# 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.
| World record | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | 2:06.62 | Athens, Greece | 25 August 1991 |
| Olympic record | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | 2:09.29 | Seoul, South Korea | 25 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 31 July | Heat 6 | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary | 2:07.34 | OR |
| 31 July | Final A | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary | 2:07.06 | 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 | 6 | 4 | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary | 2:07.34 | Q, OR |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Lea Loveless | United States | 2:11.32 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 3 | Dagmar Hase | Germany | 2:11.52 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 8 | Silvia Poll | Costa Rica | 2:11.66 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Nicole Stevenson | Australia | 2:12.32 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | Anna Simcic | New Zealand | 2:12.99 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Leigh Habler | Australia | 2:13.44 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Tünde Szabó | Hungary | 2:13.81 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | Janie Wagstaff | United States | 2:13.91 | q, WD |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Joanne Deakins | Great Britain | 2:14.34 | q |
| 10 | 6 | 6 | Nina Zhivanevskaya | Unified Team | 2:14.34 | q |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Marion Zoller | Germany | 2:14.53 | q |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Lorenza Vigarani | Italy | 2:15.49 | q |
| 14 | 5 | 8 | Noriko Inada | Japan | 2:15.74 | q |
| 15 | 6 | 7 | Lin Li | China | 2:15.87 | q |
| 16 | 3 | 5 | Nathalie Wunderlich | Switzerland | 2:16.07 | q, NR |
| 17 | 5 | 1 | Junko Torikai | Japan | 2:16.13 | q |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Núria Castelló | Spain | 2:16.24 | |
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Akiko Thomson | Philippines | 2:16.44 | NR |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Francesca Salvalajo | Italy | 2:16.89 | |
| 21 | 4 | 3 | Katherine Read | Great Britain | 2:17.15 | |
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Ellen Elzerman | Netherlands | 2:17.34 | |
| 23 | 5 | 2 | Nikki Dryden | Canada | 2:17.54 | |
| 24 | 3 | 1 | Ana Barros | Portugal | 2:17.59 | |
| 25 | 5 | 7 | Beth Hazel | Canada | 2:17.70 | |
| 26 | 3 | 7 | Małgorzata Galwas | Poland | 2:17.73 | NR |
| 27 | 3 | 6 | Rita Jean Garay | Puerto Rico | 2:18.10 | |
| 28 | 2 | 4 | Lee Chang-ha | South Korea | 2:18.33 | |
| 29 | 3 | 4 | Claudia Stănescu | Romania | 2:18.39 | |
| 30 | 3 | 3 | Helena Straková | Czechoslovakia | 2:18.44 | |
| 31 | 6 | 8 | Lü Bin | China | 2:18.51 | |
| 32 | 2 | 6 | Jill Brukman | South Africa | 2:18.56 | |
| 33 | 4 | 2 | Natalya Shibayeva | Unified Team | 2:20.52 | |
| 34 | 3 | 2 | Cristina Rey | Spain | 2:20.75 | |
| 35 | 2 | 5 | Michelle Smith | Ireland | 2:21.37 | |
| 36 | 1 | 4 | Mariya Kocheva | Bulgaria | 2:21.79 | |
| 37 | 1 | 7 | Darija Alauf | Independent Olympic Participants | 2:22.07 | |
| 38 | 2 | 3 | Marta Włodkowska | Poland | 2:22.86 | |
| 39 | 1 | 6 | Storme Moodie | Zimbabwe | 2:23.26 | |
| 40 | 1 | 3 | Sarah-Jane Murphy | Zimbabwe | 2:24.58 | |
| 41 | 2 | 2 | Tanja Godina | Slovenia | 2:25.31 | |
| 42 | 1 | 5 | Praphalsai Minpraphal | Thailand | 2:26.32 | |
| 43 | 1 | 2 | Ana Joselina Fortin | Honduras | 2:27.33 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 3 | Marion Zoller | Germany | 2:13.77 |
| 10 | 4 | Joanne Deakins | Great Britain | 2:13.91 |
| 11 | 8 | Junko Torikai | Japan | 2:15.20 |
| 12 | 7 | Lin Li | China | 2:15.38 |
| 13 | 6 | Lorenza Vigarani | Italy | 2:16.21 |
| 14 | 5 | Nina Zhivanevskaya | Unified Team | 2:17.61 |
| 15 | 2 | Noriko Inada | Japan | 2:17.68 |
| 16 | 1 | Nathalie Wunderlich | Switzerland | 2:19.70 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary | 2:07.06 | OR |
| | 3 | Dagmar Hase | Germany | 2:09.46 | NR |
| | 2 | Nicole Stevenson | Australia | 2:10.20 | OC |
| 4 | 5 | Lea Loveless | United States | 2:11.54 | |
| 5 | 7 | Anna Simcic | New Zealand | 2:11.99 | NR |
| 6 | 8 | Tünde Szabó | Hungary | 2:12.94 | |
| 7 | 6 | Silvia Poll | Costa Rica | 2:12.97 | |
| 8 | 1 | Leigh Habler | Australia | 2:13.68 | |