Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
The women's 200 metre backstroke 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.
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
25 September | Heat 4 | Krisztina Egerszegi | | 2:11.01 | |
25 September | Heat 5 | Cornelia Sirch | | 2:10.46 | |
25 September | Final A | Krisztina Egerszegi | | 2:09.29 | |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
1 | 5 | Cornelia Sirch | | 2:10.46 | Q, |
2 | 4 | Krisztina Egerszegi | | 2:11.01 | Q |
3 | 3 | Kathrin Zimmermann | | 2:12.81 | Q |
4 | 4 | Beth Barr | | 2:13.91 | Q |
5 | 5 | Andrea Hayes | | 2:14.77 | Q |
6 | 5 | Nicole Livingstone | | 2:14.81 | Q |
7 | 4 | Jolanda de Rover | | 2:16.58 | Q |
8 | 4 | Svenja Schlicht | | 2:16.81 | Q |
9 | 5 | Karen Lord | | 2:16.94 | q |
10 | 4 | Katherine Read | | 2:17.22 | q |
11 | 3 | Anca Pătrășcoiu | | 2:17.25 | q |
12 | 4 | Lorenza Vigarani | | 2:17.35 | q |
13 | 5 | Sharon Musson | | 2:17.47 | q |
14 | 3 | Johanna Larsson | | 2:18.01 | q |
15 | 2 | Lin Li | | 2:18.11 | q |
16 | 5 | Satoko Morishita | | 2:18.74 | q |
17 | 5 | Michelle Smith | | 2:19.50 | |
18 | 2 | Aileen Convery | | 2:19.91 | |
19 | 3 | Lori Melien | | 2:20.45 | |
20 | 5 | Tomoko Onogi | | 2:21.46 | |
21 | 3 | Sylvia Hume | | 2:21.55 | |
22 | 4 | Helen Slatter | | 2:21.66 | |
23 | 4 | Wang Bolin | | 2:21.70 | |
24 | 2 | Rita Jean Garay | | 2:23.73 | |
25 | 3 | Christine Magnier | | 2:24.15 | |
26 | 2 | Hong Ji-hee | | 2:24.58 | |
27 | 2 | Eva Gysling | | 2:24.61 | |
28 | 3 | Katja Ziliox | | 2:26.25 | |
29 | 1 | Ana Joselina Fortin | | 2:32.13 | |
30 | 1 | Tricia Duncan | | 2:33.97 | |
31 | 2 | Wang Chi | | 2:36.60 | |
32 | 1 | Sharon Pickering | | 2:36.99 | |
| 2 | Akiko Thomson | | | |
| 3 | Ruth Hochstatter | | | |
Finals
Final B
Final A