Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date21 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors42 from 35 nations
Winning time1:58.16
Medalists
Claudia Poll  Costa Rica
Franziska van Almsick  Germany
Dagmar Hase  Germany
Swimming at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
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 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

Records

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

World record Franziska van Almsick (GER)1:56.78Rome, Italy6 September 1994
Olympic record Heike Friedrich (GDR)1:57.65Seoul, South Korea21 September 1988

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164Franziska van Almsick Germany1:59.40Q
254Claudia Poll Costa Rica1:59.87Q
355Trina Jackson United States2:00.29Q
453Dagmar Hase Germany2:00.38Q
556Julia Greville Australia2:00.44Q
665Cristina Teuscher United States2:00.57Q
757Luminița Dobrescu Romania2:00.85Q
846Susie O'Neill Australia2:00.89Q
943Martina Moravcová Slovakia2:00.99q
1044Suzu Chiba Japan2:01.11q
1162Louise Jöhncke Sweden2:01.13q, NR
1267Karen Pickering Great Britain2:01.46q
1341Dionne Bainbridge New Zealand2:02.69q, NR
1451Solenne Figuès France2:02.74q
1532Antonia Machaira Greece2:03.21q, NR
1663Chen Yan China2:03.32q, WD
1742Joanne Malar Canada2:03.53q
1834Paula Harmokivi Finland2:03.54
1948Kristýna Kyněrová Czech Republic2:03.63
2047Naoko Imoto Japan2:03.78
2158Olena Lapunova Ukraine2:04.07
2261Tatyana Litovchenko Russia2:04.09
2345Shan Ying China2:04.29
2458Malin Nilsson Sweden2:04.39
2566Lorena Diaconescu Romania2:04.59
2624Sandra Cam Belgium2:04.90
2738Marion Madine Ireland2:04.92NR
2821Carolyn Adel Suriname2:05.04NR
2931Ana Alegria Portugal2:05.16
3025Helene Muller South Africa2:05.59
3126Ravee Intporn-Udom Thailand2:05.77
3223Lee Jie-hyun South Korea2:05.78
3322Inga Borodich Belarus2:05.85
3435Rania Elwani Egypt2:06.94
3536Chang Wei-chia Chinese Taipei2:06.97
3668Mia Muusfeldt Denmark2:07.29
3727Maritza Chiaway Peru2:07.80
3833Chantal Strasser Switzerland2:07.98
3933Joscelin Yeo Singapore2:08.10
4015Teresa Moodie Zimbabwe2:08.23
4114Laura Petrutytė Lithuania2:09.78
4213Marina Zarma Cyprus2:10.85

Finals

[3]

Final B
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Martina Moravcová Slovakia2:00.96
105Suzu Chiba Japan2:01.00
113Louise Jöhncke Sweden2:01.37
127Solenne Figuès France2:01.47
136Karen Pickering Great Britain2:02.58
141Antonia Machaira Greece2:03.19NR
152Dionne Bainbridge New Zealand2:03.20
168Joanne Malar Canada2:03.79

Final A
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Claudia Poll Costa Rica1:58.16
4Franziska van Almsick Germany1:58.57
6Dagmar Hase Germany1:59.56
43Trina Jackson United States1:59.57
58Susie O'Neill Australia1:59.87
67Cristina Teuscher United States2:00.79
72Julia Greville Australia2:01.46
81Luminița Dobrescu Romania2:01.63

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 38. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 39. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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