# Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

The final of the women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Mary T. Meagher (USA) | 2:05.96 | Brown Deer, United States | 13 August 1981 |
| Olympic record | Ines Geißler (GDR) | 2:10.44 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 21 July 1980 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 4 August | Final A | Mary T. Meagher | United States | 2:06.90 | OR |

## Results
### Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Mary T. Meagher | United States | 2:11.48 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | Karen Phillips | Australia | 2:11.81 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Samantha Purvis | Great Britain | 2:11.97 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Nancy Hogshead | United States | 2:12.10 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Ina Beyermann | West Germany | 2:13.26 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Naoko Kume | Japan | 2:13.31 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Sonja Hausladen | Austria | 2:13.50 | Q, NR |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Janet Tibbits | Australia | 2:13.74 | QSO |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Conny van Bentum | Netherlands | 2:13.74 | QSO |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Kiyomi Takahashi | Japan | 2:14.37 | q |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | Roberta Lanzarotti | Italy | 2:14.53 | q |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Jill Horstead | Canada | 2:14.88 | q |
| 13 | 3 | 5 | Marie Moore | Canada | 2:14.95 | q |
| 14 | 1 | 4 | Petra Zindler | West Germany | 2:15.20 | q |
| 15 | 2 | 3 | Ann Osgerby | Great Britain | 2:16.31 | q |
| 16 | 2 | 6 | Carole Brook | Switzerland | 2:18.66 | q |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Monica Olmi | Italy | 2:18.72 | q |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Kathrine Bomstad | Norway | 2:19.46 | |
| 19 | 1 | 2 | Gail Jonson | New Zealand | 2:20.55 | |
| 20 | 1 | 7 | Anna Doig | New Zealand | 2:20.81 | |
| 21 | 1 | 1 | Julie Parkes | Ireland | 2:20.85 | |
| 22 | 2 | 7 | Lisa Ann Wen | Chinese Taipei | 2:21.10 | |
| 23 | 4 | 2 | Brigitte Wanderer | Austria | 2:21.16 | |
| 24 | 4 | 7 | Shelley Cramer | Virgin Islands | 2:22.39 | |
| 25 | 2 | 1 | Faten Ghattas | Tunisia | 2:22.58 | |
| 26 | 3 | 7 | Hadar Rubinstein | Israel | 2:22.78 | |
| 27 | 3 | 8 | Chang Hui-chien | Chinese Taipei | 2:24.89 | |
| 28 | 4 | 8 | Blanca Morales | Guatemala | 2:25.03 | |
| 29 | 3 | 1 | Jodie Lawaetz | Virgin Islands | 2:25.58 | |
| | 2 | 8 | Nevine Hafez | Egypt | DNS | |
| | 4 | 1 | Karin Brandes | Peru | DNS | |

#### Swimoff

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Conny van Bentum | Netherlands | 2:13.60 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Janet Tibbits | Australia | 2:15.54 | q, WD |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 3 | Jill Horstead | Canada | 2:13.49 |
| 10 | 5 | Roberta Lanzarotti | Italy | 2:14.54 |
| 11 | 6 | Marie Moore | Canada | 2:14.96 |
| 12 | 4 | Kiyomi Takahashi | Japan | 2:16.27 |
| 13 | 8 | Monica Olmi | Italy | 2:16.47 |
| 14 | 2 | Petra Zindler | West Germany | 2:16.50 |
| 15 | 1 | Carole Brook | Switzerland | 2:16.74 |
| 16 | 7 | Ann Osgerby | Great Britain | 2:19.10 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Mary T. Meagher | United States | 2:06.90 | OR |
| | 5 | Karen Phillips | Australia | 2:10.56 | OC |
| | 2 | Ina Beyermann | West Germany | 2:11.91 | NR |
| 4 | 6 | Nancy Hogshead | United States | 2:11.98 | |
| 5 | 3 | Samantha Purvis | Great Britain | 2:12.33 | |
| 6 | 7 | Naoko Kume | Japan | 2:12.57 | |
| 7 | 1 | Sonja Hausladen | Austria | 2:15.38 | |
| 8 | 8 | Conny van Bentum | Netherlands | 2:17.39 | |