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200 metres Individual Medley, Women

Date	30 July 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Participants	43 from 31 countries

East German Ute Geweniger had set the world record in this event in 1981 and after 1982, only the 1984 (Tracy Caulkins) and 1988 (Daniela Hunger) Olympic winning performances had come within a second of her time of 2:11.73. The co-favorites in 1992 were China’s Lin Li, the 1991 World Champion, and American Summer Sanders, second to Lin at 1991 Worlds, but the 1991 Pan Pac Champion in both IMs, and she had led the 1992 world lists with her Trials winning time of 2:13.10. Hunger was back as defending champion and had won the 1991 European title.

The final was an exciting race in which the lead went back-and-forth. Sanders, a butterfly specialist, went out slowly for her on the opening fly leg, but still led Lin by a shoulder. Lin then surged ahead on the backstroke, Sanders still close, and the two had opened 1½ seconds on the rest of the field. Sanders then used her breaststroke to surge ahead at 150 metres, but Lin almost made that up on her final turn. And Sanders could not match Lin on the freestyle, as Lin won gold in a world record 2:11.65, with Sanders recording the third-fastest time ever with 2:11.91. Hunger won bronze, but was over two seconds behind Sanders.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	112	Lin Li	CHN	2:15.68 (1 h5)	–	2:11.65 (1)	Gold
2	628	Summer Sanders	USA	2:14.68 (1 h6)	–	2:11.91 (2)	Silver
3	277	Daniela Hunger	GER	2:15.16 (3 h6)	–	2:13.92 (3)	Bronze
4	171	Yelena Dendeberova	EUN	2:17.13 (3 h5)	–	2:15.47 (4)
5	31	Elli Overton	AUS	2:15.13 (2 h6)	–	2:15.76 (5)
6	93	Marianne Limpert	CAN	2:16.84 (2 h5)	–	2:17.09 (6)
7	103	Nancy Sweetnam	CAN	2:17.26 (4 h6)	–	2:17.13 (7)
8	489	Ewa Synowska	POL	2:16.88 (1 h3)	–	2:18.85 (8)
9	383	Hideko Hiranaka	JPN	2:18.13 (5 h4)	2:18.47 (1)	–
10	154	Silvia Parera	ESP	2:17.97 (2 h3)	2:18.53 (2)	–
11	487	Alicja Pęczak	POL	2:17.90 (4 h4)	2:18.55 (3)	–
12	391	Eri Kimura	JPN	2:18.63 (6 h4)	2:18.91 (4)	–
13	512	Noëmi Lung	ROU	2:18.12 (5 h6)	2:18.97 (5)	–
14	212	Céline Bonnet	FRA	2:18.95 (6 h6)	2:19.14 (6)	–
15	26	Jacqui McKenzie	AUS	2:17.82 (3 h4)	2:19.41 (7)	–
16	270	Jana Haas	GER	2:17.74 (2 h4)	2:20.94 (8)	–
17	610	Nicole Haislett	USA	2:17.40 (1 h4)	–	–		1
18	565	Louise Karlsson	SWE	2:18.75 (4 h5)	–	–
19	448	Mildred Muis	NED	2:19.10 (7 h6)	–	–
20	357	Lara Bianconi	ITA	2:19.40 (7 h4)	–	–
21	241	Sharron Davies	GBR	2:19.41 (8 h4)	–	–
22	581	Hana Černá	TCH	2:19.93 (3 h3)	–	–
23	114	Lu Bin	CHN	2:20.12 (5 h5)	–	–
24	582	Lenka Maňhalová	TCH	2:20.52 (6 h5)	–	–
25	48	Brigitte Becue	BEL	2:21.98 (8 h6)	–	–
26	263	Helen Slatter	GBR	2:22.04 (7 h5)	–	–
27	43	Martina Nemec	AUT	2:22.63 (4 h3)	–	–
28	519	Jill Brukman	RSA	2:23.07 (1 h2)	–	–
29	554	Nathalie Wunderlich	SUI	2:23.18 (2 h2)	–	–
30	586	Praphalsai Minpraphal	THA	2:23.24 (3 h2)	–	–
31	143	Lourdes Becerra	ESP	2:23.51 (5 h3)	–	–
32	345	Michelle Smith	IRL	2:23.83 (4 h2)	–	–
33	538	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	2:25.32 (5 h2)	–	–
34	324	Claudia Fortín	HON	2:25.66 (6 h2)	–	–
35	134	Annette Poulsen	DEN	2:25.67 (6 h3)	–	–
36	536	May Ooi	SGP	2:27.62 (7 h2)	–	–
37	350	Keren Regal	ISR	2:27.85 (7 h3)	–	–
38	59	Jenny Smatt	BER	2:29.29 (1 h1)	–	–
39	323	Ana Fortín	HON	2:30.07 (2 h1)	–	–
40	197	Sharon Pickering	FIJ	2:30.11 (3 h1)	–	–
41	640	Nguyễn Kiều Oanh	VIE	2:35.71 (4 h1)	–	–
42	310	Tammie Kaae	GUM	2:36.31 (5 h1)	–	–
43	534	Elke Talma	SEY	2:53.41 (6 h1)	–	–
DNS	646	Vola Hanta Ratsifa Andrihamanana	MAD	– (DNS h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	30 July 1992 — 12:00
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Summer Sanders	USA	2:14.68	Q
2	–	Elli Overton	AUS	2:15.13	Q
3	–	Daniela Hunger	GER	2:15.16	Q
4	–	Lin Li	CHN	2:15.68	Q
5	–	Marianne Limpert	CAN	2:16.84	Q
6	–	Ewa Synowska	POL	2:16.88	Q
7	–	Yelena Dendeberova	EUN	2:17.13	Q
8	–	Nancy Sweetnam	CAN	2:17.26	Q
9	–	Nicole Haislett	USA	2:17.40	q
10	–	Jana Haas	GER	2:17.74	q
11	–	Jacqui McKenzie	AUS	2:17.82	q
12	–	Alicja Pęczak	POL	2:17.90	q
13	–	Silvia Parera	ESP	2:17.97	q
14	–	Noëmi Lung	ROU	2:18.12	q
15	–	Hideko Hiranaka	JPN	2:18.13	q
16	–	Eri Kimura	JPN	2:18.63	q
17	–	Louise Karlsson	SWE	2:18.75
18	–	Céline Bonnet	FRA	2:18.95
19	–	Mildred Muis	NED	2:19.10
20	–	Lara Bianconi	ITA	2:19.40
21	–	Sharron Davies	GBR	2:19.41
22	–	Hana Černá	TCH	2:19.93
23	–	Lu Bin	CHN	2:20.12
24	–	Lenka Maňhalová	TCH	2:20.52
25	–	Brigitte Becue	BEL	2:21.98
26	–	Helen Slatter	GBR	2:22.04
27	–	Martina Nemec	AUT	2:22.63
28	–	Jill Brukman	RSA	2:23.07
29	–	Nathalie Wunderlich	SUI	2:23.18
30	–	Praphalsai Minpraphal	THA	2:23.24
31	–	Lourdes Becerra	ESP	2:23.51
32	–	Michelle Smith	IRL	2:23.83
33	–	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	2:25.32
34	–	Claudia Fortín	HON	2:25.66
35	–	Annette Poulsen	DEN	2:25.67
36	–	May Ooi	SGP	2:27.62
37	–	Keren Regal	ISR	2:27.85
38	–	Jenny Smatt	BER	2:29.29
39	–	Ana Fortín	HON	2:30.07
40	–	Sharon Pickering	FIJ	2:30.11
41	–	Nguyễn Kiều Oanh	VIE	2:35.71
42	–	Tammie Kaae	GUM	2:36.31
43	–	Elke Talma	SEY	2:53.41
DNS	–	Vola Hanta Ratsifa Andrihamanana	MAD	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Jenny Smatt	BER	2:29.29	32.47 (4)	1:12.66 (4)	1:54.49 (1)	40.19 (4)	41.83 (1)	34.80 (2)
2	–	Ana Fortín	HON	2:30.07	31.87 (1)	1:08.94 (1)	1:55.00 (2)	37.07 (1)	46.06 (5)	35.07 (3)
3	–	Sharon Pickering	FIJ	2:30.11	31.88 (2)	1:10.82 (2)	1:56.47 (3)	38.94 (2)	45.65 (3)	33.64 (1)
4	–	Nguyễn Kiều Oanh	VIE	2:35.71	31.95 (3)	1:11.99 (3)	1:57.95 (4)	40.04 (3)	45.96 (4)	37.76 (4)
5	–	Tammie Kaae	GUM	2:36.31	32.71 (5)	1:14.19 (5)	1:58.37 (5)	41.48 (5)	44.18 (2)	37.94 (5)
6	–	Elke Talma	SEY	2:53.41	36.45 (6)	1:22.58 (6)	2:11.81 (6)	46.13 (6)	49.23 (6)	41.60 (6)
DNS	–	Vola Hanta Ratsifa Andrihamanana	MAD	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Jill Brukman	RSA	2:23.07	30.86 (2)	1:06.04 (1)	1:49.95 (2)	35.18 (1)	43.91 (7)	33.12 (3)
2	–	Nathalie Wunderlich	SUI	2:23.18	31.11 (4)	1:06.45 (3)	1:49.12 (1)	35.34 (2)	42.67 (=2)	34.06 (6)
3	–	Praphalsai Minpraphal	THA	2:23.24	31.20 (5)	1:08.11 (4)	1:50.78 (4)	36.91 (4)	42.67 (=2)	32.46 (2)
4	–	Michelle Smith	IRL	2:23.83	30.77 (1)	1:06.44 (2)	1:50.19 (3)	35.67 (3)	43.75 (6)	33.64 (4)
5	–	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	2:25.32	31.28 (6)	1:09.97 (7)	1:53.22 (6)	38.69 (6)	43.25 (4)	32.10 (1)
6	–	Claudia Fortín	HON	2:25.66	31.74 (7)	1:09.37 (5)	1:51.76 (5)	37.63 (5)	42.39 (1)	33.90 (5)
7	–	May Ooi	SGP	2:27.62	31.04 (3)	1:09.84 (6)	1:53.45 (7)	38.80 (7)	43.61 (5)	34.17 (7)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Ewa Synowska	POL	2:16.88	29.59 (1)	1:05.88 (3)	1:45.61 (2)	36.29 (3)	39.73 (2)	31.27 (1)	Q
2	–	Silvia Parera	ESP	2:17.97	30.72 (4)	1:05.66 (2)	1:45.36 (1)	34.94 (1)	39.70 (1)	32.61 (2)	q
3	–	Hana Černá	TCH	2:19.93	30.36 (2)	1:05.36 (1)	1:46.43 (3)	35.00 (2)	41.07 (5)	33.50 (3)
4	–	Martina Nemec	AUT	2:22.63	30.38 (3)	1:07.51 (4)	1:48.41 (4)	37.13 (4)	40.90 (4)	34.22 (5)
5	–	Lourdes Becerra	ESP	2:23.51	31.86 (6)	1:09.70 (6)	1:50.00 (5)	37.84 (6)	40.30 (3)	33.51 (4)
6	–	Annette Poulsen	DEN	2:25.67	30.95 (5)	1:08.37 (5)	1:51.39 (6)	37.42 (5)	43.02 (7)	34.28 (6)
7	–	Keren Regal	ISR	2:27.85	32.55 (7)	1:10.53 (7)	1:52.92 (7)	37.98 (7)	42.39 (6)	34.93 (7)

