Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle


The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134Franziska van Almsick1:57.90Q
254Nicole Haislett1:59.33Q
342Luminița Dobrescu2:00.51Q, NR
435Kerstin Kielgaß2:00.55Q
543Lü Bin2:00.56Q
645Catherine Plewinski2:00.67Q
657Olga Kirichenko2:00.67Q
853Suzu Chiba2:00.96Q
936Susie O'Neill2:01.05q
1032Karen Pickering2:01.09q
1147Yelena Dendeberova2:01.28q
1244Jenny Thompson2:01.71q,
1355Mette Jacobsen2:01.84q
1433Gitta Jensen2:02.27q
1546Nicole Stevenson2:02.50q
1658Carla Negrea2:03.16q
1752Yoko Koikawa2:03.32q,
1851Malin Nilsson2:03.44q
1938Nikki Dryden2:03.59
2037Isabelle Arnould2:04.06
2156Zhuang Yong2:04.12
2225Allison Higson2:04.25
2348Irene Dalby2:04.28
2424Natalia Pulido2:04.39
2531Sandra Cam2:04.72
2641Diana van der Plaats2:05.42
2723Rita Jean Garay2:07.08
2822Joscelin Yeo2:07.09
2913Akiko Thomson2:07.95
3015Robyn Lamsam2:08.60
3122Rania Elwani2:08.93
3214María José Marenco2:09.36
3316Claudia Fortin2:12.24
3417Sharon Pickering2:12.43
3521Corinne Leclair2:12.55
3627May Ooi2:13.20
3712Paola Peñarrieta2:15.74

Finals

Final B

Final A