| Swimming - Women's 200m Backstroke Results |
| August 14 - Semifinal |
| 1 |
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Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe |
2:07.76 |
| 2 |
 |
Elizabeth Beisel, United States |
2:07.90 |
| 3 |
 |
Meagen Nay, Australia |
2:08.09 |
| 4 |
 |
Reiko Nakamura, Japan |
2:08.21 |
| 5 |
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Margaret Hoelzer, United States |
2:08.25 |
| 6 |
 |
Belinda Hocking, Australia |
2:08.80 |
| 7 |
 |
Elizabeth Simmonds, Great Britain |
2:08.96 |
| 8 |
 |
Anastasia Zueva, Russia |
2:09.07 |
| 9 |
 |
Gemma Spofforth, Great Britain |
2:09.19 |
| 10 |
 |
Zhao Jing, China |
2:09.59 |
| 11 |
 |
Melissa Ingram, New Zealand |
2:09.70 |
| 12 |
 |
Hanae Ito, Japan |
2:09.86 |
| 13 |
 |
Alexianne Castel, France |
2:10.04 |
| 14 |
 |
Stanislava Komarova, Russia |
2:10.50 |
| 15 |
 |
Laure Manaudou, France |
2:12.04 |
| 16 |
 |
Anja Carman, Slovenia |
2:12.46 |
| August 14 - Semifinal - Heat: 1 |
| 1 |
 |
Elizabeth Beisel, United States |
2:07.90 |
| 2 |
 |
Reiko Nakamura, Japan |
2:08.21 |
| 3 |
 |
Elizabeth Simmonds, Great Britain |
2:08.96 |
| 4 |
 |
Gemma Spofforth, Great Britain |
2:09.19 |
| 5 |
 |
Zhao Jing, China |
2:09.59 |
| 6 |
 |
Melissa Ingram, New Zealand |
2:09.70 |
| 7 |
 |
Hanae Ito, Japan |
2:09.86 |
| 8 |
 |
Laure Manaudou, France |
2:12.04 |
| August 14 - Semifinal - Heat: 2 |
| 1 |
 |
Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe |
2:07.76 |
| 2 |
 |
Meagen Nay, Australia |
2:08.09 |
| 3 |
 |
Margaret Hoelzer, United States |
2:08.25 |
| 4 |
 |
Belinda Hocking, Australia |
2:08.80 |
| 5 |
 |
Anastasia Zueva, Russia |
2:09.07 |
| 6 |
 |
Alexianne Castel, France |
2:10.04 |
| 7 |
 |
Stanislava Komarova, Russia |
2:10.50 |
| 8 |
 |
Anja Carman, Slovenia |
2:12.46 |
| August 14 - Preliminaries |
| 1 |
 |
Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe |
2:06.76, Olympic Record |
| 2 |
 |
Elizabeth Simmonds, Great Britain |
2:08.66 |
| 3 |
 |
Meagen Nay, Australia |
2:08.79 |
| 4 |
 |
Zhao Jing, China |
2:08.97 |
| 5 |
 |
Anastasia Zueva, Russia |
2:09.01 |
| 6 |
 |
Elizabeth Beisel, United States |
2:09.02 |
| 7 |
 |
Margaret Hoelzer, United States |
2:09.12 |
| 8 |
 |
Melissa Ingram, New Zealand |
2:09.34 |
| 9 |
 |
Alexianne Castel, France |
2:09.37 |
| 10 |
 |
Laure Manaudou, France |
2:09.39 |
| 11 |
 |
Belinda Hocking, Australia |
2:09.54 |
| 12 |
 |
Reiko Nakamura, Japan |
2:09.77 |
| 13 |
 |
Stanislava Komarova, Russia |
2:09.93 |
| 14 |
 |
Hanae Ito, Japan |
2:10.05 |
| 15 |
 |
Anja Carman, Slovenia |
2:10.49 |
| 16 |
 |
Gemma Spofforth, Great Britain |
2:10.58 |
| 17 |
 |
Evelin Verraszto, Hungary |
2:11.02 |
| 18 |
 |
Nikolett Szepesi, Hungary |
