Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly
Appearance
Women's 200 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 26 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 35 from 29 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:07.76 | ||||||||||||
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 butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]
Records
[edit]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
[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 | 6 | Sophia Skou | Denmark | 2:12.41 | |
10 | 3 | Cécile Jeanson | France | 2:12.99 | |
11 | 2 | María Peláez | Spain | 2:13.05 | |
12 | 1 | Annette Salmeen | United States | 2:13.64 | |
7 | Anna Uryniuk | Poland | |||
14 | 8 | Hitomi Kashima | Japan | 2:13.97 | |
15 | 4 | Andrea Schwartz | Canada | 2:14.07 | |
16 | 5 | Bárbara Franco | Spain | 2:14.16 |
Final A
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Susie O'Neill | Australia | 2:07.76 | ||
3 | Petria Thomas | Australia | 2:09.82 | ||
5 | Michelle Smith | Ireland | 2:09.91 | NR | |
4 | 6 | Qu Yun | China | 2:10.26 | |
5 | 8 | Liu Limin | China | 2:10.70 | |
6 | 2 | Jessica Deglau | Canada | 2:11.40 | |
7 | 7 | Mika Haruna | Japan | 2:11.93 | |
8 | 1 | Trina Jackson | United States | 2:11.96 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 48. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 13 September 2017.