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The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]
Women's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 20 September 1988 (heats) 21 September 1988 (finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 45 from 30 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:57.65 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Heike Friedrich (GDR) | 1:57.55 | East Berlin, East Germany | 18 June 1986 |
Olympic record | Barbara Krause (GDR) | 1:58.33 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 24 July 1980 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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21 September | Final A | Heike Friedrich | East Germany | 1:57.65 | OR |
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 7 | Patricia Noall | Canada | 2:00.77 | |
10 | 6 | Ruth Gilfillan | Great Britain | 2:01.66 | |
11 | 5 | Mette Jacobsen | Denmark | 2:01.84 | |
12 | 3 | Luminița Dobrescu | Romania | 2:01.98 | |
13 | 2 | Stela Pura | Romania | 2:02.30 | |
14 | 4 | Chikako Nakamori | Japan | 2:02.31 | |
15 | 8 | Birgit Lohberg-Schulz | West Germany | 2:02.32 | |
16 | 1 | Zhuang Yong | China | 2:14.23 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Heike Friedrich | East Germany | 1:57.65 | OR | |
5 | Silvia Poll | Costa Rica | 1:58.67 | NR | |
6 | Manuela Stellmach | East Germany | 1:59.01 | ||
4 | 3 | Mary Wayte | United States | 1:59.04 | |
5 | 2 | Natalia Trefilova | Soviet Union | 1:59.24 | |
6 | 1 | Mitzi Kremer | United States | 2:00.23 | |
7 | 7 | Stephanie Ortwig | West Germany | 2:00.73 | |
8 | 8 | Cécile Prunier | France | 2:02.88 |
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