The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 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 4 3 Marianne Limpert 2:15.12 Q 2 6 5 Elli Overton 2:15.81 Q 3 5 3 Minouche Smit 2:16.30 Q 4 6 3 Lin Li 2:16.31 Q 5 5 4 Allison Wagner 2:16.32 Q 6 4 5 Joanne Malar 2:16.34 Q 7 5 5 Michelle Smith 2:16.35 Q 8 5 1 Louise Karlsson 2:16.37 Q 9 4 7 Martina Moravcová 2:16.50 q, NR 10 6 4 Wu Yanyan 2:16.55 q 11 3 4 Beatrice Câșlaru 2:16.80 q 12 6 2 Emma Johnson 2:17.02 q, 13 4 4 Kristine Quance 2:17.48 q 6 1 Alicja Pęczak q 15 3 2 Silvia Parera 2:17.67 q 16 5 7 Sabine Herbst 2:18.00 q 17 6 6 Brigitte Becue 2:18.28 q, 18 4 1 Britta Vestergaard 2:18.35 q 19 3 8 Alenka Kejžar 2:18.39 NR 20 6 7 Lenka Maňhalová 2:18.43 21 5 6 Sue Rolph 2:18.81 22 4 6 Gabrielle Rose 2:18.99 23 3 6 Aikaterini Sarakatsani 2:19.74 24 2 5 Elin Austevoll 2:19.81 25 4 2 Anna Wilson 2:19.97 26 5 8 Darya Shmeleva 2:20.34 27 3 7 Julia Russell 2:20.40 28 5 2 Fumie Kurotori 2:20.58 29 4 8 Olena Lapunova 2:20.76 30 3 5 Martina Nemec 2:21.10 31 2 3 Carolyn Adel 2:21.54 NR 32 6 8 Joscelin Yeo 2:21.76 33 2 4 Petra Chaves 2:22.03 34 3 1 Praphalsai Minpraphal 2:22.34 35 2 7 Lee Jie-hyun 2:22.97 36 3 3 Nadège Cliton 2:25.25 37 2 1 Sonia Álvarez 2:25.57 38 2 2 Akiko Thomson 2:25.87 39 1 4 Olga Bogatyreva 2:26.42 40 2 6 Beáta Újhelyi 2:26.77 41 2 8 Tsai Shu-min 2:28.71 42 1 5 Meritxell Sabaté 2:37.38 43 1 3 Mira Ghniem 2:56.99

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 6 Kristine Quance 2:15.24 10 5 Wu Yanyan 2:16.61 11 1 Sabine Herbst 2:16.68 12 3 Beatrice Câșlaru 2:16.75 13 4 Martina Moravcová 2:17.40 14 8 Britta Vestergaard 2:17.95 15 2 Alicja Pęczak 2:18.21 16 7 Silvia Parera 2:19.92

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Michelle Smith 2:13.93 NR 4 Marianne Limpert 2:14.35 NR 6 Lin Li 2:14.74 4 7 Joanne Malar 2:15.30 5 5 Elli Overton 2:16.04 6 2 Allison Wagner 2:16.43 7 3 Minouche Smit 2:16.73 8 8 Louise Karlsson 2:17.25

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming