Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly
Appearance
Women's 200 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 4 August 1984 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 31 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:06.90 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
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 | |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
The final of the women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | 2:05.96 | Brown Deer, United States | 13 August 1981 | |
Olympic record | 2:10.44 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 21 July 1980 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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4 August | Final A | Mary T. Meagher | 2:06.90 | OR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Swimoff
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Conny van Bentum | 2:13.60 | Q | |
2 | 5 | Janet Tibbits | 2:15.54 | q, WD |
Finals
[edit]Final B
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 3 | Jill Horstead | 2:13.49 | ||
10 | 5 | Roberta Lanzarotti | 2:14.54 | ||
11 | 6 | Marie Moore | 2:14.96 | ||
12 | 4 | Kiyomi Takahashi | 2:16.27 | ||
13 | 8 | Monica Olmi | 2:16.47 | ||
14 | 2 | Petra Zindler | 2:16.50 | ||
15 | 1 | Carole Brook | 2:16.74 | ||
16 | 7 | Ann Osgerby | 2:19.10 |
Final A
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Mary T. Meagher | 2:06.90 | OR | ||
5 | Karen Phillips | 2:10.56 | OC | ||
2 | Ina Beyermann | 2:11.91 | NR | ||
4 | 6 | Nancy Hogshead | 2:11.98 | ||
5 | 3 | Samantha Purvis | 2:12.33 | ||
6 | 7 | Naoko Kume | 2:12.57 | ||
7 | 1 | Sonja Hausladen | 2:15.38 | ||
8 | 8 | Conny van Bentum | 2:17.39 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 498–499. Retrieved March 16, 2017.