Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 27 July (heats and finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 29 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:26.65 (OR) | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Kyoko Iwasaki | Japan | ||
Lin Li | China | ||
Anita Nall | United States |
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics, took place on July 27, at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:
The following records were established during the competition: