| Women's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
| Date | 25 September 1988 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 34 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:09.29 OR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Betsy Mitchell (USA) |
2:08.60 | Orlando, United States | 27 June 1986 |
| Olympic record |  Rica Reinisch (GDR) |
2:11.77 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 27 July 1980 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September | Heat 4 | Krisztina Egerszegi |  Hungary |
2:11.01 | OR |
| 25 September | Heat 5 | Cornelia Sirch | East Germany |
2:10.46 | OR |
| 25 September | Final A | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary |
2:09.29 | OR |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 3 | Anca Pătrășcoiu |  Romania |
2:15.75 | |
| 10 | 2 | Sharon Musson |  New Zealand |
2:16.06 | |
| 11 | 1 | Lin Li |  China |
2:16.68 | |
| 12 | 5 | Katherine Read |  Great Britain |
2:18.20 | |
| 13 | 6 | Lorenza Vigarani |  Italy |
2:18.69 | |
| 14 | 4 | Karen Lord |  Australia |
2:18.78 | |
| 8 | Satoko Morishita |  Japan |
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| 7 | Johanna Larsson |  Sweden |
DSQ |
Final A
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary |
2:09.29 | OR |
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3 | Kathrin Zimmermann | East Germany |
2:10.61 | |
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4 | Cornelia Sirch | East Germany |
2:11.45 | |
| 4 | 6 | Beth Barr |  United States |
2:12.39 | |
| 5 | 7 | Nicole Livingstone | Australia |
2:13.43 | |
| 6 | 2 | Andrea Hayes | United States |
2:15.02 | |
| 7 | 1 | Jolanda de Rover |  Netherlands |
2:15.17 | |
| 8 | 8 | Svenja Schlicht |  West Germany |
2:15.94 |
References
- "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 423–424. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 424. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
