Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 2 August 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.[1]

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Centre,
Paris La Défense Arena
Dates1 August 2024 (heats and semifinals)
2 August 2024 (final)
Competitors27 from 18 nations
Winning time2:03.73
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kaylee McKeown  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Regan Smith  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kylie Masse  Canada
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Records

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

World record   Kaylee McKeown (AUS) 2:03.14 Sydney, Australia 10 March 2023
Olympic record   Missy Franklin (USA) 2:04.06 London, United Kingdom 3 August 2012

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Event Swimmer Nation Time Record
2 August Final Kaylee McKeown   Australia 2:03.73 OR

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT).[2] For this event, the OQT was 2:10.39. World Aquatics then filled the rest of the event places with athletes qualifying through universality; NOCs were given one event entry for each gender, which could be used by any athlete regardless of qualification time, providing the spaces had not already been taken by athletes from that nation who had achieved the OQT.[2][3] In total, 26 athletes qualified through achieving the OQT, while 2 athletes qualified through universality places.[3]

Competition format

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The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

Schedule

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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)[1]

Date Time Round
1 August 2024 11:00 Heats
21:19 Semifinals
2 August 2024 20:36 Final

Results

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Heats

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Results[4]
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 3 5 Peng Xuwei   China 2:08.29 Q
2 2 4 Kylie Masse   Canada 2:08.54 Q
3 4 4 Kaylee McKeown   Australia 2:08.89 Q
4 4 5 Phoebe Bacon   United States 2:09.00 Q
5 2 3 Honey Osrin   Great Britain 2:09.57 Q
6 3 4 Regan Smith   United States 2:09.61 Q
7 3 7 Anastasiya Shkurdai   Individual Neutral Athletes 2:09.64 Q
8 4 6 Emma Terebo   France 2:09.66 Q
9 2 6 Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy   Hungary 2:09.72 Q
10 4 8 Lee Eun-ji   South Korea 2:09.88 Q
11 4 3 Katie Shanahan   Great Britain 2:09.92 Q
12 4 2 Carmen Weiler   Spain 2:10.09 Q
13 3 6 Anastasia Gorbenko   Israel 2:10.29 Q
14 4 1 Pauline Mahieu   France 2:10.30 Q
15 2 7 África Zamorano   Spain 2:10.40 Q
16 4 7 Dóra Molnár   Hungary 2:10.51 Q
17 2 5 Jaclyn Barclay   Australia 2:10.53
18 2 1 Aviv Barzelay   Israel 2:10.71
19 3 2 Camila Rebelo   Portugal 2:11.26
20 3 3 Margherita Panziera   Italy 2:11.60
21 2 8 Gabriela Georgieva   Bulgaria 2:12.15
22 3 1 Regan Rathwell   Canada 2:12.21
23 1 5 Tatiana Salcuțan   Moldova 2:13.20
24 3 8 Adela Piskorska   Poland 2:13.39
25 2 2 Laura Bernat   Poland 2:14.57
26 1 4 Cindy Cheung   Hong Kong 2:17.32
27 1 3 Anishta Teeluck   Mauritius 2:18.67

Semifinals

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The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.

Results[5]
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 1 5 Phoebe Bacon   United States 2:07.32 Q
2 2 5 Kaylee McKeown   Australia 2:07.57 Q
3 2 3 Honey Osrin   Great Britain 2:07.84 Q
4 2 4 Peng Xuwei   China 2:07.86 Q
5 1 4 Kylie Masse   Canada 2:07.92 Q
6 1 3 Regan Smith   United States 2:08.14 Q
7 2 7 Katie Shanahan   Great Britain 2:08.52 Q
8 2 6 Anastasiya Shkurdai   Individual Neutral Athletes 2:08.79 Q
9 1 6 Emma Terebo   France 2:09.38
10 2 2 Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy   Hungary 2:09.41
11 1 1 Pauline Mahieu   France 2:09.56
12 1 8 Dóra Molnár   Hungary 2:09.83
13 1 7 Carmen Weiler   Spain 2:09.99
14 2 8 África Zamorano   Spain 2:10.63
15 1 2 Lee Eun-ji   South Korea 2:11.86
16 2 1 Anastasia Gorbenko   Israel 2:11.96

Final

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Results[6]
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
  5 Kaylee McKeown   Australia 2:03.73 OR
  7 Regan Smith   United States 2:04.26
  2 Kylie Masse   Canada 2:05.57
4 4 Phoebe Bacon   United States 2:05.61
5 1 Katie Shanahan   Great Britain 2:07.53
6 6 Peng Xuwei   China 2:07.96
7 3 Honey Osrin   Great Britain 2:08.16
8 8 Anastasiya Shkurdai   Individual Neutral Athletes 2:10.23
Statistics[7]
Name 50 metre split 100 metre split 150 metre split Time Stroke rate (strokes/min)
Kaylee McKeown 00:29.17 01:00.52 01:31.88 2:03.73 43.5
Regan Smith 00:29.02 00:59.90 01:31.70 2:04.26 47.5
Kylie Masse 00:28.95 01:00.37 01:32.70 2:05.57 43.6
Phoebe Bacon 00:29.47 01:00.77 01:32.63 2:05.61 38.0
Katie Shanahan 00:30.18 01:02.11 01:34.97 2:07.53 40.1
Peng Xuwei 00:29.72 01:01.47 01:34.48 2:07.96 44.9
Honey Osrin 00:29.91 01:02.29 01:34.70 2:08.16 41.3
Anastasiya Shkurdai 00:30.34 01:02.79 01:36.11 2:10.23 40.2

References

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  1. ^ a b "Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Schedule". Paris 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b Entries list - Swimming, World Aquatics, archived from the original on 2024-07-12, retrieved 2024-12-18
  4. ^ "Results" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  5. ^ "Results" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  6. ^ "Results" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  7. ^ Bodard, Simon; Decron, Nathan; Dernoncourt, Eric; Hui, Pierre; Jambu, Clément; Loisel, Camille; Pla, Robin; Raineteau, Yannis. "Jeux Olympiques 2024: Analyses de course des Finales" (PDF). French Swimming Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-08-28. Retrieved 2024-12-17.