The final of the women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 3, 1984.

The event was reintroduced to the Olympic program after a 12-year absence.

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 Record3 August Heat 4 Tracy Caulkins 2:14.47 3 August Final A Tracy Caulkins 2:12.64

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 Tracy Caulkins 2:14.47 Q, 2 3 4 Nancy Hogshead 2:16.29 Q 3 3 5 Michelle Pearson 2:17.46 Q 4 1 5 Christiane Pielke 2:19.17 Q, NR 5 4 3 Kathrine Bomstad 2:19.88 Q, NR 6 4 5 Petra Zindler 2:20.05 Q 7 3 3 Manuela Dalla Valle 2:20.50 Q 8 2 4 Lisa Curry-Kenny 2:20.57 Q 9 1 4 Michelle MacPherson 2:20.68 q 10 2 5 Alison Dozzo 2:20.85 q 11 3 6 Maarit Vähäsaari-Sihvonen 2:21.05 q 12 2 6 Anette Philipsson 2:21.70 q 13 4 8 Sabine Pauwels 2:22.86 q, 14 4 6 Maria Kardum 2:22.87 q, 15 4 7 Hideka Koshimizu 2:23.38 q 16 2 3 Zara Long 2:23.89 q 17 1 3 Laurence Bensimon 2:24.34 q 18 1 6 Gaynor Stanley 2:24.94 q 19 1 2 Gail Jonson 2:25.00 20 2 2 Brigitte Wanderer 2:26.85 21 2 7 Yan Hong 2:27.95 22 3 1 Helen Chow 2:29.25 23 1 7 Faten Ghattas 2:29.77 24 3 7 Karin Brandes 2:29.87 25 2 1 Lotta Flink 2:31.70 26 1 1 Sharon Pickering 2:34.77 27 4 1 Blanca Morales 2:38.16 3 2 Silvia Persi 3 8 Rosa María Silva 4 2 Beda Leirvaag

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 3 Maarit Vähäsaari-Sihvonen 2:19.27 NR 10 4 Michelle MacPherson 2:19.34 11 5 Alison Dozzo 2:19.70 12 6 Anette Philipsson 2:21.54 13 8 Gaynor Stanley 2:21.71 14 7 Zara Long 2:22.25 15 2 Hideka Koshimizu 2:22.81 16 1 Laurence Bensimon 2:27.13

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Tracy Caulkins 2:12.64 5 Nancy Hogshead 2:15.17 3 Michelle Pearson 2:15.92 OC 4 8 Lisa Curry-Kenny 2:16.75 5 6 Christiane Pielke 2:17.82 NR 6 1 Manuela Dalla Valle 2:19.69 7 7 Petra Zindler 2:19.86 8 2 Kathrine Bomstad 2:20.48

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming