Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date26 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors35 from 29 nations
Winning time2:07.76
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Susie O'Neill  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Petria Thomas  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michelle Smith  Ireland
Swimming at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]

Records

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

World record Mary T. Meagher (USA)2:05.96 Brown Deer, United States13 August 1981
Olympic record Mary T. Meagher (USA)2:06.90 Los Angeles, United States4 August 1984

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Susie O'Neill Australia2:09.46Q
253Michelle Smith Ireland2:10.03Q, NR
333Petria Thomas Australia2:10.64Q
434Qu Yun China2:11.35Q
536Jessica Deglau Canada2:12.48Q
645Mika Haruna Japan2:12.59Q
735Trina Jackson United States2:12.69Q
855Liu Limin China2:13.12Q
952Andrea Schwartz Canada2:13.33q
1057Bárbara Franco Spain2:13.34q
1142Cécile Jeanson France2:13.58q
1232Sophia Skou Denmark2:13.59q
1347María Peláez Spain2:13.85q
1446Anna Uryniuk Poland2:13.90q
1556Annette Salmeen United States2:14.69q
1644Hitomi Kashima Japan2:16.04q
1737Ilaria Tocchini Italy2:16.10
1841Hsieh Shu-tzu Chinese Taipei2:16.27
1948Sabine Herbst Germany2:16.66
2026Nataliya Zolotukhina Ukraine2:16.68NR
2151Loredana Zisu Romania2:17.56
2231Ana Francisco Portugal2:17.61
2325Nataša Meškovska Macedonia2:17.90
38Edit Klocker Hungary
2558Praphalsai Minpraphal Thailand2:18.19
2628Nida Zuhal Turkey2:18.46NR
2724Marcela Kubalčíková Czech Republic2:19.38
2822María del Pilar Pereyra Argentina2:19.57
2923Marina Karystinou Greece2:20.57
3021Mandy Loots South Africa2:20.73
3127Tinka Dančević Croatia2:20.74
3214Park Woo-hee South Korea2:22.99
3315Melissa Mata Costa Rica2:23.89
3413Sonia Álvarez Puerto Rico2:25.24
43Mette Jacobsen DenmarkDNS

Finals

[3]

Final B
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
96Sophia Skou Denmark2:12.41
103Cécile Jeanson France2:12.99
112María Peláez Spain2:13.05
121Annette Salmeen United States2:13.64
7Anna Uryniuk Poland
148Hitomi Kashima Japan2:13.97
154Andrea Schwartz Canada2:14.07
165Bárbara Franco Spain2:14.16

Final A
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)4Susie O'Neill Australia2:07.76
2nd place, silver medalist(s)3Petria Thomas Australia2:09.82
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)5Michelle Smith Ireland2:09.91NR
46Qu Yun China2:10.26
58Liu Limin China2:10.70
62Jessica Deglau Canada2:11.40
77Mika Haruna Japan2:11.93
81Trina Jackson United States2:11.96

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 48. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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