The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.

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 21 September Final A Heike Friedrich 1:57.65

Results

Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 Heike Friedrich 1:59.02 Q 2 5 Silvia Poll 1:59.22 Q, NR 3 6 Mary Wayte 1:59.50 Q 4 5 Manuela Stellmach 2:00.30 Q 5 4 Natalia Trefilova 2:00.54 Q 6 5 Stephanie Ortwig 2:00.66 Q 7 4 Mitzi Kremer 2:01.45 Q 8 5 Cécile Prunier 2:01.60 Q 9 5 Chikako Nakamori 2:01.76 q 10 4 Mette Jacobsen 2:01.80 q 11 6 Luminița Dobrescu 2:01.93 q 12 4 Ruth Gilfillan 2:02.11 q 13 4 Stela Pura 2:02.26 q 14 6 Patricia Noall 2:02.31 q 15 5 Zhuang Yong 2:02.40 q 16 1 Birgit Lohberg-Schulz 2:02.77 q 17 3 Diana van der Plaats 2:03.02 18 6 Isabelle Arnould 2:03.32 6 Suzanne Nilsson 20 5 Sheridan Burge-Lopez 2:03.42 21 6 June Croft 2:03.63 22 4 Karin Brienesse 2:04.36 23 5 Silvia Persi 2:04.40 24 4 Annette Jørgensen 2:04.71 25 3 Patrícia Amorim 2:04.74 26 4 Susie Baumer 2:04.82 27 3 Nurul Huda Abdullah 2:04.85 28 6 Jane Kerr 2:04.92 29 3 Kaori Sasaki 2:04.92 30 3 Senda Gharbi 2:06.60 31 3 Karen Dieffenthaler 2:07.09 NR 32 2 Bryndís Ólafsdóttir 2:07.11 33 3 Rita Jean Garay 2:07.44 34 2 Natasha Aguilar 2:10.22 35 3 Patricia Kohlmann 2:10.36 36 2 Fenella Ng 2:10.43 37 2 Kim Eun-jung 2:10.85 38 2 Chang Hui-chien 2:11.50 39 2 Park Joo-li 2:11.53 40 2 Qian Hong 2:12.44 41 1 Catherine Fogarty 2:13.44 42 2 Hung Cee Kay 2:13.61 43 1 Angela Birch 2:16.79 44 1 Cina Munch 2:18.45 1 Nancy Khalaf

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 7 Patricia Noall 2:00.77 10 6 Ruth Gilfillan 2:01.66 11 5 Mette Jacobsen 2:01.84 12 3 Luminița Dobrescu 2:01.98 13 2 Stela Pura 2:02.30 14 4 Chikako Nakamori 2:02.31 15 8 Birgit Lohberg-Schulz 2:02.32 16 1 Zhuang Yong 2:14.23

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Heike Friedrich 1:57.65 5 Silvia Poll 1:58.67 NR 6 Manuela Stellmach 1:59.01 4 3 Mary Wayte 1:59.04 5 2 Natalia Trefilova 1:59.24 6 1 Mitzi Kremer 2:00.23 7 7 Stephanie Ortwig 2:00.73 8 8 Cécile Prunier 2:02.88

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming