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Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley

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Women's 200 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date30 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors44 from 32 nations
Winning time2:11.65 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lin Li  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Summer Sanders  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daniela Hunger  Germany
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The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Records

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

World record  Ute Geweniger (GDR) 2:11.73 Magdeburg, East Germany 4 July 1981
Olympic record  Daniela Hunger (GDR) 2:12.59 Seoul, South Korea 24 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
30 July Final A Lin Li  China 2:11.65 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 Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Summer Sanders  United States 2:14.68 Q
2 6 2 Elli Overton  Australia 2:15.13 Q, OC
3 6 5 Daniela Hunger  Germany 2:15.16 Q
4 5 4 Lin Li  China 2:15.68 Q
5 5 5 Marianne Limpert  Canada 2:16.84 Q
6 3 6 Ewa Synowska  Poland 2:16.88 Q, NR
7 5 3 Yelena Dendeberova  Unified Team 2:17.13 Q
8 6 3 Nancy Sweetnam  Canada 2:17.26 Q
9 4 4 Nicole Haislett  United States 2:17.40 q, WD
10 4 1 Jana Haas  Germany 2:17.74 q
11 4 5 Jacqueline McKenzie  Australia 2:17.82 q
12 4 8 Alicja Pęczak  Poland 2:17.90 q
13 3 5 Silvia Parera  Spain 2:17.97 q
14 6 6 Noemi Lung  Romania 2:18.12 q
15 4 3 Hideko Hiranaka  Japan 2:18.13 q
16 4 2 Eri Kimura  Japan 2:18.63 q
17 5 6 Louise Karlsson  Sweden 2:18.75 q, WD
18 6 7 Céline Bonnet  France 2:18.95 q
19 6 8 Mildred Muis  Netherlands 2:19.10
20 4 6 Lara Bianconi  Italy 2:19.40
21 4 7 Sharron Davies  Great Britain 2:19.41
22 3 4 Hana Černá  Czechoslovakia 2:19.93
23 5 7 Lü Bin  China 2:20.12
24 5 1 Lenka Maňhalová  Czechoslovakia 2:20.52
25 6 1 Brigitte Becue  Belgium 2:21.98
26 5 8 Helen Slatter  Great Britain 2:22.04
27 3 3 Martina Nemec  Austria 2:22.63
28 2 4 Jill Brukman  South Africa 2:23.07
29 2 2 Nathalie Wunderlich  Switzerland 2:23.18
30 2 6 Praphalsai Minpraphal  Thailand 2:23.24 NR
31 3 2 Lourdes Becerra  Spain 2:23.51
32 2 5 Michelle Smith  Ireland 2:23.83 NR
33 2 3 Joscelin Yeo  Singapore 2:25.32
34 2 1 Claudia Fortin  Honduras 2:25.66
35 3 7 Annette Poulsen  Denmark 2:25.67
36 2 7 May Ooi  Singapore 2:27.62
37 3 1 Keren Regal  Israel 2:27.85
38 1 5 Jennifer Smatt  Bermuda 2:29.29
39 1 4 Ana Joselina Fortin  Honduras 2:30.07
40 1 2 Sharon Pickering  Fiji 2:30.11
41 1 3 Nguyễn Kiều Oanh  Vietnam 2:35.71
42 1 6 Tammie Kaae  Guam 2:36.31
43 1 7 Elke Talma  Seychelles 2:53.41
1 1 Bako Ratsifandrihamanana  Madagascar DNS

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 7 Hideko Hiranaka  Japan 2:18.47
10 6 Silvia Parera  Spain 2:18.53
11 3 Alicja Pęczak  Poland 2:18.55
12 1 Eri Kimura  Japan 2:18.91
13 2 Noemi Lung  Romania 2:18.97
14 8 Céline Bonnet  France 2:19.14
15 5 Jacqueline McKenzie  Australia 2:19.41
16 4 Jana Haas  Germany 2:20.94

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Lin Li  China 2:11.65 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Summer Sanders  United States 2:11.91 AM
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Daniela Hunger  Germany 2:13.92
4 1 Yelena Dendeberova  Unified Team 2:15.47
5 5 Elli Overton  Australia 2:15.76
6 2 Marianne Limpert  Canada 2:17.09
7 8 Nancy Sweetnam  Canada 2:17.13
8 7 Ewa Synowska  Poland 2:18.85

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 380–381. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 381. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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