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200 metres Breaststroke, Women

Date	30 July 1984
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Swim Stadium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Participants	23 from 16 countries

Just before this final, Alex Baumann won the men’s 400 IM, the first gold medal by a Canadian swimmer since 1912. Watching the race, Anne Ottenbrite had tears in her eyes, as she watched her teammate win. Ottenbrite had been placed on the Canadian Olympic squad despite being unable to swim at the Trials because of a recently dislocated kneecap. The favorite in this race, however, was Japan’s Hiroko Nagasaki who had the the best time in the world in 1983, 2:29.81. But she was bothered in LA by knee tendinitis and qualified only fifth. In the final Nagasaki and Ottenbrite went out in the lead, well ahead of Olympic record pace. But neither could maintain that pace, although Ottenbrite held on for the gold medal, coming home in 2:30.38. Nagasaki faded badly on the final lap and finished out of the medals in fourth. The silver went to American Susan Rapp, who came from nowhere in the final 50. She was trailed by the surprising Belgian Ingrid Lempereur, who came into Los Angeles with a PR of only 2:38.06, but improved that to 2:31.40 for the bronze.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	57	Anne Ottenbrite	CAN	2:33.43 (2 h1)	–	2:30.38 (1)	Gold
2	255	Susan Rapp	USA	2:33.46 (2 h2)	–	2:31.15 (2)	Silver
3	29	Ingrid Lempereur	BEL	2:32.46 (1 h1)	–	2:31.40 (3)	Bronze
4	177	Hiroko Nagasaki	JPN	2:34.46 (=1 h3)	–	2:32.93 (4)
5	11	Sharon Kellett	AUS	2:33.23 (1 h2)	–	2:33.60 (5)
6	95	Ute Hasse	FRG	2:34.46 (=1 h3)	–	2:33.82 (6)
7	108	Suki Brownsdon	GBR	2:35.54 (3 h2)	–	2:35.07 (7)
8	256	Kim Rhodenbaugh	USA	2:35.54 (3 h3)	–	2:35.51 (8)
9	160	Manuela Dalla Valle	ITA	2:35.75 (4 h3)	2:36.23 (1)	–
10	145	Petra van Staveren	NED	2:37.20 (5 h1)	2:36.32 (2)	–
11	157	Laura Belotti	ITA	2:35.99 (4 h2)	2:36.49 (3)	–
12	51	Mary Lubawski	CAN	2:36.65 (4 h1)	2:36.55 (4)	–
13	2	Alicia María Boscatto	ARG	2:36.38 (3 h1)	2:36.96 (5)	–
14	228	Annelie Holmström	SWE	2:37.21 (5 h2)	2:37.62 (6)	–
15	125	Gaynor Stanley	GBR	2:38.54 (6 h2)	2:39.32 (7)	–
16	10	Dimity Douglas	AUS	2:38.47 (5 h3)	2:39.33 (8)	–
17	191	Sara Guido	MEX	2:38.87 (6 h3)	–	–
18	138	Petra Hillenius	NED	2:41.57 (7 h3)	–	–
19	–	Kaori Iwasaki	JPN	2:42.69 (6 h1)	–	–
20	–	Guðrún Ágústsdóttir	ISL	2:44.85 (7 h2)	–	–
21	241	Rosa María Silva	URU	2:50.01 (8 h3)	–	–
22	131	Chow Lai Yee	HKG	2:50.45 (7 h1)	–	–
23	149	Isabel Lardizábal	HON	3:04.26 (8 h2)	–	–

