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200 metres Backstroke, Women

Date	21 – 22 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	35 from 29 countries

The 200 metres backstroke turned in to a battle between Romanians, although one was competing in the colours of France. The world champion was the Bucharest-born Frenchwoman Roxana Maracineanu, who had already placed fourth in the 100 behind teenager Diana Mocanu. Mocanu bided her time at the back of the field over the first 50 metres before gradually moving through the pack into second by halfway. She then sprinted past Maracineanu and pulled out a two-second lead over her by the finish of the race to complete the double of backstroke titles.

Mocanu won a world title in 2001 but failed to build more upon her successes and retired at the age of 21 in 2005 after missing the chance to defend her Olympic titles in Athens. After retiring she revealed to a Romanian newspaper that she had suffered physical and mental abuse at the hands of one of her coaches

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Diana Mocanu	ROU	2:09.21 (1 h3)	2:09.64 (1 h2)	2:08.16 (1)	Gold
2	Roxana Maracineanu	FRA	2:11.01 (1 h5)	2:11.93 (1 h1)	2:10.25 (2)	Silver
3	Miki Nakao	JPN	2:11.69 (1 h4)	2:12.49 (2 h1)	2:11.05 (3)	Bronze
4	Tomoko Hagiwara	JPN	2:12.15 (2 h3)	2:11.02 (2 h2)	2:11.21 (4)
5	Amanda Adkins	USA	2:13.54 (4 h5)	2:12.97 (4 h2)	2:12.35 (5)
6	Nina Zhivanevskaya	ESP	2:11.60 (2 h5)	2:11.93 (3 h2)	2:12.75 (6)
7	Antje Buschschulte	GER	2:13.42 (3 h5)	2:12.64 (3 h1)	2:13.31 (7)
8	Kelly Stefanyshyn	CAN	2:14.28 (4 h3)	2:13.39 (5 h2)	2:14.57 (8)
9	Jo Fargus	GBR	2:12.99 (3 h4)	2:13.57 (6 h2)	–
10	Lindsay Benko	USA	2:12.72 (2 h4)	2:13.73 (4 h1)	–
11	Cathleen Rund	GER	2:13.87 (3 h3)	2:13.85 (7 h2)	–
12	Louise Ørnstedt	DEN	2:13.61 (5 h5)	2:14.24 (5 h1)	–
13	Clementine Stoney	AUS	2:14.61 (5 h3)	2:14.25 (6 h1)	–
14	Charlene Wittstock	RSA	2:15.10 (7 h3)	2:14.95 (7 h1)	–
15	Helen Don-Duncan	GBR	2:14.18 (4 h4)	2:14.97 (8 h1)	–
16	Ivette María	ESP	2:14.78 (6 h3)	2:15.11 (8 h2)	–
17	Nadiya Beshevli	UKR	2:15.86 (1 h2)	–	–
18	Zhan Shu	CHN	2:15.97 (5 h4)	–	–
19	Irina Rayevskaya	RUS	2:16.13 (6 h4)	–	–
20	Helen Norfolk	NZL	2:16.22 (7 h4)	–	–
21	Anu Koivisto	FIN	2:16.23 (2 h2)	–	–
22	Yseult Gervy	BEL	2:16.67 (6 h5)	–	–
23	Aleksandra Miciul	POL	2:16.71 (7 h5)	–	–
24	Dyana Calub	AUS	2:17.05 (8 h4)	–	–
25	Katerina Bliamou	GRE	2:18.07 (3 h2)	–	–
26	Ana María González	CUB	2:19.35 (4 h2)	–	–
27	Jana Korbasová	SVK	2:19.37 (5 h2)	–	–
28	Annamária Kiss	HUN	2:20.40 (6 h2)	–	–
29	Şadan Derya Erke	TUR	2:21.28 (7 h2)	–	–
30	Chonlathorn Vorathamrong	THA	2:21.59 (8 h2)	–	–
31	Marica Stražmešter	SCG	2:22.59 (1 h1)	–	–
32	Kolbrún Ýr Kristjánsdóttir	ISL	2:24.33 (2 h1)	–	–
33	Kuan Chia-Hsien	TPE	2:24.61 (3 h1)	–	–
34	Petra Banović	CRO	2:25.42 (4 h1)	–	–
35	Choi Su-Min	KOR	2:26.42 (8 h3)	–	–
DNS	Yuliya Fomenko	RUS	– (DNS h5)	–	–

Round One

Date	21 September 2000
Format	Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Diana Mocanu	ROU	2:09.21	Q
2	3	Roxana Maracineanu	FRA	2:11.01	Q
3	4	Nina Zhivanevskaya	ESP	2:11.60	Q
4	4	Miki Nakao	JPN	2:11.69	Q
5	4	Tomoko Hagiwara	JPN	2:12.15	Q
6	6	Lindsay Benko	USA	2:12.72	Q
7	3	Jo Fargus	GBR	2:12.99	Q
8	5	Antje Buschschulte	GER	2:13.42	Q
9	6	Amanda Adkins	USA	2:13.54	Q
10	7	Louise Ørnstedt	DEN	2:13.61	Q
11	3	Cathleen Rund	GER	2:13.87	Q
12	5	Helen Don-Duncan	GBR	2:14.18	Q
13	6	Kelly Stefanyshyn	CAN	2:14.28	Q
14	2	Clementine Stoney	AUS	2:14.61	Q
15	7	Ivette María	ESP	2:14.78	Q
16	1	Charlene Wittstock	RSA	2:15.10	Q
17	2	Nadiya Beshevli	UKR	2:15.86
18	7	Zhan Shu	CHN	2:15.97
19	1	Irina Rayevskaya	RUS	2:16.13
20	8	Helen Norfolk	NZL	2:16.22
21	4	Anu Koivisto	FIN	2:16.23
22	8	Yseult Gervy	BEL	2:16.67
23	1	Aleksandra Miciul	POL	2:16.71
24	2	Dyana Calub	AUS	2:17.05
25	5	Katerina Bliamou	GRE	2:18.07
26	3	Ana María González	CUB	2:19.35
27	8	Jana Korbasová	SVK	2:19.37
28	6	Annamária Kiss	HUN	2:20.40
29	7	Şadan Derya Erke	TUR	2:21.28
30	1	Chonlathorn Vorathamrong	THA	2:21.59
31	5	Marica Stražmešter	SCG	2:22.59
32	3	Kolbrún Ýr Kristjánsdóttir	ISL	2:24.33
33	6	Kuan Chia-Hsien	TPE	2:24.61
34	4	Petra Banović	CRO	2:25.42
35	8	Choi Su-Min	KOR	2:26.42
DNS	2	Yuliya Fomenko	RUS	–

Heat #1

Time	11:52

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Marica Stražmešter	SCG	2:22.59	33.49 (2)	1:08.78 (1)	1:45.26 (1)	35.29 (1)	36.48 (1)	37.33 (3)
2	3	Kolbrún Ýr Kristjánsdóttir	ISL	2:24.33	32.76 (1)	1:09.43 (3)	1:47.26 (3)	36.67 (4)	37.83 (4)	37.07 (2)
3	6	Kuan Chia-Hsien	TPE	2:24.61	34.00 (4)	1:10.33 (4)	1:47.57 (4)	36.33 (3)	37.24 (2)	37.04 (1)
4	4	Petra Banović	CRO	2:25.42	33.80 (3)	1:09.24 (2)	1:46.84 (2)	35.44 (2)	37.60 (3)	38.58 (4)

