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

Event:	Women's 200 metre freestyle
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:	21 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	42
Nations:	35
Gold:	Claudia Poll
Goldnoc:	CRC
Silver:	Franziska van Almsick
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Dagmar Hase
Bronzenoc:	GER
Win Value:	1:58.16
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The women's 200 metre freestyle 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.

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	6	4			1:59.40	Q
2	5	4			1:59.87	Q
3	5	5			2:00.29	Q
4	5	3			2:00.38	Q
5	5	6			2:00.44	Q
6	6	5			2:00.57	Q
7	5	7			2:00.85	Q
8	4	6			2:00.89	Q
9	4	3			2:00.99	q
10	4	4			2:01.11	q
11	6	2			2:01.13	q, NR
12	6	7			2:01.46	q
13	4	1			2:02.69	q, NR
14	5	1			2:02.74	q
15	3	2			2:03.21	q, NR
16	6	3			2:03.32	q,
17	4	2			2:03.53	q
18	3	4			2:03.54
19	4	8			2:03.63
20	4	7			2:03.78
21	5	8			2:04.07
22	6	1			2:04.09
23	4	5			2:04.29
24	5	8			2:04.39
25	6	6			2:04.59
26	2	4			2:04.90
27	3	8			2:04.92	NR
28	2	1			2:05.04	NR
29	3	1			2:05.16
30	2	5			2:05.59
31	2	6			2:05.77
32	2	3			2:05.78
33	2	2			2:05.85
34	3	5			2:06.94
35	3	6			2:06.97
36	6	8			2:07.29
37	2	7			2:07.80
38	3	3			2:07.98
39	3	3			2:08.10
40	1	5			2:08.23
41	1	4			2:09.78
42	1	3			2:10.85

Finals

^[3]

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4			2:00.96
10	5			2:01.00
11	3			2:01.37
12	7			2:01.47
13	6			2:02.58
14	1			2:03.19	NR
15	2			2:03.20
16	8			2:03.79

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			1:58.16
	4			1:58.57
	6			1:59.56
4	3			1:59.57
5	8			1:59.87
6	7			2:00.79
7	2			2:01.46
8	1			2:01.63

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165632/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/womens-200-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 38. 12 September 2017.
3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Finals. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 39. 12 September 2017.