Swimming_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_-_Women's_200_metre_butterfly
The final of the women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984.[1]
Quick Facts Women's 200 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, Venue ...
Women's 200 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 4 August 1984 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 31 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:06.90 OR | ||||||||||||
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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Mary T. Meagher (USA) | 2:05.96 | Brown Deer, United States | 13 August 1981 |
Olympic record | Ines Geißler (GDR) | 2:10.44 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 21 July 1980 |
The following records were established during the competition:
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Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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4 August | Final A | Mary T. Meagher | United States | 2:06.90 | OR |
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Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
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Swimoff
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Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Conny van Bentum | Netherlands | 2:13.60 | Q |
2 | 5 | Janet Tibbits | Australia | 2:15.54 | q, WD |
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Finals
Final B
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Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 3 | Jill Horstead | Canada | 2:13.49 | |
10 | 5 | Roberta Lanzarotti | Italy | 2:14.54 | |
11 | 6 | Marie Moore | Canada | 2:14.96 | |
12 | 4 | Kiyomi Takahashi | Japan | 2:16.27 | |
13 | 8 | Monica Olmi | Italy | 2:16.47 | |
14 | 2 | Petra Zindler | West Germany | 2:16.50 | |
15 | 1 | Carole Brook | Switzerland | 2:16.74 | |
16 | 7 | Ann Osgerby | Great Britain | 2:19.10 |
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Final A
More information Rank, Lane ...
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Mary T. Meagher | United States | 2:06.90 | OR | |
5 | Karen Phillips | Australia | 2:10.56 | OC | |
2 | Ina Beyermann | West Germany | 2:11.91 | NR | |
4 | 6 | Nancy Hogshead | United States | 2:11.98 | |
5 | 3 | Samantha Purvis | Great Britain | 2:12.33 | |
6 | 7 | Naoko Kume | Japan | 2:12.57 | |
7 | 1 | Sonja Hausladen | Austria | 2:15.38 | |
8 | 8 | Conny van Bentum | Netherlands | 2:17.39 |
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- "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 498–499. Retrieved March 16, 2017.