Heat #2

Time	11:56

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	2	Nadiya Beshevli	UKR	2:15.86	31.89 (1)	1:05.69 (1)	1:40.42 (1)	33.80 (1)	34.73 (2)	35.44 (3)
2	4	Anu Koivisto	FIN	2:16.23	32.63 (5)	1:06.93 (3)	1:41.65 (2)	34.30 (2)	34.72 (1)	34.58 (1)
3	5	Katerina Bliamou	GRE	2:18.07	32.06 (2)	1:06.66 (2)	1:42.39 (3)	34.60 (3)	35.73 (4)	35.68 (4)
4	3	Ana María González	CUB	2:19.35	32.54 (3)	1:07.30 (4)	1:42.78 (4)	34.76 (5)	35.48 (3)	36.57 (6)
5	8	Jana Korbasová	SVK	2:19.37	32.94 (7)	1:07.73 (6)	1:43.63 (5)	34.79 (6)	35.90 (5)	35.74 (5)
6	6	Annamária Kiss	HUN	2:20.40	32.61 (4)	1:07.31 (5)	1:43.71 (6)	34.70 (4)	36.40 (7)	36.69 (7)
7	7	Şadan Derya Erke	TUR	2:21.28	33.62 (8)	1:09.90 (8)	1:46.12 (8)	36.28 (8)	36.22 (6)	35.16 (2)
8	1	Chonlathorn Vorathamrong	THA	2:21.59	32.65 (6)	1:07.89 (7)	1:44.34 (7)	35.24 (7)	36.45 (8)	37.25 (8)

Heat #3

Time	12:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Diana Mocanu	ROU	2:09.21	32.24 (4)	1:04.42 (1)	1:37.25 (1)	32.18 (1)	32.83 (1)	31.96 (1)	Q
2	4	Tomoko Hagiwara	JPN	2:12.15	31.36 (2)	1:04.61 (2)	1:38.01 (2)	33.25 (2)	33.40 (2)	34.14 (5)	Q
3	3	Cathleen Rund	GER	2:13.87	32.56 (5)	1:06.54 (6)	1:40.21 (4)	33.98 (4)	33.67 (3)	33.66 (4)	Q
4	6	Kelly Stefanyshyn	CAN	2:14.28	32.58 (6)	1:06.51 (5)	1:40.63 (6)	33.93 (3)	34.12 (4)	33.65 (3)	Q
5	2	Clementine Stoney	AUS	2:14.61	31.96 (3)	1:05.97 (4)	1:40.32 (5)	34.01 (5)	34.35 (5)	34.29 (6)	Q
6	7	Ivette María	ESP	2:14.78	32.65 (7)	1:06.75 (7)	1:41.21 (7)	34.10 (7)	34.46 (6)	33.57 (2)	Q
7	1	Charlene Wittstock	RSA	2:15.10	30.98 (1)	1:05.04 (3)	1:39.93 (3)	34.06 (6)	34.89 (7)	35.17 (7)	Q
8	8	Choi Su-Min	KOR	2:26.42	33.26 (8)	1:09.50 (8)	1:47.88 (8)	36.24 (8)	38.38 (8)	38.54 (8)

Heat #4

Time	12:05

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Miki Nakao	JPN	2:11.69	31.25 (1)	1:04.35 (1)	1:37.81 (1)	33.10 (1)	33.46 (1)	33.88 (3)	Q
2	6	Lindsay Benko	USA	2:12.72	32.18 (6)	1:05.49 (2)	1:39.15 (2)	33.31 (2)	33.66 (2)	33.57 (2)	Q
3	3	Jo Fargus	GBR	2:12.99	32.09 (5)	1:05.84 (4)	1:39.69 (3)	33.75 (4)	33.85 (3)	33.30 (1)	Q
4	5	Helen Don-Duncan	GBR	2:14.18	31.97 (4)	1:05.65 (3)	1:40.01 (4)	33.68 (3)	34.36 (4)	34.17 (4)	Q
5	7	Zhan Shu	CHN	2:15.97	31.90 (3)	1:06.17 (6)	1:40.99 (5)	34.27 (8)	34.82 (6)	34.98 (7)
6	1	Irina Rayevskaya	RUS	2:16.13	32.27 (7)	1:06.35 (7)	1:41.25 (6)	34.08 (5)	34.90 (7)	34.88 (6)
7	8	Helen Norfolk	NZL	2:16.22	32.80 (8)	1:07.00 (8)	1:41.63 (8)	34.20 (7)	34.63 (5)	34.59 (5)
8	2	Dyana Calub	AUS	2:17.05	31.88 (2)	1:06.07 (5)	1:41.28 (7)	34.19 (6)	35.21 (8)	35.77 (8)

