Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
| Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
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| Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
| Date | 23 July (heats and finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 42 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:25.41 (OR) | ||||||||||||
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Penelope Heyns |
 South Africa
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Amanda Beard |
 United States
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Ágnes Kovács |
 Hungary
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The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics, took place on July 23, at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States. 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:
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