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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	Swimmer	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	Anne Ottenbrite	CAN	2:33.43 (2 h1)	–	2:30.38 (1)	Gold
2	Susan Rapp	USA	2:33.46 (2 h2)	–	2:31.15 (2)	Silver
3	Ingrid Lempereur	BEL	2:32.46 (1 h1)	–	2:31.40 (3)	Bronze
4	Hiroko Nagasaki	JPN	2:34.46 (=1 h3)	–	2:32.93 (4)
5	Sharon Kellett	AUS	2:33.23 (1 h2)	–	2:33.60 (5)
6	Ute Hasse	FRG	2:34.46 (=1 h3)	–	2:33.82 (6)
7	Suki Brownsdon	GBR	2:35.54 (3 h2)	–	2:35.07 (7)
8	Kim Rhodenbaugh	USA	2:35.54 (3 h3)	–	2:35.51 (8)
9	Manuela Dalla Valle	ITA	2:35.75 (4 h3)	2:36.23 (1)	–
10	Petra van Staveren	NED	2:37.20 (5 h1)	2:36.32 (2)	–
11	Laura Belotti	ITA	2:35.99 (4 h2)	2:36.49 (3)	–
12	Mary Lubawski	CAN	2:36.65 (4 h1)	2:36.55 (4)	–
13	Alicia María Boscatto	ARG	2:36.38 (3 h1)	2:36.96 (5)	–
14	Annelie Holmström	SWE	2:37.21 (5 h2)	2:37.62 (6)	–
15	Gaynor Stanley	GBR	2:38.54 (6 h2)	2:39.32 (7)	–
16	Dimity Douglas	AUS	2:38.47 (5 h3)	2:39.33 (8)	–
17	Sara Guido	MEX	2:38.87 (6 h3)	–	–
18	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	Rosa María Silva	URU	2:50.01 (8 h3)	–	–
22	Chow Lai Yee	HKG	2:50.45 (7 h1)	–	–
23	Isabel Lardizábal	HON	3:04.26 (8 h2)	–	–

Round One (30 July 1984 — 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	2	Ingrid Lempereur	BEL	36.01 (4) 38.90 (2)	1:14.91 (2) 39.49 (1)	1:54.40 (2) 38.06 (1)	2:32.46	Q
2	4	Anne Ottenbrite	CAN	35.30 (1) 38.36 (1)	1:13.66 (1) 39.96 (2)	1:53.62 (1) 39.81 (4)	2:33.43	Q
3	3	Alicia María Boscatto	ARG	35.58 (2) 39.61 (3)	1:15.19 (3) 40.27 (3)	1:55.46 (3) 40.92 (5)	2:36.38	q
4	5	Mary Lubawski	CAN	36.51 (6) 40.08 (4)	1:16.59 (4) 40.34 (4)	1:56.93 (4) 39.72 (3)	2:36.65	q
5	6	Petra van Staveren	NED	36.22 (5) 40.46 (5)	1:16.68 (5) 40.84 (5)	1:57.52 (5) 39.68 (2)	2:37.20	q
6	7	Kaori Iwasaki	JPN	35.83 (3) 40.86 (6)	1:16.69 (6) 43.48 (6)	2:00.17 (6) 42.52 (6)	2:42.69
7	1	Chow Lai Yee	HKG	36.83 (7) 42.70 (7)	1:19.53 (7) 45.45 (7)	2:04.98 (7) 45.47 (7)	2:50.45

Heat Two

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

Heat Three

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

B Final (30 July 1984 — 17:18)

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

Final (30 July 1984 — 17:10)

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