Missy Franklin Wins Gold Medal - Women's 200m Backstroke - London 2012 Olympics - Medal Results

Teen phenom Missy Franklin wins Gold for the United States in the Women's 200m Backstroke at the London 2012 Olympics.  Read on for the race details and the rest of the medal results.

Missy Franklin was not messing around tonight.  She took the race out fast and not only destroyed the field, but she smashed the world record by half a second on her way to claiming her second individual gold medal of the London games.  Way to go Missy!  Elizabeth Beisel also took home the bronze for the USA.  A great race for team USA!

Results:

Gold: Missy Franklin - United States

Silver: Anastasia Zueva - Russia

Bronze: Elizabeth Beisel - United States

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