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

Event:	Women's 200 metre butterfly
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:	26 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	35
Nations:	29
Gold:	Susie O'Neill
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Petria Thomas
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Michelle Smith
Bronzenoc:	IRL
Win Value:	2:07.76
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 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.

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	5	4			2:09.46	Q
2	5	3			2:10.03	Q, NR
3	3	3			2:10.64	Q
4	3	4			2:11.35	Q
5	3	6			2:12.48	Q
6	4	5			2:12.59	Q
7	3	5			2:12.69	Q
8	5	5			2:13.12	Q
9	5	2			2:13.33	q
10	5	7			2:13.34	q
11	4	2			2:13.58	q
12	3	2			2:13.59	q
13	4	7			2:13.85	q
14	4	6			2:13.90	q
15	5	6			2:14.69	q
16	4	4			2:16.04	q
17	3	7			2:16.10
18	4	1			2:16.27
19	4	8			2:16.66
20	2	6			2:16.68	NR
21	5	1			2:17.56
22	3	1			2:17.61
23	2	5			2:17.90
	3	8
25	5	8			2:18.19
26	2	8			2:18.46	NR
27	2	4			2:19.38
28	2	2			2:19.57
29	2	3			2:20.57
30	2	1			2:20.73
31	2	7			2:20.74
32	1	4			2:22.99
33	1	5			2:23.89
34	1	3			2:25.24
	4	3

Finals

^[3]

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	6			2:12.41
10	3			2:12.99
11	2			2:13.05
12	1			2:13.64
	7
14	8			2:13.97
15	4			2:14.07
16	5			2:14.16

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			2:07.76
	3			2:09.82
	5			2:09.91	NR
4	6			2:10.26
5	8			2:10.70
6	2			2:11.40
7	7			2:11.93
8	1			2:11.96

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Butterfly . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165631/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/womens-200-metres-butterfly.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 48. 13 September 2017.
3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Finals. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 47. 13 September 2017.