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

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Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date26 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors35 from 29 nations
Winning time2:07.76
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Petria Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Michelle Smith Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
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The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 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 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
154 Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:09.46Q
253 Michelle Smith Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:10.03Q, NR
333 Petria Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:10.64Q
434 Qu Yun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:11.35Q
536 Jessica Deglau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:12.48Q
645 Mika Haruna Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:12.59Q
735 Trina Jackson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:12.69Q
855 Liu Limin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:13.12Q
952 Andrea Schwartz Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:13.33q
1057 Bárbara Franco Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:13.34q
1142 Cécile Jeanson Flag of France.svg  France 2:13.58q
1232 Sophia Skou Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:13.59q
1347 María Peláez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:13.85q
1446 Anna Uryniuk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:13.90q
1556 Annette Salmeen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:14.69q
1644 Hitomi Kashima Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:16.04q
1737 Ilaria Tocchini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:16.10
1841 Hsieh Shu-tzu Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:16.27
1948 Sabine Herbst Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:16.66
2026 Nataliya Zolotukhina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:16.68 NR
2151 Loredana Zisu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:17.56
2231 Ana Francisco Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:17.61
2325 Nataša Meškovska Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 2:17.90
38 Edit Klocker Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2558 Praphalsai Minpraphal Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2:18.19
2628 Nida Zuhal Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:18.46 NR
2724 Marcela Kubalčíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:19.38
2822 María del Pilar Pereyra Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:19.57
2923 Marina Karystinou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:20.57
3021 Mandy Loots Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:20.73
3127 Tinka Dančević Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:20.74
3214 Park Woo-hee Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 2:22.99
3315 Melissa Mata Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2:23.89
3413 Sonia Álvarez Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:25.24
43 Mette Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
96 Sophia Skou Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:12.41
103 Cécile Jeanson Flag of France.svg  France 2:12.99
112 María Peláez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:13.05
121 Annette Salmeen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:13.64
7 Anna Uryniuk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
148 Hitomi Kashima Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:13.97
154 Andrea Schwartz Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:14.07
165 Bárbara Franco Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:14.16

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:07.76
Silver medal icon.svg3 Petria Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:09.82
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Michelle Smith Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:09.91 NR
46 Qu Yun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:10.26
58 Liu Limin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:10.70
62 Jessica Deglau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:11.40
77 Mika Haruna Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:11.93
81 Trina Jackson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11.96

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References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 48. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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