Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

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Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date27 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors40 from 29 nations
Winning time2:26.65 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kyoko Iwasaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg Lin Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Anita Nall Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1988
1996  

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]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Anita Nall  (USA)2:25.35 Indianapolis, United States 2 March 1992
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Silke Hörner  (GDR)2:26.71 Seoul, South Korea 21 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
27 JulyFinal A Kyoko Iwasaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:26.65 OR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Anita Nall Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:27.77Q
253 Kyoko Iwasaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:27.78Q, NR
336 Yelena Rudkovskaya Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 2:28.24Q
455 Guylaine Cloutier Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:29.01Q
552 Nathalie Giguère Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:29.71Q
656 Lin Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:29.99Q
733 Manuela Dalla Valle Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:30.75Q
842 Alicja Pęczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:30.78Q, NR
944 Jill Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:30.80q
1058 Gabriella Csépe Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:32.04q, NR
1134 Samantha Riley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:32.09q
47 Daniela Brendel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany q
1345 Audrey Guérit Flag of France.svg  France 2:32.33q
1435 Yelena Volkova Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 2:32.39q
1532 Kyoko Kasuya Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:32.55q
1638 Magdalena Kupiec Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:33.92q
1737 Brigitte Becue Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:34.11
1831 Jana Dörries Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:34.58
1943 Linley Frame Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:34.73
2046 Beatrice Căşlaru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:34.97
2123 Britta Vestergaard Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:35.28
48 Suki Brownsdon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2341 Park Mi-yeong Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 2:35.33
2451 Elena Donati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:36.42
2514 Martina Nemec Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:36.65
2627 Kira Bulten Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:37.09
2724 Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2:37.42
2825 Lourdes Becerra Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:37.69
2957 Lu Di Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:38.63
3022 Sornsawan Phuvichit Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2:41.20
3126 Martine Janssen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:41.48
3215 Jennifer Smatt Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda 2:42.25
3321 Jaime King Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:44.49
3428 Penny Heyns South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa 2:45.04
3512 Priscilla Madero Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador 2:46.79
3613 Barbara Pexa Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 2:47.27
3716 Claudia Velásquez Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:47.31
3817 Nguyễn Thị Phương Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2:57.71
3911 Elke Talma Flag of Seychelles (1977-1996).svg  Seychelles 3:12.13
18 Bako Ratsifandrihamanana Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar DNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Gabriella Csépe Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:31.15 NR
26 Daniela Brendel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:32.05
32 Audrey Guérit Flag of France.svg  France 2:32.10
43 Samantha Riley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:32.63
51 Kyoko Kasuya Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:32.97
64 Jill Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:33.89
78 Magdalena Kupiec Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:35.74
87 Yelena Volkova Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 2:37.65

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Kyoko Iwasaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:26.65 OR NR
Silver medal icon.svg7 Lin Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:26.85 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Anita Nall Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:26.88
43 Yelena Rudkovskaya Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 2:28.47
56 Guylaine Cloutier Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:29.88
62 Nathalie Giguère Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:30.11
71 Manuela Dalla Valle Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:31.21
88 Alicja Pęczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:31.76

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References

  1. "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. p. 378. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. p. 378. Retrieved 3 September 2017.