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

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]

Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date26 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors35 from 29 nations
Winning time2:07.76
Medalists
Susie O'Neill  Australia
Petria Thomas  Australia
Michelle Smith  Ireland

Records

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

World record Mary T. Meagher (USA)2:05.96Brown Deer, United States13 August 1981
Olympic record Mary T. Meagher (USA)2:06.90Los Angeles, United States4 August 1984

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Susie O'Neill Australia2:09.46Q
253Michelle Smith Ireland2:10.03Q, NR
333Petria Thomas Australia2:10.64Q
434Qu Yun China2:11.35Q
536Jessica Deglau Canada2:12.48Q
645Mika Haruna Japan2:12.59Q
735Trina Jackson United States2:12.69Q
855Liu Limin China2:13.12Q
952Andrea Schwartz Canada2:13.33q
1057Bárbara Franco Spain2:13.34q
1142Cécile Jeanson France2:13.58q
1232Sophia Skou Denmark2:13.59q
1347María Peláez Spain2:13.85q
1446Anna Uryniuk Poland2:13.90q
1556Annette Salmeen United States2:14.69q
1644Hitomi Kashima Japan2:16.04q
1737Ilaria Tocchini Italy2:16.10
1841Hsieh Shu-tzu Chinese Taipei2:16.27
1948Sabine Herbst Germany2:16.66
2026Nataliya Zolotukhina Ukraine2:16.68NR
2151Loredana Zisu Romania2:17.56
2231Ana Francisco Portugal2:17.61
2325Nataša Meškovska Macedonia2:17.90
38Edit Klocker Hungary
2558Praphalsai Minpraphal Thailand2:18.19
2628Nida Zuhal Turkey2:18.46NR
2724Marcela Kubalčíková Czech Republic2:19.38
2822María del Pilar Pereyra Argentina2:19.57
2923Marina Karystinou Greece2:20.57
3021Mandy Loots South Africa2:20.73
3127Tinka Dančević Croatia2:20.74
3214Park Woo-hee South Korea2:22.99
3315Melissa Mata Costa Rica2:23.89
3413Sonia Álvarez Puerto Rico2:25.24
43Mette Jacobsen DenmarkDNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
96Sophia Skou Denmark2:12.41
103Cécile Jeanson France2:12.99
112María Peláez Spain2:13.05
121Annette Salmeen United States2:13.64
7Anna Uryniuk Poland
148Hitomi Kashima Japan2:13.97
154Andrea Schwartz Canada2:14.07
165Bárbara Franco Spain2:14.16

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Susie O'Neill Australia2:07.76
3Petria Thomas Australia2:09.82
5Michelle Smith Ireland2:09.91NR
46Qu Yun China2:10.26
58Liu Limin China2:10.70
62Jessica Deglau Canada2:11.40
77Mika Haruna Japan2:11.93
81Trina Jackson United States2:11.96

References

  1. "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.
  2. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 48. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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