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Nicole Haislett	USA	2:17.40	29.55 (1)	1:05.85 (5)	1:46.20 (6)	36.30 (7)	40.35 (5)	31.20 (1)	q
2	–	Jana Haas	GER	2:17.74	30.04 (4)	1:05.98 (7)	1:45.58 (1)	35.94 (6)	39.60 (2)	32.16 (3)	q
3	–	Jacqui McKenzie	AUS	2:17.82	30.10 (5)	1:05.77 (3)	1:45.71 (3)	35.67 (5)	39.94 (3)	32.11 (2)	q
4	–	Alicja Pęczak	POL	2:17.90	29.93 (3)	1:07.33 (8)	1:45.59 (2)	37.40 (8)	38.26 (1)	32.31 (6)	q
5	–	Hideko Hiranaka	JPN	2:18.13	30.27 (6)	1:05.92 (6)	1:45.95 (4)	35.65 (4)	40.03 (4)	32.18 (4)	q
6	–	Eri Kimura	JPN	2:18.63	30.56 (8)	1:05.81 (4)	1:46.36 (7)	35.25 (3)	40.55 (6)	32.27 (5)	q
7	–	Lara Bianconi	ITA	2:19.40	30.32 (7)	1:04.30 (1)	1:46.50 (8)	33.98 (1)	42.20 (8)	32.90 (7)
8	–	Sharron Davies	GBR	2:19.41	29.65 (2)	1:04.81 (2)	1:46.18 (5)	35.16 (2)	41.37 (7)	33.23 (8)

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Lin Li	CHN	2:15.68	29.53 (2)	1:04.26 (1)	1:42.61 (1)	34.73 (=1)	38.35 (1)	33.07 (4)	Q
2	–	Marianne Limpert	CAN	2:16.84	29.58 (3)	1:04.76 (4)	1:44.70 (3)	35.18 (6)	39.94 (4)	32.14 (1)	Q
3	–	Yelena Dendeberova	EUN	2:17.13	30.58 (5)	1:05.71 (5)	1:44.61 (2)	35.13 (5)	38.90 (2)	32.52 (3)	Q
4	–	Louise Karlsson	SWE	2:18.75	29.15 (1)	1:04.27 (2)	1:44.98 (4)	35.12 (4)	40.71 (5)	33.77 (7)
5	–	Lu Bin	CHN	2:20.12	29.89 (4)	1:04.62 (3)	1:47.74 (6)	34.73 (=1)	43.12 (7)	32.38 (2)
6	–	Lenka Maňhalová	TCH	2:20.52	30.80 (6)	1:07.80 (7)	1:47.34 (5)	37.00 (7)	39.54 (3)	33.18 (5)
7	–	Helen Slatter	GBR	2:22.04	31.10 (7)	1:05.98 (6)	1:48.74 (7)	34.88 (3)	42.76 (6)	33.30 (6)

