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

Women's 200 metre freestyle; at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Bernat Olympic Pools
Date	July 27, 1992
Medalists
	← 1988 1996 →

Swimming events at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women

The qualifying heats and the finals of the Women's 200 metre Freestyle event for the 1992 Summer Olympics were held on 27 July 1992 in Barcelona, Spain.

Results

Finals

RANK	FINAL A	TIME
	Nicole Haislett (USA)	1:57.90
	Franziska van Almsick (GER)	1:58.00
	Kerstin Kielgaß (GER)	1:59.67
4.	Catherine Plewinski (FRA)	1:59.88
5.	Luminiţa Dobrescu (ROU)	2:00.48
6.	Suzu Chiba (JPN)	2:00.64
7.	Olga Kirichenko (EUN)	2:00.90
8.	Lü Bin (CHN)	2:02.10

RANK	FINAL B	TIME
9.	Yelena Dendeberova (EUN)	2:00.09
10.	Karen Pickering (GBR)	2:00.33
11.	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	2:00.89
12.	Malin Nilsson (SWE)	2:02.02
13.	Mette Jacobsen (DEN)	2:02.14
14.	Gitta Jensen (DEN)	2:02.32
15.	Carla Negrea (ROU)	2:02.96
16.	Nicole Stevenson (AUS)	2:04.21

Qualifying Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	22x20px Akiko Thomson (PHI)	2:07.95
2.	22x20px Robyn Lamsam (HKG)	2:08.60
3.	María José Marenco (ESA)	2:09.36
4.	22x20px Claudia Fortin (HON)	2:12.24
5.	Sharon Pickering (FIJ)	2:12.43
6.	Paola Peñarrieta (BOL)	2:15.74

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Allison Higson (CAN)	2:04.25
2.	Natalia Pulido (ESP)	2:04.39
3.	Rita Jean Garay (PUR)	2:07.08
4.	Joscelin Yeo (SIN)	2:07.09
5.	Rania El-Wani (EGY)	2:08.93
6.	Corinne Leclair (MRI)	2:12.55
7.	May Ooi (SIN)	2:13.20

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Franziska van Almsick (GER)	1:57.90
2.	Kerstin Kielgaß (GER)	2:00.55
3.	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	2:01.05
4.	Karen Pickering (GBR)	2:01.09
5.	Gitta Jensen (DEN)	2:02.27
6.	Nikki Dryden (CAN)	2:03.59
7.	Isabelle Arnould (BEL)	2:04.06
8.	Sandra Cam (BEL)	2:04.72

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Luminiţa Dobrescu (ROU)	2:00.51
2.	Lü Bin (CHN)	2:00.56
3.	Catherine Plewinski (FRA)	2:00.67
4.	Yelena Dendeberova (EUN)	2:01.28
5.	Jenny Thompson (USA)	2:01.71
6.	Nicole Stevenson (AUS)	2:02.50
7.	Irene Dalby (NOR)	2:04.28
8.	Diana van der Plaats (NED)	2:05.42

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Nicole Haislett (USA)	1:59.33
2.	Olga Kirichenko (EUN)	2:00.67
3.	Suzu Chiba (JPN)	2:00.96
4.	Mette Jacobsen (DEN)	2:01.84
5.	Carla Negrea (ROU)	2:03.16
6.	Yoko Koikawa (JPN)	2:03.32
7.	Malin Nilsson (SWE)	2:03.44
8.	Zhuang Yong (CHN)	2:04.12