Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle
| Women's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 30 July 1984 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:59.23 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
The final of the women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1984.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Kristin Otto (GDR) |
1:57.75 | Magdeburg, East Germany | 23 May 1984 |
| Olympic record |  Barbara Krause (GDR) |
1:58.33 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 24 July 1980 |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 6 | Silvia Persi |  Italy |
2:03.17 | NR |
| 10 | 3 | Iris Zscherpe |  West Germany |
2:03.42 | |
| 11 | 4 | Julie Daigneault |  Canada |
2:03.67 | |
| 12 | 8 | Ann Linder |  Sweden |
2:03.85 | |
| 13 | 5 | Chikako Nakamori |  Japan |
2:04.11 | |
| 14 | 2 | Jane Kerr | Canada |
2:04.19 | |
| 15 | 1 | Annabelle Cripps |  Great Britain |
2:04.90 | |
| 16 | 7 | Kaori Yanase | Japan |
2:05.24 |
Final A
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Mary Wayte |  United States |
1:59.23 | |
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5 | Cynthia Woodhead | United States |
1:59.50 | |
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7 | Annemarie Verstappen |  Netherlands |
1:59.69 | |
| 4 | 6 | Michelle Pearson |  Australia |
1:59.79 | OC |
| 5 | 2 | Conny van Bentum | Netherlands |
2:00.59 | |
| 6 | 3 | June Croft | Great Britain |
2:00.64 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ina Beyermann | West Germany |
2:01.89 | |
| 8 | 8 | Anna McVann | Australia |
2:02.87 |
References
- ^ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 492–493. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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