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Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date21 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors42 from 35 nations
Winning time1:58.16
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Claudia Poll  Costa Rica
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Franziska van Almsick  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dagmar Hase  Germany
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Swimming at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.

Records

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

World record  Franziska van Almsick (GER) 1:56.78 Rome, Italy 6 September 1994
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).

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Franziska van Almsick  Germany 1:59.40 Q
2 5 4 Claudia Poll  Costa Rica 1:59.87 Q
3 5 5 Trina Jackson  United States 2:00.29 Q
4 5 3 Dagmar Hase  Germany 2:00.38 Q
5 5 6 Julia Greville  Australia 2:00.44 Q
6 6 5 Cristina Teuscher  United States 2:00.57 Q
7 5 7 Luminița Dobrescu  Romania 2:00.85 Q
8 4 6 Susie O'Neill  Australia 2:00.89 Q
9 4 3 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 2:00.99 q
10 4 4 Suzu Chiba  Japan 2:01.11 q
11 6 2 Louise Jöhncke  Sweden 2:01.13 q, NR
12 6 7 Karen Pickering  Great Britain 2:01.46 q
13 4 1 Dionne Bainbridge  New Zealand 2:02.69 q, NR
14 5 1 Solenne Figuès  France 2:02.74 q
15 3 2 Antonia Machaira  Greece 2:03.21 q, NR
16 6 3 Chen Yan  China 2:03.32 q, WD
17 4 2 Joanne Malar  Canada 2:03.53 q
18 3 4 Paula Harmokivi  Finland 2:03.54
19 4 8 Kristýna Kyněrová  Czech Republic 2:03.63
20 4 7 Naoko Imoto  Japan 2:03.78
21 5 8 Olena Lapunova  Ukraine 2:04.07
22 6 1 Tatyana Litovchenko  Russia 2:04.09
23 4 5 Shan Ying  China 2:04.29
24 5 8 Malin Nilsson  Sweden 2:04.39
25 6 6 Lorena Diaconescu  Romania 2:04.59
26 2 4 Sandra Cam  Belgium 2:04.90
27 3 8 Marion Madine  Ireland 2:04.92 NR
28 2 1 Carolyn Adel  Suriname 2:05.04 NR
29 3 1 Ana Alegria  Portugal 2:05.16
30 2 5 Helene Muller  South Africa 2:05.59
31 2 6 Ravee Intporn-Udom  Thailand 2:05.77
32 2 3 Lee Jie-hyun  South Korea 2:05.78
33 2 2 Inga Borodich  Belarus 2:05.85
34 3 5 Rania Elwani  Egypt 2:06.94
35 3 6 Chang Wei-chia  Chinese Taipei 2:06.97
36 6 8 Mia Muusfeldt  Denmark 2:07.29
37 2 7 Maritza Chiaway  Peru 2:07.80
38 3 3 Chantal Strasser  Switzerland 2:07.98
39 3 3 Joscelin Yeo  Singapore 2:08.10
40 1 5 Teresa Moodie  Zimbabwe 2:08.23
41 1 4 Laura Petrutytė  Lithuania 2:09.78
42 1 3 Marina Zarma  Cyprus 2:10.85

Finals

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 2:00.96
10 5 Suzu Chiba  Japan 2:01.00
11 3 Louise Jöhncke  Sweden 2:01.37
12 7 Solenne Figuès  France 2:01.47
13 6 Karen Pickering  Great Britain 2:02.58
14 1 Antonia Machaira  Greece 2:03.19 NR
15 2 Dionne Bainbridge  New Zealand 2:03.20
16 8 Joanne Malar  Canada 2:03.79

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Claudia Poll  Costa Rica 1:58.16
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Franziska van Almsick  Germany 1:58.57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Dagmar Hase  Germany 1:59.56
4 3 Trina Jackson  United States 1:59.57
5 8 Susie O'Neill  Australia 1:59.87
6 7 Cristina Teuscher  United States 2:00.79
7 2 Julia Greville  Australia 2:01.46
8 1 Luminița Dobrescu  Romania 2:01.63

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 38. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 39. Retrieved 12 September 2017.

External links

Olympic champions in women's 200 m freestyle
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