Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley

Women's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date	24 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors	37 from 25 nations
Winning time	2:12.59 OR
Medalists
Daniela Hunger  East Germany Yelena Dendeberova  Soviet Union Noemi Lung  Romania

The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.

Records

Prior 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	Tracy Caulkins (USA)	2:12.24	Los Angeles, United States	3 August 1984

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
24 September	Final A	Daniela Hunger	East Germany	2:12.59	OR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Yelena Dendeberova	Soviet Union	2:15.30	Q
2	3	Noemi Lung	Romania	2:15.55	Q
3	5	Daniela Hunger	East Germany	2:16.23	Q
4	4	Marianne Muis	Netherlands	2:16.60	Q
5	4	Lin Li	China	2:17.09	Q
6	3	Jodie Clatworthy	Australia	2:17.29	Q
7	5	Anca Pătrășcoiu	Romania	2:17.39	Q
8	5	Whitney Hedgepeth	United States	2:17.45	Q
9	3	Birgit Lohberg-Schulz	West Germany	2:17.46	q
10	5	Jean Hill	Great Britain	2:17.57	q
11	5	Anette Philipsson	Sweden	2:18.86	q
12	5	Yuliya Bogacheva	Soviet Union	2:19.07	q
13	3	Anamarija Petričević	Yugoslavia	2:19.38	q
14	3	Mildred Muis	Netherlands	2:19.46	q
15	4	Allison Higson	Canada	2:19.54	q, WD
16	5	Roberta Felotti	Italy	2:19.62	q
17	4	Yoshie Nishioka	Japan	2:20.20	q
18	5	Svenja Schlicht	West Germany	2:20.31
19	2	Donna Procter	Australia	2:21.79
20	2	Annette Poulsen	Denmark	2:21.83
21	4	Silvia Parera	Spain	2:22.20
22	2	Hiroyo Harada	Japan	2:22.59
23	3	Zara Long	Great Britain	2:22.64
24	2	Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir	Iceland	2:22.65
25	4	Manuela Dalla Valle	Italy	2:22.85
26	2	Michelle Smith	Ireland	2:25.53
27	2	Marlene Bruten	Mexico	2:26.89
28	1	Carwai Seto	Chinese Taipei	2:27.72
29	1	Patricia Kohlmann	Mexico	2:29.61
30	2	Valentina Aracil	Argentina	2:31.53
31	1	Dipika Chanmugam	Sri Lanka	2:33.58
32	1	Annemarie Munk	Hong Kong	2:34.32
33	1	Kimberly Chen	Chinese Taipei	2:35.11
34	1	Sharon Pickering	Fiji	2:35.22
35	1	Angela Birch	Fiji	2:39.20
	3	Mary Wayte	United States	DSQ
	3	Tanya Dangalakova	Bulgaria	DNS

Finals

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	7	Mildred Muis	Netherlands	2:17.73
10	4	Birgit Lohberg-Schulz	West Germany	2:17.85
11	5	Jean Hill	Great Britain	2:19.20
12	3	Anette Philipsson	Sweden	2:19.35
13	1	Roberta Felotti	Italy	2:19.63
	2	Anamarija Petričević	Yugoslavia
15	6	Yuliya Bogacheva	Soviet Union	2:19.91
16	8	Yoshie Nishioka	Japan	2:20.43

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Daniela Hunger	East Germany	2:12.59	OR
	4	Yelena Dendeberova	Soviet Union	2:13.31
	5	Noemi Lung	Romania	2:14.85
4	7	Jodie Clatworthy	Australia	2:16.31
5	6	Marianne Muis	Netherlands	2:16.40
6	1	Anca Pătrășcoiu	Romania	2:16.70
7	2	Lin Li	China	2:17.42
8	8	Whitney Hedgepeth	United States	2:17.99

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming