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The final of the women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 3, 1984.[1]
Women's 200 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 3 August 1984 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 30 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:12.64 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The event was reintroduced to the Olympic program after a 12-year absence.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 2:11.73 | Magdeburg, East Germany | 4 July 1981 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 2:23.07 | Munich, West Germany | 28 August 1972 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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3 August | Heat 4 | Tracy Caulkins | ![]() | 2:14.47 | OR |
3 August | Final A | Tracy Caulkins | ![]() | 2:12.64 | 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 | 3 | Maarit Vähäsaari-Sihvonen | ![]() | 2:19.27 | NR |
10 | 4 | Michelle MacPherson | ![]() | 2:19.34 | |
11 | 5 | Alison Dozzo | ![]() | 2:19.70 | |
12 | 6 | Anette Philipsson | ![]() | 2:21.54 | |
13 | 8 | Gaynor Stanley | ![]() | 2:21.71 | |
14 | 7 | Zara Long | ![]() | 2:22.25 | |
15 | 2 | Hideka Koshimizu | ![]() | 2:22.81 | |
16 | 1 | Laurence Bensimon | ![]() | 2:27.13 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Tracy Caulkins | ![]() | 2:12.64 | OR |
![]() | 5 | Nancy Hogshead | ![]() | 2:15.17 | |
![]() | 3 | Michelle Pearson | ![]() | 2:15.92 | OC |
4 | 8 | Lisa Curry-Kenny | ![]() | 2:16.75 | |
5 | 6 | Christiane Pielke | ![]() | 2:17.82 | NR |
6 | 1 | Manuela Dalla Valle | ![]() | 2:19.69 | |
7 | 7 | Petra Zindler | ![]() | 2:19.86 | |
8 | 2 | Kathrine Bomstad | ![]() | 2:20.48 |
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