Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
Final

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes

4	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2:05.24	WR

2	Margaret Hoelzer	United States	2:06.23

6	Reiko Nakamura	Japan	2:07.13	AS

4	8	Anastasia Zuyeva	Russia	2:07.88

5	5	Elizabeth Beisel	United States	2:08.23

6	1	Elizabeth Simmonds	Great Britain	2:08.51	NR

7	3	Meagen Nay	Australia	2:08.84

8	7	Belinda Hocking	Australia	2:10.12

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Japan's Reiko Nakamura achieved bronze with an Asian record of 2:07.13.

final_sentence: Japan's Reiko Nakamura achieved bronze with an Asian record of 2:07.13.