Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre individual medley
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:	24 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	43
Nations:	39
Gold:	Michelle Smith
Goldnoc:	IRL
Silver:	Marianne Limpert
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Lin Li
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Win Value:	2:13.93 NR
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.^[1]

Records

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

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	3	2:15.12	Q
2	6	5	2:15.81	Q
3	5	3	2:16.30	Q
4	6	3	2:16.31	Q
5	5	4	2:16.32	Q
6	4	5	2:16.34	Q
7	5	5	2:16.35	Q
8	5	1	2:16.37	Q
9	4	7	2:16.50	q, NR
10	6	4	2:16.55	q
11	3	4	2:16.80	q
12	6	2	2:17.02	q,
13	4	4	2:17.48	q
13	6	1	2:17.48	q
15	3	2	2:17.67	q
16	5	7	2:18.00	q
17	6	6	2:18.28	q,
18	4	1	2:18.35	q
19	3	8	2:18.39	NR
20	6	7	2:18.43
21	5	6	2:18.81
22	4	6	2:18.99
23	3	6	2:19.74
24	2	5	2:19.81
25	4	2	2:19.97
26	5	8	2:20.34
27	3	7	2:20.40
28	5	2	2:20.58
29	4	8	2:20.76
30	3	5	2:21.10
31	2	3	2:21.54	NR
32	6	8	2:21.76
33	2	4	2:22.03
34	3	1	2:22.34
35	2	7	2:22.97
36	3	3	2:25.25
37	2	1	2:25.57
38	2	2	2:25.87
39	1	4	2:26.42
40	2	6	2:26.77
41	2	8	2:28.71
42	1	5	2:37.38
43	1	3	2:56.99

Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Individual Medley . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165616/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/womens-200-metres-individual-medley.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 49. 13 September 2017.
Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Finals. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 49. 13 September 2017.