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

Women's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date	24 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors	43 from 39 nations
Winning time	2:13.93 NR
Medalists
Michelle Smith  Ireland Marianne Limpert  Canada Lin Li  China

Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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 individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.^[1]

Records

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

World record	Lin Li (CHN)	2:11.65	Barcelona, Spain	30 July 1992
Olympic record	Lin Li (CHN)	2:11.65	Barcelona, Spain	30 July 1992

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	3	Marianne Limpert	Canada	2:15.12	Q
2	6	5	Elli Overton	Australia	2:15.81	Q
3	5	3	Minouche Smit	Netherlands	2:16.30	Q
4	6	3	Lin Li	China	2:16.31	Q
5	5	4	Allison Wagner	United States	2:16.32	Q
6	4	5	Joanne Malar	Canada	2:16.34	Q
7	5	5	Michelle Smith	Ireland	2:16.35	Q
8	5	1	Louise Karlsson	Sweden	2:16.37	Q
9	4	7	Martina Moravcová	Slovakia	2:16.50	q, NR
10	6	4	Wu Yanyan	China	2:16.55	q
11	3	4	Beatrice Căşlaru	Romania	2:16.80	q
12	6	2	Emma Johnson	Australia	2:17.02	q, WD
13	4	4	Kristine Quance	United States	2:17.48	q
	6	1	Alicja Pęczak	Poland		q
15	3	2	Silvia Parera	Spain	2:17.67	q
16	5	7	Sabine Herbst	Germany	2:18.00	q
17	6	6	Brigitte Becue	Belgium	2:18.28	q, WD
18	4	1	Britta Vestergaard	Denmark	2:18.35	q
19	3	8	Alenka Kejžar	Slovenia	2:18.39	NR
20	6	7	Lenka Maňhalová	Czech Republic	2:18.43
21	5	6	Sue Rolph	Great Britain	2:18.81
22	4	6	Gabrielle Rose	Brazil	2:18.99
23	3	6	Aikaterini Sarakatsani	Greece	2:19.74
24	2	5	Elin Austevoll	Norway	2:19.81
25	4	2	Anna Wilson	New Zealand	2:19.97
26	5	8	Darya Shmeleva	Russia	2:20.34
27	3	7	Julia Russell	South Africa	2:20.40
28	5	2	Fumie Kurotori	Japan	2:20.58
29	4	8	Olena Lapunova	Ukraine	2:20.76
30	3	5	Martina Nemec	Austria	2:21.10
31	2	3	Carolyn Adel	Suriname	2:21.54	NR
32	6	8	Joscelin Yeo	Singapore	2:21.76
33	2	4	Petra Chaves	Portugal	2:22.03
34	3	1	Praphalsai Minpraphal	Thailand	2:22.34
35	2	7	Lee Jie-hyun	South Korea	2:22.97
36	3	3	Nadège Cliton	France	2:25.25
37	2	1	Sonia Álvarez	Puerto Rico	2:25.57
38	2	2	Akiko Thomson	Philippines	2:25.87
39	1	4	Olga Bogatyreva	Kyrgyzstan	2:26.42
40	2	6	Beáta Újhelyi	Hungary	2:26.77
41	2	8	Tsai Shu-min	Chinese Taipei	2:28.71
42	1	5	Meritxell Sabate	Andorra	2:37.38
43	1	3	Mira Ghniem	Jordan	2:56.99

Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	6	Kristine Quance	United States	2:15.24
10	5	Wu Yanyan	China	2:16.61
11	1	Sabine Herbst	Germany	2:16.68
12	3	Beatrice Câșlaru	Romania	2:16.75
13	4	Martina Moravcová	Slovakia	2:17.40
14	8	Britta Vestergaard	Denmark	2:17.95
15	2	Alicja Pęczak	Poland	2:18.21
16	7	Silvia Parera	Spain	2:19.92

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Michelle Smith	Ireland	2:13.93	NR
	4	Marianne Limpert	Canada	2:14.35	NR
	6	Lin Li	China	2:14.74
4	7	Joanne Malar	Canada	2:15.30
5	5	Elli Overton	Australia	2:16.04
6	2	Allison Wagner	United States	2:16.43
7	3	Minouche Smit	Netherlands	2:16.73
8	8	Louise Karlsson	Sweden	2:17.25

References

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming