Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 27 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 29 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:26.65 OR | ||||||||||||
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 breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 2:25.35 | Indianapolis, United States | 2 March 1992 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 2:26.71 | Seoul, South Korea | 21 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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27 July | Final A | Kyoko Iwasaki | ![]() | 2:26.65 | OR |
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Gabriella Csépe | ![]() | 2:31.15 | NR |
2 | 6 | Daniela Brendel | ![]() | 2:32.05 | |
3 | 2 | Audrey Guérit | ![]() | 2:32.10 | |
4 | 3 | Samantha Riley | ![]() | 2:32.63 | |
5 | 1 | Kyoko Kasuya | ![]() | 2:32.97 | |
6 | 4 | Jill Johnson | ![]() | 2:33.89 | |
7 | 8 | Magdalena Kupiec | ![]() | 2:35.74 | |
8 | 7 | Yelena Volkova | ![]() | 2:37.65 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 5 | Kyoko Iwasaki | ![]() | 2:26.65 | OR , NR |
![]() | 7 | Lin Li | ![]() | 2:26.85 | NR |
![]() | 4 | Anita Nall | ![]() | 2:26.88 | |
4 | 3 | Yelena Rudkovskaya | ![]() | 2:28.47 | |
5 | 6 | Guylaine Cloutier | ![]() | 2:29.88 | |
6 | 2 | Nathalie Giguère | ![]() | 2:30.11 | |
7 | 1 | Manuela Dalla Valle | ![]() | 2:31.21 | |
8 | 8 | Alicja Pęczak | ![]() | 2:31.76 |