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200 metres Freestyle, Women

Date	30 July 1984
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Swim Stadium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Participants	36 from 25 countries

At the beginning of 1984 the world record was held by American Sippy Woodhead, who had set three world marks back in 1978-79. She had been World Swimmer of the Year in 1979 and was crushed by not being able to compete in Moscow. Now an ancient 20-year-old, for a world-class swimmer in that era, Woodhead was nowhere near the swimmer she had been in the late 70s, but she made the US team. Just prior to the Los Angeles, her world record was broken by Kristin Otto at the East German trials, who could not be there because of the Soviet-led boycott. Woodhead had won the US Trials, leading home Mary Wayte, but in Los Angeles Wayte was the one winning, coming to the wall in 1:59.23, with Woodhead taking silver. Woodhead’s time of 1:59.50 was her best in three years. A few weeks later Otto won this event at the Friendship Games, but her time was a surprisingly slow 1:59.48.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	Mary Wayte	USA	2:00.69 (1 h3)	–	1:59.23 (1)	Gold
2	Sippy Woodhead	USA	2:00.85 (1 h4)	–	1:59.50 (2)	Silver
3	Annemarie Verstappen	NED	2:01.61 (1 h1)	–	1:59.69 (3)	Bronze
4	Michele Pearson	AUS	2:01.49 (2 h3)	–	1:59.79 (4)
5	Conny van Bentum	NED	2:01.52 (1 h2)	–	2:00.59 (5)
6	June Croft	GBR	2:01.05 (1 h5)	–	2:00.64 (6)
7	Ina Beyermann	FRG	2:02.42 (2 h5)	–	2:01.89 (7)
8	Anna McVann	AUS	2:03.14 (3 h3)	–	2:02.87 (8)
9	Silvia Persi	ITA	2:03.98 (2 h2)	2:03.17 (1)	–
10	Iris Zscherpe	FRG	2:03.95 (4 h3)	2:03.42 (2)	–
11	Julie Daigneault	CAN	2:03.40 (3 h5)	2:03.67 (3)	–
12	Ann Linder	SWE	2:04.60 (2 h1)	2:03.85 (4)	–
13	Chikako Nakamori	JPN	2:03.94 (2 h4)	2:04.11 (5)	–
14	Jane Kerr	CAN	2:04.02 (3 h4)	2:04.19 (6)	–
15	Annabelle Cripps	GBR	2:04.44 (3 h2)	2:04.90 (7)	–
16	Kaori Yanase	JPN	2:04.38 (4 h4)	2:05.24 (8)	–
17	Carla Lasi	ITA	2:05.86 (4 h2)	–	–
18	Lisa Ann Wen	TPE	2:06.01 (5 h2)	–	–
19	Laurence Bensimon	FRA	2:06.61 (3 h1)	–	–
20	Carol-Ann Heavey	IRL	2:07.75 (6 h2)	–	–
21	Patricia Kohlmann	MEX	2:08.15 (4 h5)	–	–
22	Sandra Crousse	PER	2:09.42 (5 h5)	–	–
23	Sofia Dara	GRE	2:09.52 (4 h1)	–	–
24	Irma Huerta	MEX	2:09.79 (5 h4)	–	–
25	Christine Jacob	PHI	2:12.17 (6 h4)	–	–
26	Hadar Rubinstein	ISR	2:12.32 (5 h3)	–	–
27	Virginia Sachero	ARG	2:13.41 (6 h3)	–	–
28	Chang Hui-Chien	TPE	2:13.67 (6 h5)	–	–
29	Kim Jin-Suk	KOR	2:13.76 (5 h1)	–	–
30	Fenella Ng	HKG	2:13.94 (6 h1)	–	–
31	Karen Slowing-Aceituno	GUA	2:14.39 (7 h2)	–	–
32	Blanca Morales	GUA	2:14.79 (7 h4)	–	–
33	Sherwite Hafez	EGY	2:16.11 (7 h3)	–	–
34	Daniela Galassi	SMR	2:19.22 (7 h1)	–	–
35	Sharon Pickering	FIJ	2:19.31 (7 h5)	–	–
36	María Lardizábal	HON	2:28.25 (8 h3)	–	–
DNS	Maria Kardum	SWE	– (DNS h5)	–	–
DNS	Faten Ghattas	TUN	– (DNS h4)	–	–

Round One (30 July 1984 — 9:00)

Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Annemarie Verstappen	NED	28.44 (1) 30.44 (1)	58.88 (1) 31.33 (1)	1:30.21 (1) 31.40 (1)	2:01.61	Q
2	5	Ann Linder	SWE	28.84 (2) 30.53 (2)	59.37 (2) 32.44 (3)	1:31.81 (2) 32.79 (3)	2:04.60	q
3	3	Laurence Bensimon	FRA	30.32 (4) 31.34 (3)	1:01.66 (4) 32.41 (2)	1:34.07 (3) 32.54 (2)	2:06.61
4	6	Sofia Dara	GRE	29.18 (3) 32.12 (4)	1:01.30 (3) 34.03 (4)	1:35.33 (4) 34.19 (5)	2:09.52
5	7	Kim Jin-Suk	KOR	30.52 (5) 33.85 (6)	1:04.37 (6) 35.67 (=6)	1:40.04 (6) 33.72 (4)	2:13.76
6	2	Fenella Ng	HKG	30.86 (6) 33.20 (5)	1:04.06 (5) 35.24 (5)	1:39.30 (5) 34.64 (6)	2:13.94
7	1	Daniela Galassi	SMR	32.59 (7) 35.34 (7)	1:07.93 (7) 35.67 (=6)	1:43.60 (7) 35.62 (7)	2:19.22

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Conny van Bentum	NED	28.94 (1) 30.93 (1)	59.87 (1) 31.32 (1)	1:31.19 (1) 30.33 (1)	2:01.52	Q
2	3	Silvia Persi	ITA	29.61 (3) 31.63 (3)	1:01.24 (3) 31.84 (2)	1:33.08 (3) 30.90 (2)	2:03.98	q
3	5	Annabelle Cripps	GBR	29.51 (2) 31.55 (2)	1:01.06 (2) 31.90 (3)	1:32.96 (2) 31.48 (4)	2:04.44	q
4	6	Carla Lasi	ITA	30.44 (6) 31.66 (4)	1:02.10 (6) 32.73 (6)	1:34.83 (6) 31.03 (3)	2:05.86
5	7	Lisa Ann Wen	TPE	30.12 (5) 31.88 (6)	1:02.00 (5) 32.21 (4)	1:34.21 (4) 31.80 (5)	2:06.01
6	2	Carol-Ann Heavey	IRL	29.93 (4) 31.69 (5)	1:01.62 (4) 32.70 (5)	1:34.32 (5) 33.43 (6)	2:07.75
7	1	Karen Slowing-Aceituno	GUA	30.85 (7) 33.55 (7)	1:04.40 (7) 35.29 (7)	1:39.69 (7) 34.70 (7)	2:14.39

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Mary Wayte	USA	28.63 (1) 30.57 (1)	59.20 (1) 30.91 (1)	1:30.11 (1) 30.58 (2)	2:00.69	Q
2	5	Michele Pearson	AUS	28.90 (2) 31.05 (2)	59.95 (2) 30.97 (2)	1:30.92 (2) 30.57 (1)	2:01.49	Q
3	3	Anna McVann	AUS	29.95 (4) 31.56 (4)	1:01.51 (4) 31.03 (3)	1:32.54 (3) 30.60 (3)	2:03.14	Q
4	6	Iris Zscherpe	FRG	29.09 (3) 31.46 (3)	1:00.55 (3) 32.36 (4)	1:32.91 (4) 31.04 (4)	2:03.95	q
5	7	Hadar Rubinstein	ISR	30.23 (5) 33.03 (6)	1:03.26 (6) 34.66 (6)	1:37.92 (6) 34.40 (5)	2:12.32
6	2	Virginia Sachero	ARG	30.46 (6) 32.58 (5)	1:03.04 (5) 34.61 (5)	1:37.65 (5) 35.76 (7)	2:13.41
7	1	Sherwite Hafez	EGY	31.60 (7) 33.93 (7)	1:05.53 (7) 35.55 (7)	1:41.08 (7) 35.03 (6)	2:16.11
8	8	María Lardizábal	HON	32.60 (8) 37.19 (8)	1:09.79 (8) 39.60 (8)	1:49.39 (8) 38.86 (8)	2:28.25

