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200 metres Breaststroke, Women

Date	27 July 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Participants	39 from 28 countries

At the US Olympic Trials Anita Nall had broken the world record in both the prelims and the final, and came to Barcelona as a slight favorite in an event that was relatively wide-open. In the final in Barcelona she led at the start, had a bodylength by 50 metres, and still had one second on the field at 150 metres. But then Japan’s Kyoko Iwasaki closed quickly, passing Nall near the wall and winning the gold medal. Iwasaki had only turned 14 a few days before this event started. Nall was also passed for silver by China’s Lin Li. Lin won two other individual medals in Barcelona in the IMs, with silver in the longer race, and gold in the 200. Iwasaki became the youngest swimming gold medalist in Olympic history, a mark that still stands through 2008.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	Kyoko Iwasaki	JPN	2:27.78 (2 h5)	–	2:26.65 (1)	Gold
2	Lin Li	CHN	2:29.99 (5 h5)	–	2:26.85 (2)	Silver
3	Anita Nall	USA	2:27.77 (1 h5)	–	2:26.88 (3)	Bronze
4	Alena Rudkouskaya	EUN	2:28.24 (1 h3)	–	2:28.47 (4)
5	Guylaine Cloutier	CAN	2:29.01 (3 h5)	–	2:29.88 (5)
6	Nathalie Giguère	CAN	2:29.71 (4 h5)	–	2:30.11 (6)
7	Manuela Dalla Valle	ITA	2:30.75 (2 h3)	–	2:31.21 (7)
8	Alicja Pęczak	POL	2:30.78 (1 h4)	–	2:31.76 (8)
9	Gabriella Csépe	HUN	2:32.04 (6 h5)	2:31.15 (1)	–
10	Daniela Brendel	GER	2:32.09 (3 h4)	2:32.05 (2)	–
11	Audrey Guérit	FRA	2:32.33 (4 h4)	2:32.10 (3)	–
12	Sam Riley	AUS	2:32.09 (3 h3)	2:32.63 (4)	–
13	Kyoko Kasuya	JPN	2:32.55 (5 h3)	2:32.97 (5)	–
14	Jill Johnson	USA	2:30.80 (2 h4)	2:33.89 (6)	–
15	Magdalena Kupiec	POL	2:33.92 (6 h3)	2:35.74 (7)	–
16	Yelena Volkova	EUN	2:32.39 (4 h3)	2:37.65 (8)	–
17	Brigitte Becue	BEL	2:34.11 (7 h3)	–	–
18	Jana Dörries	GER	2:34.58 (8 h3)	–	–
19	Linley Frame	AUS	2:34.73 (5 h4)	–	–
20	Beatrice Coadă	ROU	2:34.97 (6 h4)	–	–
=21	Britta Vestergaard	DEN	2:35.28 (1 h2)	–	–
=21	Suki Brownsdon	GBR	2:35.28 (7 h4)	–	–
23	Park Mi-Yeong	KOR	2:35.33 (8 h4)	–	–
24	Elena Donati	ITA	2:36.42 (7 h5)	–	–
25	Martina Nemec	AUT	2:36.65 (1 h1)	–	–
26	Kira Bulten	NED	2:37.09 (2 h2)	–	–
27	Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir	ISL	2:37.42 (3 h2)	–	–
28	Lourdes Becerra	ESP	2:37.69 (4 h2)	–	–
29	Lu Di	CHN	2:38.63 (8 h5)	–	–
30	Sornsawan Phuvichit	THA	2:41.20 (5 h2)	–	–
31	Martine Janssen	NED	2:41.48 (6 h2)	–	–
32	Jenny Smatt	BER	2:42.25 (2 h1)	–	–
33	Jaime King	GBR	2:44.49 (7 h2)	–	–
34	Penny Heyns	RSA	2:45.04 (8 h2)	–	–
35	Priscilla Madero	ECU	2:46.79 (3 h1)	–	–
36	Barbara Pexa	GUM	2:47.27 (4 h1)	–	–
37	Claudia Velásquez	PER	2:47.31 (5 h1)	–	–
38	Nguyễn Thị Phương	VIE	2:57.71 (6 h1)	–	–
39	Elke Talma	SEY	3:12.13 (7 h1)	–	–
DNS	Vola Hanta Ratsifa Andrihamanana	MAD	– (DNS h1)	–	–

Round One (27 July 1992 — 11:30)

