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Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date27 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors40 from 29 nations
Winning time2:26.65 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kyoko Iwasaki  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lin Li  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anita Nall  United States
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Swimming at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

Records

Prior——to this competition, "the existing world." And Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Anita Nall (USA) 2:25.35 Indianapolis, United States 2 March 1992
Olympic record  Silke Hörner (GDR) 2:26.71 Seoul, South Korea 21 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
27 July Final A Kyoko Iwasaki  Japan 2:26.65 OR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance——to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Anita Nall  United States 2:27.77 Q
2 5 3 Kyoko Iwasaki  Japan 2:27.78 Q, NR
3 3 6 Yelena Rudkovskaya  Unified Team 2:28.24 Q
4 5 5 Guylaine Cloutier  Canada 2:29.01 Q
5 5 2 Nathalie Giguère  Canada 2:29.71 Q
6 5 6 Lin Li  China 2:29.99 Q
7 3 3 Manuela Dalla Valle  Italy 2:30.75 Q
8 4 2 Alicja Pęczak  Poland 2:30.78 Q, NR
9 4 4 Jill Johnson  United States 2:30.80 q
10 5 8 Gabriella Csépe  Hungary 2:32.04 q, NR
11 3 4 Samantha Riley  Australia 2:32.09 q
4 7 Daniela Brendel  Germany q
13 4 5 Audrey Guérit  France 2:32.33 q
14 3 5 Yelena Volkova  Unified Team 2:32.39 q
15 3 2 Kyoko Kasuya  Japan 2:32.55 q
16 3 8 Magdalena Kupiec  Poland 2:33.92 q
17 3 7 Brigitte Becue  Belgium 2:34.11
18 3 1 Jana Dörries  Germany 2:34.58
19 4 3 Linley Frame  Australia 2:34.73
20 4 6 Beatrice Căşlaru  Romania 2:34.97
21 2 3 Britta Vestergaard  Denmark 2:35.28
4 8 Suki Brownsdon  Great Britain
23 4 1 Park Mi-yeong  South Korea 2:35.33
24 5 1 Elena Donati  Italy 2:36.42
25 1 4 Martina Nemec  Austria 2:36.65
26 2 7 Kira Bulten  Netherlands 2:37.09
27 2 4 Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir  Iceland 2:37.42
28 2 5 Lourdes Becerra  Spain 2:37.69
29 5 7 Lu Di  China 2:38.63
30 2 2 Sornsawan Phuvichit  Thailand 2:41.20
31 2 6 Martine Janssen  Netherlands 2:41.48
32 1 5 Jennifer Smatt  Bermuda 2:42.25
33 2 1 Jaime King  Great Britain 2:44.49
34 2 8 Penny Heyns  South Africa 2:45.04
35 1 2 Priscilla Madero  Ecuador 2:46.79
36 1 3 Barbara Pexa  Guam 2:47.27
37 1 6 Claudia Velásquez  Peru 2:47.31
38 1 7 Nguyễn Thị Phương  Vietnam 2:57.71
39 1 1 Elke Talma  Seychelles 3:12.13
1 8 Bako Ratsifandrihamanana  Madagascar DNS

Finals

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Gabriella Csépe  Hungary 2:31.15 NR
2 6 Daniela Brendel  Germany 2:32.05
3 2 Audrey Guérit  France 2:32.10
4 3 Samantha Riley  Australia 2:32.63
5 1 Kyoko Kasuya  Japan 2:32.97
6 4 Jill Johnson  United States 2:33.89
7 8 Magdalena Kupiec  Poland 2:35.74
8 7 Yelena Volkova  Unified Team 2:37.65

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Kyoko Iwasaki  Japan 2:26.65 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Lin Li  China 2:26.85 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Anita Nall  United States 2:26.88
4 3 Yelena Rudkovskaya  Unified Team 2:28.47
5 6 Guylaine Cloutier  Canada 2:29.88
6 2 Nathalie Giguère  Canada 2:30.11
7 1 Manuela Dalla Valle  Italy 2:31.21
8 8 Alicja Pęczak  Poland 2:31.76

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