Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle
Women's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 20 September 1988 (heats) 21 September 1988 (finals) |
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Competitors | 45 from 30 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:57.65 OR | ||||||||||||
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The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 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 | Heike Friedrich (GDR) | 1:57.55 | East Berlin, East Germany | 18 June 1986 |
Olympic record | Barbara Krause (GDR) | 1:58.33 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 24 July 1980 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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21 September | Final A | Heike Friedrich | East Germany | 1:57.65 | OR |
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 | 7 | Patricia Noall | Canada | 2:00.77 | |
10 | 6 | Ruth Gilfillan | Great Britain | 2:01.66 | |
11 | 5 | Mette Jacobsen | Denmark | 2:01.84 | |
12 | 3 | Luminița Dobrescu | Romania | 2:01.98 | |
13 | 2 | Stela Pura | Romania | 2:02.30 | |
14 | 4 | Chikako Nakamori | Japan | 2:02.31 | |
15 | 8 | Birgit Lohberg-Schulz | West Germany | 2:02.32 | |
16 | 1 | Zhuang Yong | China | 2:14.23 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Heike Friedrich | East Germany | 1:57.65 | OR | |
5 | Silvia Poll | Costa Rica | 1:58.67 | NR | |
6 | Manuela Stellmach | East Germany | 1:59.01 | ||
4 | 3 | Mary Wayte | United States | 1:59.04 | |
5 | 2 | Natalia Trefilova | Soviet Union | 1:59.24 | |
6 | 1 | Mitzi Kremer | United States | 2:00.23 | |
7 | 7 | Stephanie Ortwig | West Germany | 2:00.73 | |
8 | 8 | Cécile Prunier | France | 2:02.88 |