Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly
The women's 200 metre butterfly 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.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 | 5 | 5 | Susie O'Neill | | 2:10.47 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Summer Sanders | | 2:10.58 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Rie Shito | | 2:11.00 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Mika Haruna | | 2:11.21 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Wang Xiaohong | | 2:11.83 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Angie Wester-Krieg | | 2:12.00 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Ilaria Tocchini | | 2:13.03 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Mette Jacobsen | | 2:13.18 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Cécile Jeanson | | 2:13.23 | q |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Hayley Lewis | | 2:14.50 | q |
| 11 | 4 | 7 | Ewa Synowska | | 2:14.58 | q, NR |
| 12 | 2 | 4 | Anna Uryniuk | | 2:14.91 | q |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | Samantha Purvis | | 2:15.04 | q |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Iuliana Pantelimon | | 2:15.44 | q |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | María Peláez | | 2:15.77 | q |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Berit Puggaard | | 2:16.11 | q |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | María Luisa Fernández | | 2:16.18 | |
| 18 | 5 | 1 | Nataša Meškovska | | 2:16.54 | |
| 19 | 4 | 8 | Joana Arantes | | 2:16.56 | |
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Timea Toth | | 2:16.84 | |
| 21 | 5 | 7 | Corina Dumitru | | 2:16.86 | |
| 22 | 4 | 2 | Nataliya Yakovleva | | 2:19.02 | |
| 23 | 3 | 2 | Jacinthe Pineau | | 2:19.44 | |
| 24 | 2 | 3 | Helen Slatter | | 2:20.45 | |
| 25 | 1 | 5 | Praphalsai Minpraphal | | 2:20.48 | |
| 26 | 1 | 4 | Bettina Ustrowski | | 2:21.49 | |
| 27 | 1 | 2 | Anja Margetić | | 2:21.56 | |
| 28 | 2 | 2 | Blanca Morales | | 2:21.97 | |
| 29 | 5 | 8 | Qian Hong | | 2:22.77 | |
| 30 | 2 | 5 | Shelley Cramer | | 2:25.24 | |
| 31 | 1 | 6 | Claudia Fortin | | 2:26.92 | |
| 32 | 1 | 3 | May Ooi | | 2:26.97 | |
| 2 | 6 | Jeanine Steenkamp | | | |
| 3 | 8 | Brigitte Becue | | | |
Finals
Final A
