Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
Introduction 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 (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). 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==== Rank  Lane  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 9  3 Anca Pătrășcoiu    2:15.75  10  2 Sharon Musson    2:16.06  11  1 Lin Li    2:16.68  12  5 Katherine Read    2:18.20  13  6 Lorenza Vigarani    2:18.69  14  4 Karen Lord    2:18.78  8 Satoko Morishita       7 Johanna Larsson     ====Final A==== Rank  Lane  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes    5  Krisztina Egerszegi    2:09.29      3  Kathrin Zimmermann    2:10.61      4  Cornelia Sirch    2:11.45   4  6  Beth Barr    2:12.39   5  7  Nicole Livingstone    2:13.43   6  2  Andrea Hayes    2:15.02   7  1  Jolanda de Rover    2:15.17   8  8  Svenja Schlicht    2:15.94
References
External links *  Official Report*  USA Swimming