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

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The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

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

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 5 Susie O'Neill 2:10.47 Q 2 5 4 Summer Sanders 2:10.58 Q 3 3 4 Rie Shito 2:11.00 Q 4 4 5 Mika Haruna 2:11.21 Q 5 4 4 Wang Xiaohong 2:11.83 Q 6 4 3 Angie Wester Krieg 2:12.00 Q 7 5 6 Ilaria Tocchini 2:13.03 Q 8 3 5 Mette Jacobsen 2:13.18 Q 9 3 3 Cécile Jeanson 2:13.23 q 10 5 3 Hayley Lewis 2:14.50 q 11 4 7 Ewa Synowska 2:14.58 q, NR 12 2 4 Anna Uryniuk 2:14.91 q 13 4 6 Samantha Purvis 2:15.04 q 14 3 7 Iuliana Pantelimon 2:15.44 q 15 3 6 María Peláez 2:15.77 q 16 5 2 Berit Puggaard 2:16.11 q 17 3 1 María Luisa Fernández 2:16.18 18 5 1 Nataša Meškovska 2:16.54 19 4 8 Joana Arantes 2:16.56 20 4 1 Timea Toth 2:16.84 21 5 7 Corina Dumitru 2:16.86 22 4 2 Nataliya Yakovleva 2:19.02 23 3 2 Jacinthe Pineau 2:19.44 24 2 3 Helen Slatter 2:20.45 25 1 5 Praphalsai Minpraphal 2:20.48 26 1 4 Bettina Ustrowski 2:21.49 27 1 2 Anja Margetić 2:21.56 28 2 2 Blanca Morales 2:21.97 29 5 8 Qian Hong 2:22.77 30 2 5 Shelley Cramer 2:25.24 31 1 6 Claudia Fortin 2:26.92 32 1 3 May Ooi 2:26.97 2 6 Jeanine Steenkamp DNS (Did not start) 3 8 Brigitte Becue DNS (Did not start)

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 5 Hayley Lewis 2:13.11 10 4 Cécile Jeanson 2:13.40 11 3 Ewa Synowska 2:13.61 NR 12 6 Anna Uryniuk 2:14.44 13 2 Samantha Purvis 2:14.47 14 7 Iuliana Pantelimon 2:14.95 15 8 Berit Puggaard 2:15.07 1 María Peláez

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Summer Sanders 2:08.67 2 Wang Xiaohong 2:09.01 AS 4 Susie O'Neill 2:09.03 OC 4 6 Mika Haruna 2:09.88 5 3 Rie Shito 2:10.24 6 7 Angie Wester Krieg 2:11.46 7 8 Mette Jacobsen 2:11.87 NR 8 1 Ilaria Tocchini 2:13.78