Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle
Women's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 27 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 37 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:57.90 AM | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
1:57.55 | East Berlin, East Germany | 18 June 1986 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
1:57.65 | Seoul, South Korea | 21 September 1988 |
Results[]
Heats[]
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals[]
Final B[]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 3 | Yelena Dendeberova | ![]() |
2:00.09 | |
10 | 5 | Karen Pickering | ![]() |
2:00.33 | NR |
11 | 4 | Susie O'Neill | ![]() |
2:00.89 | |
12 | 8 | Malin Nilsson | ![]() |
2:02.02 | NR |
13 | 6 | Mette Jacobsen | ![]() |
2:02.14 | |
14 | 2 | Gitta Jensen | ![]() |
2:02.32 | |
15 | 1 | Carla Negrea | ![]() |
2:02.96 | |
16 | 7 | Nicole Stevenson | ![]() |
2:04.21 |
Final A[]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Nicole Haislett | ![]() |
1:57.90 | AM |
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4 | Franziska van Almsick | ![]() |
1:58.00 | |
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6 | Kerstin Kielgaß | ![]() |
1:59.67 | |
4 | 1 | Catherine Plewinski | ![]() |
1:59.88 | NR |
5 | 3 | Luminița Dobrescu | ![]() |
2:00.48 | NR |
6 | 8 | Suzu Chiba | ![]() |
2:00.64 | NR |
7 | 7 | Olga Kirichenko | ![]() |
2:00.90 | |
8 | 2 | Lü Bin | ![]() |
2:02.10 |
References[]
- ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 373–374. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 374. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
External links[]
Categories:
- Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- 1992 in women's swimming
- Women's events at the 1992 Summer Olympics