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

The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date20 September 1988 (heats)
21 September 1988 (finals)
Competitors45 from 30 nations
Winning time1:57.65 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Heike Friedrich  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silvia Poll  Costa Rica
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Manuela Stellmach  East Germany
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Records

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

World record   Heike Friedrich (GDR) 1:57.55 East Berlin, East Germany 18 June 1986
Olympic record   Barbara Krause (GDR) 1:58.33 Moscow, Soviet Union 24 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
21 September Final A Heike Friedrich   East Germany 1:57.65 OR

Results

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Heats

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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 Heike Friedrich   East Germany 1:59.02 Q
2 5 Silvia Poll   Costa Rica 1:59.22 Q, NR
3 6 Mary Wayte   United States 1:59.50 Q
4 5 Manuela Stellmach   East Germany 2:00.30 Q
5 4 Natalia Trefilova   Soviet Union 2:00.54 Q
6 5 Stephanie Ortwig   West Germany 2:00.66 Q
7 4 Mitzi Kremer   United States 2:01.45 Q
8 5 Cécile Prunier   France 2:01.60 Q
9 5 Chikako Nakamori   Japan 2:01.76 q
10 4 Mette Jacobsen   Denmark 2:01.80 q
11 6 Luminița Dobrescu   Romania 2:01.93 q
12 4 Ruth Gilfillan   Great Britain 2:02.11 q
13 4 Stela Pura   Romania 2:02.26 q
14 6 Patricia Noall   Canada 2:02.31 q
15 5 Zhuang Yong   China 2:02.40 q
16 1 Birgit Lohberg-Schulz   West Germany 2:02.77 q
17 3 Diana van der Plaats   Netherlands 2:03.02
18 6 Isabelle Arnould   Belgium 2:03.32
6 Suzanne Nilsson   Sweden
20 5 Sheridan Burge-Lopez   Australia 2:03.42
21 6 June Croft   Great Britain 2:03.63
22 4 Karin Brienesse   Netherlands 2:04.36
23 5 Silvia Persi   Italy 2:04.40
24 4 Annette Jørgensen   Denmark 2:04.71
25 3 Patrícia Amorim   Brazil 2:04.74
26 4 Susie Baumer   Australia 2:04.82
27 3 Nurul Huda Abdullah   Malaysia 2:04.85
28 6 Jane Kerr   Canada 2:04.92
29 3 Kaori Sasaki   Japan 2:04.92
30 3 Senda Gharbi   Tunisia 2:06.60
31 3 Karen Dieffenthaler   Trinidad and Tobago 2:07.09 NR
32 2 Bryndís Ólafsdóttir   Iceland 2:07.11
33 3 Rita Jean Garay   Puerto Rico 2:07.44
34 2 Natasha Aguilar   Costa Rica 2:10.22
35 3 Patricia Kohlmann   Mexico 2:10.36
36 2 Fenella Ng   Hong Kong 2:10.43
37 2 Kim Eun-jung   South Korea 2:10.85
38 2 Chang Hui-chien   Chinese Taipei 2:11.50
39 2 Park Joo-li   South Korea 2:11.53
40 2 Qian Hong   China 2:12.44
41 1 Catherine Fogarty   Zimbabwe 2:13.44
42 2 Hung Cee Kay   Hong Kong 2:13.61
43 1 Angela Birch   Fiji 2:16.79
44 1 Cina Munch   Fiji 2:18.45
1 Nancy Khalaf   Lebanon DNS

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 7 Patricia Noall   Canada 2:00.77
10 6 Ruth Gilfillan   Great Britain 2:01.66
11 5 Mette Jacobsen   Denmark 2:01.84
12 3 Luminița Dobrescu   Romania 2:01.98
13 2 Stela Pura   Romania 2:02.30
14 4 Chikako Nakamori   Japan 2:02.31
15 8 Birgit Lohberg-Schulz   West Germany 2:02.32
16 1 Zhuang Yong   China 2:14.23

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Heike Friedrich   East Germany 1:57.65 OR
  5 Silvia Poll   Costa Rica 1:58.67 NR
  6 Manuela Stellmach   East Germany 1:59.01
4 3 Mary Wayte   United States 1:59.04
5 2 Natalia Trefilova   Soviet Union 1:59.24
6 1 Mitzi Kremer   United States 2:00.23
7 7 Stephanie Ortwig   West Germany 2:00.73
8 8 Cécile Prunier   France 2:02.88

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 419–420. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 420. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
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