Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

The final of the women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984.[1]

Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date4 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors31 from 20 nations
Winning time2:06.90 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mary T. Meagher  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Karen Phillips  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ina Beyermann  West 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   Mary T. Meagher (USA) 2:05.96 Brown Deer, United States 13 August 1981
Olympic record   Ines Geißler (GDR) 2:10.44 Moscow, Soviet Union 21 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record
4 August Final A Mary T. Meagher   United States 2:06.90 OR

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 4 4 Mary T. Meagher   United States 2:11.48 Q
2 3 6 Karen Phillips   Australia 2:11.81 Q
3 1 6 Samantha Purvis   Great Britain 2:11.97 Q, NR
4 3 4 Nancy Hogshead   United States 2:12.10 Q
5 4 5 Ina Beyermann   West Germany 2:13.26 Q
6 2 4 Naoko Kume   Japan 2:13.31 Q
7 1 5 Sonja Hausladen   Austria 2:13.50 Q, NR
8 2 5 Janet Tibbits   Australia 2:13.74 QSO
4 3 Conny van Bentum   Netherlands QSO
10 3 3 Kiyomi Takahashi   Japan 2:14.37 q
11 1 3 Roberta Lanzarotti   Italy 2:14.53 q
12 4 6 Jill Horstead   Canada 2:14.88 q
13 3 5 Marie Moore   Canada 2:14.95 q
14 1 4 Petra Zindler   West Germany 2:15.20 q
15 2 3 Ann Osgerby   Great Britain 2:16.31 q
16 2 6 Carole Brook   Switzerland 2:18.66 q
17 2 2 Monica Olmi   Italy 2:18.72 q
18 3 2 Kathrine Bomstad   Norway 2:19.46
19 1 2 Gail Jonson   New Zealand 2:20.55
20 1 7 Anna Doig   New Zealand 2:20.81
21 1 1 Julie Parkes   Ireland 2:20.85
22 2 7 Lisa Ann Wen   Chinese Taipei 2:21.10
23 4 2 Brigitte Wanderer   Austria 2:21.16
24 4 7 Shelley Cramer   Virgin Islands 2:22.39
25 2 1 Faten Ghattas   Tunisia 2:22.58
26 3 7 Hadar Rubinstein   Israel 2:22.78
27 3 8 Chang Hui-chien   Chinese Taipei 2:24.89
28 4 8 Blanca Morales   Guatemala 2:25.03
29 3 1 Jodie Lawaetz   Virgin Islands 2:25.58
2 8 Nevine Hafez   Egypt DNS
4 1 Karin Brandes   Peru DNS

Swimoff

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Conny van Bentum   Netherlands 2:13.60 Q
2 5 Janet Tibbits   Australia 2:15.54 q, WD

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 3 Jill Horstead   Canada 2:13.49
10 5 Roberta Lanzarotti   Italy 2:14.54
11 6 Marie Moore   Canada 2:14.96
12 4 Kiyomi Takahashi   Japan 2:16.27
13 8 Monica Olmi   Italy 2:16.47
14 2 Petra Zindler   West Germany 2:16.50
15 1 Carole Brook   Switzerland 2:16.74
16 7 Ann Osgerby   Great Britain 2:19.10

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Mary T. Meagher   United States 2:06.90 OR
  5 Karen Phillips   Australia 2:10.56 OC
  2 Ina Beyermann   West Germany 2:11.91 NR
4 6 Nancy Hogshead   United States 2:11.98
5 3 Samantha Purvis   Great Britain 2:12.33
6 7 Naoko Kume   Japan 2:12.57
7 1 Sonja Hausladen   Austria 2:15.38
8 8 Conny van Bentum   Netherlands 2:17.39

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 498–499. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
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