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

Event:Women's 200 metre freestyle
Games:1992 Summer
Venue:Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date:27 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors:37
Nations:26
Gold:Nicole Haislett
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Franziska van Almsick
Silvernoc:GER
Bronze:Kerstin Kielgaß
Bronzenoc:GER
Win Value:1:57.90 AM
Prev:1988
Next:1996

The women's 200 metre freestyle 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.

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 3 4 1:57.90 Q
2 5 4 1:59.33 Q
3 4 2 2:00.51 Q, NR
4 3 5 2:00.55 Q
5 4 3 2:00.56 Q
6 4 5 2:00.67 Q
5 7 Q
8 5 3 2:00.96 Q
9 3 6 2:01.05 q
10 3 2 2:01.09 q
11 4 7 2:01.28 q
12 4 4 2:01.71 q,
13 5 5 2:01.84 q
14 3 3 2:02.27 q
15 4 6 2:02.50 q
16 5 8 2:03.16 q
17 5 2 2:03.32 q,
18 5 1 2:03.44 q
19 3 8 2:03.59
20 3 7 2:04.06
21 5 6 2:04.12
22 2 5 2:04.25
23 4 8 2:04.28
24 2 4 2:04.39
25 3 1 2:04.72
26 4 1 2:05.42
27 2 3 2:07.08
28 2 2 2:07.09
29 1 3 2:07.95
30 1 5 2:08.60
31 2 2 2:08.93
32 1 4 2:09.36
33 1 6 2:12.24
34 1 7 2:12.43
35 2 1 2:12.55
36 2 7 2:13.20
37 1 2 2:15.74

Finals

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Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 3 2:00.09
10 5 2:00.33 NR
11 4 2:00.89
12 8 2:02.02 NR
13 6 2:02.14
14 2 2:02.32
15 1 2:02.96
16 7 2:04.21

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
5 1:57.90 AM
4 1:58.00
6 1:59.67
4 1 1:59.88 NR
5 3 2:00.48 NR
6 8 2:00.64 NR
7 7 2:00.90
8 2 2:02.10

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162234/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/SWI/womens-200-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 14 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
  2. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 373–374. 2 September 2017.
  3. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Finals. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 374. 2 September 2017.