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.
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 4 August | Final A | Mary T. Meagher | | 2:06.90 | |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Mary T. Meagher | | 2:11.48 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | Karen Phillips | | 2:11.81 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Samantha Purvis | | 2:11.97 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Nancy Hogshead | | 2:12.10 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Ina Beyermann | | 2:13.26 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Naoko Kume | | 2:13.31 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Sonja Hausladen | | 2:13.50 | Q, NR |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Janet Tibbits | | 2:13.74 | |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Conny van Bentum | | 2:13.74 | |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Kiyomi Takahashi | | 2:14.37 | q |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | Roberta Lanzarotti | | 2:14.53 | q |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Jill Horstead | | 2:14.88 | q |
| 13 | 3 | 5 | Marie Moore | | 2:14.95 | q |
| 14 | 1 | 4 | Petra Zindler | | 2:15.20 | q |
| 15 | 2 | 3 | Ann Osgerby | | 2:16.31 | q |
| 16 | 2 | 6 | Carole Brook | | 2:18.66 | q |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Monica Olmi | | 2:18.72 | q |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Kathrine Bomstad | | 2:19.46 | |
| 19 | 1 | 2 | Gail Jonson | | 2:20.55 | |
| 20 | 1 | 7 | Anna Doig | | 2:20.81 | |
| 21 | 1 | 1 | Julie Parkes | | 2:20.85 | |
| 22 | 2 | 7 | Lisa Ann Wen | | 2:21.10 | |
| 23 | 4 | 2 | Brigitte Wanderer | | 2:21.16 | |
| 24 | 4 | 7 | Shelley Cramer | | 2:22.39 | |
| 25 | 2 | 1 | Faten Ghattas | | 2:22.58 | |
| 26 | 3 | 7 | Hadar Rubinstein | | 2:22.78 | |
| 27 | 3 | 8 | Chang Hui-chien | | 2:24.89 | |
| 28 | 4 | 8 | Blanca Morales | | 2:25.03 | |
| 29 | 3 | 1 | Jodie Lawaetz | | 2:25.58 | |
| 2 | 8 | Nevine Hafez | | | |
| 4 | 1 | Karin Brandes | | | |
Swimoff
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Conny van Bentum | | 2:13.60 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Janet Tibbits | | 2:15.54 | q, |
Finals
Final B
Final A
