Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

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

Section Title: Records
Table Section Text: Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record

August 14	Heat 4	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2:06.76	OR

August 16	Final	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2:05.24	WR, OR

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Kirsty Coventry set a Olympic record with time of 2:06.76 in the Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke.

final_sentence: Kirsty Coventry set a Olympic record with time of 2:06.76 in the Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke.