Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
| Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
| Date | 27 July (heats and 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, included in the swimming competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics, took place on July 27, at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:
| World record |  Anita Nall (USA) |
2:25.35 s | Indianapolis, United States | 2 March 1992 | [1] |
| Olympic record |  Silke Hörner (GDR) |
2:26.71 s | Seoul, South Korea | 21 September 1988 | [2] |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July | Final A | Kyoko Iwasaki |  Japan |
2:26.65 | OR |
Results
Heats
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Gabriella Csépe |  Hungary
|
2:31.15 | |
| 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[3] |
 |
7 | Lin Li |  China
|
2:26.85 | |
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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 |
See also
- Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
- Swimming at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships
- Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
- Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Sources
- "Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992" (PDF). Volume 5: The Results. Comité Coordinador Olímpico de Barcelona (COOB). 1992. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- Albert Schoenfeld, ed. (November 1992). "Results from the 1992 Olympic Games (Barcelona)" (PDF). Swimming World and Junior Swimmer. Albert Schoenfeld. p. 98. ISSN 0039-7431. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
References
- ^ "World Record Progression; 200 m Breaststroke Long Course Women". Swimming Statistics. www.scmsom.se. 30 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke Final". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ a b COOB, p. 376
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