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

Women's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Women's 200 metre individual medley; at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date	24 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors	37 from 25 nations
Winning time	2:12.59 OR
Medalists
	← 1984 1992 →

The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.^[1]

Records

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

World record	Ute Geweniger (GDR)	2:11.73	Magdeburg, East Germany	4 July 1981
Olympic record	Tracy Caulkins (USA)	2:12.24	Los Angeles, United States	3 August 1984

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
24 September	Final A	Daniela Hunger	East Germany	2:12.59	OR

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Yelena Dendeberova	Soviet Union	2:15.30	Q
2	3	Noemi Lung	Romania	2:15.55	Q
3	5	Daniela Hunger	East Germany	2:16.23	Q
4	4	Marianne Muis	Netherlands	2:16.60	Q
5	4	Lin Li	China	2:17.09	Q
6	3	Jodie Clatworthy	Australia	2:17.29	Q
7	5	Anca Pătrășcoiu	Romania	2:17.39	Q
8	5	Whitney Hedgepeth	United States	2:17.45	Q
9	3	Birgit Lohberg-Schulz	West Germany	2:17.46	q
10	5	Jean Hill	Great Britain	2:17.57	q
11	5	Anette Philipsson	Sweden	2:18.86	q
12	5	Yuliya Bogacheva	Soviet Union	2:19.07	q
13	3	Anamarija Petričević	Yugoslavia	2:19.38	q
14	3	Mildred Muis	Netherlands	2:19.46	q
15	4	Allison Higson	Canada	2:19.54	q, WD
16	5	Roberta Felotti	Italy	2:19.62	q
17	4	Yoshie Nishioka	Japan	2:20.20	q
18	5	Svenja Schlicht	West Germany	2:20.31
19	2	Donna Procter	Australia	2:21.79
20	2	Annette Poulsen	Denmark	2:21.83
21	4	Silvia Parera	Spain	2:22.20
22	2	Hiroyo Harada	Japan	2:22.59
23	3	Zara Long	Great Britain	2:22.64
24	2	Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir	Iceland	2:22.65
25	4	Manuela Dalla Valle	Italy	2:22.85
26	2	Michelle Smith	Ireland	2:25.53
27	2	Marlene Bruten	Mexico	2:26.89
28	1	Carwai Seto	Chinese Taipei	2:27.72
29	1	Patricia Kohlmann	Mexico	2:29.61
30	2	Valentina Aracil	Argentina	2:31.53
31	1	Dipika Chanmugam	Sri Lanka	2:33.58
32	1	Annemarie Munk	Hong Kong	2:34.32
33	1	Kimberly Chen	Chinese Taipei	2:35.11
34	1	Sharon Pickering	Fiji	2:35.22
35	1	Angela Birch	Fiji	2:39.20
	3	Mary Wayte	United States	DSQ
	3	Tanya Dangalakova	Bulgaria	DNS

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
9	7	Mildred Muis	Netherlands	2:17.73
10	4	Birgit Lohberg-Schulz	West Germany	2:17.85
11	5	Jean Hill	Great Britain	2:19.20
12	3	Anette Philipsson	Sweden	2:19.35
13	1	Roberta Felotti	Italy	2:19.63
13	2	Anamarija Petričević	Yugoslavia	2:19.63
15	6	Yuliya Bogacheva	Soviet Union	2:19.91
16	8	Yoshie Nishioka	Japan	2:20.43

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Daniela Hunger	East Germany	2:12.59	OR
	4	Yelena Dendeberova	Soviet Union	2:13.31
	5	Noemi Lung	Romania	2:14.85
4	7	Jodie Clatworthy	Australia	2:16.31
5	6	Marianne Muis	Netherlands	2:16.40
6	1	Anca Pătrășcoiu	Romania	2:16.70
7	2	Lin Li	China	2:17.42
8	8	Whitney Hedgepeth	United States	2:17.99