Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly
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Swimming events 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 butterfly event at the 1988 Olympic Games took place September 25.
This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
Contents
Medalists
Gold | Kathleen Nord East Germany |
Silver | Birte Weigang East Germany |
Bronze | Mary T. Meagher United States |
Results
Finals
A Final
Place | Swimmer | Country | Time | Notes |
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Kathleen Nord | East Germany | 2:09.51 | ||
Birte Weigang | East Germany | 2:09.91 | ||
Mary T. Meagher | United States | 2:10.80 | ||
4 | Stela Marian Pura | Romania | 2:11.28 | |
5 | Trina Radke | United States | 2:11.55 | |
6 | Kiyomi Takahashi | Japan | 2:11.62 | |
7 | Wang Xiaohong | China | 2:12.34 | |
8 | Conny van Bentum | Netherlands | 2:13.17 |
B Final
Place | Swimmer | Country | Time | Notes |
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9 | Mojca Cater | Canada | 2:12.66 | |
10 | Ina Beyermann | West Germany | 2:13.74 | |
11 | Gabi Reha | West Germany | 2:14.20 | |
12 | Svetlana Koptchikova | Soviet Union | 2:14.43 | |
13 | Mette Jacobsen | Denmark | 2:15.60 | |
14 | Takayo Kitano | Japan | 2:15.61 | |
15 | Helen Bewley | Great Britain | 2:17.11 | |
16 | Lynne Wilson | Great Britain | 2:18.66 |
Preliminary heats
References
- For the Record; Swimming World Magazine, November 1988 edition; page 81.
- 1988 Summer Olympics results: Women's 200 m butterfly, from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2010-01-01.