Women's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 24 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 43 from 39 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:13.93 NR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 2:11.65 | Barcelona, Spain | 30 July 1992 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 2:11.65 | Barcelona, Spain | 30 July 1992 |
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 6 | Kristine Quance | ![]() | 2:15.24 | |
10 | 5 | Wu Yanyan | ![]() | 2:16.61 | |
11 | 1 | Sabine Herbst | ![]() | 2:16.68 | |
12 | 3 | Beatrice Câșlaru | ![]() | 2:16.75 | |
13 | 4 | Martina Moravcová | ![]() | 2:17.40 | |
14 | 8 | Britta Vestergaard | ![]() | 2:17.95 | |
15 | 2 | Alicja Pęczak | ![]() | 2:18.21 | |
16 | 7 | Silvia Parera | ![]() | 2:19.92 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 1 | Michelle Smith | ![]() | 2:13.93 | NR |
![]() | 4 | Marianne Limpert | ![]() | 2:14.35 | NR |
![]() | 6 | Lin Li | ![]() | 2:14.74 | |
4 | 7 | Joanne Malar | ![]() | 2:15.30 | |
5 | 5 | Elli Overton | ![]() | 2:16.04 | |
6 | 2 | Allison Wagner | ![]() | 2:16.43 | |
7 | 3 | Minouche Smit | ![]() | 2:16.73 | |
8 | 8 | Louise Karlsson | ![]() | 2:17.25 |
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 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 men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 22 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 22 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
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.
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.
The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 20 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 also officially included to the women's swimming program for the first time in Olympic history.
The women's 4×100 metre medley relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
The men's 4×100 metre medley relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 18–19 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.