Women's Olympic Swimming: 200-meter Backstroke
Updated July 13, 2018 |
Infoplease Staff
200-meter Backstroke
Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the women's 200m Backstroke swimming competition from 1968 to the present.
Year | Winner | Time | Record |
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1968 | Pokey Watson, USA | 2:24.8 | OR |
1972 | Melissa Belote, USA | 2:19.19 | WR |
1976 | Ulrike Richter, E. Ger | 2:13.43 | OR |
1980 | Rica Reinisch, E. Ger | 2:11.77 | WR |
1984 | Jolanda de Rover, NED | 2:12.38 | |
1988 | Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN | 2:09.29 | OR |
1992 | Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN | 2:07.06 | OR |
1996 | Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN | 2:07.83 | |
2000 | Diana Mocanu, ROM | 2:08.16 | |
2004 | Kirsty Coventry, ZIM | 2:09.19 | |
2008 | Kirsty Coventry, ZIM | 2:05.24 | WR |
2012 | Missy Franklin, USA | 2:04.06 | WR |
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