Heat #5

Time	12:10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	3	Roxana Maracineanu	FRA	2:11.01	31.37 (1)	1:04.91 (1)	1:38.08 (1)	33.54 (2)	33.17 (1)	32.93 (1)	Q
2	4	Nina Zhivanevskaya	ESP	2:11.60	31.44 (2)	1:05.23 (2)	1:38.43 (2)	33.79 (4)	33.20 (2)	33.17 (=2)	Q
3	5	Antje Buschschulte	GER	2:13.42	32.30 (4)	1:06.06 (4)	1:39.97 (4)	33.76 (3)	33.91 (3)	33.45 (4)	Q
4	6	Amanda Adkins	USA	2:13.54	32.34 (5)	1:06.40 (5)	1:40.37 (5)	34.06 (7)	33.97 (4)	33.17 (=2)	Q
5	7	Louise Ørnstedt	DEN	2:13.61	31.94 (3)	1:05.31 (3)	1:39.71 (3)	33.37 (1)	34.40 (5)	33.90 (5)	Q
6	8	Yseult Gervy	BEL	2:16.67	33.10 (7)	1:07.15 (7)	1:41.98 (7)	34.05 (6)	34.83 (6)	34.69 (6)
7	1	Aleksandra Miciul	POL	2:16.71	32.60 (6)	1:06.50 (6)	1:41.38 (6)	33.90 (5)	34.88 (7)	35.33 (7)
DNS	2	Yuliya Fomenko	RUS	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Semi-Finals

Date	21 September 2000
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Diana Mocanu	ROU	2:09.64	Q
2	3	Tomoko Hagiwara	JPN	2:11.02	Q
=3	4	Roxana Maracineanu	FRA	2:11.93	Q
=3	5	Nina Zhivanevskaya	ESP	2:11.93	Q
5	5	Miki Nakao	JPN	2:12.49	Q
6	6	Antje Buschschulte	GER	2:12.64	Q
7	2	Amanda Adkins	USA	2:12.97	Q
8	1	Kelly Stefanyshyn	CAN	2:13.39	Q
9	6	Jo Fargus	GBR	2:13.57
10	3	Lindsay Benko	USA	2:13.73
11	7	Cathleen Rund	GER	2:13.85
12	2	Louise Ørnstedt	DEN	2:14.24
13	1	Clementine Stoney	AUS	2:14.25
14	8	Charlene Wittstock	RSA	2:14.95
15	7	Helen Don-Duncan	GBR	2:14.97
16	8	Ivette María	ESP	2:15.11

Heat #1

Time	19:41

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Roxana Maracineanu	FRA	2:11.93	31.25 (=1)	1:04.48 (1)	1:38.40 (1)	33.23 (1)	33.92 (2)	33.53 (2)	Q
2	5	Miki Nakao	JPN	2:12.49	31.34 (3)	1:04.69 (2)	1:38.43 (2)	33.35 (2)	33.74 (1)	34.06 (4)	Q
3	6	Antje Buschschulte	GER	2:12.64	31.56 (4)	1:05.26 (5)	1:39.22 (4)	33.70 (4)	33.96 (3)	33.42 (1)	Q
4	3	Lindsay Benko	USA	2:13.73	31.60 (5)	1:05.11 (4)	1:39.20 (3)	33.51 (3)	34.09 (4)	34.53 (7)
5	2	Louise Ørnstedt	DEN	2:14.24	31.67 (6)	1:05.52 (6)	1:40.13 (6)	33.85 (6)	34.61 (7)	34.11 (5)
6	1	Clementine Stoney	AUS	2:14.25	31.25 (=1)	1:05.02 (3)	1:39.55 (5)	33.77 (5)	34.53 (5)	34.70 (8)
7	8	Charlene Wittstock	RSA	2:14.95	32.00 (7)	1:06.00 (7)	1:41.08 (8)	34.00 (7)	35.08 (8)	33.87 (3)
8	7	Helen Don-Duncan	GBR	2:14.97	32.18 (8)	1:06.25 (8)	1:40.80 (7)	34.07 (8)	34.55 (6)	34.17 (6)