Fastest eight advanced to the final. Swimmers placing 9th-16th advanced to the B Final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Martina Nemec	AUT	35.56 (1) 40.03 (1)	1:15.59 (1) 40.95 (1)	1:56.54 (1) 40.11 (1)	2:36.65
2	5	Jenny Smatt	BER	35.71 (2) 40.26 (2)	1:15.97 (2) 42.11 (2)	1:58.08 (2) 44.17 (5)	2:42.25
3	2	Priscilla Madero	ECU	37.44 (3) 42.64 (4)	1:20.08 (3) 42.58 (4)	2:02.66 (3) 44.13 (4)	2:46.79
4	3	Barbara Pexa	GUM	37.76 (4) 42.92 (5)	1:20.68 (5) 42.53 (3)	2:03.21 (4) 44.06 (3)	2:47.27
5	6	Claudia Velásquez	PER	38.21 (5) 42.04 (3)	1:20.25 (4) 43.11 (5)	2:03.36 (5) 43.95 (2)	2:47.31
6	7	Nguyễn Thị Phương	VIE	41.30 (6) 44.89 (6)	1:26.19 (6) 45.17 (6)	2:11.36 (6) 46.35 (6)	2:57.71
7	1	Elke Talma	SEY	44.90 (7) 49.57 (7)	1:34.47 (7) 49.56 (7)	2:24.03 (7) 48.10 (7)	3:12.13
DNS	8	Vola Hanta Ratsifa Andrihamanana	MAD	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	3	Britta Vestergaard	DEN	36.52 (6) 39.28 (1)	1:15.80 (2) 38.93 (1)	1:54.73 (1) 40.55 (1)	2:35.28
2	7	Kira Bulten	NED	35.68 (4) 40.43 (4)	1:16.11 (4) 40.27 (2)	1:56.38 (4) 40.71 (2)	2:37.09
3	4	Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir	ISL	35.04 (2) 40.08 (3)	1:15.12 (1) 40.77 (4)	1:55.89 (2) 41.53 (4)	2:37.42
4	5	Lourdes Becerra	ESP	35.98 (5) 39.85 (2)	1:15.83 (3) 40.54 (3)	1:56.37 (3) 41.32 (3)	2:37.69
5	2	Sornsawan Phuvichit	THA	37.18 (8) 40.59 (5)	1:17.77 (7) 41.11 (5)	1:58.88 (6) 42.32 (5)	2:41.20
6	6	Martine Janssen	NED	35.62 (3) 40.64 (6)	1:16.26 (5) 41.88 (6)	1:58.14 (5) 43.34 (7)	2:41.48
7	1	Jaime King	GBR	36.76 (7) 42.12 (8)	1:18.88 (8) 42.89 (7)	2:01.77 (8) 42.72 (6)	2:44.49
8	8	Penny Heyns	RSA	34.78 (1) 41.86 (7)	1:16.64 (6) 43.77 (8)	2:00.41 (7) 44.63 (8)	2:45.04

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	6	Alena Rudkouskaya	EUN	33.93 (1) 37.64 (2)	1:11.57 (1) 37.85 (1)	1:49.42 (1) 38.82 (1)	2:28.24	Q
2	3	Manuela Dalla Valle	ITA	34.26 (2) 37.62 (1)	1:11.88 (2) 38.59 (3)	1:50.47 (2) 40.28 (7)	2:30.75	Q
3	4	Sam Riley	AUS	34.87 (5) 38.41 (4)	1:13.28 (4) 38.92 (5)	1:52.20 (4) 39.89 (5)	2:32.09	q
4	5	Yelena Volkova	EUN	34.68 (4) 38.35 (3)	1:13.03 (3) 38.83 (4)	1:51.86 (3) 40.53 (8)	2:32.39	q
5	2	Kyoko Kasuya	JPN	35.29 (8) 39.35 (6)	1:14.64 (7) 38.41 (2)	1:53.05 (5) 39.50 (2)	2:32.55	q
6	8	Magdalena Kupiec	POL	34.42 (3) 40.19 (8)	1:14.61 (6) 39.50 (6)	1:54.11 (6) 39.81 (3)	2:33.92	q
7	7	Brigitte Becue	BEL	35.04 (6) 39.06 (5)	1:14.10 (5) 40.15 (8)	1:54.25 (7) 39.86 (4)	2:34.11
8	1	Jana Dörries	GER	35.21 (7) 39.75 (7)	1:14.96 (8) 39.52 (7)	1:54.48 (8) 40.10 (6)	2:34.58

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	2	Alicja Pęczak	POL	34.62 (2) 38.84 (3)	1:13.46 (2) 38.34 (2)	1:51.80 (3) 38.98 (1)	2:30.78	Q
2	4	Jill Johnson	USA	35.38 (6) 38.15 (1)	1:13.53 (3) 38.25 (1)	1:51.78 (2) 39.02 (2)	2:30.80	q
3	7	Daniela Brendel	GER	33.70 (1) 38.37 (2)	1:12.07 (1) 39.53 (5)	1:51.60 (1) 40.49 (5)	2:32.09	q
4	5	Audrey Guérit	FRA	35.25 (5) 38.85 (4)	1:14.10 (4) 38.73 (3)	1:52.83 (4) 39.50 (3)	2:32.33	q
5	3	Linley Frame	AUS	34.95 (4) 39.53 (7)	1:14.48 (7) 39.48 (4)	1:53.96 (5) 40.77 (6)	2:34.73
6	6	Beatrice Coadă	ROU	35.48 (8) 38.87 (5)	1:14.35 (6) 39.82 (7)	1:54.17 (7) 40.80 (7)	2:34.97
7	8	Suki Brownsdon	GBR	35.39 (7) 40.13 (8)	1:15.52 (8) 40.10 (8)	1:55.62 (8) 39.66 (4)	2:35.28
8	1	Park Mi-Yeong	KOR	34.92 (3) 39.34 (6)	1:14.26 (5) 39.81 (6)	1:54.07 (6) 41.26 (8)	2:35.33

