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

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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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]


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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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT).[2][3]

Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline.[2]

Time standards

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The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.[4]

The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:

Women's events
Event OQT* OCT^
200 m backstroke 2:10.39ª 2:11.04

* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.

ª Because the fourteenth-place swimmer achieved a standard slower than the OQT in Tokyo 2020, the OQT used at the previous Games will remain constant.

^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.

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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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

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Semifinals

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

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 Dora Molnar  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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Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Kaylee McKeown  Australia 2:03.73 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Regan Smith  United States 2:04.26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  3. ^ Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Women's 200m Backstroke – Heats – Results Summary" (PDF). olympics.com. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.