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

The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 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 | Ute Geweniger (GDR) | 2:11.73 | Magdeburg, East Germany | 4 July 1981 |
| Olympic record | Daniela Hunger (GDR) | 2:12.59 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 30 July | Final A | Lin Li | China | 2:11.65 | WR |

## 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 | Summer Sanders | United States | 2:14.68 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 2 | Elli Overton | Australia | 2:15.13 | Q, OC |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Daniela Hunger | Germany | 2:15.16 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Lin Li | China | 2:15.68 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Marianne Limpert | Canada | 2:16.84 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 6 | Ewa Synowska | Poland | 2:16.88 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Yelena Dendeberova | Unified Team | 2:17.13 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Nancy Sweetnam | Canada | 2:17.26 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 4 | Nicole Haislett | United States | 2:17.40 | q, WD |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Jana Haas | Germany | 2:17.74 | q |
| 11 | 4 | 5 | Jacqueline McKenzie | Australia | 2:17.82 | q |
| 12 | 4 | 8 | Alicja Pęczak | Poland | 2:17.90 | q |
| 13 | 3 | 5 | Silvia Parera | Spain | 2:17.97 | q |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | Noemi Lung | Romania | 2:18.12 | q |
| 15 | 4 | 3 | Hideko Hiranaka | Japan | 2:18.13 | q |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | Eri Kimura | Japan | 2:18.63 | q |
| 17 | 5 | 6 | Louise Karlsson | Sweden | 2:18.75 | q, WD |
| 18 | 6 | 7 | Céline Bonnet | France | 2:18.95 | q |
| 19 | 6 | 8 | Mildred Muis | Netherlands | 2:19.10 | |
| 20 | 4 | 6 | Lara Bianconi | Italy | 2:19.40 | |
| 21 | 4 | 7 | Sharron Davies | Great Britain | 2:19.41 | |
| 22 | 3 | 4 | Hana Černá | Czechoslovakia | 2:19.93 | |
| 23 | 5 | 7 | Lü Bin | China | 2:20.12 | |
| 24 | 5 | 1 | Lenka Maňhalová | Czechoslovakia | 2:20.52 | |
| 25 | 6 | 1 | Brigitte Becue | Belgium | 2:21.98 | |
| 26 | 5 | 8 | Helen Slatter | Great Britain | 2:22.04 | |
| 27 | 3 | 3 | Martina Nemec | Austria | 2:22.63 | |
| 28 | 2 | 4 | Jill Brukman | South Africa | 2:23.07 | |
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Nathalie Wunderlich | Switzerland | 2:23.18 | |
| 30 | 2 | 6 | Praphalsai Minpraphal | Thailand | 2:23.24 | NR |
| 31 | 3 | 2 | Lourdes Becerra | Spain | 2:23.51 | |
| 32 | 2 | 5 | Michelle Smith | Ireland | 2:23.83 | NR |
| 33 | 2 | 3 | Joscelin Yeo | Singapore | 2:25.32 | |
| 34 | 2 | 1 | Claudia Fortin | Honduras | 2:25.66 | |
| 35 | 3 | 7 | Annette Poulsen | Denmark | 2:25.67 | |
| 36 | 2 | 7 | May Ooi | Singapore | 2:27.62 | |
| 37 | 3 | 1 | Keren Regal | Israel | 2:27.85 | |
| 38 | 1 | 5 | Jennifer Smatt | Bermuda | 2:29.29 | |
| 39 | 1 | 4 | Ana Joselina Fortin | Honduras | 2:30.07 | |
| 40 | 1 | 2 | Sharon Pickering | Fiji | 2:30.11 | |
| 41 | 1 | 3 | Nguyễn Kiều Oanh | Vietnam | 2:35.71 | |
| 42 | 1 | 6 | Tammie Kaae | Guam | 2:36.31 | |
| 43 | 1 | 7 | Elke Talma | Seychelles | 2:53.41 | |
| | 1 | 1 | Bako Ratsifandrihamanana | Madagascar | DNS | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 7 | Hideko Hiranaka | Japan | 2:18.47 |
| 10 | 6 | Silvia Parera | Spain | 2:18.53 |
| 11 | 3 | Alicja Pęczak | Poland | 2:18.55 |
| 12 | 1 | Eri Kimura | Japan | 2:18.91 |
| 13 | 2 | Noemi Lung | Romania | 2:18.97 |
| 14 | 8 | Céline Bonnet | France | 2:19.14 |
| 15 | 5 | Jacqueline McKenzie | Australia | 2:19.41 |
| 16 | 4 | Jana Haas | Germany | 2:20.94 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Lin Li | China | 2:11.65 | WR |
| | 4 | Summer Sanders | United States | 2:11.91 | AM |
| | 3 | Daniela Hunger | Germany | 2:13.92 | |
| 4 | 1 | Yelena Dendeberova | Unified Team | 2:15.47 | |
| 5 | 5 | Elli Overton | Australia | 2:15.76 | |
| 6 | 2 | Marianne Limpert | Canada | 2:17.09 | |
| 7 | 8 | Nancy Sweetnam | Canada | 2:17.13 | |
| 8 | 7 | Ewa Synowska | Poland | 2:18.85 | |