Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Introduction The '''women's 200 metre breaststroke''' event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20 and 21 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 20 September  Heat 6  Silke Hörner    2:27.63   21 September  Final A  Silke Hörner    2:26.71
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  Notes1  6 2:27.63  Q, 2  5 2:28.94  Q3  4 2:29.57  Q4  6 2:29.67  Q5  5 2:29.91  Q6  5 2:30.03  Q7  4 2:30.07  Q8  4 2:30.60  Q9  6 2:30.71  q10  4 2:30.93  q11  5 2:31.98  q12  6 2:32.11  q13  4 2:32.77  q14  6 2:33.13	  q15  6 2:34.21  q16  5 2:34.36  q17  4 2:35.06 18  3 2:35.57 19  6 2:35.81 20  3 2:36.14 21  5 2:36.86 22  6 2:37.38 23  5 2:37.44 24  1 2:37.84 25  5 2:38.49 26  4 2:38.75 27  3 2:39.10 28  3 2:39.38 29  2 2:39.40 30  3 2:39.97 31  2 2:40.78 32  3 2:40.80 33  2 2:41.12 34  6 2:41.34 35  1 2:42.31 36  2 2:42.82 37  1 2:44.72 38  2 2:45.35 39  3 2:45.80 40  3 2:45.87 41  2 2:50.84 42  1 2:51.60   2  ===Finals=======Final B==== Rank  Lane  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes9  4 2:28.55 10  5 2:30.03 11  3 2:30.83 12  2 2:31.19 13  1 2:32.90 14  6 2:33.46 15  8 2:33.50 16  7 2:34.10 ====Final A==== Rank  Lane  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes  4 2:26.71    7 2:27.49  '''AS'''  3 2:28.34 4  2 2:28.43 5  5 2:28.54 6  1 2:29.42  '''NR'''7  6 2:29.60 8  8 2:29.86
References
External links *  Official Report*  USA Swimming