Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke Heats Heats

| Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 5 | Diana Mocanu | Romania | 2:09.21 |
| 5 | 3 | Roxana Maracineanu | France | 2:11.01 |
| 5 | 4 | Nina Zhivanevskaya | Spain | 2:11.60 |
| 4 | 4 | Miki Nakao | Japan | 2:11.69 |
| 3 | 4 | Tomoko Hagiwara | Japan | 2:12.15 |
| 4 | 6 | Lindsay Benko | United States | 2:12.72 |
| 4 | 3 | Joanna Fargus | Great Britain | 2:12.99 |
| 5 | 5 | Antje Buschschulte | Germany | 2:13.42 |
| 5 | 6 | Amanda Adkins | United States | 2:13.54 |
| 5 | 7 | Louise Ørnstedt | Denmark | 2:13.61 |
| 3 | 3 | Cathleen Rund | Germany | 2:13.87 |
| 4 | 5 | Helen Don-Duncan | Great Britain | 2:14.18 |
| 3 | 6 | Kelly Stefanyshyn | Canada | 2:14.28 |
| 3 | 2 | Clementine Stoney | Australia | 2:14.61 |
| 3 | 7 | Ivette María | Spain | 2:14.78 |