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--- Results, Rankings, and Records ---
ALL-TIME WORLD PERFORMERS-PERFORMANCES RANKINGS
Compiled by Bill Bell, The Write Stuff
 
KEY
** World Record
# 2nd-Performance All-Time
*' European Record
*+ Commonwealth Record
*" Latin-South American Record
 ' U.S. Open Record
* National Record
r Relay Split
p Preliminary Time
 + Olympic Record
^ World Championship Record
a Asian Record
h Hand time
WOMEN'S EVENT
 
200 METER BACKSTROKE
Top 150 Performances
2:06.62** Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN European Championships Athens 08-25-91
2:07.06#+ Egerszegi Olympics Barcelona 07-31-92
2:07.24 Egerszegi European Championships Vienna 08-27-95
2:07.34p Egerszegi Olympics Barcelona 07-31-92
2:07.40a^ Cihong He, CHN World Championships Rome 09-11-94
2:07.83 Egerszegi Olympics Atlanta 07-25-96
2:08.51 Yinjuan Zhen, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-19-97
2:08.60* Betsy Mitchell, USA U.S. World Championship Trials Orlando 06-27-86
2:08.63 Egerszegi Sures Championships Sures 05-00-94
2:08.74p Egerszegi European Championships Athens 08-25-91
2:08.84 Egerszegi HUN Nationals Budapest 06-16-96
2:08.95 Egerszegi HUN Nationals Budapest 08-00-94
2:09.06 Egerszegi Hauts-des-Seine International. Nantere 05-31-92
2:09.09 Janie Wagstaff, USA/Florida U.S. Nationals Federal Way 04-04-91
2:09.10 Egerszegi World Championships Rome 09-11-94
2:09.12 Egerszegi European Championships Sheffield 08-08-93
2:09.15 Egerszegi World Championships Perth 01-13-91
2:09.18p Egerszegi Olympics Atlanta 07-25-96
2:09.21p Egerszegi World Championships Rome 09-11-94
2:09.29 Egerszegi Olympics Seoul 09-25-88
2:09.43 Wagstaff U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-06-92
2:09.46* Dagmar Hase, GER Olympics Barcelona 07-31-92
2:09.46 He Asian Games Hiroshima 10-08-94
2:09.61 Egerszegi SWE Invitational Falun 06-15-91
2:09.67p Egerszegi European Championships Vienna 08-27-95
2:09.70 Egerszegi Goodwill Games Federal Way 07-20-90
2:09.73 Egerszegi International Invitational Budapest 05-00-93
2:09.85p Egerszegi European Championships Sheffield 08-08-93
2:09.90a He East Asian Games Shanghai 05-11-93
2:09.91* Cornelia Sirch, GDR World Championships Guayaquil 08-07-82
2:09.91* Sirch GDR Olympic Trials Potsdam 07-24-88
2:09.96p Mitchell U.S. World Championship Trials Orlando 06-27-86
2:10.01 He CHN National Games Beijing 09-14-93
2:10.15 Egerszegi HUN Olympic Trials Budapest 05-27-92
2:10.20 Sirch European Championships Strasbourg 08-23-87
2:10.20+* Nicole Livingstone-Stevenson, AUS Olympics Barcelona 07-31-92
2:10.21 He CHN National Games Shanghai 10-19-97
2:10.23p Wagstaff U.S. Nationals Federal Way 04-04-91
2:10.32* Miki Nakao, JPN World University Games Palma de Mallorca 07-07-99
2:10.34 Nakao JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials Tokyo 06-10-99
2:10.34 Nakao JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials Tokyo 04-23-00
2:10.34 Nakao JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials Tokyo 04-23-00
2:10.46p Sirch Olympics Seoul 09-25-88
2:10.46 Egerszegi HUN Jr. Championships Budapest 03-31-90
2:10.46 Nakao JPN Nationals/OTs Tokyo 04-04-96
2:10.52 Stevenson AUS Nationals Melbourne 04-28-91
2:10.60 Hase European Championships Vienna 08-27-95
2:10.61 Kathrin Zimmermann, GDR Olympics Seoul 09-25-88
2:10.65p Lea Loveless, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-06-92
2:10.66 Beth Botsford, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-11-96
2:10.68 Loveless U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-06-92
2:10.69 Egerszegi European Jr. Championships Leeds 07-29-89
2:10.71 Yanyan Wu, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-19-97
2:10.73 Nakao JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials Tokyo 04-24-00
2:10.79* Anna Simcic, NZL Pan-Pacific Championships Edmonton 08-24-91
2:10.79 He CHN Nationals Tianjin 05-09-94
2:10.81 Egerszegi Hauts-De-Seine International Nantere 05-18-96
2:10.87 Beth Barr, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Austin 08-13-88
2:10.89 Sirch European Championships Sofia 08-11-85
2:10.91 Tomoko Hagiwara, JPN JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials Tokyo 04-24-00
2:10.92 Sirch GDR Nationals Gera 06-19-83
2:10.92* Lorenza Vigarini, ITA World Championships Rome 09-11-94
2:10.97 Zimmermann GDR Nationals Magdeburg 05-27-84
2:10.97 B. J. Bedford, USA Pan-Pacific Championships Kobe 08-14-93
2:10.98 Cathleen Rund, GER European Championships Vienna 08-27-95
2:11.01p Egerszegi Olympics Seoul 09-25-88
2:11.01 Bedford World Championships Rome 09-11-94
2:11.03 Egerszegi USS Invitational Indianapolis 12-18-88
2:11.04 Livingstone-Stevenson AUS Nationals/OTs Canberra 04-05-92
2:11.05 Egerszegi Elektro-Impex Invitational Budapest 03-31-92
2:11.05 Mai Nakamura, JPN JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials Tokyo 06-10-97
2:11.20 Egerszegi Turnier Des Nations Vienna 05-12-99
2:11.19sfB Tomoko Hagiwara, JPN Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-28-99
2:11.26 Stevenson Pan-Pacific Championships Atlanta 08-12-95
2:11.26* Roxana Maracineanu, FRA World Championships Perth 01-17-98
2:11.27 Sirch GDR Nationals Leipzig 06-09-86
2:11.29 Bedford U.S. Nationals/WCTs Indianapolis 08-19-94
2:11.31 Whitney Hedgepeth, USA World University Games Buffalo 07-10-93
2:11.32p Loveless Olympics Barcelona 07-31-92
2:11.33 Livingstone Pan-Pacific Championships Edmonton 08-24-91
2:11.33 Egerszegi HUN "Dash for Cash" Budapest 12-20-93
2:11.36 Zimmermann Meet of Champions Mission Viejo 01-01-83
2:11.36 Hagiwara Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-28-99
2:11.37 Sirch World Championships Madrid 08-23-86
2:11.39 Mitchell World Championships Madrid 08-23-86
2:11.39 Wagstaff Pan-Pacific Championships Edmonton 08-24-91
2:11.40 Nakamura Pan-Pacific Championships Fukuoka 08-12-97
2:11.41 Nakao Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-28-99
2:11.42 Tunde Szabo, HUN European Championships Athens 08-25-91
2:11.42 Loveless Pan-Pacific Championships Kobe 08-14-93
2:11.45 Zimmermann World Championships Madrid 08-23-86
2:11.45 Sirch Olympics Seoul 09-25-88
2:11.45 Hase World Championships Perth 01-17-98
2:11.46 Rund European Championships Seville 08-24-97
2:11.47p Barr U.S. Olympic Trials Austin 08-13-88
2:11.52p Hase Olympics Barcelona 07-31-92
2:11.52 Nakamura JPN Nationals Tokyo 06-11-98
2:11.53p Wagstaff U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-06-92
2:11.54 Egerszegi Elektro-Impex Invitational Budapest 04-02-89
2:11.54p Egerszegi European Championships Bonn 08-20-89
2:11.54 Loveless Olympics Barcelona 07-31-92
2:11.54 Noriko Inada, JPN Pan-Pacific Championships Atlanta 08-12-95
2:11.60 Hase GER Olympic Trials Munich 05-28-92
2:11.60* Nina Zhinaevskaya, RUS RUS Nationals/OTs Moscow 04-24-96
2:11.61 Nakao JPN Nationals Fukuyama 06-09-95
2:11.63p Loveless U.S. Nationals Austin 07-31-92
2:11.63p Hedgepeth Olympics Atlanta 07-25-96
2:11.66p* Sylvia Poll, CRC Olympics Barcelona 07-31-92
2:11.67 Wagstaff Goodwill Games Federal Way 07-20-90
2:11.67 Nakamura JPN Nationals/OTs Tokyo 04-04-96
2:11.68 Egerszegi Elektro-Impex Invitational Budapest 03-30-96
2:11.69* Anca Patrascoiu, ROM Goodwill Games Moscow 07-05-86
2:11.69 Loveless U.S. Nationals Austin 07-31-92
2:11.71 Egerszegi U.S. Open Indianapolis 12-18-88
2:11.82 Kristin Otto, GDR URS Dual Moscow 03-12-82
2:11.82p Mitchell USS Invitational Austin 12-06-85
2:11.83 Hagiwara CAN Nationals Winnipeg 07-29-95
2:11.85 Egerszegi HUN Winter Nationals Budapest 04-01-95
2:11.86 Egerszegi U.S. Open Orlando 12-20-87
2:11.87 Zimmermann GDR Nationals East Berlin 06-22-86
2:11.87 Stevenson Pan-Pacific Championships Brisbane 08-15-87
2:11.88 Otto GDR Nationals Magdeburg 05-27-84
2:11.90 Birte Weigang, GDR GDR Invitational East Berlin 04-01-83
2:11.91 Patrascoiu TCH Dual Bratislava 06-05-86
2:11.93 Linda Jezek, USA World Championships West Berlin 08-24-78
2:11.94 Vigarini European Championships Sheffield 08-08-93
2:11.94 Maracineanu European Championships Budapest 07-27-99
2:11.95 Hedgepeth Pan-Pacific Championships Atlanta 08-12-95
2:11.95 Nakamura JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials Tokyo 04-24-00
2:11.98 Zimmermann NOK Meeting East Berlin 02-09-88
2:11.98 Zhivanevskaya RUS Nationals Moscow 05-25-95
2:11.98 Hedgepeth Olympics Atlanta 07-25-96
2:11.99 Zimmermann GDR Invitational East Berlin 04-01-83
2:11.99 Simcic Olympics Barcelona 07-31-92
2:11.00 James Reid, USA U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-29-00
2:11.00sf Hagiwara JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials Tokyo 04-23-00
2:12.01 Hase World Championships Perth 01-13-91
2:12.02 Patrascoiu ROM Nationals Bucharest 06-13-87
2:12.02 Hagiwara JPN Nationals//Pan-Pacific Trials Tokyo 06-10-99
2:12.03 Natalie Coughlin, USA U.S. Nationals Clovis 08-12-98
2:12.05 Sirch European Championships Rome 08-25-83
2:12.05 Antje Buschulte, GER European Championships Seville 08-24-97
2:12.05 Yan Chen, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-19-97
2:12.06 Rund GER Nationals Warendorf 06-24-95
2:12.06 Rund Olympics Atlanta 07-25-96
2:12.06 Maracineanu European Championships Seville 08-24-97
2:12.07 Loveless Santa Clara Invitational Santa Clara 07-04-92
2:12.07 Stevenson AUS Nationals Perth 03-30-95
2:12.09 Nakamura JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials Tokyo 06-10-99
2:12.10 Hedgepeth U.S. Nationals Federal Way 04-04-91
2:12.10 Hedgepeth U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-11-96
2:12.11 Patrascoiu ROM Winter Nationals Bahia Mare 03-20-87
2:12.13p Botsford U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-11-96
2:12.14 Zhivanevskaya European Championships Sheffield 08-08-93
2:12.15 Cathleen Stolze, GER GER Nationals Potsdam 06-06-93
2:12.15p Bedford U.S. Nationals Austin 07-27-93
2:12.15 Nakao JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials Tokyo 06-10-97
Remaining Top 100 Performers
2:12.19 Kristen Linehan, USA Sundown Invitational Boca Raton 05-28-88
2:12.25p Lindsay Benko, USA U.S. Nationals Minneapolis 08-07-99
2:12.26 Suzanne Toledo, USA U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-31-94
2:12.25 Reiko Nakamura, JPN JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials Tokyo 04-24-00
2:12.37 Andrea Hayes, USA U.S. Nationals Clovis 07-28-87
2:12.38* Jolanda de Rover, NED Olympics Los Angeles 08-04-84
2:12.40 Rachel Joseph, USA U.S. Nationals/WCTs Indianapolis 08-19-94
2:12.44 Bichun Lu, CHN CHN National Games Beijing 09-14-93
2:12.47 Birgit Treiber, GDR GDR Olympic Trials East Berlin 06-04-76
2:12.48 Denali Knapp, USA Pan-Ams Winnipeg 08-07-99
2:12.55 Cornelia Polit, GDR European Championships Split 09-12-81
2:12.62 Lin Li, CHN CHN National Games Beijing 09-14-93
2:12.62 Amanda Adkins, USA U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials Nashville 07-31-97
2:12.68p Erika Hansen, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-06-92
2:12.71 Xuan Tao, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-19-97
2:12.72 Svenja Schlicht, FRG European Championships Strasbourg 08-23-87
2:12.73p Anke Scholz, GER Olympics Atlanta 07-25-96
2:12.95p Alecia Humphrey, USA Pan-Pacific Championships Atlanta 08-12-95
2:13.00 Antje Buschulte, GER GER Nationals/GWG Trials Munich 06-07-98
2:13.00* Katy Sexton, GBR U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-29-00
2:13.04 Amy White, USA Olympics Los Angeles 08-04-84
2:13.04 Meredith Smith, AUS AUS Nationals Perth 03-30-95
2:13.05p Holly Green, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Austin 08-13-88
2:13.09* Natalya Krupskaya, URS URS Nationals Moscow 06-14-91
2:13.09 Lia Oberstar, USA U.S. Nationals Clovis 08-12-98
2:13.13 Chen Xiaoying, CHN CHN National Games Beijing 09-14-93
2:13.18 Carmen Bunaciu, ROM BEL Invitational Brussels 03-27-84
2:13.18* Kathy Sexton, GBR Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur 09-17-98
2:13.20 Dede Trimble, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-06-92
2:13.24* Kelly Stefanyshyn, CAN Pan-Ams Winnipeg 08-07-99
2:13.27 Ulrike Richter, GDR GDR Olympic Trials East Berlin 06-04-76
2:13.29 Helen Don-Duncan, GBR GBR Nationals/EC Trials Sheffield 07-08-99
2:13.31 Elena Dendeberova, URS Friendship Games Moscow 08-25-84
2:13.33 Yulia Fomenko, RUS European Championships Istanbul 07-27-99
2:13.37 Elli Overton, AUS AUS Nationals Brisbane 03-20-94
2:13.40 Yoshiko Saito, JPN Santa Clara Invitational Santa Clara 06-26-98
2:13.44p Leigh Habler, AUS Olympics Barcelona 07-31-92
2:13.46 Lisa Forrest, AUS Commonwealth Games Brisbane 10-06-82
2:13.5-h Antje Stille, GDR URS Dual Tallinn 03-13-76
2:13.50 Michelle Donahue, USA U.S. Nationals Orlando 03-23-88
2:13.56 Linda Riker, USA World University Games Palma de Mallorca 07-07-99
2:13.62 Anja Eichorst, GDR GDR Nationals Magdeburg 06-18-89
2:13.64* Katerina Pivonkova, CZE CZE Nationals/EC Trials Bratislava 06-22-97
2:13.65 Katie Welch, USA Pan-Ams Indianapolis 08-15-87
2:13.66 Janet Evans, USA U.S. Nationals/WCTs Austin 08-03-90
2:13.69 Paige Wilson, USA U.S. Nationals Mission Viejo 08-18-92
2:13.74* Mette Jacobsen, DEN DEN Winter Nationals Greve 01-29-94
2:13.77 Larisa Gortschakova, URS Speedo Invitational Amersfoort 01-30-82
2:13.77 Marion Zoeller, GER Olympics Barcelona 07-31-92
2:13.78 Francesca Salvalajo, ITA ITA Nationals Rome 08-11-89
2:13.80 Marion Sperka, GDR NOK Meeting East Berlin 02-09-88
2:13.80 Elena Grechushnikova, RUS European Championships Seville 08-24-97
2:13.86 Sue Walsh, USA U.S. Nationals Clovis 08-03-83
2:13.90 Xuejin Wu, CHN CHN Nationals Tianjin 04-07-97
2:13.91 Joanne Deakins, GBR Olympics Barcelona 07-31-92
2:13.93 Reiko Nakamura, JPN JPN Nationals Tokyo 06-15-98
2:13.95 Georgina Parkes, AUS Commonwealth Games Brisbane 10-06-82
2:14.07 Katherine Read, GBR GBR Olympic Trials Sheffield 05-24-92
2:14.08 Misty Hyman, USA Nissan Grand Prix Phoenix 05-16-97
2:14.11 Danielle Lewis, AUS PDSA Invitational Vancouver 05-25-98
2:14.17 Nikki Tanner, NZL Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur 09-17-98
2:14.18p Helene Ricardo, FRA Olympics Atlanta 07-25-96
2:14.18p Chang-Ha Lee, CHN Olympics Atlanta 07-25-96
2:14.23 Cheryl Gibson, CAN World Championships West Berlin 08-24-78
2:14.23 Ina Kleber, GDR GDR Nationals Gera 06-19-83
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