Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 27 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 29 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:26.65 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1992 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 breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Anita Nall (USA) | 2:25.35 | Indianapolis, United States | 2 March 1992 |
Olympic record | Silke Hörner (GDR) | 2:26.71 | Seoul, South Korea | 21 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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27 July | Final A | Kyoko Iwasaki | Japan | 2:26.65 | 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 |
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1 | 5 | Gabriella Csépe | Hungary | 2:31.15 | NR |
2 | 6 | Daniela Brendel | Germany | 2:32.05 | |
3 | 2 | Audrey Guérit | France | 2:32.10 | |
4 | 3 | Samantha Riley | Australia | 2:32.63 | |
5 | 1 | Kyoko Kasuya | Japan | 2:32.97 | |
6 | 4 | Jill Johnson | United States | 2:33.89 | |
7 | 8 | Magdalena Kupiec | Poland | 2:35.74 | |
8 | 7 | Yelena Volkova | Unified Team | 2:37.65 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Kyoko Iwasaki | Japan | 2:26.65 | OR, NR | |
7 | Lin Li | China | 2:26.85 | NR | |
4 | Anita Nall | United States | 2:26.88 | ||
4 | 3 | Yelena Rudkovskaya | Unified Team | 2:28.47 | |
5 | 6 | Guylaine Cloutier | Canada | 2:29.88 | |
6 | 2 | Nathalie Giguère | Canada | 2:30.11 | |
7 | 1 | Manuela Dalla Valle | Italy | 2:31.21 | |
8 | 8 | Alicja Pęczak | Poland | 2:31.76 |
References
- "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 378. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 378. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
External links
Olympic champions in women's 200 m breaststroke | |
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