Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre backstroke
Games:	1988 Summer
Venue:	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date:	25 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	34
Nations:	25
Gold:	Krisztina Egerszegi
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Kathrin Zimmermann
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Cornelia Sirch
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Win Value:	2:09.29
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

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.

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
25 September	Heat 4			2:11.01
25 September	Heat 5			2:10.46
25 September	Final A			2:09.29

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			2:10.46	Q,
2	4			2:11.01	Q
3	3			2:12.81	Q
4	4			2:13.91	Q
5	5			2:14.77	Q
6	5			2:14.81	Q
7	4			2:16.58	Q
8	4			2:16.81	Q
9	5			2:16.94	q
10	4			2:17.22	q
11	3			2:17.25	q
12	4			2:17.35	q
13	5			2:17.47	q
14	3			2:18.01	q
15	2			2:18.11	q
16	5			2:18.74	q
17	5			2:19.50
18	2			2:19.91
19	3			2:20.45
20	5			2:21.46
21	3			2:21.55
22	4			2:21.66
23	4			2:21.70
24	2			2:23.73
25	3			2:24.15
26	2			2:24.58
27	2			2:24.61
28	3			2:26.25
29	1			2:32.13
30	1			2:33.97
31	2			2:36.60
32	1			2:36.99
	2
	3

Finals

^[3]

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	3			2:15.75
10	2			2:16.06
11	1			2:16.68
12	5			2:18.20
13	6			2:18.69
14	4			2:18.78
	8
	7

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			2:09.29
	3			2:10.61
	4			2:11.45
4	6			2:12.39
5	7			2:13.43
6	2			2:15.02
7	1			2:15.17
8	8			2:15.94

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162819/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SWI/womens-200-metres-backstroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 1 April 2017 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Heats. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 423–424. 2 April 2017.
3. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Finals. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 424. 2 April 2017.