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

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Medalists
Claudia Poll   Costa Rica   Franziska van Almsick   Germany   Dagmar Hase   Germany

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 Freestyle event for the 1996 Summer Olympics were held in Atlanta, United States, on July 21, 1996.

Final results

Final A

RANK	FINAL A	TIME
	Claudia Poll (CRC)	1:58.16
	Franziska van Almsick (GER)	1:58.57
	Dagmar Hase (GER)	1:59.56
4.	Trina Jackson (USA)	1:59.57
5.	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	1:59.87
6.	Cristina Teuscher (USA)	2:00.79
7.	Julia Greville (AUS)	2:01.46
8.	Luminita Dobrescu (ROU)	2:01.63

Final B

RANK	FINAL B	TIME
9.	Martina Moravcová (SVK)	2:00.96
10.	Suzu Chiba (JPN)	2:01.00
11.	Louise Jöhncke (SWE)	2:01.37
12.	Solenne Figuès (FRA)	2:01.47
13.	Karen Pickering (GBR)	2:02.58
14.	Antonia Machaira (GRE)	2:03.19
15.	Dionne Bainbridge (NZL)	2:03.20
16.	Joanne Malar (CAN)	2:03.79

Non-Qualifiers

RANK	HEATS	TIME
18.	Paula Harmokivi (FIN)	2:03.54
19.	Kristýna Kyněrová (CZE)	2:03.63
20.	Naoko Imoto (JPN)	2:03.78
21.	Olena Lapunova (UKR)	2:04.07
22.	Tatiana Litovchenko (RUS)	2:04.09
23.	Ying Shan (CHN)	2:04.29
24.	Malin Nilsson (SWE)	2:04.39
25.	Lorena Diaconescu (ROU)	2:04.59
26.	Sandra Cam (BEL)	2:04.90
27.	Marion Madine (IRL)	2:04.92
28.	Carolyn Adel (SUR)	2:05.04
29.	Ana Alegria (POR)	2:05.16
30.	Helene Muller (RSA)	2:05.59
31.	Ravee Intporn-Udom (THA)	2:05.77
32.	Lee Jie-Hyun (KOR)	2:05.78
33.	Inga Borodich (BLR)	2:05.85
34.	Rania El-Wani (EGY)	2:06.94
35.	Chang Wei-Chia (TPE)	2:06.97
36.	Mia Muusfeldt (DEN)	2:07.29
37.	Maritza Chiaway (PER)	2:07.80
38.	Chantal Strasser (SUI)	2:07.98
39.	Joscelin Yeo (SIN)	2:08.10
40.	Teresa Moodie (ZIM)	2:08.23
41.	Laura Petrutytė (LTU)	2:09.78
42.	Marina Zarma (CYP)	2:10.85

See also

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

References

• USA Swimming