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

The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date20 September 1988 (heats)
21 September 1988 (finals)
Competitors45 from 30 nations
Winning time1:57.65 OR
Medalists
Heike Friedrich  East Germany
Silvia Poll  Costa Rica
Manuela Stellmach  East Germany

Records

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

World record Heike Friedrich (GDR)1:57.55East Berlin, East Germany18 June 1986
Olympic record Barbara Krause (GDR)1:58.33Moscow, Soviet Union24 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
21 SeptemberFinal AHeike Friedrich East Germany1:57.65OR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
16Heike Friedrich East Germany1:59.02Q
25Silvia Poll Costa Rica1:59.22Q, NR
36Mary Wayte United States1:59.50Q
45Manuela Stellmach East Germany2:00.30Q
54Natalia Trefilova Soviet Union2:00.54Q
65Stephanie Ortwig West Germany2:00.66Q
74Mitzi Kremer United States2:01.45Q
85Cécile Prunier France2:01.60Q
95Chikako Nakamori Japan2:01.76q
104Mette Jacobsen Denmark2:01.80q
116Luminița Dobrescu Romania2:01.93q
124Ruth Gilfillan Great Britain2:02.11q
134Stela Pura Romania2:02.26q
146Patricia Noall Canada2:02.31q
155Zhuang Yong China2:02.40q
161Birgit Lohberg-Schulz West Germany2:02.77q
173Diana van der Plaats Netherlands2:03.02
186Isabelle Arnould Belgium2:03.32
6Suzanne Nilsson Sweden
205Sheridan Burge-Lopez Australia2:03.42
216June Croft Great Britain2:03.63
224Karin Brienesse Netherlands2:04.36
235Silvia Persi Italy2:04.40
244Annette Jørgensen Denmark2:04.71
253Patrícia Amorim Brazil2:04.74
264Susie Baumer Australia2:04.82
273Nurul Huda Abdullah Malaysia2:04.85
286Jane Kerr Canada2:04.92
293Kaori Sasaki Japan2:04.92
303Senda Gharbi Tunisia2:06.60
313Karen Dieffenthaler Trinidad and Tobago2:07.09NR
322Bryndís Ólafsdóttir Iceland2:07.11
333Rita Jean Garay Puerto Rico2:07.44
342Natasha Aguilar Costa Rica2:10.22
353Patricia Kohlmann Mexico2:10.36
362Fenella Ng Hong Kong2:10.43
372Kim Eun-jung South Korea2:10.85
382Chang Hui-chien Chinese Taipei2:11.50
392Park Joo-li South Korea2:11.53
402Qian Hong China2:12.44
411Catherine Fogarty Zimbabwe2:13.44
422Hung Cee Kay Hong Kong2:13.61
431Angela Birch Fiji2:16.79
441Cina Munch Fiji2:18.45
1Nancy Khalaf LebanonDNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
97Patricia Noall Canada2:00.77
106Ruth Gilfillan Great Britain2:01.66
115Mette Jacobsen Denmark2:01.84
123Luminița Dobrescu Romania2:01.98
132Stela Pura Romania2:02.30
144Chikako Nakamori Japan2:02.31
158Birgit Lohberg-Schulz West Germany2:02.32
161Zhuang Yong China2:14.23

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Heike Friedrich East Germany1:57.65OR
5Silvia Poll Costa Rica1:58.67NR
6Manuela Stellmach East Germany1:59.01
43Mary Wayte United States1:59.04
52Natalia Trefilova Soviet Union1:59.24
61Mitzi Kremer United States2:00.23
77Stephanie Ortwig West Germany2:00.73
88Cécile Prunier France2:02.88

References

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