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

| Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | Gemma Spofforth | Great Britain | 2:10.58 |
| 3 | 7 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:11.02 |
| 5 | 2 | Nikolett Szepesi | Hungary | 2:11.47 |
| 4 | 8 | Chen Yanyan | China | 2:11.95 |
| 2 | 7 | Melanie Nocher | Ireland | 2:12.29 |
| 2 | 6 | Zuzanna Mazurek | Poland | 2:12.46 |
| 4 | 7 | Melissa Corfe | South Africa | 2:12.64 |
| 5 | 8 | Kateryna Zubkova | Ukraine | 2:12.64 |
| 5 | 1 | Escarlata Bernard | Spain | 2:12.86 |
| 2 | 4 | Lydia Morant | Spain | 2:13.87 |
| 1 | 3 | Kang Yeong-Seo | South Korea | 2:14.52 |
| 1 | 5 | Gisela Morales | Guatemala | 2:14.54 |
| 2 | 8 | Fernanda González | Mexico | 2:14.64 |
| 2 | 1 | Stella Boumi | Greece | 2:14.73 |
| 3 | 8 | Lindsay Seemann | Canada | 2:15.07 |
| 2 | 3 | Sanja Jovanović | Croatia | 2:15.57 |
| 1 | 4 | Erin Volcán | Venezuela | 2:15.58 |