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

The final of the women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1984.[1]

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date30 July 1984 (heats and finals)
Competitors23 from 16 nations
Winning time2:30.38 AM
Medalists
Anne Ottenbrite  Canada
Susan Rapp  United States
Ingrid Lempereur  Belgium
Swimming at the
1984 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

Records

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

World record Lina Kačiušytė (URS)2:28.36Potsdam, East Germany6 April 1979
Olympic record Lina Kačiušytė (URS)2:29.54Moscow, Soviet Union23 July 1980

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
112 Ingrid Lempereur Belgium 2:32.46Q, NR
226 Sharon Kellett Australia 2:33.23Q, NR
314 Anne Ottenbrite Canada 2:33.43Q
424 Susan Rapp United States 2:33.46Q
534 Hiroko Nagasaki Japan 2:34.46Q
35 Ute Hasse West Germany Q
723 Suki Brownsdon Great Britain 2:35.54Q
33 Kim Rhodenbaugh United States Q
936 Manuela Dalla Valle Italy 2:35.75q
1025 Laura Belotti Italy 2:35.99q
1113 Alicia María Boscatto Argentina 2:36.38q
1215 Mary Lubawski Canada 2:36.65q
1316 Petra van Staveren Netherlands 2:37.20q
1422 Annelie Holmström Sweden 2:37.21q
1532 Dimity Douglas Australia 2:38.47q
1627 Gaynor Stanley Great Britain 2:38.54q
1731 Sara Guido Mexico 2:38.87NR
1837 Petra Hillenius Netherlands 2:41.57
1917 Kaori Iwasaki Japan 2:42.69
2021 Guðrún Ágústsdóttir Iceland 2:44.85NR
2138 Rosa María Silva Uruguay 2:50.01
2211 Chow Lai Yee Hong Kong 2:50.45
2328 Isabel Lardizábal Honduras 3:04.26

Final B
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94 Manuela Dalla Valle Italy 2:36.23
102 Petra van Staveren Netherlands 2:36.32
115 Laura Belotti Italy 2:36.49
126 Mary Lubawski Canada 2:36.55
133 Alicia María Boscatto Argentina 2:36.96
147 Annelie Holmström Sweden 2:37.62
158 Gaynor Stanley Great Britain 2:39.32
161 Dimity Douglas Australia 2:39.33

Final A
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
3 Anne Ottenbrite Canada 2:30.38AM
6 Susan Rapp United States 2:31.15NR
4 Ingrid Lempereur Belgium 2:31.40NR
42 Hiroko Nagasaki Japan 2:32.93
55 Sharon Kellett Australia 2:33.60
67 Ute Hasse West Germany 2:33.82NR
71 Suki Brownsdon Great Britain 2:35.07
88 Kim Rhodenbaugh United States 2:35.51

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  2. "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. p. 497. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
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