The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 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 5 4 Susie O'Neill 2:09.46 Q 2 5 3 Michelle Smith 2:10.03 Q, NR 3 3 3 Petria Thomas 2:10.64 Q 4 3 4 Qu Yun 2:11.35 Q 5 3 6 Jessica Deglau 2:12.48 Q 6 4 5 Mika Haruna 2:12.59 Q 7 3 5 Trina Jackson 2:12.69 Q 8 5 5 Liu Limin 2:13.12 Q 9 5 2 Andrea Schwartz 2:13.33 q 10 5 7 Bárbara Franco 2:13.34 q 11 4 2 Cécile Jeanson 2:13.58 q 12 3 2 Sophia Skou 2:13.59 q 13 4 7 María Peláez 2:13.85 q 14 4 6 Anna Uryniuk 2:13.90 q 15 5 6 Annette Salmeen 2:14.69 q 16 4 4 Hitomi Kashima 2:16.04 q 17 3 7 Ilaria Tocchini 2:16.10 18 4 1 Hsieh Shu-tzu 2:16.27 19 4 8 Sabine Herbst 2:16.66 20 2 6 Nataliya Zolotukhina 2:16.68 NR 21 5 1 Loredana Zisu 2:17.56 22 3 1 Ana Francisco 2:17.61 23 2 5 Nataša Meškovska 2:17.90 3 8 Edit Klocker 25 5 8 Praphalsai Minpraphal 2:18.19 26 2 8 Nida Zuhal 2:18.46 NR 27 2 4 Marcela Kubalčíková 2:19.38 28 2 2 María del Pilar Pereyra 2:19.57 29 2 3 Marina Karystinou 2:20.57 30 2 1 Mandy Loots 2:20.73 31 2 7 Tinka Dančević 2:20.74 32 1 4 Park Woo-hee 2:22.99 33 1 5 Melissa Mata 2:23.89 34 1 3 Sonia Álvarez 2:25.24 4 3 Mette Jacobsen
Finals
Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 6 Sophia Skou 2:12.41 10 3 Cécile Jeanson 2:12.99 11 2 María Peláez 2:13.05 12 1 Annette Salmeen 2:13.64 7 Anna Uryniuk 14 8 Hitomi Kashima 2:13.97 15 4 Andrea Schwartz 2:14.07 16 5 Bárbara Franco 2:14.16
Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Susie O'Neill 2:07.76 3 Petria Thomas 2:09.82 5 Michelle Smith 2:09.91 NR 4 6 Qu Yun 2:10.26 5 8 Liu Limin 2:10.70 6 2 Jessica Deglau 2:11.40 7 7 Mika Haruna 2:11.93 8 1 Trina Jackson 2:11.96
References
External links Official Report USA Swimming