Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley
Appearance
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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Swimming at the 1992 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 | |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
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]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | 2:11.73 | Magdeburg, East Germany | 4 July 1981 | |
Olympic record | 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 | 2:11.65 | WR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
[edit]Final B
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 7 | Hideko Hiranaka | 2:18.47 | ||
10 | 6 | Silvia Parera | 2:18.53 | ||
11 | 3 | Alicja Pęczak | 2:18.55 | ||
12 | 1 | Eri Kimura | 2:18.91 | ||
13 | 2 | Noemi Lung | 2:18.97 | ||
14 | 8 | Céline Bonnet | 2:19.14 | ||
15 | 5 | Jacqueline McKenzie | 2:19.41 | ||
16 | 4 | Jana Haas | 2:20.94 |
Final A
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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6 | Lin Li | 2:11.65 | WR | ||
4 | Summer Sanders | 2:11.91 | AM | ||
3 | Daniela Hunger | 2:13.92 | |||
4 | 1 | Yelena Dendeberova | 2:15.47 | ||
5 | 5 | Elli Overton | 2:15.76 | ||
6 | 2 | Marianne Limpert | 2:17.09 | ||
7 | 8 | Nancy Sweetnam | 2:17.13 | ||
8 | 7 | Ewa Synowska | 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.