Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly
Women's 200 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 25 September 1988 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:09.51 | ||||||||||||
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The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Mary T. Meagher (USA) | 2:05.96 | Brown Deer, United States | 13 August 1981 |
Olympic record | Mary T. Meagher (USA) | 2:06.90 | Los Angeles, United States | 4 August 1984 |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
Finals
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 5 | Mojca Cater | Canada | 2:12.66 | |
10 | 3 | Ina Beyermann | West Germany | 2:13.74 | |
11 | 4 | Gabi Reha | West Germany | 2:14.20 | |
12 | 6 | Svitlana Kopchykova | Soviet Union | 2:14.43 | |
13 | 7 | Mette Jacobsen | Denmark | 2:15.60 | |
14 | 2 | Takayo Kitano | Japan | 2:15.61 | |
15 | 1 | Helen Bewley | Great Britain | 2:17.11 | |
16 | 8 | Lynne Wilson | Great Britain | 2:18.66 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Kathleen Nord | East Germany | 2:09.51 | ||
5 | Birte Weigang | East Germany | 2:09.91 | ||
3 | Mary T. Meagher | United States | 2:10.80 | ||
4 | 2 | Stela Pura | Romania | 2:11.28 | |
5 | 1 | Trina Radke | United States | 2:11.55 | |
6 | 7 | Kiyomi Takahashi | Japan | 2:11.62 | |
7 | 8 | Wang Xiaohong | China | 2:12.34 | |
8 | 6 | Conny van Bentum | Netherlands | 2:13.17 |