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200 metres Individual Medley, Women

Date	24 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Su-yeong-jang, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants	36 from 24 countries

The 1986 World Champion was Kristin Otto, who won golds in four individual events in Seoul, but skipped this one. In her absence there was no real favorite although in 1988 picking an East German to win was a pretty good bet. And 16-year-old Daniela Hunger came through for the gold medal, winning in 2:12.59, the fifth-fastest time ever, and the fastest in four years, which put her third on the all-time performer list. Hunger also won bronze in the 400 IM in Seoul and in Barcelona, would add a bronze in the 200 IM.

The final was led by American Whitney Hedgepeth at 100 metres, but she flagged badly and would finish last. Silver went to Soviet Yelena Dendeberova, silver medalist at the 1986 Worlds behind Otto. The top American was Mary Wayte, who seemed to have qualified third in prelims, only to be disqualified for an illegal kick on her breaststroke leg.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	Daniela Hunger	GDR	2:16.23 (1 h5)	–	2:12.59 (1)	Gold
2	Yelena Dendeberova	URS	2:15.30 (1 h4)	–	2:13.31 (2)	Silver
3	Noëmi Lung	ROU	2:15.55 (1 h3)	–	2:14.85 (3)	Bronze
4	Jodie Clatworthy	AUS	2:17.29 (2 h3)	–	2:16.31 (4)
5	Marianne Muis	NED	2:16.60 (2 h4)	–	2:16.40 (5)
6	Anca Pătrășcoiu	ROU	2:17.39 (2 h5)	–	2:16.70 (6)
7	Lin Li	CHN	2:17.09 (3 h4)	–	2:17.42 (7)
8	Whitney Hedgepeth	USA	2:17.45 (3 h5)	–	2:17.99 (8)
9	Mildred Muis	NED	2:19.46 (5 h3)	2:17.73 (1)	–
10	Birgit Lohberg-Schulz	FRG	2:17.46 (3 h3)	2:17.85 (2)	–
11	Jean Hill	GBR	2:17.57 (4 h5)	2:19.20 (3)	–
12	Anette Philipsson	SWE	2:18.86 (5 h5)	2:19.35 (4)	–
=13	Roberta Felotti	ITA	2:19.62 (7 h5)	2:19.63 (=5)	–
=13	Anamarija Petričević	YUG	2:19.38 (4 h3)	2:19.63 (=5)	–
15	Yuliya Bogachova	URS	2:19.07 (6 h5)	2:19.91 (7)	–
16	Yoshie Nishioka	JPN	2:20.20 (5 h4)	2:20.43 (8)	–
17	Allison Higson	CAN	2:19.54 (4 h4)	–	–		1
18	Svenja Schlicht	FRG	2:20.31 (8 h5)	–	–
19	Donna Procter	AUS	2:21.79 (1 h2)	–	–
20	Annette Poulsen	DEN	2:21.83 (2 h2)	–	–
21	Silvia Parera	ESP	2:22.20 (6 h4)	–	–
22	Hiroyo Harada	JPN	2:22.59 (3 h2)	–	–
23	Zara Long	GBR	2:22.64 (6 h3)	–	–
24	Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir	ISL	2:22.65 (4 h2)	–	–
25	Manuela Dalla Valle	ITA	2:22.85 (7 h4)	–	–
26	Michelle Smith	IRL	2:25.53 (5 h2)	–	–
27	Marlene Bruten	MEX	2:26.89 (6 h2)	–	–
28	Seto Car-Wai	TPE	2:27.72 (1 h1)	–	–
29	Patricia Kohlmann	MEX	2:29.61 (2 h1)	–	–
30	Valentina Aracil	ARG	2:31.53 (7 h2)	–	–
31	Dipika Chanmugam	SRI	2:33.58 (3 h1)	–	–
32	Annemarie Munk	HKG	2:34.32 (4 h1)	–	–
33	Kim Chen	TPE	2:35.11 (5 h1)	–	–
34	Sharon Pickering	FIJ	2:35.22 (6 h1)	–	–
35	Angela Birch	FIJ	2:39.20 (7 h1)	–	–
DQ	Mary Wayte	USA	– (DQ h3)	–	–
DNS	Tanya Dangalakova	BUL	– (DNS h3)	–	–

Round One (24 September 1988 — 10:00)

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	5	Seto Car-Wai	TPE	32.21 (2) 39.13 (3)	1:11.34 (2) 41.15 (1)	1:52.49 (1) 35.23 (4)	2:27.72
2	4	Patricia Kohlmann	MEX	31.20 (1) 40.07 (6)	1:11.27 (1) 45.26 (3)	1:56.53 (2) 33.08 (1)	2:29.61
3	7	Dipika Chanmugam	SRI	35.03 (7) 38.73 (1)	1:13.76 (6) 43.59 (2)	1:57.35 (3) 36.23 (6)	2:33.58
4	3	Annemarie Munk	HKG	32.90 (3) 40.54 (7)	1:13.44 (5) 46.93 (5)	2:00.37 (5) 33.95 (2)	2:34.32
5	6	Kim Chen	TPE	34.16 (6) 39.67 (4)	1:13.83 (7) 45.62 (4)	1:59.45 (4) 35.66 (5)	2:35.11
6	2	Sharon Pickering	FIJ	33.31 (5) 38.95 (2)	1:12.26 (3) 48.12 (6)	2:00.38 (6) 34.84 (3)	2:35.22
7	1	Angela Birch	FIJ	33.28 (4) 39.99 (5)	1:13.27 (4) 49.47 (7)	2:02.74 (7) 36.46 (7)	2:39.20

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	5	Donna Procter	AUS	31.23 (1) 36.16 (3)	1:07.39 (3) 42.01 (3)	1:49.40 (3) 32.39 (2)	2:21.79
2	2	Annette Poulsen	DEN	31.49 (4) 36.89 (5)	1:08.38 (4) 41.32 (2)	1:49.70 (4) 32.13 (1)	2:21.83
3	3	Hiroyo Harada	JPN	31.45 (3) 35.56 (2)	1:07.01 (1) 42.03 (4)	1:49.04 (2) 33.55 (4)	2:22.59
4	7	Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir	ISL	32.18 (6) 36.70 (4)	1:08.88 (5) 39.69 (1)	1:48.57 (1) 34.08 (5)	2:22.65
5	6	Michelle Smith	IRL	31.64 (5) 35.53 (1)	1:07.17 (2) 44.08 (6)	1:51.25 (5) 34.28 (6)	2:25.53
6	8	Marlene Bruten	MEX	31.32 (2) 37.75 (6)	1:09.07 (6) 45.28 (7)	1:54.35 (6) 32.54 (3)	2:26.89
7	1	Valentina Aracil	ARG	33.06 (7) 40.30 (7)	1:13.36 (7) 43.41 (5)	1:56.77 (7) 34.76 (7)	2:31.53

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Noëmi Lung	ROU	30.32 (2) 33.43 (1)	1:03.75 (1) 40.69 (2)	1:44.44 (1) 31.11 (1)	2:15.55	Q
2	1	Jodie Clatworthy	AUS	30.57 (4) 34.61 (2)	1:05.18 (2) 40.15 (1)	1:45.33 (2) 31.96 (4)	2:17.29	Q
3	2	Birgit Lohberg-Schulz	FRG	29.94 (1) 35.58 (4)	1:05.52 (3) 40.82 (3)	1:46.34 (3) 31.12 (2)	2:17.46	q
4	3	Anamarija Petričević	YUG	31.00 (6) 35.12 (3)	1:06.12 (4) 40.88 (4)	1:47.00 (4) 32.38 (5)	2:19.38	q
5	7	Mildred Muis	NED	30.68 (5) 36.27 (5)	1:06.95 (6) 41.02 (5)	1:47.97 (5) 31.49 (3)	2:19.46	q
6	8	Zara Long	GBR	30.54 (3) 36.34 (6)	1:06.88 (5) 42.55 (6)	1:49.43 (6) 33.21 (6)	2:22.64
DQ	5	Mary Wayte	USA	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–
DNS	6	Tanya Dangalakova	BUL	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Yelena Dendeberova	URS	30.16 (3) 34.74 (3)	1:04.90 (3) 38.10 (1)	1:43.00 (1) 32.30 (2)	2:15.30	Q
2	6	Marianne Muis	NED	29.99 (2) 34.25 (2)	1:04.24 (2) 41.19 (7)	1:45.43 (3) 31.17 (1)	2:16.60	Q
3	2	Lin Li	CHN	29.51 (1) 34.07 (1)	1:03.58 (1) 40.96 (6)	1:44.54 (2) 32.55 (3)	2:17.09	Q
4	3	Allison Higson	CAN	31.04 (5) 37.01 (5)	1:08.05 (5) 38.32 (2)	1:46.37 (4) 33.17 (5)	2:19.54	q
5	8	Yoshie Nishioka	JPN	30.74 (4) 36.61 (4)	1:07.35 (4) 39.29 (4)	1:46.64 (5) 33.56 (6)	2:20.20
6	7	Silvia Parera	ESP	31.43 (7) 38.31 (7)	1:09.74 (7) 39.61 (5)	1:49.35 (7) 32.85 (4)	2:22.20
7	1	Manuela Dalla Valle	ITA	31.22 (6) 38.02 (6)	1:09.24 (6) 38.62 (3)	1:47.86 (6) 34.99 (7)	2:22.85

