Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

The women's 200 metre butterfly
Butterfly stroke
The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...

event at the 1988 Olympic Games took place September 25.

This swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

event used the butterfly stroke

Butterfly stroke

The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...

. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Medalists

A Final

Place	Swimmer	Country	Time	Notes
	Kathleen Nord Kathleen Nord Kathleen Nord is a former butterfly and medley swimmer from East Germany, who won the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-References:...		2:09.51
	Birte Weigang Birte Weigang Birte Weigang is a former butterfly and backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...		2:09.91
	Mary T. Meagher Mary T. Meagher Mary Terstegge Meagher Plant is an Olympic champion and former World Record holding swimmer from the United States...		2:10.80
4	Stela Marian Pura		2:11.28
5	Trina Radke		2:11.55
6	Kiyomi Takahashi		2:11.62
7	Wang Xiaohong Wang Xiaohong Wang Xiaohong is a female Chinese swimmer. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. She won the silver medal in the women's 200m butterfly event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....		2:12.34
8	Conny van Bentum Conny van Bentum Cornelia van Bentum is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980...		2:13.17

B Final

Place	Swimmer	Country	Time	Notes
9	Mojca Cater Mojca Cater Mojca Cater-Herman is a former international butterfly swimmer from Canada.Cater competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There she finished in ninth position in the 200m Butterfly, clocking 2:12.66 in the B-Final.-External links:*...		2:12.66
10	Ina Beyermann		2:13.74
11	Gabi Rehaa		2:14.20
12	Svetlana Koptchikova		2:14.43
13	Mette Jacobsen Mette Jacobsen Mette Jacobsen is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Denmark, who competed at five consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. Her final breakthrough came in 1995, when she won two titles at the European LC Championships in Vienna, Austria: in the 100 m...		2:15.60
14	Takayo Kitand		2:15.61
15	Helen Bewley		2:17.11
16	Lynne Wilson		2:18.66

Preliminary heats

Rank	Swimmer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kathleen Nord Kathleen Nord Kathleen Nord is a former butterfly and medley swimmer from East Germany, who won the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-References:...		2:11.81	q-A
2	Birte Weigang Birte Weigang Birte Weigang is a former butterfly and backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...		2:11.97	q-A
3	Mary T. Meagher Mary T. Meagher Mary Terstegge Meagher Plant is an Olympic champion and former World Record holding swimmer from the United States...		2:12.35	q-A
4	Conny van Bentum Conny van Bentum Cornelia van Bentum is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980...		2:12.41	q-A
5	Steia Pura		2:12.53	q-A
6	Kiyomi Takahashi		2:12.68	q-A
7	Trina Radke		2:12.93	q-A
8	Wang Xiaohong Wang Xiaohong Wang Xiaohong is a female Chinese swimmer. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. She won the silver medal in the women's 200m butterfly event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....		2:13.05	q-A

9	Gabi Rehaa		2:13.09	q-B
10	Mojca Cater Mojca Cater Mojca Cater-Herman is a former international butterfly swimmer from Canada.Cater competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There she finished in ninth position in the 200m Butterfly, clocking 2:12.66 in the B-Final.-External links:*...		2:13.21	q-B
11	Ina Beyermann		2:13.56	q-B
12	Svetlana Koptchikova		2:15.26	q-B
13	Takayo Kitand		2:15.41	q-B
14	Mette Jacobsen Mette Jacobsen Mette Jacobsen is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Denmark, who competed at five consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. Her final breakthrough came in 1995, when she won two titles at the European LC Championships in Vienna, Austria: in the 100 m...		2:15.78	q-B
15	Helen Bewley		2:17.10	q-B
16	Lynne Wilso		2:17.28	q-B

17	Donna Procter		2:18.17
18	Sandra Neves		2:18.29
19	Neviana Miteva		2:18.44
20	Soo-Jin Kim		2:19.00
21	Blanca Morales-Masella		2:19.28
22	Mo Wanlan		2:19.56
23	Marlene Bruten		2:19.68
24	Isabelle Arnould Isabelle Arnould Isabelle Arnould is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Belgium, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Seoul, South Korea . She is best known for winning two medals at the 1993 Summer Universiade in Buffalo, United States.-References:*...		2:20.74
25	Claire Supiot		2:21.65
26	Hui-Chien Chang		2:25.50
27	Oanh Nguyen Kieu		2:33.07
--	Donna McGinnis Donna McGinnis Donna McGinnis is a former medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country in two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. Her best Olympic finish was the sixth place in the 400m Individual Medley in Los Angeles, California...		DQ

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