2:11.47 |
| 19 |
 |
Chen Yanyan, China |
2:11.95 |
| 20 |
 |
Melanie Nocher, Ireland |
2:12.29 |
| 21 |
 |
Zuzanna Mazurek, Poland |
2:12.46 |
| 22 |
 |
Melissa Corfe, South Africa |
2:12.64 |
| 22 |
 |
Kateryna Zubkova, Ukraine |
2:12.64 |
| 24 |
 |
Victoria Escarlata Bernard, Spain |
2:12.86 |
| 25 |
 |
Lydia Morant, Spain |
2:13.87 |
| 26 |
 |
Kang Yeongseo, South Korea |
2:14.52 |
| 27 |
 |
Gisela Morales, Guatemala |
2:14.54 |
| 28 |
 |
Maria Fernanda Gonzalez, Mexico |
2:14.64 |
| 29 |
 |
Stella Boumi, Greece |
2:14.73 |
| 30 |
 |
Lindsay Seemann, Canada |
2:15.07 |
| 31 |
 |
Sanja Jovanovic, Croatia |
2:15.57 |
| 32 |
 |
Erin Nicole Volcan Smith, Venezuela |
2:15.58 |
| 33 |
 |
Iryna Amshennikova, Ukraine |
2:15.78 |
| 34 |
 |
Christin Zenner, Germany |
2:20.28 |
| N/A |
 |
Julia Wilkinson, Canada |
DNS |
| August 14 - Preliminaries - Heat: 1 |
| 1 |
 |
Kang Yeongseo, South Korea |
2:14.52 |
| 2 |
 |
Gisela Morales, Guatemala |
2:14.54 |
| 3 |
 |
Erin Nicole Volcan Smith, Venezuela |
2:15.58 |
| August 14 - Preliminaries - Heat: 2 |
| 1 |
 |
Melanie Nocher, Ireland |
2:12.29 |
| 2 |
 |
Zuzanna Mazurek, Poland |
2:12.46 |
| 3 |
 |
Lydia Morant, Spain |
2:13.87 |
| 4 |
 |
Maria Fernanda Gonzalez, Mexico |
2:14.64 |
| 5 |
 |
Stella Boumi, Greece |
2:14.73 |
| 6 |
 |
Sanja Jovanovic, Croatia |
2:15.57 |
| 7 |
 |
Christin Zenner, Germany |
2:20.28 |
| N/A |
 |
Julia Wilkinson, Canada |
DNS |
| August 14 - Preliminaries - Heat: 3 |
| 1 |
 |
Zhao Jing, China |
2:08.97 |
| 2 |
 |
Anastasia Zueva, Russia |
2:09.01 |
| 3 |
 |
Laure Manaudou, France |
2:09.39 |
| 4 |
 |
Belinda Hocking, Australia |
2:09.54 |
| 5 |
 |
Anja Carman, Slovenia |
2:10.49 |
| 6 |
 |
Gemma Spofforth, Great Britain |
2:10.58 |
| 7 |
 |
Evelin Verraszto, Hungary |
2:11.02 |
| 8 |
 |
Lindsay Seemann, Canada |
2:15.07 |
| August 14 - Preliminaries - Heat: 4 |
| 1 |
 |
Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe |
2:06.76, Olympic Record |
| 2 |
 |
Meagen Nay, Australia |
2:08.79 |
| 3 |
 |
Melissa Ingram, New Zealand |
2:09.34 |
| 4 |
 |
Alexianne Castel, France |
2:09.37 |
| 5 |
 |
Hanae Ito, Japan |
2:10.05 |
| 6 |
 |
Chen Yanyan, China |
2:11.95 |
| 7 |
 |
Melissa Corfe, South Africa |
2:12.64 |
| 8 |
 |
Iryna Amshennikova, Ukraine |
2:15.78 |
| August 14 - Preliminaries - Heat: 5 |
| 1 |
 |
Elizabeth Simmonds, Great Britain |
2:08.66 |
| 2 |
 |
Elizabeth Beisel, United States |
2:09.02 |
| 3 |
 |
Margaret Hoelzer, United States |
2:09.12 |
| 4 |
 |
Reiko Nakamura, Japan |
2:09.77 |
| 5 |
 |
Stanislava Komarova, Russia |
2:09.93 |
| 6 |
 |
Nikolett Szepesi, Hungary |
2:11.47 |
| 7 |
 |
Kateryna Zubkova, Ukraine |
2:12.64 |
| 8 |
 |
Victoria Escarlata Bernard, Spain |
2:12.86 |