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

| Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | Alicia Coutts | Australia | 2:11.55 |
| 4 | 4 | Katie Hoff | United States | 2:11.58 |
| 3 | 4 | Natalie Coughlin | United States | 2:11.63 |
| 5 | 3 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 2:11.72 |
| 3 | 6 | Julie Hjorth-Hansen | Denmark | 2:11.99 |
| 5 | 4 | Stephanie Rice | Australia | 2:12.07 |
| 4 | 5 | Camille Muffat | France | 2:12.16 |
| 5 | 5 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 2:12.18 |
| 3 | 2 | Asami Kitagawa | Japan | 2:12.47 |
| 5 | 6 | Katarzyna Baranowska | Poland | 2:12.47 |
| 5 | 2 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:12.52 |
| 3 | 1 | Li Jiaxing | China | 2:12.53 |
| 3 | 7 | Julia Wilkinson | Canada | 2:12.56 |
| 3 | 5 | Mireia Belmonte García | Spain | 2:12.75 |
| 3 | 3 | Keri-Anne Payne | Great Britain | 2:12.78 |