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


The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Susie O'Neill2:09.46Q
253Michelle Smith2:10.03Q, NR
333Petria Thomas2:10.64Q
434Qu Yun2:11.35Q
536Jessica Deglau2:12.48Q
645Mika Haruna2:12.59Q
735Trina Jackson2:12.69Q
855Liu Limin2:13.12Q
952Andrea Schwartz2:13.33q
1057Bárbara Franco2:13.34q
1142Cécile Jeanson2:13.58q
1232Sophia Skou2:13.59q
1347María Peláez2:13.85q
1446Anna Uryniuk2:13.90q
1556Annette Salmeen2:14.69q
1644Hitomi Kashima2:16.04q
1737Ilaria Tocchini2:16.10
1841Hsieh Shu-tzu2:16.27
1948Sabine Herbst2:16.66
2026Nataliya Zolotukhina2:16.68NR
2151Loredana Zisu2:17.56
2231Ana Francisco2:17.61
2325Nataša Meškovska2:17.90
2338Edit Klocker2:17.90
2558Praphalsai Minpraphal2:18.19
2628Nida Zuhal2:18.46NR
2724Marcela Kubalčíková2:19.38
2822María del Pilar Pereyra2:19.57
2923Marina Karystinou2:20.57
3021Mandy Loots2:20.73
3127Tinka Dančević2:20.74
3214Park Woo-hee2:22.99
3315Melissa Mata2:23.89
3413Sonia Álvarez2:25.24
43Mette Jacobsen

Finals

Final B

Final A