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

Event:	Women's 200 metre freestyle
Games:	1988 Summer
Venue:	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date:	20 September 1988 (heats) 21 September 1988 (finals)
Competitors:	45
Nations:	30
Gold:	Heike Friedrich
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Silvia Poll
Silvernoc:	CRC
Bronze:	Manuela Stellmach
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Win Value:	1:57.65
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 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:

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	6			1:59.02	Q
2	5			1:59.22	Q, NR
3	6			1:59.50	Q
4	5			2:00.30	Q
5	4			2:00.54	Q
6	5			2:00.66	Q
7	4			2:01.45	Q
8	5			2:01.60	Q
9	5			2:01.76	q
10	4			2:01.80	q
11	6			2:01.93	q
12	4			2:02.11	q
13	4			2:02.26	q
14	6			2:02.31	q
15	5			2:02.40	q
16	1			2:02.77	q
17	3			2:03.02
18	6			2:03.32
	6
20	5			2:03.42
21	6			2:03.63
22	4			2:04.36
23	5			2:04.40
24	4			2:04.71
25	3			2:04.74
26	4			2:04.82
27	3			2:04.85
28	6			2:04.92
29	3			2:04.92
30	3			2:06.60
31	3			2:07.09	NR
32	2			2:07.11
33	3			2:07.44
34	2			2:10.22
35	3			2:10.36
36	2			2:10.43
37	2			2:10.85
38	2			2:11.50
39	2			2:11.53
40	2			2:12.44
41	1			2:13.44
42	2			2:13.61
43	1			2:16.79
44	1			2:18.45
	1

Finals

^[3]

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	7			2:00.77
10	6			2:01.66
11	5			2:01.84
12	3			2:01.98
13	2			2:02.30
14	4			2:02.31
15	8			2:02.32
16	1			2:14.23

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			1:57.65
	5			1:58.67	NR
	6			1:59.01
4	3			1:59.04
5	2			1:59.24
6	1			2:00.23
7	7			2:00.73
8	8			2:02.88

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162747/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SWI/womens-200-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 30 March 2017 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 419–420. 31 March 2017.
3. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Finals. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 420. 31 March 2017.