Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date27 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors40 from 29 nations
Winning time2:26.65 OR
Medalists
Kyoko Iwasaki  Japan
Lin Li  China
Anita Nall  United States
Swimming at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

Records

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

World record Anita Nall (USA)2:25.35Indianapolis, United States2 March 1992
Olympic record Silke Hörner (GDR)2:26.71Seoul, South Korea21 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
27 JulyFinal AKyoko Iwasaki Japan2:26.65OR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Anita Nall United States 2:27.77Q
253 Kyoko Iwasaki Japan 2:27.78Q, NR
336 Yelena Rudkovskaya Unified Team 2:28.24Q
455 Guylaine Cloutier Canada 2:29.01Q
552 Nathalie Giguère Canada 2:29.71Q
656 Lin Li China 2:29.99Q
733 Manuela Dalla Valle Italy 2:30.75Q
842 Alicja Pęczak Poland 2:30.78Q, NR
944 Jill Johnson United States 2:30.80q
1058 Gabriella Csépe Hungary 2:32.04q, NR
1134 Samantha Riley Australia 2:32.09q
47 Daniela Brendel Germany q
1345 Audrey Guérit France 2:32.33q
1435 Yelena Volkova Unified Team 2:32.39q
1532 Kyoko Kasuya Japan 2:32.55q
1638 Magdalena Kupiec Poland 2:33.92q
1737 Brigitte Becue Belgium 2:34.11
1831 Jana Dörries Germany 2:34.58
1943 Linley Frame Australia 2:34.73
2046 Beatrice Căşlaru Romania 2:34.97
2123 Britta Vestergaard Denmark 2:35.28
48 Suki Brownsdon Great Britain
2341 Park Mi-yeong South Korea 2:35.33
2451 Elena Donati Italy 2:36.42
2514 Martina Nemec Austria 2:36.65
2627 Kira Bulten Netherlands 2:37.09
2724 Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir Iceland 2:37.42
2825 Lourdes Becerra Spain 2:37.69
2957 Lu Di China 2:38.63
3022 Sornsawan Phuvichit Thailand 2:41.20
3126 Martine Janssen Netherlands 2:41.48
3215 Jennifer Smatt Bermuda 2:42.25
3321 Jaime King Great Britain 2:44.49
3428 Penny Heyns South Africa 2:45.04
3512 Priscilla Madero Ecuador 2:46.79
3613 Barbara Pexa Guam 2:47.27
3716 Claudia Velásquez Peru 2:47.31
3817 Nguyễn Thị Phương Vietnam 2:57.71
3911 Elke Talma Seychelles 3:12.13
18 Bako Ratsifandrihamanana Madagascar DNS

Finals

[3]

Final B
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Gabriella Csépe Hungary 2:31.15NR
26 Daniela Brendel Germany 2:32.05
32 Audrey Guérit France 2:32.10
43 Samantha Riley Australia 2:32.63
51 Kyoko Kasuya Japan 2:32.97
64 Jill Johnson United States 2:33.89
78 Magdalena Kupiec Poland 2:35.74
87 Yelena Volkova Unified Team 2:37.65

Final A
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5 Kyoko Iwasaki Japan 2:26.65OR
7 Lin Li China 2:26.85NR
4 Anita Nall United States 2:26.88
43 Yelena Rudkovskaya Unified Team 2:28.47
56 Guylaine Cloutier Canada 2:29.88
62 Nathalie Giguère Canada 2:30.11
71 Manuela Dalla Valle Italy 2:31.21
88 Alicja Pęczak Poland 2:31.76

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 378. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 378. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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