Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

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Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date23 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors42 from 35 nations
Winning time2:25.41 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Penny Heyns Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg Amanda Beard Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Ágnes Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
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The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States. [1]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Rebecca Brown  (AUS)2:24.76 Brisbane, Australia 15 March 1994 [2]
Olympic recordFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kyoko Iwasaki  (JPN)2:26.65 Barcelona, Spain 27 July 1992

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
23 JulyHeat 4 Penny Heyns Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:26.63 OR
23 JulyFinal A Penny Heyns Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:25.41 OR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144 Penny Heyns Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:26.63Q, OR
254 Amanda Beard Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:28.10Q
364 Samantha Riley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:28.30Q
463 Masami Tanaka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:29.36Q
553 Ágnes Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:29.58Q
665 Brigitte Becue Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:29.62Q
756 Nadine Neumann Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:29.91Q
866 Christin Petelski Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:30.30Q
957 Lin Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:30.64q
62 Alicja Pęczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland q
1143 Kyoko Iwasaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:30.84q
1261 Marie Hardiman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:31.12q
1355 Jilen Siroky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:31.57q
1447 Lena Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:31.65q
1552 Lenka Maňhalová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:32.14q
1642 Svitlana Bondarenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:32.42q, WD
1741 Julia Russell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:32.44q
1848 Elin Austevoll Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:32.48
1946 Riley Mants Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:32.97
2035 Alenka Kejžar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:33.34
2167 Maria Östling Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:33.44
2251 Yelena Makarova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:33.74
2336 Lourdes Becerra Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:33.80
2434 Elvira Fischer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:33.89
45 Yuan Yuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2658 Manuela Dalla Valle Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:34.76
2731 Mia Hagman Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:36.11
2837 Roh Joo-hee Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 2:36.20
2924 Karine Brémond Flag of France.svg  France 2:36.26
3026 Isabel Ceballos Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:36.94
3132 Kathrin Dumitru Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:37.07
3238 María Carolina Santa Cruz Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:37.85
3368 Larisa Lăcustă Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:38.08
3427 Margarita Kalmikova Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:39.63 NR
3513 Erika Graf Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 2:42.97
3623 Mou Ying-hsin Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:43.94
3722 Nádia Cruz Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 2:44.24
3821 Natália Kodajová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:45.21
3925 Cerian Gibbes Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 2:45.87
4015 Oksana Cherevko Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 2:57.65
14 Britta Vestergaard Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DNS
33 Anna Wilson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand DNS

Finals

[4]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
17 Lena Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:28.87
23 Kyoko Iwasaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:29.32
31 Lenka Maňhalová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:29.96 NR
48 Julia Russell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:30.38
55 Alicja Pęczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:30.99
66 Marie Hardiman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:31.39
72 Jilen Siroky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:33.43
84 Lin Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:33.45

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Penny Heyns Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:25.41 OR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Amanda Beard Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:25.75
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Ágnes Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:26.57 NR
43 Samantha Riley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:27.91
56 Masami Tanaka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:28.05
61 Nadine Neumann Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:28.34
77 Brigitte Becue Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:28.36 NR
88 Christin Petelski Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:31.45

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References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Ryan's Express Too Quick for Roomie McKendry". Swimming Australia. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 45. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 46. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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