Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke

Swimming events at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The final of the Women's 200 metres backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984. The fastest eight qualified for the final, the next eight for the B-final.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Jolanda de Rover (NED)	2:12.38
	Amy White (USA)	2:13.04
	Anca Patrascoiu (ROU)	2:13.29
4.	Georgina Parkes (AUS)	2:14.37
5.	Tori Trees (USA)	2:15.73
6.	Svenja Schlicht (FRG)	2:15.93
7.	Carmen Bunaciu (ROU)	2:16.15
8.	Carmel Clark (NZL)	2:17.89

B-Final

RANK	B-FINAL	TIME
9.	Sandra Dahlmann (FRG)	2:16.93
10.	Catherine White (GBR)	2:17.63
11.	Katherine Read (GBR)	2:18.33
12.	Reema Abdo (CAN)	2:18.50
13.	Yolande Van Der Straeten (BEL)	2:18.63
14.	Naomi Sekido (JPN)	2:18.87
15.	Sofia Kraft (SWE)	2:19.37
16.	Audrey Moore (AUS)	2:21.36

Non-Qualifiers

RANK	HEATS	TIME
17.	Brigitte van der Lans (NED)	2:20.63
18.	Sabine Pauwels (BEL)	2:21.36
19.	Melinda Copp (CAN)	2:21.39
20.	Teresa Rivera (MEX)	2:22.94
21.	22x20px Choi Yun-Hee (KOR)	2:23.80
22.	Nozomi Sunouchi (JPN)	2:25.05
23.	Manuela Carosi (ITA)	2:25.45
24.	Eva Gysling (SUI)	2:25.69
25.	22x20px Lotta Flink (HKG)	2:29.00
26.	Yan Hong (CHN)	2:32.33
27.	22x20px Christine Jacob (PHI)	2:32.91
–	22x20px Kathy Wong (HKG)	DNS
–	Lise Lotte Nylund (NOR)	DNS

References

• Official Report
• USA Swimming