Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle
| Women's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
| Date | 27 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 37 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:57.90 AM | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 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 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]
Records
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
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 | 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
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Nicole Haislett |  United States |
1:57.90 | AM |
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4 | Franziska van Almsick |  Germany |
1:58.00 | |
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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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 373–374. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 374. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
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