Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
The final of the women's 200 metre backstroke 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.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 | 2 | 4 | Jolanda de Rover | | 2:13.50 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Georgina Parkes | | 2:14.89 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Amy White | | 2:15.40 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Svenja Schlicht | | 2:15.69 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Tori Trees | | 2:16.23 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Carmen Bunaciu | | 2:16.41 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Anca Pătrășcoiu | | 2:16.71 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | Carmel Clark | | 2:16.78 | Q, NR |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Catherine White | | 2:18.02 | q |
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Yolande van der Straeten | | 2:18.49 | q |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Naomi Sekido | | 2:18.52 | q |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Katherine Read | | 2:18.92 | q |
| 13 | 2 | 3 | Reema Abdo | | 2:19.05 | q |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | Sandra Dahlmann | | 2:19.59 | q |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Sofia Kraft | | 2:19.73 | q |
| 16 | 3 | 3 | Audrey Moore | | 2:20.12 | q |
| 17 | 3 | 6 | Brigitte van der Lans | | 2:20.63 | |
| 18 | 1 | 3 | Sabine Pauwels | | 2:21.36 | |
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Melinda Copp | | 2:21.39 | |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Teresa Rivera | | 2:22.94 | |
| 21 | 4 | 1 | Choi Yun-hui | | 2:23.80 | |
| 22 | 3 | 7 | Nozomi Sunouchi | | 2:25.05 | |
| 23 | 1 | 6 | Manuela Carosi | | 2:25.45 | |
| 24 | 1 | 7 | Eva Gysling | | 2:25.69 | |
| 25 | 2 | 1 | Lotta Flink | | 2:29.00 | |
| 26 | 3 | 1 | Yan Hong | | 2:32.33 | |
| 27 | 1 | 1 | Christine Jacob | | 2:32.91 | |
| 1 | 2 | Lise Lotte Nylund | | | |
| 4 | 8 | Kathy Wong | | | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
