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

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date27 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors40 from 29 nations
Winning time2:26.65 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kyoko Iwasaki  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lin Li  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anita Nall  United States
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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.[1]

Records

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

World record  Anita Nall (USA) 2:25.35 Indianapolis, United States 2 March 1992
Olympic record  Silke Hörner (GDR) 2:26.71 Seoul, South Korea 21 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
27 July Final A Kyoko Iwasaki  Japan 2:26.65 OR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Anita Nall  United States 2:27.77 Q
2 5 3 Kyoko Iwasaki  Japan 2:27.78 Q, NR
3 3 6 Yelena Rudkovskaya  Unified Team 2:28.24 Q
4 5 5 Guylaine Cloutier  Canada 2:29.01 Q
5 5 2 Nathalie Giguère  Canada 2:29.71 Q
6 5 6 Lin Li  China 2:29.99 Q
7 3 3 Manuela Dalla Valle  Italy 2:30.75 Q
8 4 2 Alicja Pęczak  Poland 2:30.78 Q, NR
9 4 4 Jill Johnson  United States 2:30.80 q
10 5 8 Gabriella Csépe  Hungary 2:32.04 q, NR
11 3 4 Samantha Riley  Australia 2:32.09 q
4 7 Daniela Brendel  Germany q
13 4 5 Audrey Guérit  France 2:32.33 q
14 3 5 Yelena Volkova  Unified Team 2:32.39 q
15 3 2 Kyoko Kasuya  Japan 2:32.55 q
16 3 8 Magdalena Kupiec  Poland 2:33.92 q
17 3 7 Brigitte Becue  Belgium 2:34.11
18 3 1 Jana Dörries  Germany 2:34.58
19 4 3 Linley Frame  Australia 2:34.73
20 4 6 Beatrice Căşlaru  Romania 2:34.97
21 2 3 Britta Vestergaard  Denmark 2:35.28
4 8 Suki Brownsdon  Great Britain
23 4 1 Park Mi-yeong  South Korea 2:35.33
24 5 1 Elena Donati  Italy 2:36.42
25 1 4 Martina Nemec  Austria 2:36.65
26 2 7 Kira Bulten  Netherlands 2:37.09
27 2 4 Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir  Iceland 2:37.42
28 2 5 Lourdes Becerra  Spain 2:37.69
29 5 7 Lu Di  China 2:38.63
30 2 2 Sornsawan Phuvichit  Thailand 2:41.20
31 2 6 Martine Janssen  Netherlands 2:41.48
32 1 5 Jennifer Smatt  Bermuda 2:42.25
33 2 1 Jaime King  Great Britain 2:44.49
34 2 8 Penny Heyns  South Africa 2:45.04
35 1 2 Priscilla Madero  Ecuador 2:46.79
36 1 3 Barbara Pexa  Guam 2:47.27
37 1 6 Claudia Velásquez  Peru 2:47.31
38 1 7 Nguyễn Thị Phương  Vietnam 2:57.71
39 1 1 Elke Talma  Seychelles 3:12.13
1 8 Bako Ratsifandrihamanana  Madagascar DNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Gabriella Csépe  Hungary 2:31.15 NR
2 6 Daniela Brendel  Germany 2:32.05
3 2 Audrey Guérit  France 2:32.10
4 3 Samantha Riley  Australia 2:32.63
5 1 Kyoko Kasuya  Japan 2:32.97
6 4 Jill Johnson  United States 2:33.89
7 8 Magdalena Kupiec  Poland 2:35.74
8 7 Yelena Volkova  Unified Team 2:37.65

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Kyoko Iwasaki  Japan 2:26.65 OR, NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Lin Li  China 2:26.85 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Anita Nall  United States 2:26.88
4 3 Yelena Rudkovskaya  Unified Team 2:28.47
5 6 Guylaine Cloutier  Canada 2:29.88
6 2 Nathalie Giguère  Canada 2:30.11
7 1 Manuela Dalla Valle  Italy 2:31.21
8 8 Alicja Pęczak  Poland 2:31.76

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 378. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 378. Retrieved 3 September 2017.