Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke Heats Heats

| Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 2:06.76 |
| 5 | 6 | Elizabeth Simmonds | Great Britain | 2:08.66 |
| 4 | 3 | Meagen Nay | Australia | 2:08.79 |
| 3 | 5 | Zhao Jing | China | 2:08.97 |
| 3 | 3 | Anastasia Zuyeva | Russia | 2:09.01 |
| 5 | 5 | Elizabeth Beisel | United States | 2:09.02 |
| 5 | 4 | Margaret Hoelzer | United States | 2:09.12 |
| 4 | 2 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 2:09.34 |
| 4 | 5 | Alexianne Castel | France | 2:09.37 |
| 3 | 4 | Laure Manaudou | France | 2:09.39 |
| 3 | 6 | Belinda Hocking | Australia | 2:09.54 |
| 5 | 3 | Reiko Nakamura | Japan | 2:09.77 |
| 5 | 7 | Stanislava Komarova | Russia | 2:09.93 |
| 4 | 6 | Hanae Ito | Japan | 2:10.05 |
| 3 | 1 | Anja Čarman | Slovenia | 2:10.49 |