Kaylee McKeown Breaks Missy Franklin’s Olympic Record With 2:03.73 200 Backstroke

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WOMEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE – FINAL

• World Record: 2:03.14 – Kaylee McKeown, AUS (2023)
• World Junior Record: 2:03.35 – Regan Smith, USA (2019)
• Olympic Record: 2:04.06 – Missy Franklin, USA (2012)
• 2021 Winning Time: 2:04.68 – Kaylee McKeown, AUS
• 2021 Time to Win Bronze: 2:06.17

1. Kaylee McKeown (Australia) – 2:03.73 (Olympic Record)
2. Regan Smith (United States) – 2:04.26
3. Kylie Masse (Canada) – 2:05.57
4. Phoebe Bacon (United States) – 2:05.61
5. Katie Shanahan (Great Britain) – 2:07.53
6. Peng Xuwei (China) – 2:07.96
7. Honey Osrin (Great Britain) – 2:08.16
8. Anastasiya Shkurdai (Individual Neutral Athletes) – 2:10.23

Australia’s Kaylee McKeown set a new Olympic Record en route to 200 backstroke gold tonight. McKeown swam a 2:03.73, breaking the old Olympic Record of a 2:04.06 that Missy Franklin (USA) swam at the 2012 London Olympics.

McKeown is the World Record holder and was the defending Olympic Champion in the event. She becomes the first swimmer to ever go back to back winning both backstroke events as she won the 100 and 200 back in Tokyo and now both in Paris.

Split Comparison

McKeown was out in about the same time as Franklin on the first 100 but came home strong with the biggest difference coming on the 3rd 50 as McKeown was 0.30 seconds faster here.

The 200 back was McKeown’s first event of her double tonight as she also will swim in semifinals of the 200 IM at the end of the session.