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Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The final of the women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1984.[1]

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date30 July 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors38 from 26 nations
Winning time1:59.23
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mary Wayte  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cynthia Woodhead  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Annemarie Verstappen  Netherlands
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Records edit

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

World record   Kristin Otto (GDR) 1:57.75 Magdeburg, East Germany 23 May 1984
Olympic record   Barbara Krause (GDR) 1:58.33 Moscow, Soviet Union 24 July 1980

Results edit

Heats edit

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 3 4 Mary Wayte   United States 2:00.69 Q
2 4 4 Cynthia Woodhead   United States 2:00.85 Q
3 5 4 June Croft   Great Britain 2:01.05 Q
4 3 5 Michelle Pearson   Australia 2:01.49 Q
5 2 4 Conny van Bentum   Netherlands 2:01.52 Q
6 1 4 Annemarie Verstappen   Netherlands 2:01.61 Q
7 5 5 Ina Beyermann   West Germany 2:02.42 Q
8 3 3 Anna McVann   Australia 2:03.14 Q
9 5 3 Julie Daigneault   Canada 2:03.40 q
10 4 6 Chikako Nakamori   Japan 2:03.94 q
11 3 6 Iris Zscherpe   West Germany 2:03.95 q
12 2 3 Silvia Persi   Italy 2:03.98 q
13 4 3 Jane Kerr   Canada 2:04.02 q
14 4 5 Kaori Yanase   Japan 2:04.38 q
15 2 5 Annabelle Cripps   Great Britain 2:04.44 q
16 1 5 Ann Linder   Sweden 2:04.60 q
17 2 6 Carla Lasi   Italy 2:05.86
18 2 7 Lisa Ann Wen   Chinese Taipei 2:06.01
19 1 3 Laurence Bensimon   France 2:06.61
20 2 2 Carol Ann Heavey   Ireland 2:07.75
21 5 2 Patricia Kohlmann   Mexico 2:08.15
22 5 7 Sandra Crousse   Peru 2:09.42
23 1 6 Sofia Dara   Greece 2:09.52
24 4 2 Irma Huerta   Mexico 2:09.79
25 4 1 Christine Jacob   Philippines 2:12.17
26 3 7 Hadar Rubinstein   Israel 2:12.32
27 3 2 Virginia Sachero   Argentina 2:13.41
28 5 1 Chang Hui-chien   Chinese Taipei 2:13.67
29 1 7 Kim Jin-suk   South Korea 2:13.76
30 1 2 Fenella Ng   Hong Kong 2:13.94
31 2 1 Karen Slowing-Aceituno   Guatemala 2:14.39
32 4 8 Blanca Morales   Guatemala 2:14.79
33 3 1 Sherwite Hafez   Egypt 2:16.11
34 1 1 Daniela Galassi   San Marino 2:19.22
35 5 8 Sharon Pickering   Fiji 2:19.61
36 3 8 María Lardizábal   Honduras 2:28.65
4 7 Faten Ghattas   Tunisia DNS
5 6 Maria Kardum   Sweden DNS

Finals edit

Final B edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 6 Silvia Persi   Italy 2:03.17 NR
10 3 Iris Zscherpe   West Germany 2:03.42
11 4 Julie Daigneault   Canada 2:03.67
12 8 Ann Linder   Sweden 2:03.85
13 5 Chikako Nakamori   Japan 2:04.11
14 2 Jane Kerr   Canada 2:04.19
15 1 Annabelle Cripps   Great Britain 2:04.90
16 7 Kaori Yanase   Japan 2:05.24

Final A edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Mary Wayte   United States 1:59.23
  5 Cynthia Woodhead   United States 1:59.50
  7 Annemarie Verstappen   Netherlands 1:59.69
4 6 Michelle Pearson   Australia 1:59.79 OC
5 2 Conny van Bentum   Netherlands 2:00.59
6 3 June Croft   Great Britain 2:00.64
7 1 Ina Beyermann   West Germany 2:01.89
8 8 Anna McVann   Australia 2:02.87

References edit

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 492–493. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

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