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Daniela Hunger	GDR	29.39 (1) 34.81 (5)	1:04.20 (3) 40.73 (4)	1:44.93 (2) 31.30 (1)	2:16.23	Q
2	5	Anca Pătrășcoiu	ROU	29.78 (2) 33.67 (2)	1:03.45 (2) 41.74 (6)	1:45.19 (3) 32.20 (2)	2:17.39	Q
3	3	Whitney Hedgepeth	USA	29.98 (3) 32.35 (1)	1:02.33 (1) 42.90 (8)	1:45.23 (4) 32.22 (3)	2:17.45	Q
4	1	Jean Hill	GBR	30.09 (4) 35.45 (7)	1:05.54 (5) 38.27 (1)	1:43.81 (1) 33.76 (8)	2:17.57	q
5	7	Anette Philipsson	SWE	31.31 (8) 34.57 (4)	1:05.88 (6) 40.72 (3)	1:46.60 (6) 32.26 (4)	2:18.86	q
6	2	Yuliya Bogachova	URS	30.71 (6) 36.32 (8)	1:07.03 (8) 39.06 (2)	1:46.09 (5) 32.98 (6)	2:19.07	q
7	8	Roberta Felotti	ITA	31.10 (7) 34.90 (6)	1:06.00 (7) 40.93 (5)	1:46.93 (7) 32.69 (5)	2:19.62	q
8	6	Svenja Schlicht	FRG	30.18 (5) 34.27 (3)	1:04.45 (4) 42.65 (7)	1:47.10 (8) 33.21 (7)	2:20.31

B Final (24 September 1988 — 20:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	7	Mildred Muis	NED	30.31 (2) 35.63 (3)	1:05.94 (2) 40.59 (6)	1:46.53 (3) 31.20 (1)	2:17.73
2	4	Birgit Lohberg-Schulz	FRG	29.87 (1) 35.15 (1)	1:05.02 (1) 41.39 (8)	1:46.41 (2) 31.44 (2)	2:17.85
3	5	Jean Hill	GBR	30.36 (3) 36.25 (7)	1:06.61 (3) 39.57 (2)	1:46.18 (1) 33.02 (6)	2:19.20
4	3	Anette Philipsson	SWE	31.62 (8) 35.23 (2)	1:06.85 (5) 40.35 (4)	1:47.20 (6) 32.15 (5)	2:19.35
=5	1	Roberta Felotti	ITA	31.42 (7) 35.80 (4)	1:07.22 (7) 40.48 (5)	1:47.70 (7) 31.93 (4)	2:19.63
=5	2	Anamarija Petričević	YUG	30.96 (6) 36.09 (6)	1:07.05 (6) 40.66 (7)	1:47.71 (8) 31.92 (3)	2:19.63
7	6	Yuliya Bogachova	URS	30.61 (4) 36.02 (5)	1:06.63 (4) 40.20 (3)	1:46.83 (5) 33.08 (7)	2:19.91
8	8	Yoshie Nishioka	JPN	30.87 (5) 36.72 (8)	1:07.59 (8) 39.07 (1)	1:46.66 (4) 33.77 (8)	2:20.43

Final (24 September 1988 — 20:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	3	Daniela Hunger	GDR	28.97 (1) 34.21 (6)	1:03.18 (2) 38.90 (2)	1:42.08 (2) 30.51 (1)	2:12.59	OR
2	4	Yelena Dendeberova	URS	29.78 (5) 33.77 (=2)	1:03.55 (4) 37.84 (1)	1:41.39 (1) 31.92 (4)	2:13.31
3	5	Noëmi Lung	ROU	30.34 (8) 33.33 (1)	1:03.67 (5) 39.90 (4)	1:43.57 (3) 31.28 (2)	2:14.85
4	7	Jodie Clatworthy	AUS	29.99 (6) 34.84 (8)	1:04.83 (8) 39.48 (3)	1:44.31 (4) 32.00 (5)	2:16.31
5	6	Marianne Muis	NED	30.00 (7) 34.08 (5)	1:04.08 (6) 40.99 (6)	1:45.07 (7) 31.33 (3)	2:16.40
6	1	Anca Pătrășcoiu	ROU	29.51 (4) 33.77 (=2)	1:03.28 (3) 41.18 (7)	1:44.46 (5) 32.24 (7)	2:16.70
7	2	Lin Li	CHN	29.46 (3) 34.70 (7)	1:04.16 (7) 40.88 (5)	1:45.04 (6) 32.38 (8)	2:17.42
8	8	Whitney Hedgepeth	USA	28.98 (2) 33.94 (4)	1:02.92 (1) 43.05 (8)	1:45.97 (8) 32.02 (6)	2:17.99