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 (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 4 Franziska van Almsick 1:59.40 Q 2 5 4 Claudia Poll 1:59.87 Q 3 5 5 Trina Jackson 2:00.29 Q 4 5 3 Dagmar Hase 2:00.38 Q 5 5 6 Julia Greville 2:00.44 Q 6 6 5 Cristina Teuscher 2:00.57 Q 7 5 7 Luminița Dobrescu 2:00.85 Q 8 4 6 Susie O'Neill 2:00.89 Q 9 4 3 Martina Moravcová 2:00.99 q 10 4 4 Suzu Chiba 2:01.11 q 11 6 2 Louise Jöhncke 2:01.13 q, NR 12 6 7 Karen Pickering 2:01.46 q 13 4 1 Dionne Bainbridge 2:02.69 q 14 5 1 Solenne Figuès 2:02.74 q 15 3 2 Antonia Machaira 2:03.21 q, NR 16 6 3 Chen Yan 2:03.32 q, 17 4 2 Joanne Malar 2:03.53 q 18 3 4 Paula Harmokivi 2:03.54 19 4 8 Kristýna Kyněrová 2:03.63 20 4 7 Naoko Imoto 2:03.78 21 5 8 Olena Lapunova 2:04.07 22 6 1 Tatyana Litovchenko 2:04.09 23 4 5 Shan Ying 2:04.29 24 5 8 Malin Nilsson 2:04.39 25 6 6 Lorena Diaconescu 2:04.59 26 2 4 Sandra Cam 2:04.90 27 3 8 Marion Madine 2:04.92 NR 28 2 1 Carolyn Adel 2:05.04 NR 29 3 1 Ana Alegria 2:05.16 30 2 5 Helene Muller 2:05.59 31 2 6 Ravee Intporn-Udom 2:05.77 32 2 3 Lee Jie-hyun 2:05.78 33 2 2 Inga Borodich 2:05.85 34 3 5 Rania Elwani 2:06.94 35 3 6 Chang Wei-chia 2:06.97 36 6 8 Mia Muusfeldt 2:07.29 37 2 7 Maritza Chiaway 2:07.80 38 3 3 Chantal Strasser 2:07.98 39 3 3 Joscelin Yeo 2:08.10 40 1 5 Teresa Moodie 2:08.23 41 1 4 Laura Petrutytė 2:09.78 42 1 3 Marina Zarma 2:10.85

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Martina Moravcová 2:00.96 10 5 Suzu Chiba 2:01.00 11 3 Louise Jöhncke 2:01.37 12 7 Solenne Figuès 2:01.47 13 6 Karen Pickering 2:02.58 14 1 Antonia Machaira 2:03.19 NR 15 2 Dionne Bainbridge 2:03.20 16 8 Joanne Malar 2:03.79

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Claudia Poll 1:58.16 4 Franziska van Almsick 1:58.57 6 Dagmar Hase 1:59.56 4 3 Trina Jackson 1:59.57 5 8 Susie O'Neill 1:59.87 6 7 Cristina Teuscher 2:00.79 7 2 Julia Greville 2:01.46 8 1 Luminița Dobrescu 2:01.63

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming