Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 23 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 42 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:25.41 OR | ||||||||||||
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 breaststroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 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 | ![]() | 2:24.76 | Brisbane, Australia | 15 March 1994 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 2:26.65 | Barcelona, Spain | 27 July 1992 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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23 July | Heat 4 | Penny Heyns | ![]() | 2:26.63 | OR |
23 July | Final A | Penny Heyns | ![]() | 2:25.41 | OR |
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 |
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1 | 4 | 4 | Penny Heyns | ![]() |
2:26.63 | Q, OR |
2 | 5 | 4 | Amanda Beard | ![]() |
2:28.10 | Q |
3 | 6 | 4 | Samantha Riley | ![]() |
2:28.30 | Q |
4 | 6 | 3 | Masami Tanaka | ![]() |
2:29.36 | Q |
5 | 5 | 3 | Ágnes Kovács | ![]() |
2:29.58 | Q |
6 | 6 | 5 | Brigitte Becue | ![]() |
2:29.62 | Q |
7 | 5 | 6 | Nadine Neumann | ![]() |
2:29.91 | Q |
8 | 6 | 6 | Christin Petelski | ![]() |
2:30.30 | Q |
9 | 5 | 7 | Lin Li | ![]() |
2:30.64 | q |
6 | 2 | Alicja Pęczak | ![]() |
q | ||
11 | 4 | 3 | Kyoko Iwasaki | ![]() |
2:30.84 | q |
12 | 6 | 1 | Marie Hardiman | ![]() |
2:31.12 | q |
13 | 5 | 5 | Jilen Siroky | ![]() |
2:31.57 | q |
14 | 4 | 7 | Lena Eriksson | ![]() |
2:31.65 | q |
15 | 5 | 2 | Lenka Maňhalová | ![]() |
2:32.14 | q |
16 | 4 | 2 | Svitlana Bondarenko | ![]() |
2:32.42 | q, WD |
17 | 4 | 1 | Julia Russell | ![]() |
2:32.44 | q |
18 | 4 | 8 | Elin Austevoll | ![]() |
2:32.48 | |
19 | 4 | 6 | Riley Mants | ![]() |
2:32.97 | |
20 | 3 | 5 | Alenka Kejžar | ![]() |
2:33.34 | |
21 | 6 | 7 | Maria Östling | ![]() |
2:33.44 | |
22 | 5 | 1 | Yelena Makarova | ![]() |
2:33.74 | |
23 | 3 | 6 | Lourdes Becerra | ![]() |
2:33.80 | |
24 | 3 | 4 | Elvira Fischer | ![]() |
2:33.89 | |
4 | 5 | Yuan Yuan | ![]() |
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26 | 5 | 8 | Manuela Dalla Valle | ![]() |
2:34.76 | |
27 | 3 | 1 | Mia Hagman | ![]() |
2:36.11 | |
28 | 3 | 7 | Roh Joo-hee | ![]() |
2:36.20 | |
29 | 2 | 4 | Karine Brémond | ![]() |
2:36.26 | |
30 | 2 | 6 | Isabel Ceballos | ![]() |
2:36.94 | |
31 | 3 | 2 | Kathrin Dumitru | ![]() |
2:37.07 | |
32 | 3 | 8 | María Carolina Santa Cruz | ![]() |
2:37.85 | |
33 | 6 | 8 | Larisa Lăcustă | ![]() |
2:38.08 | |
34 | 2 | 7 | Margarita Kalmikova | ![]() |
2:39.63 | NR |
35 | 1 | 3 | Erika Graf | ![]() |
2:42.97 | |
36 | 2 | 3 | Mou Ying-hsin | ![]() |
2:43.94 | |
37 | 2 | 2 | Nádia Cruz | ![]() |
2:44.24 | |
38 | 2 | 1 | Natália Kodajová | ![]() |
2:45.21 | |
39 | 2 | 5 | Cerian Gibbes | ![]() |
2:45.87 | |
40 | 1 | 5 | Oksana Cherevko | ![]() |
2:57.65 | |
1 | 4 | Britta Vestergaard | ![]() |
DNS | ||
3 | 3 | Anna Wilson | ![]() |
DNS |
Finals
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 7 | Lena Eriksson | ![]() |
2:28.87 | |
2 | 3 | Kyoko Iwasaki | ![]() |
2:29.32 | |
3 | 1 | Lenka Maňhalová | ![]() |
2:29.96 | NR |
4 | 8 | Julia Russell | ![]() |
2:30.38 | |
5 | 5 | Alicja Pęczak | ![]() |
2:30.99 | |
6 | 6 | Marie Hardiman | ![]() |
2:31.39 | |
7 | 2 | Jilen Siroky | ![]() |
2:33.43 | |
8 | 4 | Lin Li | ![]() |
2:33.45 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Penny Heyns | ![]() |
2:25.41 | OR |
![]() | 5 | Amanda Beard | ![]() |
2:25.75 | |
![]() | 2 | Ágnes Kovács | ![]() |
2:26.57 | NR |
4 | 3 | Samantha Riley | ![]() |
2:27.91 | |
5 | 6 | Masami Tanaka | ![]() |
2:28.05 | |
6 | 1 | Nadine Neumann | ![]() |
2:28.34 | |
7 | 7 | Brigitte Becue | ![]() |
2:28.36 | NR |
8 | 8 | Christin Petelski | ![]() |
2:31.45 |
References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 45. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 46. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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