Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle
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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 freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics, was contested on September 20 (preliminaries) and September 21 (finals).
Silvia Poll's silver medal was Costa Rica's first Olympic medal ever.
Records
The existing World and Olympic records at the time of the competition were:
World record | Heike Friedrich (GDR) | 1:57.55 | East Berlin, East Germany | 18 June 1986 |
Olympic record | Barbara Krause (GDR) | 1:58.33 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 24 July 1980 |
Finals
A Final
Place | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Heike Friedrich | East Germany | 1:57.65 | OR[1] | |
Silvia Poll | Costa Rica | 1:58.67 | ||
Manuela Stellmach | East Germany | 1:59.01 | ||
4th | Mary Wayte | United States | 1:59.04 | |
5th | Natalia Trefilova | Soviet Union | 1:59.24 | |
6th | Mitzi Kremer | United States | 2:00.23 | |
7th | Stephanie Ortwig | West Germany | 2:00.73 | |
8th | Cécile Prunier | France | 2:02.88 |
B Final
Place | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9th | Patricia Noall | Canada | 2:00.77 | |
10th | Ruth Gilfillan | Great Britain | 2:01.66 | |
11th | Mette Jacobsen | Denmark | 2:01.84 | |
12th | Liliana Dobrescu | Romania | 2:01.98 | |
13th | Stela Pura | Romania | 2:02.30 | |
14th | Chikako Nakamori | Japan | 2:02.31 | |
15th | Birgit Lohberg-Schulz | West Germany | 2:02.32 | |
16th | Zhuang Yong | China | 2:14.23 |
Preliminary heats
References
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- Swimming World Magazine, November 1988.
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