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Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle

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]

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date27 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors37 from 26 nations
Winning time1:57.90 AM
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nicole Haislett  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Franziska van Almsick  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kerstin Kielgaß  Germany
← 1988
1996 →

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Heike Friedrich (GDR) 1:57.55 East Berlin, East Germany 18 June 1986
Olympic record   Heike Friedrich (GDR) 1:57.65 Seoul, South Korea 21 September 1988

Results edit

Heats edit

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Franziska van Almsick   Germany 1:57.90 Q
2 5 4 Nicole Haislett   United States 1:59.33 Q
3 4 2 Luminița Dobrescu   Romania 2:00.51 Q, NR
4 3 5 Kerstin Kielgaß   Germany 2:00.55 Q
5 4 3 Lü Bin   China 2:00.56 Q
6 4 5 Catherine Plewinski   France 2:00.67 Q
5 7 Olga Kirichenko   Unified Team Q
8 5 3 Suzu Chiba   Japan 2:00.96 Q
9 3 6 Susie O'Neill   Australia 2:01.05 q
10 3 2 Karen Pickering   Great Britain 2:01.09 q
11 4 7 Yelena Dendeberova   Unified Team 2:01.28 q
12 4 4 Jenny Thompson   United States 2:01.71 q, WD
13 5 5 Mette Jacobsen   Denmark 2:01.84 q
14 3 3 Gitta Jensen   Denmark 2:02.27 q
15 4 6 Nicole Stevenson   Australia 2:02.50 q
16 5 8 Carla Negrea   Romania 2:03.16 q
17 5 2 Yoko Koikawa   Japan 2:03.32 q, WD
18 5 1 Malin Nilsson   Sweden 2:03.44 q
19 3 8 Nikki Dryden   Canada 2:03.59
20 3 7 Isabelle Arnould   Belgium 2:04.06
21 5 6 Zhuang Yong   China 2:04.12
22 2 5 Allison Higson   Canada 2:04.25
23 4 8 Irene Dalby   Norway 2:04.28
24 2 4 Natalia Pulido   Spain 2:04.39
25 3 1 Sandra Cam   Belgium 2:04.72
26 4 1 Diana van der Plaats   Netherlands 2:05.42
27 2 3 Rita Jean Garay   Puerto Rico 2:07.08
28 2 2 Joscelin Yeo   Singapore 2:07.09
29 1 3 Akiko Thomson   Philippines 2:07.95
30 1 5 Robyn Lamsam   Hong Kong 2:08.60
31 2 2 Rania Elwani   Egypt 2:08.93
32 1 4 María José Marenco   El Salvador 2:09.36
33 1 6 Claudia Fortin   Honduras 2:12.24
34 1 7 Sharon Pickering   Fiji 2:12.43
35 2 1 Corinne Leclair   Mauritius 2:12.55
36 2 7 May Ooi   Singapore 2:13.20
37 1 2 Paola Peñarrieta   Bolivia 2:15.74

Finals edit

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Final B edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 3 Yelena Dendeberova   Unified Team 2:00.09
10 5 Karen Pickering   Great Britain 2:00.33 NR
11 4 Susie O'Neill   Australia 2:00.89
12 8 Malin Nilsson   Sweden 2:02.02 NR
13 6 Mette Jacobsen   Denmark 2:02.14
14 2 Gitta Jensen   Denmark 2:02.32
15 1 Carla Negrea   Romania 2:02.96
16 7 Nicole Stevenson   Australia 2:04.21

Final A edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Nicole Haislett   United States 1:57.90 AM
  4 Franziska van Almsick   Germany 1:58.00
  6 Kerstin Kielgaß   Germany 1:59.67
4 1 Catherine Plewinski   France 1:59.88 NR
5 3 Luminița Dobrescu   Romania 2:00.48 NR
6 8 Suzu Chiba   Japan 2:00.64 NR
7 7 Olga Kirichenko   Unified Team 2:00.90
8 2 Lü Bin   China 2:02.10

References edit

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 373–374. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 374. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

External links edit

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