The final of the women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1984.

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 3 4 Mary Wayte 2:00.69 Q 2 4 4 Cynthia Woodhead 2:00.85 Q 3 5 4 June Croft 2:01.05 Q 4 3 5 Michelle Pearson 2:01.49 Q 5 2 4 Conny van Bentum 2:01.52 Q 6 1 4 Annemarie Verstappen 2:01.61 Q 7 5 5 Ina Beyermann 2:02.42 Q 8 3 3 Anna McVann 2:03.14 Q 9 5 3 Julie Daigneault 2:03.40 q 10 4 6 Chikako Nakamori 2:03.94 q 11 3 6 Iris Zscherpe 2:03.95 q 12 2 3 Silvia Persi 2:03.98 q 13 4 3 Jane Kerr 2:04.02 q 14 4 5 Kaori Yanase 2:04.38 q 15 2 5 Annabelle Cripps 2:04.44 q 16 1 5 Ann Linder 2:04.60 q 17 2 6 Carla Lasi 2:05.86 18 2 7 Lisa Ann Wen 2:06.01 19 1 3 Laurence Bensimon 2:06.61 20 2 2 Carol Ann Heavey 2:07.75 21 5 2 Patricia Kohlmann 2:08.15 22 5 7 Sandra Crousse 2:09.42 23 1 6 Sofia Dara 2:09.52 24 4 2 Irma Huerta 2:09.79 25 4 1 Christine Jacob 2:12.17 26 3 7 Hadar Rubinstein 2:12.32 27 3 2 Virginia Sachero 2:13.41 28 5 1 Chang Hui-chien 2:13.67 29 1 7 Kim Jin-suk 2:13.76 30 1 2 Fenella Ng 2:13.94 31 2 1 Karen Slowing-Aceituno 2:14.39 32 4 8 Blanca Morales 2:14.79 33 3 1 Sherwite Hafez 2:16.11 34 1 1 Daniela Galassi 2:19.22 35 5 8 Sharon Pickering 2:19.61 36 3 8 María Lardizábal 2:28.65 4 7 Faten Ghattas 5 6 Maria Kardum

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 6 Silvia Persi 2:03.17 NR 10 3 Iris Zscherpe 2:03.42 11 4 Julie Daigneault 2:03.67 12 8 Ann Linder 2:03.85 13 5 Chikako Nakamori 2:04.11 14 2 Jane Kerr 2:04.19 15 1 Annabelle Cripps 2:04.90 16 7 Kaori Yanase 2:05.24

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Mary Wayte 1:59.23 5 Cynthia Woodhead 1:59.50 7 Annemarie Verstappen 1:59.69 4 6 Michelle Pearson 1:59.79 OC 5 2 Conny van Bentum 2:00.59 6 3 June Croft 2:00.64 7 1 Ina Beyermann 2:01.89 8 8 Anna McVann 2:02.87

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming