The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]
Women's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 30 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 44 from 32 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:11.65 WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior 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 | Daniela Hunger (GDR) | 2:12.59 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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30 July | Final A | Lin Li | China | 2:11.65 | WR |
Results
editHeats
editRule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
editFinal B
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 7 | Hideko Hiranaka | Japan | 2:18.47 | |
10 | 6 | Silvia Parera | Spain | 2:18.53 | |
11 | 3 | Alicja Pęczak | Poland | 2:18.55 | |
12 | 1 | Eri Kimura | Japan | 2:18.91 | |
13 | 2 | Noemi Lung | Romania | 2:18.97 | |
14 | 8 | Céline Bonnet | France | 2:19.14 | |
15 | 5 | Jacqueline McKenzie | Australia | 2:19.41 | |
16 | 4 | Jana Haas | Germany | 2:20.94 |
Final A
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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6 | Lin Li | China | 2:11.65 | WR | |
4 | Summer Sanders | United States | 2:11.91 | AM | |
3 | Daniela Hunger | Germany | 2:13.92 | ||
4 | 1 | Yelena Dendeberova | Unified Team | 2:15.47 | |
5 | 5 | Elli Overton | Australia | 2:15.76 | |
6 | 2 | Marianne Limpert | Canada | 2:17.09 | |
7 | 8 | Nancy Sweetnam | Canada | 2:17.13 | |
8 | 7 | Ewa Synowska | Poland | 2:18.85 |
References
edit- ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 380–381. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 381. Retrieved 4 September 2017.