Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

Women's 200 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Medalists
Susie O'Neill   Australia   Petria Thomas   Australia   Michelle Smith   Ireland

Swimming events at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 m		men		women
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		women
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The finals of the Women's 200 metres Butterfly event for the 1996 Summer Olympics were held in Atlanta, United States, on July 26, 1996.

Records

OLYMPIC RECORD	TIME
Mary T. Meagher (USA)	2:06.90
WORLD RECORD	TIME
Mary T. Meagher (USA)	2:05.96
EUROPEAN RECORD	TIME
Cornelia Polit (GDR)	2:07.82

Results

Finals

RANK	FINAL A	TIME
	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	2:07.76
	Petria Thomas (AUS)	2:09.82
	Michelle Smith (IRL)	2:09.91
4.	Qu Yun (CHN)	2:10.26
5.	Liu Limin (CHN)	2:10.70
6.	Jessica Deglau (CAN)	2:11.40
7.	Mika Haruna (JPN)	2:11.93
8.	Trina Jackson (USA)	2:11.96

RANK	FINAL B	TIME
9.	Sophia Skou (DEN)	2:12.41
10.	Cécile Jeanson (FRA)	2:12.99
11.	María Peláez (ESP)	2:13.05
12.	Annette Salmeen (USA)	2:13.64
13.	Anna Uryniuk (POL)	2:13.64
14.	Hitomi Kashima (JPN)	2:13.97
15.	Andrea Schwartz (CAN)	2:14.07
16.	Bárbara Franco (ESP)	2:14.16

Qualifying Heats

RANK	HEATS RANKING	TIME
1.	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	2:09.46
2.	Michelle Smith (IRL)	2:10.03
3.	Petria Thomas (AUS)	2:10.64
4.	Qu Yun (CHN)	2:11.35
5.	Jessica Deglau (CAN)	2:12.48
6.	Mika Haruna (JPN)	2:12.59
7.	Trina Jackson (USA)	2:12.69
8.	Liu Limin (CHN)	2:13.12
9.	Andrea Schwartz (CAN)	2:13.33
10.	Bárbara Franco (ESP)	2:13.34
11.	Cécile Jeanson (FRA)	2:13.58
12.	Sophia Skou (DEN)	2:13.59
13.	María Peláez (ESP)	2:13.85
14.	Anna Uryniuk (POL)	2:13.90
15.	Annette Salmeen (USA)	2:14.69
16.	Hitomi Kashima (JPN)	2:16.04
17.	Ilaria Tocchini (ITA)	2:16.10
18.	Hsieh Shu-Tzu (TPE)	2:16.27
19.	Sabine Herbst (GER)	2:16.66
20.	Natalia Zolotukhina (UKR)	2:16.68
21.	Loredana Zisu (ROU)	2:17.56
22.	Ana Francisco (POR)	2:17.61
23.	Natasha Meskovska (MKD)	2:17.90
24.	Edit Klocker (HUN)	2:17.90
25.	Praphalsai Minpraphal (THA)	2:18.19
26.	Nida Zuhal (TUR)	2:18.46
27.	Marcela Kubalčíková (CZE)	2:19.38
28.	María Pereyra (ARG)	2:19.57
29.	Marina Karystinou (GRE)	2:20.57
30.	Mandy Loots (RSA)	2:20.73
31.	Tinka Dančević (CRO)	2:20.74
32.	Park U-Hui (KOR)	2:22.99
33.	Melissa Mata (CRC)	2:23.89
34.	Sonia Álvarez (PUR)	2:25.24

See also

• 1997 Women's World Championships (SC) 200m Butterfly
• 1997 Women's European Championships (LC) 200m Butterfly

References

• USA Swimming