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Sippy Woodhead	USA	28.77 (1) 30.43 (1)	59.20 (1) 31.03 (1)	1:30.23 (1) 30.62 (1)	2:00.85	Q
2	6	Chikako Nakamori	JPN	29.31 (4) 31.48 (4)	1:00.79 (4) 32.32 (4)	1:33.11 (4) 30.83 (2)	2:03.94	q
3	3	Jane Kerr	CAN	29.14 (2) 31.42 (3)	1:00.56 (3) 31.78 (2)	1:32.34 (2) 31.68 (4)	2:04.02	q
4	5	Kaori Yanase	JPN	29.15 (3) 31.34 (2)	1:00.49 (2) 32.26 (3)	1:32.75 (3) 31.63 (3)	2:04.38	q
5	2	Irma Huerta	MEX	29.95 (5) 32.31 (5)	1:02.26 (5) 34.13 (6)	1:36.39 (5) 33.40 (5)	2:09.79
6	1	Christine Jacob	PHI	31.17 (=6) 33.74 (6)	1:04.91 (6) 33.78 (5)	1:38.69 (6) 33.48 (6)	2:12.17
7	8	Blanca Morales	GUA	31.17 (=6) 34.12 (7)	1:05.29 (7) 35.19 (7)	1:40.48 (7) 34.31 (7)	2:14.79
DNS	7	Faten Ghattas	TUN	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	June Croft	GBR	29.39 (1) 30.87 (1)	1:00.26 (1) 30.63 (1)	1:30.89 (1) 30.16 (2)	2:01.05	Q
2	5	Ina Beyermann	FRG	29.44 (2) 31.33 (3)	1:00.77 (2) 31.50 (3)	1:32.27 (3) 30.15 (1)	2:02.42	Q
3	3	Julie Daigneault	CAN	29.92 (4) 31.22 (2)	1:01.14 (3) 31.07 (2)	1:32.21 (2) 31.19 (3)	2:03.40	q
4	2	Patricia Kohlmann	MEX	29.62 (3) 32.04 (4)	1:01.66 (4) 33.67 (4)	1:35.33 (4) 32.82 (=4)	2:08.15
5	7	Sandra Crousse	PER	30.47 (5) 32.44 (5)	1:02.91 (5) 33.69 (5)	1:36.60 (5) 32.82 (=4)	2:09.42
6	1	Chang Hui-Chien	TPE	30.81 (6) 33.55 (6)	1:04.36 (6) 35.05 (6)	1:39.41 (6) 34.26 (6)	2:13.67
7	8	Sharon Pickering	FIJ	31.98 (7) 34.93 (7)	1:06.91 (7) 36.52 (7)	1:43.43 (7) 35.88 (7)	2:19.31
DNS	6	Maria Kardum	SWE	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

B Final (30 July 1984 — 16:35)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	6	Silvia Persi	ITA	29.71 (5) 31.12 (2)	1:00.83 (3) 31.40 (2)	1:32.23 (1) 30.94 (=3)	2:03.17
2	3	Iris Zscherpe	FRG	29.58 (4) 31.41 (5)	1:00.99 (5) 31.78 (4)	1:32.77 (5) 30.65 (1)	2:03.42
3	4	Julie Daigneault	CAN	30.01 (8) 31.55 (7)	1:01.56 (8) 31.31 (1)	1:32.87 (6) 30.80 (2)	2:03.67
4	8	Ann Linder	SWE	29.72 (6) 31.31 (4)	1:01.03 (6) 31.64 (3)	1:32.67 (4) 31.18 (5)	2:03.85
5	5	Chikako Nakamori	JPN	29.76 (7) 31.61 (8)	1:01.37 (7) 31.80 (5)	1:33.17 (7) 30.94 (=3)	2:04.11
6	2	Jane Kerr	CAN	29.37 (2) 31.23 (3)	1:00.60 (2) 32.04 (6)	1:32.64 (3) 31.55 (6)	2:04.19
7	1	Annabelle Cripps	GBR	29.17 (1) 31.01 (1)	1:00.18 (1) 32.44 (7)	1:32.62 (2) 32.28 (8)	2:04.90
8	7	Kaori Yanase	JPN	29.53 (3) 31.45 (6)	1:00.98 (4) 32.54 (8)	1:33.52 (8) 31.72 (7)	2:05.24

Final (30 July 1984 — 16:25)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Mary Wayte	USA	28.72 (5) 29.96 (2)	58.68 (2) 30.20 (1)	1:28.88 (2) 30.35 (4)	1:59.23
2	5	Sippy Woodhead	USA	28.40 (1) 29.68 (1)	58.08 (1) 30.52 (3)	1:28.60 (1) 30.90 (8)	1:59.50
3	7	Annemarie Verstappen	NED	28.43 (2) 30.27 (3)	58.70 (3) 30.87 (=4)	1:29.57 (4) 30.12 (2)	1:59.69
4	6	Michele Pearson	AUS	28.52 (3) 30.51 (4)	59.03 (4) 30.50 (2)	1:29.53 (3) 30.26 (3)	1:59.79
5	2	Conny van Bentum	NED	28.65 (4) 30.87 (7)	59.52 (6) 31.34 (7)	1:30.86 (6) 29.73 (1)	2:00.59
6	3	June Croft	GBR	28.81 (6) 30.52 (5)	59.33 (5) 30.87 (=4)	1:30.20 (5) 30.44 (5)	2:00.64
7	1	Ina Beyermann	FRG	29.15 (7) 30.73 (6)	59.88 (7) 31.51 (8)	1:31.39 (7) 30.50 (6)	2:01.89
8	8	Anna McVann	AUS	29.69 (8) 31.67 (8)	1:01.36 (8) 30.98 (6)	1:32.34 (8) 30.53 (7)	2:02.87