Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date	21 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors	42 from 35 nations
Winning time	1:58.16
Medalists
Claudia Poll  Costa Rica Franziska van Almsick  Germany Dagmar Hase  Germany

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.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Franziska van Almsick (GER)	1:56.78	Rome, Italy	6 September 1994
Olympic record	Heike Friedrich (GDR)	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).

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	4	Franziska van Almsick	Germany	1:59.40	Q
2	5	4	Claudia Poll	Costa Rica	1:59.87	Q
3	5	5	Trina Jackson	United States	2:00.29	Q
4	5	3	Dagmar Hase	Germany	2:00.38	Q
5	5	6	Julia Greville	Australia	2:00.44	Q
6	6	5	Cristina Teuscher	United States	2:00.57	Q
7	5	7	Luminița Dobrescu	Romania	2:00.85	Q
8	4	6	Susie O'Neill	Australia	2:00.89	Q
9	4	3	Martina Moravcová	Slovakia	2:00.99	q
10	4	4	Suzu Chiba	Japan	2:01.11	q
11	6	2	Louise Jöhncke	Sweden	2:01.13	q, NR
12	6	7	Karen Pickering	Great Britain	2:01.46	q
13	4	1	Dionne Bainbridge	New Zealand	2:02.69	q, NR
14	5	1	Solenne Figuès	France	2:02.74	q
15	3	2	Antonia Machaira	Greece	2:03.21	q, NR
16	6	3	Chen Yan	China	2:03.32	q, WD
17	4	2	Joanne Malar	Canada	2:03.53	q
18	3	4	Paula Harmokivi	Finland	2:03.54
19	4	8	Kristýna Kyněrová	Czech Republic	2:03.63
20	4	7	Naoko Imoto	Japan	2:03.78
21	5	8	Olena Lapunova	Ukraine	2:04.07
22	6	1	Tatyana Litovchenko	Russia	2:04.09
23	4	5	Shan Ying	China	2:04.29
24	5	8	Malin Nilsson	Sweden	2:04.39
25	6	6	Lorena Diaconescu	Romania	2:04.59
26	2	4	Sandra Cam	Belgium	2:04.90
27	3	8	Marion Madine	Ireland	2:04.92	NR
28	2	1	Carolyn Adel	Suriname	2:05.04	NR
29	3	1	Ana Alegria	Portugal	2:05.16
30	2	5	Helene Muller	South Africa	2:05.59
31	2	6	Ravee Intporn-Udom	Thailand	2:05.77
32	2	3	Lee Jie-hyun	South Korea	2:05.78
33	2	2	Inga Borodich	Belarus	2:05.85
34	3	5	Rania Elwani	Egypt	2:06.94
35	3	6	Chang Wei-chia	Chinese Taipei	2:06.97
36	6	8	Mia Muusfeldt	Denmark	2:07.29
37	2	7	Maritza Chiaway	Peru	2:07.80
38	3	3	Chantal Strasser	Switzerland	2:07.98
39	3	3	Joscelin Yeo	Singapore	2:08.10
40	1	5	Teresa Moodie	Zimbabwe	2:08.23
41	1	4	Laura Petrutytė	Lithuania	2:09.78
42	1	3	Marina Zarma	Cyprus	2:10.85

Finals

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Martina Moravcová	Slovakia	2:00.96
10	5	Suzu Chiba	Japan	2:01.00
11	3	Louise Jöhncke	Sweden	2:01.37
12	7	Solenne Figuès	France	2:01.47
13	6	Karen Pickering	Great Britain	2:02.58
14	1	Antonia Machaira	Greece	2:03.19	NR
15	2	Dionne Bainbridge	New Zealand	2:03.20
16	8	Joanne Malar	Canada	2:03.79

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Claudia Poll	Costa Rica	1:58.16
	4	Franziska van Almsick	Germany	1:58.57
	6	Dagmar Hase	Germany	1:59.56
4	3	Trina Jackson	United States	1:59.57
5	8	Susie O'Neill	Australia	1:59.87
6	7	Cristina Teuscher	United States	2:00.79
7	2	Julia Greville	Australia	2:01.46
8	1	Luminița Dobrescu	Romania	2:01.63

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming