Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley
The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 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 |
| 30 July | Final A | Lin Li | | 2:11.65 | |
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 | 6 | 4 | Summer Sanders | | 2:14.68 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 2 | Elli Overton | | 2:15.13 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Daniela Hunger | | 2:15.16 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Lin Li | | 2:15.68 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Marianne Limpert | | 2:16.84 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 6 | Ewa Synowska | | 2:16.88 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Yelena Dendeberova | | 2:17.13 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Nancy Sweetnam | | 2:17.26 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 4 | Nicole Haislett | | 2:17.40 | q, |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Jana Haas | | 2:17.74 | q |
| 11 | 4 | 5 | Jacqueline McKenzie | | 2:17.82 | q |
| 12 | 4 | 8 | Alicja Pęczak | | 2:17.90 | q |
| 13 | 3 | 5 | