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

Event:	Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:	23 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	42
Nations:	35
Gold:	Penny Heyns
Goldnoc:	RSA
Silver:	Amanda Beard
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Ágnes Kovács
Bronzenoc:	HUN
Win Value:	2:25.41
Prev:	1992

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 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.

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
23 July	Heat 4			2:26.63
23 July	Final A			2:25.41

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	4	4			2:26.63	Q,
2	5	4			2:28.10	Q
3	6	4			2:28.30	Q
4	6	3			2:29.36	Q
5	5	3			2:29.58	Q
6	6	5			2:29.62	Q
7	5	6			2:29.91	Q
8	6	6			2:30.30	Q
9	5	7			2:30.64	q
	6	2				q
11	4	3			2:30.84	q
12	6	1			2:31.12	q
13	5	5			2:31.57	q
14	4	7			2:31.65	q
15	5	2			2:32.14	q
16	4	2			2:32.42	q,
17	4	1			2:32.44	q
18	4	8			2:32.48
19	4	6			2:32.97
20	3	5			2:33.34
21	6	7			2:33.44
22	5	1			2:33.74
23	3	6			2:33.80
24	3	4			2:33.89
	4	5
26	5	8			2:34.76
27	3	1			2:36.11
28	3	7			2:36.20
29	2	4			2:36.26
30	2	6			2:36.94
31	3	2			2:37.07
32	3	8			2:37.85
33	6	8			2:38.08
34	2	7			2:39.63	NR
35	1	3			2:42.97
36	2	3			2:43.94
37	2	2			2:44.24
38	2	1			2:45.21
39	2	5			2:45.87
40	1	5			2:57.65
	1	4
	3	3

Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7			2:28.87
2	3			2:29.32
3	1			2:29.96	NR
4	8			2:30.38
5	5			2:30.99
6	6			2:31.39
7	2			2:33.43
8	4			2:33.45

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			2:25.41
	5			2:25.75
	2			2:26.57	NR
4	3			2:27.91
5	6			2:28.05
6	1			2:28.34
7	7			2:28.36	NR
8	8			2:31.45

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170036/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/womens-200-metres-breaststroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 45. 13 September 2017.
3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Finals. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 46. 13 September 2017.