Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Games:	1984 Summer
Venue:	McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date:	30 July 1984 (heats and finals)
Competitors:	23
Nations:	16
Gold:	Anne Ottenbrite
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Susan Rapp
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Ingrid Lempereur
Bronzenoc:	BEL
Win Value:	2:30.38 AM
Prev:	1980

The final of the women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1984.^[1]

Records

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

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	1	2			2:32.46	Q, NR
2	2	6			2:33.23	Q, NR
3	1	4			2:33.43	Q
4	2	4			2:33.46	Q
5	3	4			2:34.46	Q
	3	5				Q
7	2	3			2:35.54	Q
	3	3				Q
9	3	6			2:35.75	q
10	2	5			2:35.99	q
11	1	3			2:36.38	q
12	1	5			2:36.65	q
13	1	6			2:37.20	q
14	2	2			2:37.21	q
15	3	2			2:38.47	q
16	2	7			2:38.54	q
17	3	1			2:38.87	NR
18	3	7			2:41.57
19	1	7			2:42.69
20	2	1			2:44.85	NR
21	3	8			2:50.01
22	1	1			2:50.45
23	2	8			3:04.26

Finals

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4			2:36.23
10	2			2:36.32
11	5			2:36.49
12	6			2:36.55
13	3			2:36.96
14	7			2:37.62
15	8			2:39.32
16	1			2:39.33

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			2:30.38	AM
	6			2:31.15	NR
	4			2:31.40	NR
4	2			2:32.93
5	5			2:33.60
6	7			2:33.82	NR
7	1			2:35.07
8	8			2:35.51

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164155/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/SWI/womens-200-metres-breaststroke.html . dead . April 17, 2020 . March 5, 2017 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats. Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. 497. 14 March 2017.