 2:26.17

Heat 2

1. Evelyn Verrasztó, Hungary 2:14.07 -Q
2. Kateřina Pivoňková, Czech Republic 2:16.08
3. Sadan Derya Erke, Turkey 2:17.29
4. Man Hsu Lin, Chinese Taipei 2:17.68
5. Da-Hye Lee, Korea 2:17.73
6. Gisela Morales, Guatemala 2:18.23
7. Chonlathorn Vorathamrong, Thailand 2:21.11
8. Eirini Karastergiou, Greece 2:21.93

Heat 3

1. Reiko Nakamura, Japan 2:11.14 -Q
2. Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe 2:12.49 -Q
3. Katy Sexton, Great Britain 2:13.25 -Q
4. Melissa Morgan, Australia 2:14.06 -Q
5. Elizabeth Warden, Canada 2:15.77
6. Alessia Filippi, Italy 2:17.29
7. Shu Zhan, China 2:31.56
8. Xiujun Chen, China Disqualified or excluded

Heat 4

1. Stanislava Komarova, Russia 2:10.71 -Q
2. Antje Buschschulte, Germany 2:12.96 -Q
3. Hannah McLean, New Zealand 2:13.33 -Q
4. Aya Terakawa, Japan 2:13.55 -Q
5. Sanja Jovanović, Croatia 2:15.01 -Q
6. Kristen Caverly, United States 2:15.34
7. Karen Lee, Great Britain 2:16.10
8. Alenka Kejžar, Slovenia Did not start

Heat 5

1. Margaret Hoelzer, United States 2:12.55 -Q
2. Jennifer Fratesi, Canada 2:13.00 -Q
3. Louise Ørnstedt, Denmark 2:13.05 -Q
4. Nicole Hetzer, Germany 2:14.42 -Q
5. Iryna Amshennikova, Ukraine 2:14.49 -Q
6. Frances Adcock, Australia 2:14.85 -Q
7. Anja Carman, Slovenia 2:17.62
8. Alexandra Putra, France 2:19.75

Heats ranking

1. Stanislava Komarova, Russia 2:10.71 -Q
2. Reiko Nakamura, Japan 2:11.14 -Q
3. Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe 2:12.49 -Q
4. Margaret Hoelzer, United States 2:12.55 -Q
5. Antje Buschschulte, Germany 2:12.96 -Q
6. Jennifer Fratesi, Canada 2:13.00 -Q
7. Louise Ørnstedt, Denmark 2:13.05 -Q
8. Katy Sexton, Great Britain 2:13.25 -Q
9. Hannah McLean, New Zealand 2:13.33 -Q
10. Aya Terakawa, Japan 2:13.55 -Q
11. Melissa Morgan, Australia 2:14.06 -Q
12. Evelyn Verraszto, Hungary 2:14.07 -Q
13. Nicole Hetzer, Germany 2:14.42 -Q
14. Iryna Amshennikova, Ukraine 2:14.49 -Q
15. Frances Adcock, Australia 2:14.85 -Q
16. Sanja Jovanovic, Croatia 2:15.01 -Q
17. Kristen Caverly, United States 2:15.34
18. Elizabeth Warden, Canada 2:15.77
19. Katerina Pivonkova, Czech Republic 2:16.08
20. Karen Lee, Great Britain 2:16.10
21. Sadan Derya Erke, Turkey 2:17.29
22. Alessia Filippi, Italy 2:17.29
23. Anja Carman, Slovenia 2:17.62
24. Man Hsu Lin, Chinese Taipei 2:17.68
25. Da-Hye Lee, Korea 2:17.73
26. Gisela Morales, Guatemala 2:18.23
27. Alexandra Putra, France 2:19.75
28. Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai, Hong Kong 2:19.83
29. Chonlathorn Vorathamrong, Thailand 2:21.11
30. Eirini Karastergiou, Greece 2:21.93
31. Gretchen Gotay Cordero, Puerto Rico 2:23.39
32. Saida Iskandarova, Uzbekistan 2:26.17
33. Shu Zhan, China 2:31.56
34. Alenka Kejzar, Slovenia Did not start
35. Xiujun Chen, China Disqualified or excluded

Semi-finals

Semi-final heat 1

1. Reiko Nakamura, Japan 2:10.14 -Q
2. Margaret Hoelzer, United States 2:11.68 -Q
3. Aya Terakawa, Japan 2:12.21 -Q
4. Katy Sexton, Great Britain 2:12.62 -Q
5. Jennifer Fratesi, Canada 2:12.64
6. Sanja Jovanovic, Croatia 2:13.76
7. Evelyn Verraszto, Hungary 2:13.98
8. Iryna Amshennikova, Ukraine 2:14.83

Semi-final heat 2

1. Stanislava Komarova, Russia 2:09.62 -Q
2. Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe 2:10.04 -Q African Record
3. Antje Buschschulte, Germany 2:10.66 -Q
4. Louise Ørnstedt, Denmark 2:11.77 -Q
5. Hannah McLean, New Zealand 2:12.87
6. Nicole Hetzer, Germany 2:13.01
7. Melissa Morgan, Australia 2:13.34
8. Frances Adcock, Australia 2:15.69

Semifinal ranking

1. Stanislava Komarova, Russia 2:09.62 -Q
2. Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe 2:10.04 -Q
3. Reiko Nakamura, Japan 2:10.14 -Q
4. Antje Buschschulte, Germany 2:10.66 -Q
5. Margaret Hoelzer, United States 2:11.68 -Q
6. Louise Oernstedt, Denmark 2:11.77 -Q
7. Aya Terakawa, Japan 2:12.21 -Q
8. Katy Sexton, Great Britain 2:12.62 -Q
9. Jennifer Fratesi, Canada 2:12.64
10. Hannah McLean, New Zealand 2:12.87
11. Nicole Hetzer, Germany 2:13.01
12. Melissa Morgan, Australia 2:13.34
13. Sanja Jovanovic, Croatia 2:13.76
14. Evelyn Verraszto, Hungary 2:13.98
15. Iryna Amshennikova, Ukraine 2:14.83
16. Frances Adcock, Australia 2:15.69

Final

Rank	Swimmer	Time	Notes
	Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)	2:09.19	African Record
	Stanislava Komarova (RUS)	2:09.72
	Reiko Nakamura (JPN)	2:09.88
	Antje Buschschulte (GER)	2:09.88
5	Margaret Hoelzer (USA)	2:10.70
6	Louise Ørnstedt (DEN)	2:11.15
7	Katy Sexton (GBR)	2:12.11
8	Aya Terakawa (JPN)	2:12.90

References

• Official Olympic Report