Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date20 September (heats)
21 September (finals)
Competitors43 from 27 nations
Winning time2:26.71 (WR)
Medalists
   East Germany
   China
   Bulgaria
Swimming events at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics, took place on September 20–21, at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 43 competitors from 27 nations participated in the event.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:

World record  Allison Higson (CAN) 2:27.27 s Montreal, Canada 28 May 1988
Olympic record  Lina Kačiušytė (URS) 2:29.54 s Moscow, Soviet Union 23 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeORWR
20 September Heat 6 Silke Hörner  East Germany 2:27.63 OR
21 September Final A Silke Hörner  East Germany 2:26.71 OR WR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Hörner, SilkeSilke Hörner  East Germany 2:27.63 QA, OR[1]
2 5 Bohachova, YuliyaYuliya Bohachova  Soviet Union 2:28.94 QA, OR[2]
3 4 Frenkeva, AntoanetaAntoaneta Frenkeva  Bulgaria 2:29.57 QA
4 6 Higson, AllisonAllison Higson  Canada 2:29.67 QA
5 5 Dangalakova, TanyaTanya Dangalakova  Bulgaria 2:29.91 QA
6 5 HuangHuang Xiaomin  China 2:30.03 QA
7 4 Lempereur, IngridIngrid Lempereur  Belgium 2:30.07 QA
8 4 Dalla Valle, ManuelaManuela Dalla Valle  Italy 2:30.60 QA
9 6 Börnike, SusanneSusanne Börnike  East Germany 2:30.71 QB
10 4 Kuzmina, SvetlanaSvetlana Kuzmina  Soviet Union 2:30.93 QB
11 5 Moes, LindaLinda Moes  Netherlands 2:31.98 QB
12 6 McFarlane, TraceyTracey McFarlane  United States 2:32.11 QB
13 4 Nisiro, AnnalisaAnnalisa Nisiro  Italy 2:32.77 QB
14 6 Becue, BrigitteBrigitte Becue  Belgium 2:33.13 QB
15 6 Rapp, SusanSusan Rapp  United States 2:34.21 QB
16 5 Cloutier, GuylaineGuylaine Cloutier  Canada 2:34.36 QB
17 4 Dahm, BrittaBritta Dahm  West Germany 2:35.06
18 3 Parera, SilviaSilvia Parera  Spain 2:35.57
19 6 Nishioka, YoshieYoshie Nishioka  Japan 2:35.81
20 3 Brownsdon, SukiSuki Brownsdon  Great Britain 2:36.14
21 5 Stawicka, KorneliaKornelia Stawicka  Poland 2:36.86
22 6 Bojaryn, VirginieVirginie Bojaryn  France 2:37.38
23 5 Nagasaki, HirokoHiroko Nagasaki  Japan 2:37.44
24 1 Horning, KarenKaren Horning  Peru 2:37.84
25 5 Sørensen, PiaPia Sørensen  Denmark 2:38.49
26 4 Louvrier, PascalinePascaline Louvrier  France 2:38.75
27 3 Runólfsdóttir, RagnheiðurRagnheiður Runólfsdóttir  Iceland 2:39.10
28 3 Chylak, DorotaDorota Chylak  Poland 2:39.38
29 2 ParkPark Seong-won  South Korea 2:39.40
30 3 Hooiveld, LaraLara Hooiveld  Australia 2:39.97
31 2 Kemp-Arendt, NancyNancy Kemp-Arendt  Luxembourg 2:40.78
32 3 Petričević, AnamarijaAnamarija Petričević  Yugoslavia 2:40.80
33 2 Frank, HelenHelen Frank  Great Britain 2:41.12
34 6 Esser, HeikeHeike Esser  West Germany 2:41.34
35 1 Car-Wai, SetoSeto Car-Wai  Chinese Taipei 2:42.31
36 2 Brülhart, PatriciaPatricia Brülhart  Switzerland 2:42.82
37 1 Hidalgo, MontserratMontserrat Hidalgo  Costa Rica 2:44.72
38 2 Niehaus, SigridSigrid Niehaus  Costa Rica 2:45.35
39 3 Boscatto, AliciaAlicia Boscatto  Argentina 2:45.80
40 3 ChenChen Huiling  China 2:45.87
41 2 Chen, KimKim Chen  Chinese Taipei 2:50.84
42 1 Chanmugam, DipikaDipika Chanmugam  Sri Lanka 2:51.60
43 2 Aracil, ValentinaValentina Aracil  Argentina DSQ[1]

Finals

Final B

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
9 Börnike, SusanneSusanne Börnike  East Germany 2:28.55
10 Kuzmina, SvetlanaSvetlana Kuzmina  Soviet Union 2:30.03
11 Moes, LindaLinda Moes  Netherlands 2:30.83
12 Nisiro, AnnalisaAnnalisa Nisiro  Italy 2:31.19
13 Rapp, SusanSusan Rapp  United States 2:32.90
14 McFarlane, TraceyTracey McFarlane  United States 2:33.46
15 Cloutier, GuylaineGuylaine Cloutier  Canada 2:33.50
16 Becue, BrigitteBrigitte Becue  Belgium 2:34.10

Final A

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Hörner, SilkeSilke Hörner  East Germany 2:26.71 WR[3]
2nd, silver medalist(s) HuangHuang Xiaomin  China 2:27.49
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Frenkeva, AntoanetaAntoaneta Frenkeva  Bulgaria 2:28.34
4 Dangalakova, TanyaTanya Dangalakova  Bulgaria 2:28.43
5 Bohachova, YuliyaYuliya Bohachova  Soviet Union 2:28.54
6 Lempereur, IngridIngrid Lempereur  Belgium 2:29.42
7 Higson, AllisonAllison Higson  Canada 2:29.60
8 Dalla Valle, ManuelaManuela Dalla Valle  Italy 2:29.86

Sources

References

  1. 1 2 3 SLOOC, p. 573
  2. Albert Schoenfeld, ed. (November 1988). "Results from the 1988 Olympic Games (Seoul)" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. Albert Schoenfeld. p. 81. ISSN 0039-7431. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
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