Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle
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Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | |||||||||||
Date | 21 July 1996 (heats & finals) | |||||||||||
Competitors | 42 from 35 nations | |||||||||||
Winning time | 1:58.16 | |||||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||||
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Swimming
at the
1996 Summer Olympics |
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 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 |
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1:56.78 | Rome , Italy | 6 September 1994 |
Olympic record |
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1:57.65 | Seoul , South Korea | 21 September 1988 |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]
Finals
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 4 | Martina Moravcová |
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2:00.96 | |
10 | 5 | Suzu Chiba |
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2:01.00 | |
11 | 3 | Louise Jöhncke |
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2:01.37 | |
12 | 7 | Solenne Figuès |
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2:01.47 | |
13 | 6 | Karen Pickering |
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2:02.58 | |
14 | 1 | Antonia Machaira |
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2:03.19 | NR |
15 | 2 | Dionne Bainbridge |
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2:03.20 | |
16 | 8 | Joanne Malar |
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2:03.79 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Claudia Poll |
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1:58.16 | |
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4 | Franziska van Almsick |
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1:58.57 | |
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6 | Dagmar Hase |
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1:59.56 | |
4 | 3 | Trina Jackson |
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1:59.57 | |
5 | 8 | Susie O'Neill |
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1:59.87 | |
6 | 7 | Cristina Teuscher |
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2:00.79 | |
7 | 2 | Julia Greville |
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2:01.46 | |
8 | 1 | Luminița Dobrescu |
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2:01.63 |
References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Freestyle" . Sports Reference . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 . Retrieved 17 March 2020 .
- ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats" ( PDF ) . Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation . p. 38 . Retrieved 12 September 2017 .
- ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Finals" ( PDF ) . Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation . p. 39 . Retrieved 12 September 2017 .
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