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

| Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | Svetlana Karpeeva | Russia | 2:12.94 |
| 4 | 8 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:13.05 |
| 5 | 1 | Helen Norfolk | New Zealand | 2:13.50 |
| 5 | 7 | Erica Morningstar | Canada | 2:14.11 |
| 4 | 6 | Qi Hui | China | 2:14.25 |
| 4 | 2 | Cylia Vabre | France | 2:14.34 |
| 2 | 7 | Joanna Maranhão | Brazil | 2:14.97 |
| 2 | 1 | Sara Nordenstam | Norway | 2:15.13 |
| 2 | 2 | Choi Hye-Ra | South Korea | 2:15.26 |
| 2 | 3 | Anja Klinar | Slovenia | 2:15.39 |
| 2 | 5 | Jessica Pengelly | South Africa | 2:15.80 |
| 3 | 8 | María Peláez | Spain | 2:15.97 |
| 2 | 6 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 2:16.28 |
| 2 | 8 | Siow Yi Ting | Malaysia | 2:17.11 |
| 4 | 7 | Katharina Schiller | Germany | 2:18.00 |
| 1 | 6 | Ganna Dzerkal | Ukraine | 2:18.25 |
| 1 | 2 | Erika Stewart | Colombia | 2:18.54 |