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

Last updated

Contents

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date27 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors37 from 26 nations
Winning time1:57.90 AM
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nicole Haislett Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Franziska van Almsick Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Kerstin Kielgaß Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
  1988
1996  

The women's 200 metre freestyle 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 East Germany.svg  Heike Friedrich  (GDR)1:57.55 East Berlin, East Germany 18 June 1986
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  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). [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134 Franziska van Almsick Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:57.90Q
254 Nicole Haislett Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:59.33Q
342 Luminița Dobrescu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:00.51Q, NR
435 Kerstin Kielgaß Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:00.55Q
543 Lü Bin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:00.56Q
645 Catherine Plewinski Flag of France.svg  France 2:00.67Q
57 Olga Kirichenko Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team Q
853 Suzu Chiba Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:00.96Q
936 Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:01.05q
1032 Karen Pickering Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:01.09q
1147 Yelena Dendeberova Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 2:01.28q
1244 Jenny Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:01.71q, WD
1355 Mette Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:01.84q
1433 Gitta Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:02.27q
1546 Nicole Stevenson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:02.50q
1658 Carla Negrea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:03.16q
1752 Yoko Koikawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:03.32q, WD
1851 Malin Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:03.44q
1938 Nikki Dryden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:03.59
2037 Isabelle Arnould Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:04.06
2156 Zhuang Yong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:04.12
2225 Allison Higson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:04.25
2348 Irene Dalby Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:04.28
2424 Natalia Pulido Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:04.39
2531 Sandra Cam Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:04.72
2641 Diana van der Plaats Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:05.42
2723 Rita Jean Garay Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 2:07.08
2822 Joscelin Yeo Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:07.09
2913 Akiko Thomson Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 2:07.95
3015 Robyn Lamsam Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 2:08.60
3122 Rania Elwani Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2:08.93
3214 María José Marenco Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2:09.36
3316 Claudia Fortin Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 2:12.24
3417 Sharon Pickering Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2:12.43
3521 Corinne Leclair Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 2:12.55
3627 May Ooi Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:13.20
3712 Paola Peñarrieta Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 2:15.74

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
93 Yelena Dendeberova Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 2:00.09
105 Karen Pickering Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:00.33 NR
114 Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:00.89
128 Malin Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:02.02 NR
136 Mette Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:02.14
142 Gitta Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:02.32
151 Carla Negrea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:02.96
167 Nicole Stevenson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:04.21

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Nicole Haislett Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:57.90 AM
Silver medal icon.svg4 Franziska van Almsick Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:58.00
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Kerstin Kielgaß Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:59.67
41 Catherine Plewinski Flag of France.svg  France 1:59.88 NR
53 Luminița Dobrescu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:00.48 NR
68 Suzu Chiba Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:00.64 NR
77 Olga Kirichenko Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 2:00.90
82 Lü Bin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:02.10

Related Research Articles

The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

The Women's 100 Metre Freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle</span>

The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain. There were 55 competitors from 39 nations, with each nation having up to two swimmers. The event was won by Yevgeny Sadovyi of the Unified Team; it was the first victory in the men's 200 metre freestyle by an athlete from the former Soviet Union since Moscow 1980. Anders Holmertz of Sweden repeated as the silver medalist, becoming the first man to win multiple medals in the event. Antti Kasvio earned a bronze medal in Finland's debut in the event.

The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July 1992 at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

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.

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.

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

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.

The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States. This event was officially included to the women's swimming program for the first time in Olympic history.

The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.

Corinne Leclair is a Mauritian swimmer who represented her country at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Robyn Claire Lamsam is a swimmer who represented Hong Kong at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Clara Troner is a swimmer who represented Romania at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. pp. 373–374. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. p. 374. Retrieved 2 September 2017.