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

The final of the women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1984.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Kristin Otto (GDR) | 1:57.75 | Magdeburg, East Germany | 23 May 1984 |
| Olympic record | Barbara Krause (GDR) | 1:58.33 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 24 July 1980 |

## 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 | 3 | 4 | Mary Wayte | United States | 2:00.69 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Cynthia Woodhead | United States | 2:00.85 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | June Croft | Great Britain | 2:01.05 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Michelle Pearson | Australia | 2:01.49 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Conny van Bentum | Netherlands | 2:01.52 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Annemarie Verstappen | Netherlands | 2:01.61 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | Ina Beyermann | West Germany | 2:02.42 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Anna McVann | Australia | 2:03.14 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Julie Daigneault | Canada | 2:03.40 | q |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | Chikako Nakamori | Japan | 2:03.94 | q |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Iris Zscherpe | West Germany | 2:03.95 | q |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Silvia Persi | Italy | 2:03.98 | q |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | Jane Kerr | Canada | 2:04.02 | q |
| 14 | 4 | 5 | Kaori Yanase | Japan | 2:04.38 | q |
| 15 | 2 | 5 | Annabelle Cripps | Great Britain | 2:04.44 | q |
| 16 | 1 | 5 | Ann Linder | Sweden | 2:04.60 | q |
| 17 | 2 | 6 | Carla Lasi | Italy | 2:05.86 | |
| 18 | 2 | 7 | Lisa Ann Wen | Chinese Taipei | 2:06.01 | |
| 19 | 1 | 3 | Laurence Bensimon | France | 2:06.61 | |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Carol Ann Heavey | Ireland | 2:07.75 | |
| 21 | 5 | 2 | Patricia Kohlmann | Mexico | 2:08.15 | |
| 22 | 5 | 7 | Sandra Crousse | Peru | 2:09.42 | |
| 23 | 1 | 6 | Sofia Dara | Greece | 2:09.52 | |
| 24 | 4 | 2 | Irma Huerta | Mexico | 2:09.79 | |
| 25 | 4 | 1 | Christine Jacob | Philippines | 2:12.17 | |
| 26 | 3 | 7 | Hadar Rubinstein | Israel | 2:12.32 | |
| 27 | 3 | 2 | Virginia Sachero | Argentina | 2:13.41 | |
| 28 | 5 | 1 | Chang Hui-chien | Chinese Taipei | 2:13.67 | |
| 29 | 1 | 7 | Kim Jin-suk | South Korea | 2:13.76 | |
| 30 | 1 | 2 | Fenella Ng | Hong Kong | 2:13.94 | |
| 31 | 2 | 1 | Karen Slowing-Aceituno | Guatemala | 2:14.39 | |
| 32 | 4 | 8 | Blanca Morales | Guatemala | 2:14.79 | |
| 33 | 3 | 1 | Sherwite Hafez | Egypt | 2:16.11 | |
| 34 | 1 | 1 | Daniela Galassi | San Marino | 2:19.22 | |
| 35 | 5 | 8 | Sharon Pickering | Fiji | 2:19.61 | |
| 36 | 3 | 8 | María Lardizábal | Honduras | 2:28.65 | |
| | 4 | 7 | Faten Ghattas | Tunisia | DNS | |
| | 5 | 6 | Maria Kardum | Sweden | DNS | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 6 | Silvia Persi | Italy | 2:03.17 | NR |
| 10 | 3 | Iris Zscherpe | West Germany | 2:03.42 | |
| 11 | 4 | Julie Daigneault | Canada | 2:03.67 | |
| 12 | 8 | Ann Linder | Sweden | 2:03.85 | |
| 13 | 5 | Chikako Nakamori | Japan | 2:04.11 | |
| 14 | 2 | Jane Kerr | Canada | 2:04.19 | |
| 15 | 1 | Annabelle Cripps | Great Britain | 2:04.90 | |
| 16 | 7 | Kaori Yanase | Japan | 2:05.24 | |

#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Mary Wayte | United States | 1:59.23 | |
| | 5 | Cynthia Woodhead | United States | 1:59.50 | |
| | 7 | Annemarie Verstappen | Netherlands | 1:59.69 | |
| 4 | 6 | Michelle Pearson | Australia | 1:59.79 | OC |
| 5 | 2 | Conny van Bentum | Netherlands | 2:00.59 | |
| 6 | 3 | June Croft | Great Britain | 2:00.64 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ina Beyermann | West Germany | 2:01.89 | |
| 8 | 8 | Anna McVann | Australia | 2:02.87 | |