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Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke

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Field	Value
event	Women's 200 metre backstroke
games	2012 Summer
venue	London Aquatics Centre
dates	August 2, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
August 3, 2012 (final)
competitors	37
nations	31
win_value	2:04.06
gold	Missy Franklin
goldNOC	USA
silver	Anastasia Zuyeva
silverNOC	RUS
bronze	Elizabeth Beisel
bronzeNOC	USA
prev	2008
next	2016

semifinals) August 3, 2012 (final)

The women's 200-metre backstroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 2–3 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.

U.S. teenage sensation Missy Franklin blistered the field with a remarkable world record in textile to strike a backstroke double for the first time, since Romania's Diana Mocanu did so in 2000. Dominating the race from the start, she threw down a sterling time of 2:04.06 to broaden a full-body length gap over the rest of the field and to slice three-quarters of a second (0.75) off the previous record set by Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry in a now-banned polyurethane bodysuit from the 2009 World Championships. Russia's Anastasia Zuyeva cleared a 2:06-barrier to take the silver in 2:05.92, while Franklin's teammate Elizabeth Beisel snatched the bronze in 2:06.55, handing over an entire medal haul for the Americans with a one-three finish.

Backed by a raucous home crowd, Great Britain's Elizabeth Simmonds fell short of the podium with a fourth-place time in 2:07.26. Australia's Meagan Nay finished fifth in 2:07.43, while Coventry, a two-time Olympic champion, missed a chance to produce another historic three-peat as she claimed a distant sixth spot in 2:08.18. France's Alexianne Castel (2:08.43) and Canada's Sinead Russell (2:09.86) closed out the championship field.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
August 3	Final	Missy Franklin	USA	2:04.06

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4	Missy Franklin	USA	2:07.54	Q
2	3	5	Elizabeth Beisel	USA	2:07.82	Q
3	5	2	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:08.14	Q
4	5	5	Meagen Nay	AUS	2:08.40	Q
5	4	4	Belinda Hocking	AUS	2:08.75	Q
6	3	6	Alexianne Castel	FRA	2:08.92	Q
7	3	3	Sinead Russell	CAN	2:09.04	Q
8	3	4	Anastasia Zuyeva	RUS	2:09.36	Q
9	4	3	Daryna Zevina	UKR	2:09.40	Q
10	4	7	Duane da Rocha	ESP	2:09.72	Q
11	5	7	Stephanie Proud	GBR	2:10.01	Q
12	2	6	Simona Baumrtová	CZE	2:10.03	Q, NR
13	3	1	Karin Prinsloo	RSA	2:10.34	Q
14	4	5	Elizabeth Simmonds	GBR	2:10.37	Q
15	4	6	Jenny Mensing	GER	2:10.54	Q
16	5	3	Sharon van Rouwendaal	NED	2:10.60	Q
17	4	1	Melissa Ingram	NZL	2:10.63
18	4	2	Hilary Caldwell	CAN	2:10.75
19	3	7	Bai Anqi	CHN	2:11.26
20	5	8	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	ISL	2:11.31	NR
21	2	4	Miyu Otsuka	JPN	2:11.65
22	5	1	Yao Yige	CHN	2:12.14
23	3	2	Alessia Filippi	ITA	2:12.40
24	2	5	María Fernanda González	MEX	2:12.75
25	2	7	Anja Čarman	SLO	2:13.01
26	1	4	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	VIE	2:13.35
27	1	6	Carolina Colorado Henao	COL	2:13.64	NR
28	2	2	Mie Nielsen	DEN	2:13.89
29	3	8	Alicja Tchórz	POL	2:14.02
30	5	6	Laure Manaudou	FRA	2:14.29
31	1	2	Ham Chan-mi	KOR	2:15.30
32	4	8	Ekaterina Avramova	BUL	2:15.44
33	2	1	Kim Daniela Pavlin	CRO	2:15.67
34	2	3	Melanie Nocher	IRL	2:16.29
35	1	3	Dorina Szekeres	HUN	2:18.16
36	2	8	Hoi Shun Stephanie Au	HKG	2:18.47
37	1	5	Yulduz Kuchkarova	UZB	2:18.60

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Elizabeth Beisel	USA	2:06.18	Q
2	5	Meagen Nay	AUS	2:07.42	Q
3	6	Anastasia Zuyeva	RUS	2:07.88	Q
4	3	Alexianne Castel	FRA	2:08.24	Q
5	1	Elizabeth Simmonds	GBR	2:08.48	Q
6	8	Sharon van Rouwendaal	NED	2:09.50
7	2	Duane da Rocha	ESP	2:09.88
8	7	Simona Baumrtová	CZE	2:10.18

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Missy Franklin	USA	2:06.84	Q
2	5	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:08.32	Q
3	6	Sinead Russell	CAN	2:08.76	Q
4	7	Stephanie Proud	GBR	2:09.04
5	3	Belinda Hocking	AUS	2:09.35
6	2	Daryna Zevina	UKR	2:09.70
7	8	Jenny Mensing	GER	2:10.68
8	1	Karin Prinsloo	RSA	2:11.42

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	5	Missy Franklin	USA	2:04.06
	6	Anastasia Zuyeva	RUS	2:05.92
	4	Elizabeth Beisel	USA	2:06.55
4	1	Elizabeth Simmonds	GBR	2:07.26
5	3	Meagen Nay	AUS	2:07.43
6	7	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	2:08.18
7	2	Alexianne Castel	FRA	2:08.43
8	8	Sinead Russell	CAN	2:09.86

References

(2 August 2012). "Swimming: Results & Schedules". [[NBC Olympics]].
Auerbach, Nicole. (4 August 2012). "USA's Missy Franklin wins another gold, sets world record". [[USA Today]].
(3 August 2012). "US swimmer Missy Franklin sets world record, Phelps ends individual races with medal". [[Fox News]].
(3 August 2012). "Missy Franklin wins 200 backstroke". [[ESPN]].
(3 August 2012). "2012 London Olympics: Missy Franklin Crushes World Record in 200 Back; Anastasia Zueva, Elizabeth Beisel Round Out Podium; Kirsty Coventry Misses Threepeat Opportunity". [[Swimming World Magazine]].
Norlander, Matt. (3 August 2012). "Missy Franklin smashes world record in 200-meter backstroke". [[CBS Sports]].
English, Ben. (3 August 2012). "Australian Meagan Nay fifth in 200m backstroke final". [[News Corp Australia]].
(3 August 2012). "Franklin dominates 200m backstroke". [[ABC News Australia]].
(1 August 2009). "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Kirsty Coventry Downs 200 Back Meet Record". [[Swimming World Magazine]].
(1 August 2009). "Reason, Pierse advance to 50-metre breaststroke final". [[CBC Sports]].
Evans, Simon. (15 August 2008). "Coventry's silver mine seeded with gold". [[Reuters]].
"Women's 200m Backstroke – Heats". [[London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]].

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