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

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date23 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors42 from 35 nations
Winning time2:25.41 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Penny Heyns  South Africa
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Amanda Beard  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ágnes Kovács  Hungary
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Swimming at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

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.

World record  Rebecca Brown (AUS) 2:24.76 Brisbane, Australia 15 March 1994 [2]
Olympic record  Kyoko Iwasaki (JPN) 2:26.65 Barcelona, Spain 27 July 1992

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
23 July Heat 4 Penny Heyns  South Africa 2:26.63 OR
23 July Final A Penny Heyns  South Africa 2:25.41 OR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Penny Heyns  South Africa 2:26.63 Q, OR
2 5 4 Amanda Beard  United States 2:28.10 Q
3 6 4 Samantha Riley  Australia 2:28.30 Q
4 6 3 Masami Tanaka  Japan 2:29.36 Q
5 5 3 Ágnes Kovács  Hungary 2:29.58 Q
6 6 5 Brigitte Becue  Belgium 2:29.62 Q
7 5 6 Nadine Neumann  Australia 2:29.91 Q
8 6 6 Christin Petelski  Canada 2:30.30 Q
9 5 7 Lin Li  China 2:30.64 q
6 2 Alicja Pęczak  Poland q
11 4 3 Kyoko Iwasaki  Japan 2:30.84 q
12 6 1 Marie Hardiman  Great Britain 2:31.12 q
13 5 5 Jilen Siroky  United States 2:31.57 q
14 4 7 Lena Eriksson  Sweden 2:31.65 q
15 5 2 Lenka Maňhalová  Czech Republic 2:32.14 q
16 4 2 Svitlana Bondarenko  Ukraine 2:32.42 q, WD
17 4 1 Julia Russell  South Africa 2:32.44 q
18 4 8 Elin Austevoll  Norway 2:32.48
19 4 6 Riley Mants  Canada 2:32.97
20 3 5 Alenka Kejžar  Slovenia 2:33.34
21 6 7 Maria Östling  Sweden 2:33.44
22 5 1 Yelena Makarova  Russia 2:33.74
23 3 6 Lourdes Becerra  Spain 2:33.80
24 3 4 Elvira Fischer  Austria 2:33.89
4 5 Yuan Yuan  China
26 5 8 Manuela Dalla Valle  Italy 2:34.76
27 3 1 Mia Hagman  Finland 2:36.11
28 3 7 Roh Joo-hee  South Korea 2:36.20
29 2 4 Karine Brémond  France 2:36.26
30 2 6 Isabel Ceballos  Colombia 2:36.94
31 3 2 Kathrin Dumitru  Germany 2:37.07
32 3 8 María Carolina Santa Cruz  Argentina 2:37.85
33 6 8 Larisa Lăcustă  Romania 2:38.08
34 2 7 Margarita Kalmikova  Latvia 2:39.63 NR
35 1 3 Erika Graf  Uruguay 2:42.97
36 2 3 Mou Ying-hsin  Chinese Taipei 2:43.94
37 2 2 Nádia Cruz  Angola 2:44.24
38 2 1 Natália Kodajová  Slovakia 2:45.21
39 2 5 Cerian Gibbes  Trinidad and Tobago 2:45.87
40 1 5 Oksana Cherevko  Kyrgyzstan 2:57.65
1 4 Britta Vestergaard  Denmark DNS
3 3 Anna Wilson  New Zealand DNS

Finals

[4]

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Lena Eriksson  Sweden 2:28.87
2 3 Kyoko Iwasaki  Japan 2:29.32
3 1 Lenka Maňhalová  Czech Republic 2:29.96 NR
4 8 Julia Russell  South Africa 2:30.38
5 5 Alicja Pęczak  Poland 2:30.99
6 6 Marie Hardiman  Great Britain 2:31.39
7 2 Jilen Siroky  United States 2:33.43
8 4 Lin Li  China 2:33.45

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Penny Heyns  South Africa 2:25.41 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Amanda Beard  United States 2:25.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Ágnes Kovács  Hungary 2:26.57 NR
4 3 Samantha Riley  Australia 2:27.91
5 6 Masami Tanaka  Japan 2:28.05
6 1 Nadine Neumann  Australia 2:28.34
7 7 Brigitte Becue  Belgium 2:28.36 NR
8 8 Christin Petelski  Canada 2:31.45

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Ryan's Express Too Quick for Roomie McKendry". Swimming Australia. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 45. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 46. Retrieved 13 September 2017.

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