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Summer Sanders	USA	2:14.68	28.41 (1)	1:03.01 (1)	1:41.88 (1)	34.60 (5)	38.87 (2)	32.80 (7)	Q
2	–	Elli Overton	AUS	2:15.13	29.61 (3)	1:03.93 (3)	1:43.27 (2)	34.32 (3)	39.34 (4)	31.86 (3)	Q
3	–	Daniela Hunger	GER	2:15.16	29.24 (2)	1:03.77 (2)	1:43.97 (3)	34.53 (4)	40.20 (5)	31.19 (1)	Q
4	–	Nancy Sweetnam	CAN	2:17.26	29.90 (5)	1:05.48 (6)	1:44.66 (4)	35.58 (6)	39.18 (3)	32.60 (5)	Q
5	–	Noëmi Lung	ROU	2:18.12	30.38 (6)	1:04.67 (4)	1:45.67 (5)	34.29 (2)	41.00 (7)	32.45 (4)	q
6	–	Céline Bonnet	FRA	2:18.95	31.18 (7)	1:05.39 (5)	1:46.22 (6)	34.21 (1)	40.83 (6)	32.73 (6)
7	–	Mildred Muis	NED	2:19.10	29.68 (4)	1:05.86 (7)	1:47.29 (7)	36.18 (7)	41.43 (8)	31.81 (2)
8	–	Brigitte Becue	BEL	2:21.98	31.78 (8)	1:08.98 (8)	1:47.48 (8)	37.20 (8)	38.50 (1)	34.50 (8)

B Final

Date	30 July 1992 — 19:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Hideko Hiranaka	JPN	2:18.47	30.53 (3)	1:06.11 (5)	1:46.72 (4)	35.58 (7)	40.61 (3)	31.75 (1)
2	–	Silvia Parera	ESP	2:18.53	31.55 (8)	1:06.47 (7)	1:46.13 (1)	34.92 (3)	39.66 (2)	32.40 (7)
3	–	Alicja Pęczak	POL	2:18.55	30.17 (2)	1:07.35 (8)	1:46.57 (2)	37.18 (8)	39.22 (1)	31.98 (2)
4	–	Eri Kimura	JPN	2:18.91	30.79 (5)	1:05.89 (3)	1:46.58 (3)	35.10 (4)	40.69 (4)	32.33 (6)
5	–	Noëmi Lung	ROU	2:18.97	30.69 (4)	1:05.39 (1)	1:46.74 (5)	34.70 (2)	41.35 (8)	32.23 (3)
6	–	Céline Bonnet	FRA	2:19.14	31.44 (7)	1:06.06 (4)	1:46.84 (6)	34.62 (1)	40.78 (6)	32.30 (4)
7	–	Jacqui McKenzie	AUS	2:19.41	30.87 (6)	1:06.37 (6)	1:47.10 (8)	35.50 (=5)	40.73 (5)	32.31 (5)
8	–	Jana Haas	GER	2:20.94	30.07 (1)	1:05.57 (2)	1:46.88 (7)	35.50 (=5)	41.31 (7)	34.06 (8)

Final Round

Date	30 July 1992 — 19:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Lin Li	CHN	2:11.65	28.68 (2)	1:02.05 (1)	1:40.77 (2)	33.37 (1)	38.72 (2)	30.88 (2)	WR
2	–	Summer Sanders	USA	2:11.91	28.27 (1)	1:02.16 (2)	1:40.58 (1)	33.89 (2)	38.42 (1)	31.33 (3)
3	–	Daniela Hunger	GER	2:13.92	29.31 (3)	1:03.44 (3)	1:43.14 (3)	34.13 (4)	39.70 (6)	30.78 (1)
4	–	Yelena Dendeberova	EUN	2:15.47	30.63 (8)	1:04.61 (5)	1:43.40 (5)	33.98 (3)	38.79 (3)	32.07 (5)
5	–	Elli Overton	AUS	2:15.76	29.51 (4)	1:03.81 (4)	1:43.26 (4)	34.30 (5)	39.45 (=4)	32.50 (7)
6	–	Marianne Limpert	CAN	2:17.09	30.14 (7)	1:04.66 (6)	1:45.58 (7)	34.52 (6)	40.92 (8)	31.51 (4)
7	–	Nancy Sweetnam	CAN	2:17.13	29.78 (6)	1:05.14 (7)	1:44.59 (6)	35.36 (7)	39.45 (=4)	32.54 (8)
8	–	Ewa Synowska	POL	2:18.85	29.74 (5)	1:06.43 (8)	1:46.76 (8)	36.69 (8)	40.33 (7)	32.09 (6)