Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke

Swimming events at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

The Women's 200 Backstroke event at the 1988 Olympic Games took place September 25, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. It was one of 15 Swimming events for females at the Games. All Swimming events at the Olympics are contested in a long course (50m) pool.

Medalists

GoldKrisztina Egerszegi
 Hungary
SilverKatrin Zimmermann
 East Germany
BronzeCornelia Sirch
 East Germany

Results

Finals

A Final

Place Athlete Country Time Notes
Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary 2:09.29 OR
Katrin Zimmermann  East Germany 2:10.61
Cornelia Sirch  East Germany 2:11.45
4 Beth Barr  United States 2:12.39
5 Nicole Livingstone  Australia 2:13.43
6 Andrea Hayes  United States 2:15.02
7 Jolanda de Rover  Netherlands 2:15.17
8 Svenja Schlicht  West Germany 2:15.94

B Final

Place Athlete Country Time Notes
9 Aneta Patrascoiu  Romania 2:15.75
10 Sharon Musson  New Zealand 2:16.06
11 Lin Li  China 2:16.68
12 Katharine Read  Great Britain 2:18.20
13 Lorenza Vigarani  Italy 2:18.69
14 Karen Lord  Australia 2:18.78
14 Satoko Morishita  Japan 2:18.78
16 Johanna Larsson  Sweden DQ

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

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