# Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Anita Nall (USA) | 2:25.35 | Indianapolis, United States | 2 March 1992 |
| Olympic record | Silke Hörner (GDR) | 2:26.71 | Seoul, South Korea | 21 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 27 July | Final A | Kyoko Iwasaki | Japan | 2:26.65 | OR |

## 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 | 5 | 4 | Anita Nall | United States | 2:27.77 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | Kyoko Iwasaki | Japan | 2:27.78 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | Yelena Rudkovskaya | Unified Team | 2:28.24 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Guylaine Cloutier | Canada | 2:29.01 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Nathalie Giguère | Canada | 2:29.71 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 6 | Lin Li | China | 2:29.99 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Manuela Dalla Valle | Italy | 2:30.75 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Alicja Pęczak | Poland | 2:30.78 | Q, NR |
| 9 | 4 | 4 | Jill Johnson | United States | 2:30.80 | q |
| 10 | 5 | 8 | Gabriella Csépe | Hungary | 2:32.04 | q, NR |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | Samantha Riley | Australia | 2:32.09 | q |
| 11 | 4 | 7 | Daniela Brendel | Germany | 2:32.09 | q |
| 13 | 4 | 5 | Audrey Guérit | France | 2:32.33 | q |
| 14 | 3 | 5 | Yelena Volkova | Unified Team | 2:32.39 | q |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Kyoko Kasuya | Japan | 2:32.55 | q |
| 16 | 3 | 8 | Magdalena Kupiec | Poland | 2:33.92 | q |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Brigitte Becue | Belgium | 2:34.11 | |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Jana Dörries | Germany | 2:34.58 | |
| 19 | 4 | 3 | Linley Frame | Australia | 2:34.73 | |
| 20 | 4 | 6 | Beatrice Câșlaru | Romania | 2:34.97 | |
| 21 | 2 | 3 | Britta Vestergaard | Denmark | 2:35.28 | |
| 21 | 4 | 8 | Suki Brownsdon | Great Britain | 2:35.28 | |
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Park Mi-yeong | South Korea | 2:35.33 | |
| 24 | 5 | 1 | Elena Donati | Italy | 2:36.42 | |
| 25 | 1 | 4 | Martina Nemec | Austria | 2:36.65 | |
| 26 | 2 | 7 | Kira Bulten | Netherlands | 2:37.09 | |
| 27 | 2 | 4 | Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir | Iceland | 2:37.42 | |
| 28 | 2 | 5 | Lourdes Becerra | Spain | 2:37.69 | |
| 29 | 5 | 7 | Lu Di | China | 2:38.63 | |
| 30 | 2 | 2 | Sornsawan Phuvichit | Thailand | 2:41.20 | |
| 31 | 2 | 6 | Martine Janssen | Netherlands | 2:41.48 | |
| 32 | 1 | 5 | Jennifer Smatt | Bermuda | 2:42.25 | |
| 33 | 2 | 1 | Jaime King | Great Britain | 2:44.49 | |
| 34 | 2 | 8 | Penny Heyns | South Africa | 2:45.04 | |
| 35 | 1 | 2 | Priscilla Madero | Ecuador | 2:46.79 | |
| 36 | 1 | 3 | Barbara Pexa | Guam | 2:47.27 | |
| 37 | 1 | 6 | Claudia Velásquez | Peru | 2:47.31 | |
| 38 | 1 | 7 | Nguyễn Thị Phương | Vietnam | 2:57.71 | |
| 39 | 1 | 1 | Elke Talma | Seychelles | 3:12.13 | |
| | 1 | 8 | Bako Ratsifandrihamanana | Madagascar | DNS | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Gabriella Csépe | Hungary | 2:31.15 | NR |
| 2 | 6 | Daniela Brendel | Germany | 2:32.05 | |
| 3 | 2 | Audrey Guérit | France | 2:32.10 | |
| 4 | 3 | Samantha Riley | Australia | 2:32.63 | |
| 5 | 1 | Kyoko Kasuya | Japan | 2:32.97 | |
| 6 | 4 | Jill Johnson | United States | 2:33.89 | |
| 7 | 8 | Magdalena Kupiec | Poland | 2:35.74 | |
| 8 | 7 | Yelena Volkova | Unified Team | 2:37.65 | |

### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Kyoko Iwasaki | Japan | 2:26.65 | OR, NR |
| | 7 | Lin Li | China | 2:26.85 | NR |
| | 4 | Anita Nall | United States | 2:26.88 | |
| 4 | 3 | Yelena Rudkovskaya | Unified Team | 2:28.47 | |
| 5 | 6 | Guylaine Cloutier | Canada | 2:29.88 | |
| 6 | 2 | Nathalie Giguère | Canada | 2:30.11 | |
| 7 | 1 | Manuela Dalla Valle | Italy | 2:31.21 | |
| 8 | 8 | Alicja Pęczak | Poland | 2:31.76 | |