Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 30 July 1984 (heats and finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 23 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:30.38 AM | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
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 final of the women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1984. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Lina Kačiušytė (URS) | 2:28.36 | Potsdam, East Germany | 6 April 1979 |
Olympic record | Lina Kačiušytė (URS) | 2:29.54 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 23 July 1980 |
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | 2 | Ingrid Lempereur | Belgium | 2:32.46 | Q, NR |
2 | 2 | 6 | Sharon Kellett | Australia | 2:33.23 | Q, NR |
3 | 1 | 4 | Anne Ottenbrite | Canada | 2:33.43 | Q |
4 | 2 | 4 | Susan Rapp | United States | 2:33.46 | Q |
5 | 3 | 4 | Hiroko Nagasaki | Japan | 2:34.46 | Q |
3 | 5 | Ute Hasse | West Germany | Q | ||
7 | 2 | 3 | Suki Brownsdon | Great Britain | 2:35.54 | Q |
3 | 3 | Kim Rhodenbaugh | United States | Q | ||
9 | 3 | 6 | Manuela Dalla Valle | Italy | 2:35.75 | q |
10 | 2 | 5 | Laura Belotti | Italy | 2:35.99 | q |
11 | 1 | 3 | Alicia María Boscatto | Argentina | 2:36.38 | q |
12 | 1 | 5 | Mary Lubawski | Canada | 2:36.65 | q |
13 | 1 | 6 | Petra van Staveren | Netherlands | 2:37.20 | q |
14 | 2 | 2 | Annelie Holmström | Sweden | 2:37.21 | q |
15 | 3 | 2 | Dimity Douglas | Australia | 2:38.47 | q |
16 | 2 | 7 | Gaynor Stanley | Great Britain | 2:38.54 | q |
17 | 3 | 1 | Sara Guido | Mexico | 2:38.87 | NR |
18 | 3 | 7 | Petra Hillenius | Netherlands | 2:41.57 | |
19 | 1 | 7 | Kaori Iwasaki | Japan | 2:42.69 | |
20 | 2 | 1 | Guðrún Ágústsdóttir | Iceland | 2:44.85 | NR |
21 | 3 | 8 | Rosa María Silva | Uruguay | 2:50.01 | |
22 | 1 | 1 | Chow Lai Yee | Hong Kong | 2:50.45 | |
23 | 2 | 8 | Isabel Lardizábal | Honduras | 3:04.26 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 4 | Manuela Dalla Valle | Italy | 2:36.23 | |
10 | 2 | Petra van Staveren | Netherlands | 2:36.32 | |
11 | 5 | Laura Belotti | Italy | 2:36.49 | |
12 | 6 | Mary Lubawski | Canada | 2:36.55 | |
13 | 3 | Alicia María Boscatto | Argentina | 2:36.96 | |
14 | 7 | Annelie Holmström | Sweden | 2:37.62 | |
15 | 8 | Gaynor Stanley | Great Britain | 2:39.32 | |
16 | 1 | Dimity Douglas | Australia | 2:39.33 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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3 | Anne Ottenbrite | Canada | 2:30.38 | AM | |
6 | Susan Rapp | United States | 2:31.15 | NR | |
4 | Ingrid Lempereur | Belgium | 2:31.40 | NR | |
4 | 2 | Hiroko Nagasaki | Japan | 2:32.93 | |
5 | 5 | Sharon Kellett | Australia | 2:33.60 | |
6 | 7 | Ute Hasse | West Germany | 2:33.82 | NR |
7 | 1 | Suki Brownsdon | Great Britain | 2:35.07 | |
8 | 8 | Kim Rhodenbaugh | United States | 2:35.51 |
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