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Zealand, it was also announced that the New Zealand national anthem would be played. This had to be corrected as well, and the Soviet anthem (for the
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This was the eighth appearance of the 200 metre backstroke event. It was first held in 1900. The event did not return until 1964; since then, it has been on the programme at every Summer Games. From 1904 to 1960, a men's 100 metre backstroke was held instead. In 1964, only the 200 metres was held.
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1409:Alejandro Alvizuri
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2832:. Retrieved
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2793:. Retrieved
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2754:. Retrieved
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2720:. Retrieved
2716:the original
2709:
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2621:West Germany
2592:East Germany
2581:Dirk Richter
2563:Soviet Union
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2494:East Germany
2459:Soviet Union
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2205:West Germany
2158:
2129:Tamás Darnyi
2044:Rami Kantari
1667:Pavel Vokoun
1496:Ernesto Vela
1188:West Germany
996:West Germany
932:Soviet Union
900:East Germany
889:Dirk Richter
868:East Germany
836:Soviet Union
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480:Medley relay
343:Breaststroke
331:
137:East Germany
108:Soviet Union
68:Winning time
15:
3238:Ryan Murphy
3215:Tyler Clary
3192:Ryan Lochte
2529:New Zealand
2084:South Korea
1707:Switzerland
1522:Simon Upton
1341:Sean Murphy
1028:New Zealand
716:Los Angeles
619:event used
544:South Korea
166:New Zealand
60:Competitors
3308:Categories
3284:Hubert Kós
3054:Rick Carey
3008:John Naber
2823:Seoul 1988
2784:Seoul 1988
2692:References
2639:Dan Veatch
1881:Costa Rica
1852:Costa Rica
1725:Lin Laijiu
1438:John Davey
953:Dan Veatch
698:Rick Carey
621:backstroke
570:Background
308:Backstroke
2939:Jed Graef
2751:Olympedia
1765:Singapore
1533:Australia
582:had been
485:4 × 100 m
468:4 × 200 m
453:4 × 100 m
378:Butterfly
219:Freestyle
76:Medalists
2834:27 March
2795:27 March
2722:23 March
2398:2:04.90
2371:2:04.67
2344:2:04.42
2317:2:04.24
2313:Bulgaria
2290:2:03.79
2263:2:03.70
2236:2:02.95
2209:2:01.65
1968:Honduras
1939:Zimbabwe
1092:Bulgaria
731:Schedule
711:1:58.99
668:1:58.14
617:swimming
199:Swimming
2756:13 July
2683:2:02.28
2654:2:02.26
2625:2:01.84
2596:2:01.67
2567:2:00.52
2533:2:00.48
2498:1:59.60
2463:1:59.37
2421:Swimmer
2405:Final A
2340:Hungary
2176:Swimmer
2163:Final B
2140:Hungary
2059:2:40.29
2055:Lebanon
2030:2:36.21
2001:2:29.64
1972:2:21.61
1943:2:17.84
1914:2:15.82
1885:2:15.42
1856:2:12.83
1827:2:11.48
1798:2:09.16
1769:2:08.65
1740:2:08.28
1711:2:07.77
1682:2:07.24
1653:2:06.98
1649:Ireland
1624:2:05.73
1620:Denmark
1595:2:05.71
1591:Ireland
1566:2:05.61
1562:Iceland
1537:2:05.08
1511:2:05.08
1482:2:04.83
1453:2:04.70
1424:2:04.29
1392:2:04.02
1356:2:03.81
1324:2:03.79
1292:2:03.64
1256:2:03.63
1224:2:03.36
1192:2:03.34
1160:2:03.33
1128:2:03.17
1124:Hungary
1096:2:02.71
1064:2:02.26
1032:2:02.20
1000:2:01.77
968:2:01.73
936:2:01.70
904:2:01.54
872:2:01.49
840:2:01.27
804:Swimmer
783:Results
631:Records
71:1:59.37
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2430:Notes
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2286:Canada
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2179:Nation
2155:Finals
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813:Notes
807:Nation
775:Finals
757:Round
742:UTC+10
700:
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673:Erfurt
657:
652:
296:1500 m
201:at the
164:
135:
106:
2367:Japan
2259:Spain
2182:Time
1794:Japan
1736:China
1252:Italy
1220:Japan
1156:Spain
788:Heats
770:20:00
766:10:00
754:Time
751:Date
615:This
540:Seoul
494:women
462:women
442:women
433:400 m
427:women
418:200 m
407:women
398:200 m
392:women
383:100 m
372:women
363:200 m
357:women
348:100 m
337:women
328:200 m
322:women
313:100 m
290:women
284:800 m
278:women
269:400 m
263:women
254:200 m
248:women
239:100 m
233:women
42:Venue
3274:2024
3251:2020
3228:2016
3205:2012
3182:2008
3159:2004
3136:2000
3113:1996
3090:1992
3067:1988
3044:1984
3021:1980
2998:1976
2975:1972
2952:1968
2929:1964
2906:1900
2836:2017
2797:2017
2758:2021
2724:2017
2427:Time
2418:Lane
2415:Rank
2173:Lane
2170:Rank
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1420:Peru
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