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.

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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.  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.  Lotta Flink (HKG) 2:29.00
26.  Yan Hong (CHN) 2:32.33
27.  Christine Jacob (PHI) 2:32.91
–  Kathy Wong (HKG) DNS
–  Lise Lotte Nylund (NOR) DNS

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