The women's 200 metre breaststroke 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.
The following records were established during the competition:
Date Round Name Nationality Time Record 23 July Heat 4 Penny Heyns 2:26.63 23 July Final A Penny Heyns 2:25.41
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 Notes1 4 4 2:26.63 Q, 2 5 4 2:28.10 Q3 6 4 2:28.30 Q4 6 3 2:29.36 Q5 5 3 2:29.58 Q6 6 5 2:29.62 Q7 5 6 2:29.91 Q8 6 6 2:30.30 Q 9 5 7 2:30.64 q 6 2 q11 4 3 2:30.84 q12 6 1 2:31.12 q13 5 5 2:31.57 q14 4 7 2:31.65 q15 5 2 2:32.14 q16 4 2 2:32.42 q, 17 4 1 2:32.44 q18 4 8 2:32.48 19 4 6 2:32.97 20 3 5 2:33.34 21 6 7 2:33.44 22 5 1 2:33.74 23 3 6 2:33.80 24 3 4 2:33.89 4 5 26 5 8 2:34.76 27 3 1 2:36.11 28 3 7 2:36.20 29 2 4 2:36.26 30 2 6 2:36.94 31 3 2 2:37.07 32 3 8 2:37.85 33 6 8 2:38.08 34 2 7 2:39.63 NR 35 1 3 2:42.97 36 2 3 2:43.94 37 2 2 2:44.24 38 2 1 2:45.21 39 2 5 2:45.87 40 1 5 2:57.65 1 4 3 3
Finals
Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 7 2:28.87 2 3 2:29.32 3 1 2:29.96 NR 4 8 2:30.38 5 5 2:30.99 6 6 2:31.39 7 2 2:33.43 8 4 2:33.45
Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 2:25.41 5 2:25.75 2 2:26.57 NR 4 3 2:27.91 5 6 2:28.05 6 1 2:28.34 7 7 2:28.36 NR 8 8 2:31.45
References
External links Official Report USA Swimming