The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]
| Women's 200 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
| Date | 25 September 1988 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:09.51 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Mary T. Meagher (USA) |
2:05.96 | Brown Deer, United States | 13 August 1981 |
| Olympic record |  Mary T. Meagher (USA) |
2:06.90 | Los Angeles, United States | 4 August 1984 |
Results edit
Heats edit
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals edit
Final B edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 5 | Mojca Cater |  Canada |
2:12.66 | |
| 10 | 3 | Ina Beyermann |  West Germany |
2:13.74 | |
| 11 | 4 | Gabi Reha | West Germany |
2:14.20 | |
| 12 | 6 | Svitlana Kopchykova |  Soviet Union |
2:14.43 | |
| 13 | 7 | Mette Jacobsen |  Denmark |
2:15.60 | |
| 14 | 2 | Takayo Kitano |  Japan |
2:15.61 | |
| 15 | 1 | Helen Bewley |  Great Britain |
2:17.11 | |
| 16 | 8 | Lynne Wilson | Great Britain |
2:18.66 |
Final A edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Kathleen Nord |  East Germany |
2:09.51 | |
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5 | Birte Weigang | East Germany |
2:09.91 | |
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3 | Mary T. Meagher | United States |
2:10.80 | |
| 4 | 2 | Stela Pura |  Romania |
2:11.28 | |
| 5 | 1 | Trina Radke | United States |
2:11.55 | |
| 6 | 7 | Kiyomi Takahashi | Japan |
2:11.62 | |
| 7 | 8 | Wang Xiaohong |  China |
2:12.34 | |
| 8 | 6 | Conny van Bentum |  Netherlands |
2:13.17 |
References edit
- ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 426–427. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 427. Retrieved 2 April 2017.