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

Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date26 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors35 from 29 nations
Winning time2:07.76
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Susie O'Neill  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Petria Thomas  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michelle Smith  Ireland
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 mmen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[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 4 Susie O'Neill  Australia 2:09.46 Q
2 5 3 Michelle Smith  Ireland 2:10.03 Q, NR
3 3 3 Petria Thomas  Australia 2:10.64 Q
4 3 4 Qu Yun  China 2:11.35 Q
5 3 6 Jessica Deglau  Canada 2:12.48 Q
6 4 5 Mika Haruna  Japan 2:12.59 Q
7 3 5 Trina Jackson  United States 2:12.69 Q
8 5 5 Liu Limin  China 2:13.12 Q
9 5 2 Andrea Schwartz  Canada 2:13.33 q
10 5 7 Bárbara Franco  Spain 2:13.34 q
11 4 2 Cécile Jeanson  France 2:13.58 q
12 3 2 Sophia Skou  Denmark 2:13.59 q
13 4 7 María Peláez  Spain 2:13.85 q
14 4 6 Anna Uryniuk  Poland 2:13.90 q
15 5 6 Annette Salmeen  United States 2:14.69 q
16 4 4 Hitomi Kashima  Japan 2:16.04 q
17 3 7 Ilaria Tocchini  Italy 2:16.10
18 4 1 Hsieh Shu-tzu  Chinese Taipei 2:16.27
19 4 8 Sabine Herbst  Germany 2:16.66
20 2 6 Nataliya Zolotukhina  Ukraine 2:16.68 NR
21 5 1 Loredana Zisu  Romania 2:17.56
22 3 1 Ana Francisco  Portugal 2:17.61
23 2 5 Nataša Meškovska  Macedonia 2:17.90
3 8 Edit Klocker  Hungary
25 5 8 Praphalsai Minpraphal  Thailand 2:18.19
26 2 8 Nida Zuhal  Turkey 2:18.46 NR
27 2 4 Marcela Kubalčíková  Czech Republic 2:19.38
28 2 2 María del Pilar Pereyra  Argentina 2:19.57
29 2 3 Marina Karystinou  Greece 2:20.57
30 2 1 Mandy Loots  South Africa 2:20.73
31 2 7 Tinka Dančević  Croatia 2:20.74
32 1 4 Park Woo-hee  South Korea 2:22.99
33 1 5 Melissa Mata  Costa Rica 2:23.89
34 1 3 Sonia Álvarez  Puerto Rico 2:25.24
4 3 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark DNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 6 Sophia Skou  Denmark 2:12.41
10 3 Cécile Jeanson  France 2:12.99
11 2 María Peláez  Spain 2:13.05
12 1 Annette Salmeen  United States 2:13.64
7 Anna Uryniuk  Poland
14 8 Hitomi Kashima  Japan 2:13.97
15 4 Andrea Schwartz  Canada 2:14.07
16 5 Bárbara Franco  Spain 2:14.16

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Susie O'Neill  Australia 2:07.76
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Petria Thomas  Australia 2:09.82
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Michelle Smith  Ireland 2:09.91 NR
4 6 Qu Yun  China 2:10.26
5 8 Liu Limin  China 2:10.70
6 2 Jessica Deglau  Canada 2:11.40
7 7 Mika Haruna  Japan 2:11.93
8 1 Trina Jackson  United States 2:11.96

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 48. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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