Swimming At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 Metre Backstroke - Final

Final

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Ulrike Richter	GDR	2:13.43
	Birgit Treiber	GDR	2:14.97
	Nancy Garapick	CAN	2:15.60
4	Nadiya Stavko	URS	2:16.28
5	Melissa Belote	USA	2:17.27
6	Antje Stille	GDR	2:17.55
7	Klavdia Studennikova	URS	2:17.74
8	Wendy Hogg	CAN	2:17.95

Olympic Champions in Women's 200 m Backstroke

1968: Lillian Watson 1972: Melissa Belote 1976: Ulrike Richter 1980: Rica Reinisch 1984: Jolanda de Rover 1988: Krisztina Egerszegi 1992: Krisztina Egerszegi 1996: Krisztina Egerszegi 2000: Diana Mocanu 2004: Kirsty Coventry 2008: Kirsty Coventry 2012: Missy Franklin

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