The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Results
Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Kathleen Nord 2:11.81 Q 2 3 Birte Weigang 2:11.97 Q 3 4 Mary T. Meagher 2:12.35 Q 4 4 Conny van Bentum 2:12.41 Q 5 4 Stela Pura 2:12.53 Q 6 2 Kiyomi Takahashi 2:12.68 Q 7 3 Trina Radke 2:12.93 Q 8 3 Wang Xiaohong 2:13.05 Q 9 4 Gabi Reha 2:13.09 q 10 2 Mojca Cater 2:13.21 q 11 3 Ina Beyermann 2:13.56 q 12 4 Svitlana Kopchykova 2:15.26 q 13 4 Takayo Kitano 2:15.41 q 14 2 Mette Jacobsen 2:15.78 q 15 3 Helen Bewley 2:17.10 q 16 4 Lynne Wilson 2:17.28 q 17 4 Donna Procter 2:18.17 18 2 Sandra Neves 2:18.29 19 3 Neviana Miteva 2:18.44 20 3 Kim Soo-jin 2:19.00 21 1 Blanca Morales 2:19.28 22 2 Mo Wanlan 2:19.56 23 1 Marlene Bruten 2:19.68 24 1 Isabelle Arnould 2:20.74 25 3 Claire Supiot 2:21.65 26 1 Chang Hui-chien 2:25.50 27 1 Nguyễn Kiều Oanh 2:33.07 2 Donna McGinnis
Finals
Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 5 Mojca Cater 2:12.66 10 3 Ina Beyermann 2:13.74 11 4 Gabi Reha 2:14.20 12 6 Svitlana Kopchykova 2:14.43 13 7 Mette Jacobsen 2:15.60 14 2 Takayo Kitano 2:15.61 15 1 Helen Bewley 2:17.11 16 8 Lynne Wilson 2:18.66
Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Kathleen Nord 2:09.51 5 Birte Weigang 2:09.91 3 Mary T. Meagher 2:10.80 4 2 Stela Pura 2:11.28 5 1 Trina Radke 2:11.55 6 7 Kiyomi Takahashi 2:11.62 7 8 Wang Xiaohong 2:12.34 8 6 Conny van Bentum 2:13.17
References
External links Official Report USA Swimming