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

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 metres Backstroke event for the 1992 Summer Olympics were held on 1992-07-31 in Barcelona, Spain.

Results

Finals

RANK	FINAL A	TIME
	Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)	2:07.06 OR
	Dagmar Hase (GER)	2:09.46
	Nicole Stevenson (AUS)	2:10.20
4.	Lea Loveless (USA)	2:11.54
5.	Anna Simcic (NZL)	2:11.99
6.	Tünde Szabó (HUN)	2:12.94
7.	Silvia Poll (CRC)	2:12.97
8.	Leigh Habler (AUS)	2:13.68

RANK	FINAL B	TIME
9.	Marion Zoller (GER)	2:13.77
10.	Joanne Deakins (GBR)	2:13.91
11.	Junko Torikai (JPN)	2:15.20
12.	Lin Li (CHN)	2:15.38
13.	Lorenza Vigarani (ITA)	2:16.21
14.	Nina Zhivanevskaya (EUN)	2:17.61
15.	Noriko Inada (JPN)	2:17.68
16.	Nathalie Wunderlich (SUI)	2:19.70

Note: Janie Wagstaff of the USA was the 9th fastest in the preliminary heats but withdrew from the B final and was replaced by Junko Torikai of Japan, who was the 17th fastest in the preliminaries.

Qualifying Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Mariya Kocheva (BUL)	2:21.79
2.	Darija Alauf (IOP)	2:22.07
3.	Storme Moodie (ZIM)	2:23.26
4.	Sarah Murphy (ZIM)	2:24.58
5.	Praphalsai Minpraphal (THA)	2:26.32
6.	Ana Fortin (HON)	2:27.33

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Akiko Thomson (PHI)	2:16.44
2.	Lee Chang-Ha (KOR)	2:18.33
3.	Jill Brukman (RSA)	2:18.56
4.	Michelle Smith (IRL)	2:21.37
5.	Marta Włodkowska (POL)	2:22.86
6.	Tanja Godina (SLO)	2:25.31

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Nathalie Wunderlich (SUI)	2:16.07
2.	Ana Barros (POR)	2:17.59
3.	Małgorzata Galwas (POL)	2:17.73
4.	Rita Jean Garay (PUR)	2:18.10
5.	Claudia Stănescu (ROU)	2:18.39
6.	Helena Straková (TCH)	2:18.44
7.	Cristina Rey (ESP)	2:20.75

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Lea Loveless (USA)	2:11.32
2.	Silvia Poll (CRC)	2:11.66
3.	Tünde Szabó (HUN)	2:13.81
4.	Marion Zoller (GER)	2:14.53
5.	Nuria Castelló (ESP)	2:16.24
6.	Kathy Read (GBR)	2:17.15
7.	Ellen Elzerman (NED)	2:17.34
8.	Nataliya Shibayeva (EUN)	2:20.54

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Nicole Stevenson (AUS)	2:12.32
2.	Janie Wagstaff (USA)	2:13.91
3.	Joanne Deakins (GBR)	2:14.34
4.	Lorenza Vigarani (ITA)	2:15.49
5.	Noriko Inada (JPN)	2:15.74
6.	Junko Torikai (JPN)	2:16.13
7.	Nikki Dryden (CAN)	2:17.54
8.	Beth Hazel (CAN)	2:17.70

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)	2:07.34 OR
2.	Dagmar Hase (GER)	2:11.52
3.	Anna Simcic (NZL)	2:12.99
4.	Leigh Habler (AUS)	2:13.44
5.	Nina Zhivanevskaya (EUN)	2:14.34
6.	Lin Li (CHN)	2:15.87
7.	Francesca Salvalajo (ITA)	2:16.89
8.	Lü Bin (CHN)	2:18.51

See also

• 1993 World SC Championships Women's 200m Backstroke

References

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