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
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 23 July (heats and finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 42 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:25.41 (OR) | ||||||||||||
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Swimming events 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 breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics, took place on July 23, at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke.
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Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:
World record | Rebecca Brown (AUS) | 2:24.76 s | Brisbane, Australia | 15 March 1994 | [1][2] |
Olympic record | Kyoko Iwasaki (JPN) | 2:26.65 s | Barcelona, Spain | 27 July 1992 | [3] |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | OR | WR |
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23 July | Heat 4 | Penelope Heyns | South Africa | 2:26.63 | OR | |
23 July | Final A | Penelope Heyns | South Africa | 2:25.41 | OR |
Results
Heats
Finals
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 7 | Lena Eriksson | Sweden | 2:28.87 | |
2 | 3 | Kyoko Iwasaki | Japan | 2:29.32 | |
3 | 1 | Lenka Maňhalová | Czech Republic | 2:29.96 | |
4 | 8 | Julia Russell | South Africa | 2:30.38 | |
5 | 5 | Alicja Pęczak | Poland | 2:30.99 | |
6 | 6 | Marie Hardiman | Great Britain | 2:31.39 | |
7 | 2 | Jilen Siroky | United States | 2:33.43 | |
8 | 4 | Lin Li | China | 2:33.45 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Penelope Heyns | South Africa | 2:25.41 | OR[5] | |
5 | Amanda Beard | United States | 2:25.75 | ||
2 | Ágnes Kovács | Hungary | 2:26.57 | ||
4 | 3 | Samantha Riley | Australia | 2:27.91 | |
5 | 6 | Masami Tanaka | Japan | 2:28.05 | |
6 | 1 | Nadine Neumann | Australia | 2:28.34 | |
7 | 7 | Brigitte Becue | Belgium | 2:28.36 | |
8 | 8 | Christin Petelski | Canada | 2:31.45 |
See also
- Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
- Swimming at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships
- Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
- Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
- Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
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