Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date25 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors34 from 25 nations
Winning time2:09.29 OR
Medalists
Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary
Kathrin Zimmermann  East Germany
Cornelia Sirch  East Germany

Records

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

World record Betsy Mitchell (USA)2:08.60Orlando, United States27 June 1986
Olympic record Rica Reinisch (GDR)2:11.77Moscow, Soviet Union27 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
25 SeptemberHeat 4Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary2:11.01OR
25 SeptemberHeat 5Cornelia Sirch East Germany2:10.46OR
25 SeptemberFinal AKrisztina Egerszegi Hungary2:09.29OR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Cornelia Sirch East Germany2:10.46Q, OR
24Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary2:11.01Q
33Kathrin Zimmermann East Germany2:12.81Q
44Beth Barr United States2:13.91Q
55Andrea Hayes United States2:14.77Q
65Nicole Livingstone Australia2:14.81Q
74Jolanda de Rover Netherlands2:16.58Q
84Svenja Schlicht West Germany2:16.81Q
95Karen Lord Australia2:16.94q
104Katherine Read Great Britain2:17.22q
113Anca Pătrășcoiu Romania2:17.25q
124Lorenza Vigarani Italy2:17.35q
135Sharon Musson New Zealand2:17.47q
143Johanna Larsson Sweden2:18.01q
152Lin Li China2:18.11q
165Satoko Morishita Japan2:18.74q
175Michelle Smith Ireland2:19.50
182Aileen Convery Ireland2:19.91
193Lori Melien Canada2:20.45
205Tomoko Onogi Japan2:21.46
213Sylvia Hume New Zealand2:21.55
224Helen Slatter Great Britain2:21.66
234Wang Bolin China2:21.70
242Rita Jean Garay Puerto Rico2:23.73
253Christine Magnier France2:24.15
262Hong Ji-hee South Korea2:24.58
272Eva Gysling Switzerland2:24.61
283Katja Ziliox West Germany2:26.25
291Ana Joselina Fortin Honduras2:32.13
301Tricia Duncan Virgin Islands2:33.97
312Wang Chi Chinese Taipei2:36.60
321Sharon Pickering Fiji2:36.99
2Akiko Thomson PhilippinesDNS
3Ruth Hochstatter AustriaDNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
93Anca Pătrășcoiu Romania2:15.75
102Sharon Musson New Zealand2:16.06
111Lin Li China2:16.68
125Katherine Read Great Britain2:18.20
136Lorenza Vigarani Italy2:18.69
144Karen Lord Australia2:18.78
8Satoko Morishita Japan
7Johanna Larsson SwedenDSQ

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary2:09.29OR
3Kathrin Zimmermann East Germany2:10.61
4Cornelia Sirch East Germany2:11.45
46Beth Barr United States2:12.39
57Nicole Livingstone Australia2:13.43
62Andrea Hayes United States2:15.02
71Jolanda de Rover Netherlands2:15.17
88Svenja Schlicht West Germany2:15.94

References

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