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Anita Nall	USA	33.00 (1) 37.50 (2)	1:10.50 (1) 38.26 (3)	1:48.76 (1) 39.01 (3)	2:27.77	Q
2	3	Kyoko Iwasaki	JPN	34.85 (5) 38.14 (5)	1:12.99 (5) 37.75 (1)	1:50.74 (4) 37.04 (1)	2:27.78	Q
3	5	Guylaine Cloutier	CAN	33.60 (2) 37.26 (1)	1:10.86 (2) 38.39 (4)	1:49.25 (2) 39.76 (5)	2:29.01	Q
4	2	Nathalie Giguère	CAN	34.61 (4) 37.88 (3)	1:12.49 (3) 38.14 (2)	1:50.63 (3) 39.08 (4)	2:29.71	Q
5	6	Lin Li	CHN	35.33 (6) 38.11 (4)	1:13.44 (6) 38.43 (5)	1:51.87 (6) 38.12 (2)	2:29.99	Q
6	8	Gabriella Csépe	HUN	34.10 (3) 38.53 (6)	1:12.63 (4) 38.87 (6)	1:51.50 (5) 40.54 (6)	2:32.04	q
7	1	Elena Donati	ITA	35.53 (8) 39.38 (7)	1:14.91 (8) 39.64 (7)	1:54.55 (7) 41.87 (7)	2:36.42
8	7	Lu Di	CHN	35.44 (7) 39.39 (8)	1:14.83 (7) 40.91 (8)	1:55.74 (8) 42.89 (8)	2:38.63

B Final (27 July 1992 — 18:45)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	5	Gabriella Csépe	HUN	34.24 (1) 38.32 (1)	1:12.56 (1) 39.17 (3)	1:51.73 (1) 39.42 (4)	2:31.15
2	6	Daniela Brendel	GER	34.34 (2) 38.79 (6)	1:13.13 (2) 39.74 (6)	1:52.87 (5) 39.18 (1)	2:32.05
3	2	Audrey Guérit	FRA	35.48 (6) 38.46 (3)	1:13.94 (5) 38.91 (2)	1:52.85 (4) 39.25 (2)	2:32.10
4	3	Sam Riley	AUS	35.12 (3) 38.39 (2)	1:13.51 (3) 39.25 (4)	1:52.76 (3) 39.87 (5)	2:32.63
5	1	Kyoko Kasuya	JPN	35.17 (4) 38.82 (7)	1:13.99 (6) 39.57 (5)	1:53.56 (6) 39.41 (3)	2:32.97
6	4	Jill Johnson	USA	35.55 (7) 38.61 (5)	1:14.16 (7) 38.45 (1)	1:52.61 (2) 41.28 (7)	2:33.89
7	8	Magdalena Kupiec	POL	35.28 (5) 38.51 (4)	1:13.79 (4) 40.88 (8)	1:54.67 (7) 41.07 (6)	2:35.74
8	7	Yelena Volkova	EUN	35.80 (8) 39.37 (8)	1:15.17 (8) 40.82 (7)	1:55.99 (8) 41.66 (8)	2:37.65

Final (27 July 1992 — 18:45)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	5	Kyoko Iwasaki	JPN	34.68 (6) 37.13 (2)	1:11.81 (3) 37.74 (1)	1:49.55 (2) 37.10 (1)	2:26.65	OR
2	7	Lin Li	CHN	34.55 (4) 37.33 (3)	1:11.88 (4) 37.82 (2)	1:49.70 (3) 37.15 (2)	2:26.85
3	4	Anita Nall	USA	33.15 (1) 36.98 (1)	1:10.13 (1) 38.44 (3)	1:48.57 (1) 38.31 (4)	2:26.88
4	3	Alena Rudkouskaya	EUN	34.26 (3) 37.64 (6)	1:11.90 (5) 38.63 (6)	1:50.53 (5) 37.94 (3)	2:28.47
5	6	Guylaine Cloutier	CAN	34.00 (2) 37.43 (4)	1:11.43 (2) 39.02 (8)	1:50.45 (4) 39.43 (7)	2:29.88
6	2	Nathalie Giguère	CAN	34.67 (5) 37.61 (5)	1:12.28 (6) 38.49 (4)	1:50.77 (6) 39.34 (6)	2:30.11
7	1	Manuela Dalla Valle	ITA	34.96 (7) 37.98 (7)	1:12.94 (7) 38.55 (5)	1:51.49 (7) 39.72 (8)	2:31.21
8	8	Alicja Pęczak	POL	35.14 (8) 38.46 (8)	1:13.60 (8) 38.97 (7)	1:52.57 (8) 39.19 (5)	2:31.76