| Event: | Women's 200 metre breaststroke |
| Games: | 1992 Summer |
| Venue: | Piscines Bernat Picornell |
| Date: | 27 July 1992 (heats & finals) |
| Competitors: | 40 |
| Nations: | 29 |
| Gold: | Kyoko Iwasaki |
| Goldnoc: | JPN |
| Silver: | Lin Li |
| Silvernoc: | CHN |
| Bronze: | Anita Nall |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Win Value: | 2:26.65 |
| Prev: | 1988 |
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 2:27.77 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 2:27.78 | Q, NR | |||
| 3 | 3 | 6 | 2:28.24 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 2:29.01 | Q | |||
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 2:29.71 | Q | |||
| 6 | 5 | 6 | 2:29.99 | Q | |||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 2:30.75 | Q | |||
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 2:30.78 | Q, NR | |||
| 9 | 4 | 4 | 2:30.80 | q | |||
| 10 | 5 | 8 | 2:32.04 | q, NR | |||
| 11 | 3 | 4 | 2:32.09 | q | |||
| 4 | 7 | q | |||||
| 13 | 4 | 5 | 2:32.33 | q | |||
| 14 | 3 | 5 | 2:32.39 | q | |||
| 15 | 3 | 2 | 2:32.55 | q | |||
| 16 | 3 | 8 | 2:33.92 | q | |||
| 17 | 3 | 7 | 2:34.11 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | 1 | 2:34.58 | ||||
| 19 | 4 | 3 | 2:34.73 | ||||
| 20 | 4 | 6 | 2:34.97 | ||||
| 21 | 2 | 3 | 2:35.28 | ||||
| 4 | 8 | ||||||
| 23 | 4 | 1 | 2:35.33 | ||||
| 24 | 5 | 1 | 2:36.42 | ||||
| 25 | 1 | 4 | 2:36.65 | ||||
| 26 | 2 | 7 | 2:37.09 | ||||
| 27 | 2 | 4 | 2:37.42 | ||||
| 28 | 2 | 5 | 2:37.69 | ||||
| 29 | 5 | 7 | 2:38.63 | ||||
| 30 | 2 | 2 | 2:41.20 | ||||
| 31 | 2 | 6 | 2:41.48 | ||||
| 32 | 1 | 5 | 2:42.25 | ||||
| 33 | 2 | 1 | 2:44.49 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 8 | 2:45.04 | ||||
| 35 | 1 | 2 | 2:46.79 | ||||
| 36 | 1 | 3 | 2:47.27 | ||||
| 37 | 1 | 6 | 2:47.31 | ||||
| 38 | 1 | 7 | 2:57.71 | ||||
| 39 | 1 | 1 | 3:12.13 | ||||
| 1 | 8 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 2:31.15 | NR | |||
| 2 | 6 | 2:32.05 | ||||
| 3 | 2 | 2:32.10 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | 2:32.63 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 2:32.97 | ||||
| 6 | 4 | 2:33.89 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 2:35.74 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 2:37.65 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2:26.65 | , NR | ||||
| 7 | 2:26.85 | NR | ||||
| 4 | 2:26.88 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 2:28.47 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 2:29.88 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 2:30.11 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 2:31.21 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 2:31.76 |