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

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]

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
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Records

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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

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Heats

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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

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Final B

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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

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Summer Sanders   United States 2:08.67
  2 Wang Xiaohong   China 2:09.01 AS
  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

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  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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