The final of the women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Results
Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Jolanda de Rover 2:13.50 Q 2 1 4 Georgina Parkes 2:14.89 Q 3 4 5 Amy White 2:15.40 Q 4 2 5 Svenja Schlicht 2:15.69 Q 5 3 5 Tori Trees 2:16.23 Q 6 3 4 Carmen Bunaciu 2:16.41 Q 7 4 4 Anca Pătrășcoiu 2:16.71 Q 8 2 7 Carmel Clark 2:16.78 Q, NR 9 2 6 Catherine White 2:18.02 q 10 1 5 Yolande van der Straeten 2:18.49 q 11 3 2 Naomi Sekido 2:18.52 q 12 4 3 Katherine Read 2:18.92 q 13 2 3 Reema Abdo 2:19.05 q 14 4 6 Sandra Dahlmann 2:19.59 q 15 4 7 Sofia Kraft 2:19.73 q 16 3 3 Audrey Moore 2:20.12 q 17 3 6 Brigitte van der Lans 2:20.63 18 1 3 Sabine Pauwels 2:21.36 19 4 2 Melinda Copp 2:21.39 20 2 2 Teresa Rivera 2:22.94 21 4 1 Choi Yun-hui 2:23.80 22 3 7 Nozomi Sunouchi 2:25.05 23 1 6 Manuela Carosi 2:25.45 24 1 7 Eva Gysling 2:25.69 25 2 1 Lotta Flink 2:29.00 26 3 1 Yan Hong 2:32.33 27 1 1 Christine Jacob 2:32.91 1 2 Lise Lotte Nylund 4 8 Kathy Wong
Finals
Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 7 Sandra Dahlmann 2:16.93 10 4 Catherine White 2:17.63 11 6 Katherine Read 2:18.33 12 2 Reema Abdo 2:18.50 13 5 Yolande van der Straeten 2:18.63 14 3 Naomi Sekido 2:18.87 15 1 Sofia Kraft 2:19.37 16 8 Audrey Moore 2:21.36
Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Jolanda de Rover 2:12.38 NR 3 Amy White 2:13.04 1 Anca Pătrășcoiu 2:13.29 4 5 Georgina Parkes 2:14.37 5 2 Tori Trees 2:15.73 6 6 Svenja Schlicht 2:15.93 7 7 Carmen Bunaciu 2:16.15 8 8 Carmel Clark 2:17.89
References
External links Official Report USA Swimming