Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Medalists
Mary Wayte   United States   Cynthia Woodhead   United States   Annemarie Verstappen   Netherlands

Swimming events at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The final of the Women's 200 metres Freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1984. The fastest eight qualified for the final, the next eight for the B-final.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Mary Wayte (USA)	1:59.23
	Cynthia Woodhead (USA)	1:59.50
	Annemarie Verstappen (NED)	1:59.69
4.	Michelle Pearson (AUS)	1:59.79
5.	Conny van Bentum (NED)	2:00.59
6.	June Croft (GBR)	2:00.64
7.	Ina Beyermann (FRG)	2:01.89
8.	Anna McVann (AUS)	2:02.87

B-Final

RANK	B-FINAL	TIME
9.	Silvia Persi (ITA)	2:03.17
10.	Iris Zscherpe (FRG)	2:03.42
11.	Julie Daigneault (CAN)	2:03.67
12.	Ann Linder (SWE)	2:03.85
13.	Chikako Nakamori (JPN)	2:04.11
14.	Jane Kerr (CAN)	2:04.19
15.	Annabelle Cripps (GBR)	2:04.90
16.	Kaori Yanase (JPN)	2:05.24

Non-Qualifiers

RANK	NON-QUALIFIERS	TIME
17.	Carla Lasi (ITA)	2:04.60
18.	Wen San (TPE)	2:05.85
19.	Laurence Bensimon (FRA)	2:06.01
20.	Carolann Heavey (IRL)	2:06.61
21.	Patricia Kohlmann (MEX)	2:07.75
22.	Sandra Crousse (PER)	2:08.15
23.	Sofia Dara (GRE)	2:09.42
24.	Irma Huerta (MEX)	2:09.52
25.	Christine Jacob (PHI)	2:09.79
26.	Hadar Rubinstein (ISR)	2:12.17
27.	Virginia Sachero (ARG)	2:12.32
28.	Chang Hui-Chien (TPE)	2:13.41
29.	Kim Jin-Sook (KOR)	2:13.76
30.	Fenella Ng (HKG)	2:13.94
31.	Karen Slowing-Aceituno (GUA)	2:14.39
32.	Blanca Morales (GUA)	2:14.79
33.	Sherwite Hafez (EGY)	2:16.11
34.	Daniela Galassi (SMR)	2:19.22
35.	Sharon Pickering (FIJ)	2:19.31
36.	María Lardizajal (HON)	2:28.25
–	Faten Ghattas (TUN)	DNS
–	Maria Kardum (SWE)	DNS

References

• Official Report
• USA Swimming