Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
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.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 27 July | Final A | Kyoko Iwasaki | | 2:26.65 | |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
| 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 |
| 11 | 4 | 7 | | | 2:32.09 | 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 | |
| 21 | 4 | 8 | | | 2:35.28 | |
| 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 | | | | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
