The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 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 Nation Time Record24 September Final A Daniela Hunger 2:12.59

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 4 Yelena Dendeberova 2:15.30 Q 2 3 Noemi Lung 2:15.55 Q 3 5 Daniela Hunger 2:16.23 Q 4 4 Marianne Muis 2:16.60 Q 5 4 Lin Li 2:17.09 Q 6 3 Jodie Clatworthy 2:17.29 Q 7 5 Anca Pătrășcoiu 2:17.39 Q 8 5 Whitney Hedgepeth 2:17.45 Q 9 3 Birgit Lohberg-Schulz 2:17.46 q 10 5 Jean Hill 2:17.57 q 11 5 Anette Philipsson 2:18.86 q 12 5 Yuliya Bogacheva 2:19.07 q 13 3 Anamarija Petričević 2:19.38 q 14 3 Mildred Muis 2:19.46 q 15 4 Allison Higson 2:19.54 q, 16 5 Roberta Felotti 2:19.62 q 17 4 Yoshie Nishioka 2:20.20 q 18 5 Svenja Schlicht 2:20.31 19 2 Donna Procter 2:21.79 20 2 Annette Poulsen 2:21.83 21 4 Silvia Parera 2:22.20 22 2 Hiroyo Harada 2:22.59 23 3 Zara Long 2:22.64 24 2 Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir 2:22.65 25 4 Manuela Dalla Valle 2:22.85 26 2 Michelle Smith 2:25.53 27 2 Marlene Bruten 2:26.89 28 1 Carwai Seto 2:27.72 29 1 Patricia Kohlmann 2:29.61 30 2 Valentina Aracil 2:31.53 31 1 Dipika Chanmugam 2:33.58 32 1 Annemarie Munk 2:34.32 33 1 Kimberly Chen 2:35.11 34 1 Sharon Pickering 2:35.22 35 1 Angela Birch 2:39.20 3 Mary Wayte 3 Tanya Dangalakova

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 7 Mildred Muis 2:17.73 10 4 Birgit Lohberg-Schulz 2:17.85 11 5 Jean Hill 2:19.20 12 3 Anette Philipsson 2:19.35 13 1 Roberta Felotti 2:19.63 2 Anamarija Petričević 15 6 Yuliya Bogacheva 2:19.91 16 8 Yoshie Nishioka 2:20.43

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Daniela Hunger 2:12.59 4 Yelena Dendeberova 2:13.31 5 Noemi Lung 2:14.85 4 7 Jodie Clatworthy 2:16.31 5 6 Marianne Muis 2:16.40 6 1 Anca Pătrășcoiu 2:16.70 7 2 Lin Li 2:17.42 8 8 Whitney Hedgepeth 2:17.99

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming