Women 200m Backstroke Swimming III World Championship 1978 West Berlin - Thursday, 24th August - Gold Medal: Linda Jezek, United States |
Final | | time | | gap | L | ag | 50m | 100m | 150m | 1. Linda Jezek | United States | 2:11.93 | WR | | 5 | 18 | 30.94s | 1:04.22 | 1:37.61 | 2. Birgit Treiber | East Germany | 2:14.07 | | +2.14s | 4 | 18 | 31.45s | 1:04.73 | 1:38.80 | 3. Cheryl Gibson | Canada | 2:14.23 | CWR | +2.30s | 3 | 19 | 31.18s | 1:05.27 | 1:39.65 | 4. Carmen Bunaciu | Romania | 2:16.65 | | +4.72s | 7 | 16 | 31.84s | 1:06.21 | 1:41.57 | 5. Margaret Browne | United States | 2:17.19 | | +5.26s | 6 | _ | 32.21s | 1:06.51 | 1:41.87 | 6. Antje Stille | East Germany | 2:18.79 | | +6.86s | 2 | 16 | 32.00s | 1:06.53 | 1:42.17 | 7. Yelena Kruglova | Soviet Union | 2:18.99 | | +7.06s | 1 | 16 | 31.39s | 1:06.72 | 1:42.87 | 8. Gabriella Verraszto | Hungary | 2:19.63 | | +7.70s | 8 | 16 | 32.64s | 1:07.58 | 1:43.93 |
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World Record: Birgit Treiber, East Germany 2:12.47 (1:04,65, 1:38.4) | Championship Record: Birgit Treiber, East Germany 2:15.46 (32,80s, 1:06,95, 1:41.42) 1975 |
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Heats - Thursday, 24th August | Best 8 times advanced to Final>. |
Heat 4 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 1. Birgit Treiber | East Germany | 2:16.46 | | - | - | 18 | 1. | 3. Cheryl Gibson | Canada | 2:17.50 | | +1.04s | - | 19 | 2. | 12.Lisa Forrest | Australia | 2:19.98 | | +3.52s | - | 14 | 3. | 14.Diane Edelijn | Netherlands | 2:21.34 | | +4.88s | - | 18 | 4. |
Heat 3 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 5. Antje Stille | East Germany | 2:17.87 | | +1.41s | - | 16 | 1. | 8. Gabriella Verraszto | Hungary | 2:18.56 | | +2.10s | - | 16 | 2. | 9. Monique Bosga | Netherlands | 2:18.57 | | +2.11s | - | 17 | 3. | 19.Tina Gustafsson | Sweden | 2:23.49 | | +7.03s | - | 15 | |
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Heat 2 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 2. Linda Jezek | United States | 2:17.07 | | +0.61s | - | 18 | 1. | 6. Carmen Bunaciu | Romania | 2:18.40 | | +1.94s | - | 16 | 2. | 10.Suzanne Kwasny | Canada | 2:19.18 | | +2.72s | - | _ | 3. |
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Heat 1 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 4. Margaret Browne | United States | 2:17.85 | | +1.39s | - | _ | 1. | 7. Yelena Kruglova | Soviet Union | 2:18.49 | | +2.03s | - | 16 | 2. | 11.Melanie Jones | New Zealand | 2:19.36 | | +2.90s | - | _ | 3. |
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Heat - | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 13.Carine Verbauwen | Belgium | 2:20.55 | | +4.09s | - | 16 | | 15.Glenda Robertson | Australia | 2:21.84 | | +5.38s | - | 17 | | 16.Agnes Fodor | Hungary | 2:22.58 | | +6.12s | - | 14 | | 17.Kaire Indrikson | Soviet Union | 2:23.14 | | +6.68s | - | 17 | | 18.Tiziana Bertolani | Italy | 2:23.15 | | +6.69s | - | _ | | 20.Heike John | West Germany | 2:23.52 | | +7.06s | - | 18 | | 21.Hisae Asari | Japan | 2:24.61 | | +8.15s | - | _ | | 22.Joy Beasley | Great Britain | 2:24.68 | | +8.22s | - | 16 | | 23.Heike Schwab | West Germany | 2:24.73 | | +8.27s | - | _ | | 24.Teresa Rivera | Mexico | 2:28.10 | | +11.64s | - | 12 | | 25.Kristiina Salminen | Finland | 2:28.56 | | +12.10s | - | _ | | 26.Nanik Jullati Soewadji | Indonesia | 2:32.02 | | +15.56s | - | _ | | 27.Claudia Bellotto | Argentina | 2:34.68 | | +18.22s | - | 18 | | -. Sharron Davies | Great Britain | DNS | | - | - | 15 | |
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