Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
Appearance
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.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
2:08.60 | Orlando, United States | 27 June 1986 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
2:11.77 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 27 July 1980 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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25 September | Heat 4 | Krisztina Egerszegi | ![]() |
2:11.01 | OR |
25 September | Heat 5 | Cornelia Sirch | ![]() |
2:10.46 | OR |
25 September | Final A | Krisztina Egerszegi | ![]() |
2:09.29 | OR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
[edit]Final B
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 3 | Anca Pătrășcoiu | ![]() |
2:15.75 | |
10 | 2 | Sharon Musson | ![]() |
2:16.06 | |
11 | 1 | Lin Li | ![]() |
2:16.68 | |
12 | 5 | Katherine Read | ![]() |
2:18.20 | |
13 | 6 | Lorenza Vigarani | ![]() |
2:18.69 | |
14 | 4 | Karen Lord | ![]() |
2:18.78 | |
8 | Satoko Morishita | ![]() |
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7 | Johanna Larsson | ![]() |
DSQ |
Final A
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Krisztina Egerszegi | ![]() |
2:09.29 | OR |
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3 | Kathrin Zimmermann | ![]() |
2:10.61 | |
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4 | Cornelia Sirch | ![]() |
2:11.45 | |
4 | 6 | Beth Barr | ![]() |
2:12.39 | |
5 | 7 | Nicole Livingstone | ![]() |
2:13.43 | |
6 | 2 | Andrea Hayes | ![]() |
2:15.02 | |
7 | 1 | Jolanda de Rover | ![]() |
2:15.17 | |
8 | 8 | Svenja Schlicht | ![]() |
2:15.94 |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.