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

| Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 6 | Kathryn Meaklim | South Africa | 2:09.41 |
| 2 | 4 | Nina Dittrich | Austria | 2:09.85 |
| 5 | 7 | Beatrix Boulsevicz | Hungary | 2:10.00 |
| 2 | 5 | Sara Oliveira | Portugal | 2:10.14 |
| 3 | 8 | Stephanie Horner | Canada | 2:10.33 |
| 3 | 7 | Paola Cavallino | Italy | 2:10.46 |
| 5 | 8 | Joanna Melo | Brazil | 2:10.64 |
| 5 | 1 | Choi Hye-Ra | South Korea | 2:11.42 |
| 2 | 8 | Tetyana Khala | Ukraine | 2:12.16 |
| 4 | 1 | Yana Martynova | Russia | 2:12.47 |
| 2 | 7 | Tao Li | Singapore | 2:12.63 |
| 3 | 5 | Emese Kovács | Hungary | 2:12.73 |
| 3 | 1 | Magali Rousseau | France | 2:13.12 |
| 2 | 2 | Yang Chin-Kuei | Chinese Taipei | 2:13.26 |
| 1 | 5 | Eleftheria Evgenia Efstathiou | Greece | 2:13.27 |
| 2 | 1 | Denisa Smolenová | Slovakia | 2:13.81 |
| 1 | 6 | Gülşah Günenç | Turkey | 2:14.44 |