Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.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 | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 31 July | Heat 6 | Krisztina Egerszegi | | 2:07.34 | |
| 31 July | Final A | Krisztina Egerszegi | | 2:07.06 | |
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 | 6 | 4 | Krisztina Egerszegi | | 2:07.34 | Q, |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Lea Loveless | | 2:11.32 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 3 | Dagmar Hase | | 2:11.52 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 8 | Silvia Poll | | 2:11.66 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Nicole Stevenson | | 2:12.32 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | Anna Simcic | | 2:12.99 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Leigh Habler | | 2:13.44 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Tünde Szabó | | 2:13.81 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | Janie Wagstaff | | 2:13.91 | q, |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Joanne Deakins | | 2:14.34 | q |
| 10 | 6 | 6 | Nina Zhivanevskaya | | 2:14.34 | q |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Marion Zoller | | 2:14.53 | q |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Lorenza Vigarani | | 2:15.49 | q |
| 14 | 5 | 8 | Noriko Inada | | 2:15.74 | q |
| 15 | 6 | 7 | Lin Li | | 2:15.87 | q |
| 16 | 3 | 5 | Nathalie Wunderlich | | 2:16.07 | q, NR |
| 17 | 5 | 1 | Junko Torikai | | 2:16.13 | q |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Núria Castelló | | 2:16.24 | |
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Akiko Thomson | | 2:16.44 | NR |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Francesca Salvalajo | | 2:16.89 | |
| 21 | 4 | 3 | Katherine Read | | 2:17.15 | |
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Ellen Elzerman | | 2:17.34 | |
| 23 | 5 | 2 | Nikki Dryden | | 2:17.54 | |
| 24 | 3 | 1 | Ana Barros | | 2:17.59 | |
| 25 | 5 | 7 | Beth Hazel | | 2:17.70 | |
| 26 | 3 | 7 | Małgorzata Galwas | | 2:17.73 | NR |
| 27 | 3 | 6 | Rita Jean Garay | | 2:18.10 | |
| 28 | 2 | 4 | Lee Chang-ha | | 2:18.33 | |
| 29 | 3 | 4 | Claudia Stănescu | | 2:18.39 | |
| 30 | 3 | 3 | Helena Straková | | 2:18.44 | |
| 31 | 6 | 8 | Lü Bin | | 2:18.51 | |
| 32 | 2 | 6 | Jill Brukman | | 2:18.56 | |
| 33 | 4 | 2 | Natalya Shibayeva | | 2:20.52 | |
| 34 | 3 | 2 | Cristina Rey | | 2:20.75 | |
| 35 | 2 | 5 | Michelle Smith | | 2:21.37 | |
| 36 | 1 | 4 | Mariya Kocheva | | 2:21.79 | |
| 37 | 1 | 7 | Darija Alauf | | 2:22.07 | |
| 38 | 2 | 3 | Marta Włodkowska | | 2:22.86 | |
| 39 | 1 | 6 | Storme Moodie | | 2:23.26 | |
| 40 | 1 | 3 | Sarah-Jane Murphy | | 2:24.58 | |
| 41 | 2 | 2 | Tanja Godina | | 2:25.31 | |
| 42 | 1 | 5 | Praphalsai Minpraphal | | 2:26.32 | |
| 43 | 1 | 2 | Ana Joselina Fortin | | 2:27.33 | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
