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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle

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The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States. This race was one of the exciting swimming events where athletes from around the world competed to be the fastest. Swimming in a pool that is 200 metres long, the competitors raced in a straight line to the finish. The Georgia Tech Aquatic Center was a special place built just for these Olympic games, and many young fans watched with excitement to see who would win.

Records

Before this swimming event, there were already some very fast times recorded in swimming history. These fast times were known as world records and Olympic records. The world records were the fastest times ever swum anywhere in the world, while Olympic records were the fastest times swum during Olympic Games. These records were the benchmarks that swimmers aimed to beat in the competition.

Results

The women's 200 metre freestyle swimming event at the 1996 Summer Olympics happened on July 21 at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States. Swimmers competed in heats to decide who would move on to the finals.

The eight fastest swimmers from the heats advanced to Final A, while the next eight went to Final B. The results of these finals are shown in the tables below.

RankLaneNameNationalityTime
94Martina Moravcová Slovakia2:00.96
105Suzu Chiba Japan2:01.00
113Louise Jöhncke Sweden2:01.37
127Solenne Figuès France2:01.47
136Karen Pickering Great Britain2:02.58
141Antonia Machaira Greece2:03.19
152Dionne Bainbridge New Zealand2:03.20
168Joanne Malar Canada2:03.79

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