Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date20 September (heats)
21 September (finals)
Competitors43 from 27 nations
Winning time2:26.71 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Silke Hörner  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Huang Xiaomin  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Antoaneta Frenkeva  Bulgaria
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The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20 and 21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]

Records

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

World record  Allison Higson (CAN) 2:27.27 Montreal, Canada 28 May 1988
Olympic record  Lina Kačiušytė (URS) 2:29.54 Moscow, Soviet Union 23 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
20 September Heat 6 Silke Hörner  East Germany 2:27.63 OR
21 September Final A Silke Hörner  East Germany 2:26.71 WR

Results

Heats

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Silke Hörner  East Germany 2:27.63 Q, OR
2 5 Yuliya Bogacheva  Soviet Union 2:28.94 Q
3 4 Antoaneta Frenkeva  Bulgaria 2:29.57 Q
4 6 Allison Higson  Canada 2:29.67 Q
5 5 Tanya Dangalakova  Bulgaria 2:29.91 Q
6 5 Huang Xiaomin  China 2:30.03 Q
7 4 Ingrid Lempereur  Belgium 2:30.07 Q
8 4 Manuela Dalla Valle  Italy 2:30.60 Q
9 6 Susanne Börnike  East Germany 2:30.71 q
10 4 Svetlana Kuzmina  Soviet Union 2:30.93 q
11 5 Linda Moes  Netherlands 2:31.98 q
12 6 Tracey McFarlane  United States 2:32.11 q
13 4 Annalisa Nisiro  Italy 2:32.77 q
14 6 Brigitte Becue  Belgium 2:33.13 q
15 6 Susan Rapp  United States 2:34.21 q
16 5 Guylaine Cloutier  Canada 2:34.36 q
17 4 Britta Dahm  West Germany 2:35.06
18 3 Silvia Parera  Spain 2:35.57
19 6 Yoshie Nishioka  Japan 2:35.81
20 3 Suki Brownsdon  Great Britain 2:36.14
21 5 Kornelia Stawicka  Poland 2:36.86
22 6 Virginie Bojaryn  France 2:37.38
23 5 Hiroko Nagasaki  Japan 2:37.44
24 1 Karen Horning  Peru 2:37.84
25 5 Pia Sørensen  Denmark 2:38.49
26 4 Pascaline Louvrier  France 2:38.75
27 3 Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir  Iceland 2:39.10
28 3 Dorota Chylak  Poland 2:39.38
29 2 Park Sung-won  South Korea 2:39.40
30 3 Lara Hooiveld  Australia 2:39.97
31 2 Nancy Kemp-Arendt  Luxembourg 2:40.78
32 3 Anamarija Petričević  Yugoslavia 2:40.80
33 2 Helen Frank  Great Britain 2:41.12
34 6 Heike Esser  West Germany 2:41.34
35 1 Carwai Seto  Chinese Taipei 2:42.31
36 2 Patricia Brülhart  Switzerland 2:42.82
37 1 Montserrat Hidalgo  Costa Rica 2:44.72
38 2 Sigrid Niehaus  Costa Rica 2:45.35
39 3 Alicia María Boscatto  Argentina 2:45.80
40 3 Chen Huiling  China 2:45.87
41 2 Kimberly Chen  Chinese Taipei 2:50.84
42 1 Dipika Chanmugam  Sri Lanka 2:51.60
2 Valentina Aracil  Argentina DSQ

Finals

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Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Susanne Börnike  East Germany 2:28.55
10 5 Svetlana Kuzmina  Soviet Union 2:30.03
11 3 Linda Moes  Netherlands 2:30.83
12 2 Annalisa Nisiro  Italy 2:31.19
13 1 Susan Rapp  United States 2:32.90
14 6 Tracey McFarlane  United States 2:33.46
15 8 Guylaine Cloutier  Canada 2:33.50
16 7 Brigitte Becue  Belgium 2:34.10

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Silke Hörner  East Germany 2:26.71 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Huang Xiaomin  China 2:27.49 AS
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Antoaneta Frenkeva  Bulgaria 2:28.34
4 2 Tanya Dangalakova  Bulgaria 2:28.43
5 5 Yuliya Bogacheva  Soviet Union 2:28.54
6 1 Ingrid Lempereur  Belgium 2:29.42 NR
7 6 Allison Higson  Canada 2:29.60
8 8 Manuela Dalla Valle  Italy 2:29.86

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