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

The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date21 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors42 from 35 nations
Winning time1:58.16
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Claudia Poll  Costa Rica
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Franziska van Almsick  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dagmar Hase  Germany
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Records

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

World record   Franziska van Almsick (GER) 1:56.78 Rome, Italy 6 September 1994
Olympic record   Heike Friedrich (GDR) 1:57.65 Seoul, South Korea 21 September 1988

Results

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Heats

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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 6 4 Franziska van Almsick   Germany 1:59.40 Q
2 5 4 Claudia Poll   Costa Rica 1:59.87 Q
3 5 5 Trina Jackson   United States 2:00.29 Q
4 5 3 Dagmar Hase   Germany 2:00.38 Q
5 5 6 Julia Greville   Australia 2:00.44 Q
6 6 5 Cristina Teuscher   United States 2:00.57 Q
7 5 7 Luminița Dobrescu   Romania 2:00.85 Q
8 4 6 Susie O'Neill   Australia 2:00.89 Q
9 4 3 Martina Moravcová   Slovakia 2:00.99 q
10 4 4 Suzu Chiba   Japan 2:01.11 q
11 6 2 Louise Jöhncke   Sweden 2:01.13 q, NR
12 6 7 Karen Pickering   Great Britain 2:01.46 q
13 4 1 Dionne Bainbridge   New Zealand 2:02.69 q, NR
14 5 1 Solenne Figuès   France 2:02.74 q
15 3 2 Antonia Machaira   Greece 2:03.21 q, NR
16 6 3 Chen Yan   China 2:03.32 q, WD
17 4 2 Joanne Malar   Canada 2:03.53 q
18 3 4 Paula Harmokivi   Finland 2:03.54
19 4 8 Kristýna Kyněrová   Czech Republic 2:03.63
20 4 7 Naoko Imoto   Japan 2:03.78
21 5 8 Olena Lapunova   Ukraine 2:04.07
22 6 1 Tatyana Litovchenko   Russia 2:04.09
23 4 5 Shan Ying   China 2:04.29
24 5 8 Malin Nilsson   Sweden 2:04.39
25 6 6 Lorena Diaconescu   Romania 2:04.59
26 2 4 Sandra Cam   Belgium 2:04.90
27 3 8 Marion Madine   Ireland 2:04.92 NR
28 2 1 Carolyn Adel   Suriname 2:05.04 NR
29 3 1 Ana Alegria   Portugal 2:05.16
30 2 5 Helene Muller   South Africa 2:05.59
31 2 6 Ravee Intporn-Udom   Thailand 2:05.77
32 2 3 Lee Jie-hyun   South Korea 2:05.78
33 2 2 Inga Borodich   Belarus 2:05.85
34 3 5 Rania Elwani   Egypt 2:06.94
35 3 6 Chang Wei-chia   Chinese Taipei 2:06.97
36 6 8 Mia Muusfeldt   Denmark 2:07.29
37 2 7 Maritza Chiaway   Peru 2:07.80
38 3 3 Chantal Strasser   Switzerland 2:07.98
39 3 3 Joscelin Yeo   Singapore 2:08.10
40 1 5 Teresa Moodie   Zimbabwe 2:08.23
41 1 4 Laura Petrutytė   Lithuania 2:09.78
42 1 3 Marina Zarma   Cyprus 2:10.85

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Martina Moravcová   Slovakia 2:00.96
10 5 Suzu Chiba   Japan 2:01.00
11 3 Louise Jöhncke   Sweden 2:01.37
12 7 Solenne Figuès   France 2:01.47
13 6 Karen Pickering   Great Britain 2:02.58
14 1 Antonia Machaira   Greece 2:03.19 NR
15 2 Dionne Bainbridge   New Zealand 2:03.20
16 8 Joanne Malar   Canada 2:03.79

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Claudia Poll   Costa Rica 1:58.16
  4 Franziska van Almsick   Germany 1:58.57
  6 Dagmar Hase   Germany 1:59.56
4 3 Trina Jackson   United States 1:59.57
5 8 Susie O'Neill   Australia 1:59.87
6 7 Cristina Teuscher   United States 2:00.79
7 2 Julia Greville   Australia 2:01.46
8 1 Luminița Dobrescu   Romania 2:01.63

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 38. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 39. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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