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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]

Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date26 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors35 from 29 nations
Winning time2:07.76
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Susie O'Neill  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Petria Thomas  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michelle Smith  Ireland
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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]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Susie O'Neill   Australia 2:09.46 Q
2 5 3 Michelle Smith   Ireland 2:10.03 Q, NR
3 3 3 Petria Thomas   Australia 2:10.64 Q
4 3 4 Qu Yun   China 2:11.35 Q
5 3 6 Jessica Deglau   Canada 2:12.48 Q
6 4 5 Mika Haruna   Japan 2:12.59 Q
7 3 5 Trina Jackson   United States 2:12.69 Q
8 5 5 Liu Limin   China 2:13.12 Q
9 5 2 Andrea Schwartz   Canada 2:13.33 q
10 5 7 Bárbara Franco   Spain 2:13.34 q
11 4 2 Cécile Jeanson   France 2:13.58 q
12 3 2 Sophia Skou   Denmark 2:13.59 q
13 4 7 María Peláez   Spain 2:13.85 q
14 4 6 Anna Uryniuk   Poland 2:13.90 q
15 5 6 Annette Salmeen   United States 2:14.69 q
16 4 4 Hitomi Kashima   Japan 2:16.04 q
17 3 7 Ilaria Tocchini   Italy 2:16.10
18 4 1 Hsieh Shu-tzu   Chinese Taipei 2:16.27
19 4 8 Sabine Herbst   Germany 2:16.66
20 2 6 Nataliya Zolotukhina   Ukraine 2:16.68 NR
21 5 1 Loredana Zisu   Romania 2:17.56
22 3 1 Ana Francisco   Portugal 2:17.61
23 2 5 Nataša Meškovska   Macedonia 2:17.90
3 8 Edit Klocker   Hungary
25 5 8 Praphalsai Minpraphal   Thailand 2:18.19
26 2 8 Nida Zuhal   Turkey 2:18.46 NR
27 2 4 Marcela Kubalčíková   Czech Republic 2:19.38
28 2 2 María del Pilar Pereyra   Argentina 2:19.57
29 2 3 Marina Karystinou   Greece 2:20.57
30 2 1 Mandy Loots   South Africa 2:20.73
31 2 7 Tinka Dančević   Croatia 2:20.74
32 1 4 Park Woo-hee   South Korea 2:22.99
33 1 5 Melissa Mata   Costa Rica 2:23.89
34 1 3 Sonia Álvarez   Puerto Rico 2:25.24
4 3 Mette Jacobsen   Denmark DNS

Finals edit

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Final B edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 6 Sophia Skou   Denmark 2:12.41
10 3 Cécile Jeanson   France 2:12.99
11 2 María Peláez   Spain 2:13.05
12 1 Annette Salmeen   United States 2:13.64
7 Anna Uryniuk   Poland
14 8 Hitomi Kashima   Japan 2:13.97
15 4 Andrea Schwartz   Canada 2:14.07
16 5 Bárbara Franco   Spain 2:14.16

Final A edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Susie O'Neill   Australia 2:07.76
  3 Petria Thomas   Australia 2:09.82
  5 Michelle Smith   Ireland 2:09.91 NR
4 6 Qu Yun   China 2:10.26
5 8 Liu Limin   China 2:10.70
6 2 Jessica Deglau   Canada 2:11.40
7 7 Mika Haruna   Japan 2:11.93
8 1 Trina Jackson   United States 2:11.96

References edit

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 48. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 13 September 2017.

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