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

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Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date31 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors34 from 24 nations
Winning time2:08.67
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Summer Sanders Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Wang Xiaohong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  1988
1996  

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 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  Mary T. Meagher  (USA)2:05.96 Brown Deer, United States 13 August 1981
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Mary T. Meagher  (USA)2:06.90 Los Angeles, United States 4 August 1984

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
155 Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:10.47Q
254 Summer Sanders Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:10.58Q
334 Rie Shito Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:11.00Q
445 Mika Haruna Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:11.21Q
544 Wang Xiaohong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:11.83Q
643 Angie Wester-Krieg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:12.00Q
756 Ilaria Tocchini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:13.03Q
835 Mette Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:13.18Q
933 Cécile Jeanson Flag of France.svg  France 2:13.23q
1053 Hayley Lewis Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:14.50q
1147 Ewa Synowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:14.58q, NR
1224 Anna Uryniuk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:14.91q
1346 Samantha Purvis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:15.04q
1437 Iuliana Pantelimon Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:15.44q
1536 María Peláez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:15.77q
1652 Berit Puggaard Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:16.11q
1731 María Luisa Fernández Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:16.18
1851 Nataša Meškovska Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Participants 2:16.54
1948 Joana Arantes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:16.56
2041 Timea Toth Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:16.84
2157 Corina Dumitru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:16.86
2242 Nataliya Yakovleva Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 2:19.02
2332 Jacinthe Pineau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:19.44
2423 Helen Slatter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:20.45
2515 Praphalsai Minpraphal Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2:20.48
2614 Bettina Ustrowski Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:21.49
2712 Anja Margetić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:21.56
2822 Blanca Morales Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2:21.97
2958 Qian Hong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:22.77
3025 Shelley Cramer Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 2:25.24
3116 Claudia Fortin Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 2:26.92
3213 May Ooi Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:26.97
26 Jeanine Steenkamp South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa DNS
38 Brigitte Becue Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium DNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95 Hayley Lewis Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:13.11
104 Cécile Jeanson Flag of France.svg  France 2:13.40
113 Ewa Synowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:13.61 NR
126 Anna Uryniuk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:14.44
132 Samantha Purvis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:14.47
147 Iuliana Pantelimon Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:14.95
158 Berit Puggaard Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:15.07
1 María Peláez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Summer Sanders Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:08.67
Silver medal icon.svg2 Wang Xiaohong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:09.01 AS
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:09.03 OC
46 Mika Haruna Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:09.88 NR
53 Rie Shito Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:10.24
67 Angie Wester-Krieg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11.46
78 Mette Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:11.87 NR
81 Ilaria Tocchini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:13.78

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References

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  2. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. p. 380. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. p. 380. Retrieved 4 September 2017.