Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date31 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors34 from 24 nations
Winning time2:08.67
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Summer Sanders  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wang Xiaohong  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Susie O'Neill  Australia
Swimming at the
1992 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 mmen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Records

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

World record  Mary T. Meagher (USA) 2:05.96 Brown Deer, United States 13 August 1981
Olympic record  Mary T. Meagher (USA) 2:06.90 Los Angeles, United States 4 August 1984

Results

Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 5 Susie O'Neill  Australia 2:10.47 Q
2 5 4 Summer Sanders  United States 2:10.58 Q
3 3 4 Rie Shito  Japan 2:11.00 Q
4 4 5 Mika Haruna  Japan 2:11.21 Q
5 4 4 Wang Xiaohong  China 2:11.83 Q
6 4 3 Angie Wester-Krieg  United States 2:12.00 Q
7 5 6 Ilaria Tocchini  Italy 2:13.03 Q
8 3 5 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark 2:13.18 Q
9 3 3 Cécile Jeanson  France 2:13.23 q
10 5 3 Hayley Lewis  Australia 2:14.50 q
11 4 7 Ewa Synowska  Poland 2:14.58 q, NR
12 2 4 Anna Uryniuk  Poland 2:14.91 q
13 4 6 Samantha Purvis  Great Britain 2:15.04 q
14 3 7 Iuliana Pantelimon  Romania 2:15.44 q
15 3 6 María Peláez  Spain 2:15.77 q
16 5 2 Berit Puggaard  Denmark 2:16.11 q
17 3 1 María Luisa Fernández  Spain 2:16.18
18 5 1 Nataša Meškovska  Independent Olympic Participants 2:16.54
19 4 8 Joana Arantes  Portugal 2:16.56
20 4 1 Timea Toth  Israel 2:16.84
21 5 7 Corina Dumitru  Romania 2:16.86
22 4 2 Nataliya Yakovleva  Unified Team 2:19.02
23 3 2 Jacinthe Pineau  Canada 2:19.44
24 2 3 Helen Slatter  Great Britain 2:20.45
25 1 5 Praphalsai Minpraphal  Thailand 2:20.48
26 1 4 Bettina Ustrowski  Germany 2:21.49
27 1 2 Anja Margetić  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:21.56
28 2 2 Blanca Morales  Guatemala 2:21.97
29 5 8 Qian Hong  China 2:22.77
30 2 5 Shelley Cramer  Virgin Islands 2:25.24
31 1 6 Claudia Fortin  Honduras 2:26.92
32 1 3 May Ooi  Singapore 2:26.97
2 6 Jeanine Steenkamp  South Africa DNS
3 8 Brigitte Becue  Belgium DNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 5 Hayley Lewis  Australia 2:13.11
10 4 Cécile Jeanson  France 2:13.40
11 3 Ewa Synowska  Poland 2:13.61 NR
12 6 Anna Uryniuk  Poland 2:14.44
13 2 Samantha Purvis  Great Britain 2:14.47
14 7 Iuliana Pantelimon  Romania 2:14.95
15 8 Berit Puggaard  Denmark 2:15.07
1 María Peláez  Spain

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Summer Sanders  United States 2:08.67
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Wang Xiaohong  China 2:09.01 AS
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Susie O'Neill  Australia 2:09.03 OC
4 6 Mika Haruna  Japan 2:09.88 NR
5 3 Rie Shito  Japan 2:10.24
6 7 Angie Wester-Krieg  United States 2:11.46
7 8 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark 2:11.87 NR
8 1 Ilaria Tocchini  Italy 2:13.78

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 380. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 380. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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