Heat #2

Time	19:47

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Diana Mocanu	ROU	2:09.64	31.85 (4)	1:04.33 (2)	1:37.20 (1)	32.48 (1)	32.87 (1)	32.44 (1)	Q
2	3	Tomoko Hagiwara	JPN	2:11.02	31.13 (1)	1:04.24 (1)	1:37.60 (2)	33.11 (=2)	33.36 (2)	33.42 (5)	Q
3	5	Nina Zhivanevskaya	ESP	2:11.93	31.41 (2)	1:04.52 (3)	1:38.31 (3)	33.11 (=2)	33.79 (3)	33.62 (6)	Q
4	2	Amanda Adkins	USA	2:12.97	31.58 (3)	1:05.04 (4)	1:39.03 (4)	33.46 (4)	33.99 (5)	33.94 (8)	Q
5	1	Kelly Stefanyshyn	CAN	2:13.39	32.05 (5)	1:05.95 (5)	1:40.09 (5)	33.90 (5)	34.14 (6)	33.30 (=2)	Q
6	6	Jo Fargus	GBR	2:13.57	32.14 (6)	1:06.05 (6)	1:40.27 (6)	33.91 (6)	34.22 (7)	33.30 (=2)
7	7	Cathleen Rund	GER	2:13.85	32.47 (8)	1:06.56 (7)	1:40.47 (7)	34.09 (7)	33.91 (4)	33.38 (4)
8	8	Ivette María	ESP	2:15.11	32.35 (7)	1:06.65 (8)	1:41.35 (8)	34.30 (8)	34.70 (8)	33.76 (7)

Final Round

Date	22 September 2000 — 19:03

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Diana Mocanu	ROU	2:08.16	31.56 (7)	1:03.67 (2)	1:36.21 (1)	32.11 (1)	32.54 (1)	31.95 (1)
2	3	Roxana Maracineanu	FRA	2:10.25	30.88 (1)	1:03.49 (1)	1:36.68 (2)	32.61 (2)	33.19 (2)	33.57 (2)
3	2	Miki Nakao	JPN	2:11.05	31.01 (2)	1:03.91 (3)	1:37.42 (3)	32.90 (3)	33.51 (4)	33.63 (3)
4	5	Tomoko Hagiwara	JPN	2:11.21	31.17 (3)	1:04.10 (4)	1:37.55 (4)	32.93 (4)	33.45 (3)	33.66 (4)
5	1	Amanda Adkins	USA	2:12.35	31.51 (6)	1:04.74 (6)	1:38.32 (5)	33.23 (5)	33.58 (5)	34.03 (5)
6	6	Nina Zhivanevskaya	ESP	2:12.75	31.37 (=4)	1:04.63 (5)	1:38.55 (6)	33.26 (6)	33.92 (6)	34.20 (6)
7	7	Antje Buschschulte	GER	2:13.31	31.37 (=4)	1:04.91 (7)	1:39.02 (7)	33.54 (7)	34.11 (7)	34.29 (8)
8	8	Kelly Stefanyshyn	CAN	2:14.57	31.73 (8)	1:05.63 (8)	1:40.32 (8)	33.90 (8)	34.69 (8)	34.25 (7)