The final of the women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984.
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 Nation Time Record4 August Final A Mary T. Meagher 2:06.90
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 4 Mary T. Meagher 2:11.48 Q 2 3 6 Karen Phillips 2:11.81 Q 3 1 6 Samantha Purvis 2:11.97 Q, NR 4 3 4 Nancy Hogshead 2:12.10 Q 5 4 5 Ina Beyermann 2:13.26 Q 6 2 4 Naoko Kume 2:13.31 Q 7 1 5 Sonja Hausladen 2:13.50 Q, NR 8 2 5 Janet Tibbits 2:13.74 4 3 Conny van Bentum 10 3 3 Kiyomi Takahashi 2:14.37 q 11 1 3 Roberta Lanzarotti 2:14.53 q 12 4 6 Jill Horstead 2:14.88 q 13 3 5 Marie Moore 2:14.95 q 14 1 4 Petra Zindler 2:15.20 q 15 2 3 Ann Osgerby 2:16.31 q 16 2 6 Carole Brook 2:18.66 q 17 2 2 Monica Olmi 2:18.72 q 18 3 2 Kathrine Bomstad 2:19.46 19 1 2 Gail Jonson 2:20.55 20 1 7 Anna Doig 2:20.81 21 1 1 Julie Parkes 2:20.85 22 2 7 Lisa Ann Wen 2:21.10 23 4 2 Brigitte Wanderer 2:21.16 24 4 7 Shelley Cramer 2:22.39 25 2 1 Faten Ghattas 2:22.58 26 3 7 Hadar Rubinstein 2:22.78 27 3 8 Chang Hui-chien 2:24.89 28 4 8 Blanca Morales 2:25.03 29 3 1 Jodie Lawaetz 2:25.58 2 8 Nevine Hafez 4 1 Karin Brandes
Swimoff
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Conny van Bentum 2:13.60 Q 2 5 Janet Tibbits 2:15.54 q,
Finals
Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 3 Jill Horstead 2:13.49 10 5 Roberta Lanzarotti 2:14.54 11 6 Marie Moore 2:14.96 12 4 Kiyomi Takahashi 2:16.27 13 8 Monica Olmi 2:16.47 14 2 Petra Zindler 2:16.50 15 1 Carole Brook 2:16.74 16 7 Ann Osgerby 2:19.10
Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Mary T. Meagher 2:06.90 5 Karen Phillips 2:10.56 OC 2 Ina Beyermann 2:11.91 NR 4 6 Nancy Hogshead 2:11.98 5 3 Samantha Purvis 2:12.33 6 7 Naoko Kume 2:12.57 7 1 Sonja Hausladen 2:15.38 8 8 Conny van Bentum 2:17.39
References
External links USA Swimming