Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
Women's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 25 September 1988 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 34 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:09.29 OR | ||||||||||||
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The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 2:08.60 | Orlando, United States | 27 June 1986 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 2:11.77 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 27 July 1980 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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25 September | Heat 4 | Krisztina Egerszegi | ![]() | 2:11.01 | OR |
25 September | Heat 5 | Cornelia Sirch | ![]() | 2:10.46 | OR |
25 September | Final A | Krisztina Egerszegi | ![]() | 2:09.29 | OR |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 3 | Anca Pătrășcoiu | ![]() | 2:15.75 | |
10 | 2 | Sharon Musson | ![]() | 2:16.06 | |
11 | 1 | Lin Li | ![]() | 2:16.68 | |
12 | 5 | Katherine Read | ![]() | 2:18.20 | |
13 | 6 | Lorenza Vigarani | ![]() | 2:18.69 | |
14 | 4 | Karen Lord | ![]() | 2:18.78 | |
8 | Satoko Morishita | ![]() | |||
7 | Johanna Larsson | ![]() | DSQ |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 5 | Krisztina Egerszegi | ![]() | 2:09.29 | OR |
![]() | 3 | Kathrin Zimmermann | ![]() | 2:10.61 | |
![]() | 4 | Cornelia Sirch | ![]() | 2:11.45 | |
4 | 6 | Beth Barr | ![]() | 2:12.39 | |
5 | 7 | Nicole Livingstone | ![]() | 2:13.43 | |
6 | 2 | Andrea Hayes | ![]() | 2:15.02 | |
7 | 1 | Jolanda de Rover | ![]() | 2:15.17 | |
8 | 8 | Svenja Schlicht | ![]() | 2:15.94 |
References
- ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 423–424. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 424. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
External links
- Official Report
- USA Swimming