Round One

Date	30 July 1984 — 10:00
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	2	Ingrid Lempereur	BEL	2:32.46	Q
2	6	Sharon Kellett	AUS	2:33.23	Q
3	4	Anne Ottenbrite	CAN	2:33.43	Q
4	4	Susan Rapp	USA	2:33.46	Q
=5	4	Hiroko Nagasaki	JPN	2:34.46	Q
=5	5	Ute Hasse	FRG	2:34.46	Q
=7	3	Suki Brownsdon	GBR	2:35.54	Q
=7	3	Kim Rhodenbaugh	USA	2:35.54	Q
9	6	Manuela Dalla Valle	ITA	2:35.75	q
10	5	Laura Belotti	ITA	2:35.99	q
11	3	Alicia María Boscatto	ARG	2:36.38	q
12	5	Mary Lubawski	CAN	2:36.65	q
13	6	Petra van Staveren	NED	2:37.20	q
14	2	Annelie Holmström	SWE	2:37.21	q
15	2	Dimity Douglas	AUS	2:38.47	q
16	7	Gaynor Stanley	GBR	2:38.54	q
17	1	Sara Guido	MEX	2:38.87
18	7	Petra Hillenius	NED	2:41.57
19	7	Kaori Iwasaki	JPN	2:42.69
20	1	Guðrún Ágústsdóttir	ISL	2:44.85
21	8	Rosa María Silva	URU	2:50.01
22	1	Chow Lai Yee	HKG	2:50.45
23	8	Isabel Lardizábal	HON	3:04.26

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	2	Ingrid Lempereur	BEL	2:32.46	36.01 (4)	1:14.91 (2)	1:54.40 (2)	38.90 (2)	39.49 (1)	38.06 (1)	Q
2	4	Anne Ottenbrite	CAN	2:33.43	35.30 (1)	1:13.66 (1)	1:53.62 (1)	38.36 (1)	39.96 (2)	39.81 (4)	Q
3	3	Alicia María Boscatto	ARG	2:36.38	35.58 (2)	1:15.19 (3)	1:55.46 (3)	39.61 (3)	40.27 (3)	40.92 (5)	q
4	5	Mary Lubawski	CAN	2:36.65	36.51 (6)	1:16.59 (4)	1:56.93 (4)	40.08 (4)	40.34 (4)	39.72 (3)	q
5	6	Petra van Staveren	NED	2:37.20	36.22 (5)	1:16.68 (5)	1:57.52 (5)	40.46 (5)	40.84 (5)	39.68 (2)	q
6	7	Kaori Iwasaki	JPN	2:42.69	35.83 (3)	1:16.69 (6)	2:00.17 (6)	40.86 (6)	43.48 (6)	42.52 (6)
7	1	Chow Lai Yee	HKG	2:50.45	36.83 (7)	1:19.53 (7)	2:04.98 (7)	42.70 (7)	45.45 (7)	45.47 (7)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	6	Sharon Kellett	AUS	2:33.23	35.82 (5)	1:14.58 (3)	1:53.95 (2)	38.76 (1)	39.37 (1)	39.28 (1)	Q
2	4	Susan Rapp	USA	2:33.46	34.96 (1)	1:13.78 (1)	1:53.53 (1)	38.82 (2)	39.75 (2)	39.93 (2)	Q
3	3	Suki Brownsdon	GBR	2:35.54	35.01 (2)	1:14.49 (2)	1:55.03 (3)	39.48 (3)	40.54 (3)	40.51 (4)	Q
4	5	Laura Belotti	ITA	2:35.99	35.81 (4)	1:15.35 (5)	1:56.03 (4)	39.54 (4)	40.68 (4)	39.96 (3)	q
5	2	Annelie Holmström	SWE	2:37.21	35.43 (3)	1:15.32 (4)	1:56.16 (5)	39.89 (5)	40.84 (5)	41.05 (6)	q
6	7	Gaynor Stanley	GBR	2:38.54	36.38 (6)	1:16.44 (6)	1:57.64 (6)	40.06 (6)	41.20 (6)	40.90 (5)	q
7	1	Guðrún Ágústsdóttir	ISL	2:44.85	36.98 (7)	1:18.07 (7)	2:01.44 (7)	41.09 (7)	43.37 (7)	43.41 (7)
8	8	Isabel Lardizábal	HON	3:04.26	39.99 (8)	1:25.93 (8)	2:15.01 (8)	45.94 (8)	49.08 (8)	49.25 (8)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
=1	4	Hiroko Nagasaki	JPN	2:34.46	34.55 (3)	1:13.57 (2)	1:54.25 (3)	39.02 (2)	40.68 (4)	40.21 (1)	Q
=1	5	Ute Hasse	FRG	2:34.46	34.47 (2)	1:13.80 (3)	1:54.23 (2)	39.33 (4)	40.43 (3)	40.23 (2)	Q
3	3	Kim Rhodenbaugh	USA	2:35.54	35.00 (4)	1:14.29 (4)	1:54.61 (4)	39.29 (3)	40.32 (1)	40.93 (3)	Q
4	6	Manuela Dalla Valle	ITA	2:35.75	34.46 (1)	1:12.84 (1)	1:53.23 (1)	38.38 (1)	40.39 (2)	42.52 (6)	q
5	2	Dimity Douglas	AUS	2:38.47	35.65 (6)	1:15.81 (5)	1:57.16 (5)	40.16 (5)	41.35 (6)	41.31 (5)	q
6	1	Sara Guido	MEX	2:38.87	36.10 (7)	1:16.44 (6)	1:57.58 (6)	40.34 (6)	41.14 (5)	41.29 (4)
7	7	Petra Hillenius	NED	2:41.57	35.58 (5)	1:16.52 (7)	1:58.98 (7)	40.94 (7)	42.46 (7)	42.59 (7)
8	8	Rosa María Silva	URU	2:50.01	37.31 (8)	1:19.51 (8)	2:03.84 (8)	42.20 (8)	44.33 (8)	46.17 (8)

