Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
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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.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
2:25.35 | Indianapolis, United States | 2 March 1992 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
2:26.65 | OR |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Gabriella Csépe | ![]() |
2:31.15 | NR |
2 | 6 | Daniela Brendel | ![]() |
2:32.05 | |
3 | 2 | Audrey Guérit | ![]() |
2:32.10 | |
4 | 3 | Samantha Riley | ![]() |
2:32.63 | |
5 | 1 | Kyoko Kasuya | ![]() |
2:32.97 | |
6 | 4 | Jill Johnson | ![]() |
2:33.89 | |
7 | 8 | Magdalena Kupiec | ![]() |
2:35.74 | |
8 | 7 | Yelena Volkova | ![]() |
2:37.65 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Kyoko Iwasaki | ![]() |
2:26.65 | OR |
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7 | Lin Li | ![]() |
2:26.85 | NR |
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4 | Anita Nall | ![]() |
2:26.88 | |
4 | 3 | Yelena Rudkovskaya | ![]() |
2:28.47 | |
5 | 6 | Guylaine Cloutier | ![]() |
2:29.88 | |
6 | 2 | Nathalie Giguère | ![]() |
2:30.11 | |
7 | 1 | Manuela Dalla Valle | ![]() |
2:31.21 | |
8 | 8 | Alicja Pęczak | ![]() |
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.