Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20 and 21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date20 September (heats)
21 September (finals)
Competitors43 from 27 nations
Winning time2:26.71 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Silke Hörner  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Huang Xiaomin  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Antoaneta Frenkeva  Bulgaria
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Records

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

World record   Allison Higson (CAN) 2:27.27 Montreal, Canada 28 May 1988
Olympic record   Lina Kačiušytė (URS) 2:29.54 Moscow, Soviet Union 23 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
20 September Heat 6 Silke Hörner   East Germany 2:27.63 OR
21 September Final A Silke Hörner   East Germany 2:26.71 WR

Results

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Heats

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Silke Hörner   East Germany 2:27.63 Q, OR
2 5 Yuliya Bogacheva   Soviet Union 2:28.94 Q
3 4 Antoaneta Frenkeva   Bulgaria 2:29.57 Q
4 6 Allison Higson   Canada 2:29.67 Q
5 5 Tanya Dangalakova   Bulgaria 2:29.91 Q
6 5 Huang Xiaomin   China 2:30.03 Q
7 4 Ingrid Lempereur   Belgium 2:30.07 Q
8 4 Manuela Dalla Valle   Italy 2:30.60 Q
9 6 Susanne Börnike   East Germany 2:30.71 q
10 4 Svetlana Kuzmina   Soviet Union 2:30.93 q
11 5 Linda Moes   Netherlands 2:31.98 q
12 6 Tracey McFarlane   United States 2:32.11 q
13 4 Annalisa Nisiro   Italy 2:32.77 q
14 6 Brigitte Becue   Belgium 2:33.13 q
15 6 Susan Rapp   United States 2:34.21 q
16 5 Guylaine Cloutier   Canada 2:34.36 q
17 4 Britta Dahm   West Germany 2:35.06
18 3 Silvia Parera   Spain 2:35.57
19 6 Yoshie Nishioka   Japan 2:35.81
20 3 Suki Brownsdon   Great Britain 2:36.14
21 5 Kornelia Stawicka   Poland 2:36.86
22 6 Virginie Bojaryn   France 2:37.38
23 5 Hiroko Nagasaki   Japan 2:37.44
24 1 Karen Horning   Peru 2:37.84
25 5 Pia Sørensen   Denmark 2:38.49
26 4 Pascaline Louvrier   France 2:38.75
27 3 Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir   Iceland 2:39.10
28 3 Dorota Chylak   Poland 2:39.38
29 2 Park Sung-won   South Korea 2:39.40
30 3 Lara Hooiveld   Australia 2:39.97
31 2 Nancy Kemp-Arendt   Luxembourg 2:40.78
32 3 Anamarija Petričević   Yugoslavia 2:40.80
33 2 Helen Frank   Great Britain 2:41.12
34 6 Heike Esser   West Germany 2:41.34
35 1 Carwai Seto   Chinese Taipei 2:42.31
36 2 Patricia Brülhart   Switzerland 2:42.82
37 1 Montserrat Hidalgo   Costa Rica 2:44.72
38 2 Sigrid Niehaus   Costa Rica 2:45.35
39 3 Alicia María Boscatto   Argentina 2:45.80
40 3 Chen Huiling   China 2:45.87
41 2 Kimberly Chen   Chinese Taipei 2:50.84
42 1 Dipika Chanmugam   Sri Lanka 2:51.60
2 Valentina Aracil   Argentina DSQ

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Susanne Börnike   East Germany 2:28.55
10 5 Svetlana Kuzmina   Soviet Union 2:30.03
11 3 Linda Moes   Netherlands 2:30.83
12 2 Annalisa Nisiro   Italy 2:31.19
13 1 Susan Rapp   United States 2:32.90
14 6 Tracey McFarlane   United States 2:33.46
15 8 Guylaine Cloutier   Canada 2:33.50
16 7 Brigitte Becue   Belgium 2:34.10

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Silke Hörner   East Germany 2:26.71 WR
  7 Huang Xiaomin   China 2:27.49 AS
  3 Antoaneta Frenkeva   Bulgaria 2:28.34
4 2 Tanya Dangalakova   Bulgaria 2:28.43
5 5 Yuliya Bogacheva   Soviet Union 2:28.54
6 1 Ingrid Lempereur   Belgium 2:29.42 NR
7 6 Allison Higson   Canada 2:29.60
8 8 Manuela Dalla Valle   Italy 2:29.86

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 425. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 425. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
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