B Final

Date	30 July 1984 — 17:18

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Manuela Dalla Valle	ITA	2:36.23	36.74 (8)	1:17.31 (8)	1:56.44 (2)	40.57 (=6)	39.13 (1)	39.79 (=2)
2	2	Petra van Staveren	NED	2:36.32	35.27 (1)	1:15.72 (2)	1:56.53 (3)	40.45 (4)	40.81 (5)	39.79 (=2)
3	5	Laura Belotti	ITA	2:36.49	36.24 (4)	1:16.37 (4)	1:56.81 (6)	40.13 (3)	40.44 (3)	39.68 (1)
4	6	Mary Lubawski	CAN	2:36.55	36.37 (7)	1:16.42 (5)	1:56.64 (4)	40.05 (2)	40.22 (2)	39.91 (4)
5	3	Alicia María Boscatto	ARG	2:36.96	35.42 (3)	1:14.30 (1)	1:55.41 (1)	38.88 (1)	41.11 (6)	41.55 (8)
6	7	Annelie Holmström	SWE	2:37.62	35.38 (2)	1:15.95 (3)	1:56.74 (5)	40.57 (=6)	40.79 (4)	40.88 (6)
7	8	Gaynor Stanley	GBR	2:39.32	36.36 (6)	1:16.92 (6)	1:58.08 (7)	40.56 (5)	41.16 (7)	41.24 (7)
8	1	Dimity Douglas	AUS	2:39.33	36.32 (5)	1:17.18 (7)	1:58.71 (8)	40.86 (8)	41.53 (8)	40.62 (5)

Final Round

Date	30 July 1984 — 17:10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	3	Anne Ottenbrite	CAN	2:30.38	34.62 (2)	1:12.20 (1)	1:51.50 (1)	37.58 (1)	39.30 (4)	38.88 (3)
2	6	Susan Rapp	USA	2:31.15	35.74 (6)	1:14.54 (=3)	1:53.12 (3)	38.80 (3)	38.58 (2)	38.03 (2)
3	4	Ingrid Lempereur	BEL	2:31.40	35.88 (7)	1:14.99 (6)	1:53.59 (5)	39.11 (5)	38.60 (3)	37.81 (1)
4	2	Hiroko Nagasaki	JPN	2:32.93	34.03 (1)	1:12.29 (2)	1:51.68 (2)	38.26 (2)	39.39 (5)	41.25 (8)
5	5	Sharon Kellett	AUS	2:33.60	36.20 (8)	1:15.14 (8)	1:53.57 (4)	38.94 (4)	38.43 (1)	40.03 (6)
6	7	Ute Hasse	FRG	2:33.82	34.98 (3)	1:14.77 (5)	1:54.50 (6)	39.79 (8)	39.73 (6)	39.32 (4)
7	1	Suki Brownsdon	GBR	2:35.07	35.45 (5)	1:15.09 (7)	1:55.34 (8)	39.64 (7)	40.25 (8)	39.73 (5)
8	8	Kim Rhodenbaugh	USA	2:35.51	35.20 (4)	1:14.54 (=3)	1:54.66 (7)	39.34 (6)	40.12 (7)	40.85 (7)