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

| Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | Charlene Wittstock | South Africa | 2:15.10 |
| 2 | 2 | Nadiya Beshevli | Ukraine | 2:15.86 |
| 4 | 7 | Zhan Shu | China | 2:15.97 |
| 4 | 1 | Irina Raevskaya | Russia | 2:16.13 |
| 4 | 8 | Helen Norfolk | New Zealand | 2:16.22 |
| 2 | 4 | Anu Koivisto | Finland | 2:16.23 |
| 5 | 8 | Yseult Gervy | Belgium | 2:16.67 |
| 5 | 1 | Aleksandra Miciul | Poland | 2:16.71 |
| 4 | 2 | Dyana Calub | Australia | 2:17.05 |
| 2 | 5 | Aikaterini Bliamou | Greece | 2:18.07 |
| 2 | 3 | Ana Maria Gonzalez | Cuba | 2:19.35 |
| 2 | 8 | Jana Korbasová | Slovakia | 2:19.37 |
| 2 | 6 | Annamária Kiss | Hungary | 2:20.40 |
| 2 | 7 | Şadan Derya Erke | Turkey | 2:21.28 |
| 2 | 1 | Chonlathorn Vorathamrong | Thailand | 2:21.59 |
| 1 | 5 | Marica Stražmešter | Yugoslavia | 2:22.59 |
| 1 | 3 | Kolbrún Yr Kristjánsdóttir | Iceland | 2:24.33 |