| Women's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
| Date | 27 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 37 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:57.90 AM | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 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 freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
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 |  Heike Friedrich (GDR) |
1:57.65 | Seoul, South Korea | 21 September 1988 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 3 | Yelena Dendeberova |  Unified Team |
2:00.09 | |
| 10 | 5 | Karen Pickering |  Great Britain |
2:00.33 | NR |
| 11 | 4 | Susie O'Neill |  Australia |
2:00.89 | |
| 12 | 8 | Malin Nilsson |  Sweden |
2:02.02 | NR |
| 13 | 6 | Mette Jacobsen |  Denmark |
2:02.14 | |
| 14 | 2 | Gitta Jensen | Denmark |
2:02.32 | |
| 15 | 1 | Carla Negrea |  Romania |
2:02.96 | |
| 16 | 7 | Nicole Stevenson | Australia |
2:04.21 |
Final A
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Nicole Haislett |  United States |
1:57.90 | AM |
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4 | Franziska van Almsick |  Germany |
1:58.00 | |
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6 | Kerstin Kielgaß | Germany |
1:59.67 | |
| 4 | 1 | Catherine Plewinski |  France |
1:59.88 | NR |
| 5 | 3 | Luminița Dobrescu | Romania |
2:00.48 | NR |
| 6 | 8 | Suzu Chiba |  Japan |
2:00.64 | NR |
| 7 | 7 | Olga Kirichenko | Unified Team |
2:00.90 | |
| 8 | 2 | Lü Bin |  China |
2:02.10 |
References
- "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 373–374. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 374. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
External links
| Olympic champions in women's 200 m freestyle | |
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