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

| Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2 | Junko Isoda | Japan | 2:29.60 |
| 3 | 2 | Ina Hüging | Germany | 2:30.00 |
| 4 | 1 | Elvira Fischer | Austria | 2:30.05 |
| 5 | 4 | Penny Heyns | South Africa | 2:30.17 |
| 3 | 1 | Brigitte Becue | Belgium | 2:31.27 |
| 5 | 8 | Agata Czaplicki | Switzerland | 2:32.98 |
| 3 | 7 | Jaime King | Great Britain | 2:33.10 |
| 2 | 8 | İlkay Dikmen | Turkey | 2:33.34 |
| 1 | 5 | Isabel Ceballos | Colombia | 2:34.09 |
| 2 | 4 | Inna Nikitina | Ukraine | 2:34.20 |
| 2 | 2 | Siow Yi Ting | Malaysia | 2:34.52 |
| 2 | 3 | Margarita Kalmikova | Latvia | 2:35.69 |
| 2 | 5 | Adriana Marmolejo | Mexico | 2:36.93 |
| 2 | 7 | Nicolette Teo | Singapore | 2:37.39 |
| 1 | 4 | Jenny Rose Guerrero | Philippines | 2:38.10 |
| 2 | 6 | Íris Edda Heimisdóttir | Iceland | 2:38.52 |