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


The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.

Records

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

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164Franziska van Almsick1:59.40Q
254Claudia Poll1:59.87Q
355Trina Jackson2:00.29Q
453Dagmar Hase2:00.38Q
556Julia Greville2:00.44Q
665Cristina Teuscher2:00.57Q
757Luminița Dobrescu2:00.85Q
846Susie O'Neill2:00.89Q
943Martina Moravcová2:00.99q
1044Suzu Chiba2:01.11q
1162Louise Jöhncke2:01.13q, NR
1267Karen Pickering2:01.46q
1341Dionne Bainbridge2:02.69q, NR
1451Solenne Figuès2:02.74q
1532Antonia Machaira2:03.21q, NR
1663Chen Yan2:03.32q,
1742Joanne Malar2:03.53q
1834Paula Harmokivi2:03.54
1948Kristýna Kyněrová2:03.63
2047Naoko Imoto2:03.78
2158Olena Lapunova2:04.07
2261Tatyana Litovchenko2:04.09
2345Shan Ying2:04.29
2458Malin Nilsson2:04.39
2566Lorena Diaconescu2:04.59
2624Sandra Cam2:04.90
2738Marion Madine2:04.92NR
2821Carolyn Adel2:05.04NR
2931Ana Alegria2:05.16
3025Helene Muller2:05.59
3126Ravee Intporn-Udom2:05.77
3223Lee Jie-hyun2:05.78
3322Inga Borodich2:05.85
3435Rania Elwani2:06.94
3536Chang Wei-chia2:06.97
3668Mia Muusfeldt2:07.29
3727Maritza Chiaway2:07.80
3833Chantal Strasser2:07.98
3933Joscelin Yeo2:08.10
4015Teresa Moodie2:08.23
4114Laura Petrutytė2:09.78
4213Marina Zarma2:10.85

Finals

Final B

Final A