The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20 and 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 20 September Heat 6 Silke Hörner 2:27.63 21 September Final A Silke Hörner 2:26.71
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 Notes1 6 2:27.63 Q, 2 5 2:28.94 Q3 4 2:29.57 Q4 6 2:29.67 Q5 5 2:29.91 Q6 5 2:30.03 Q7 4 2:30.07 Q8 4 2:30.60 Q9 6 2:30.71 q10 4 2:30.93 q11 5 2:31.98 q12 6 2:32.11 q13 4 2:32.77 q14 6 2:33.13 q15 6 2:34.21 q16 5 2:34.36 q17 4 2:35.06 18 3 2:35.57 19 6 2:35.81 20 3 2:36.14 21 5 2:36.86 22 6 2:37.38 23 5 2:37.44 24 1 2:37.84 25 5 2:38.49 26 4 2:38.75 27 3 2:39.10 28 3 2:39.38 29 2 2:39.40 30 3 2:39.97 31 2 2:40.78 32 3 2:40.80 33 2 2:41.12 34 6 2:41.34 35 1 2:42.31 36 2 2:42.82 37 1 2:44.72 38 2 2:45.35 39 3 2:45.80 40 3 2:45.87 41 2 2:50.84 42 1 2:51.60 2
Finals
Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes9 4 2:28.55 10 5 2:30.03 11 3 2:30.83 12 2 2:31.19 13 1 2:32.90 14 6 2:33.46 15 8 2:33.50 16 7 2:34.10
Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 2:26.71 7 2:27.49 AS 3 2:28.34 4 2 2:28.43 5 5 2:28.54 6 1 2:29.42 NR7 6 2:29.60 8 8 2:29.86
References
External links Official Report USA Swimming