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
Mary T. Meagher  United States
Karen Phillips  Australia
Ina Beyermann  West Germany

Records

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

World record Mary T. Meagher (USA)2:05.96Brown Deer, United States13 August 1981
Olympic record Ines Geißler (GDR)2:10.44Moscow, Soviet Union21 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
4 AugustFinal AMary T. Meagher United States2:06.90OR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Mary T. Meagher United States2:11.48Q
236Karen Phillips Australia2:11.81Q
316Samantha Purvis Great Britain2:11.97Q, NR
434Nancy Hogshead United States2:12.10Q
545Ina Beyermann West Germany2:13.26Q
624Naoko Kume Japan2:13.31Q
715Sonja Hausladen Austria2:13.50Q, NR
825Janet Tibbits Australia2:13.74QSO
43Conny van Bentum NetherlandsQSO
1033Kiyomi Takahashi Japan2:14.37q
1113Roberta Lanzarotti Italy2:14.53q
1246Jill Horstead Canada2:14.88q
1335Marie Moore Canada2:14.95q
1414Petra Zindler West Germany2:15.20q
1523Ann Osgerby Great Britain2:16.31q
1626Carole Brook Switzerland2:18.66q
1722Monica Olmi Italy2:18.72q
1832Kathrine Bomstad Norway2:19.46
1912Gail Jonson New Zealand2:20.55
2017Anna Doig New Zealand2:20.81
2111Julie Parkes Ireland2:20.85
2227Lisa Ann Wen Chinese Taipei2:21.10
2342Brigitte Wanderer Austria2:21.16
2447Shelley Cramer Virgin Islands2:22.39
2521Faten Ghattas Tunisia2:22.58
2637Hadar Rubinstein Israel2:22.78
2738Chang Hui-chien Chinese Taipei2:24.89
2848Blanca Morales Guatemala2:25.03
2931Jodie Lawaetz Virgin Islands2:25.58
28Nevine Hafez EgyptDNS
41Karin Brandes PeruDNS

Swimoff

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Conny van Bentum Netherlands2:13.60Q
25Janet Tibbits Australia2:15.54q, WD

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
93Jill Horstead Canada2:13.49
105Roberta Lanzarotti Italy2:14.54
116Marie Moore Canada2:14.96
124Kiyomi Takahashi Japan2:16.27
138Monica Olmi Italy2:16.47
142Petra Zindler West Germany2:16.50
151Carole Brook Switzerland2:16.74
167Ann Osgerby Great Britain2:19.10

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Mary T. Meagher United States2:06.90OR
5Karen Phillips Australia2:10.56OC
2Ina Beyermann West Germany2:11.91NR
46Nancy Hogshead United States2:11.98
53Samantha Purvis Great Britain2:12.33
67Naoko Kume Japan2:12.57
71Sonja Hausladen Austria2:15.38
88Conny van Bentum Netherlands2:17.39

References

  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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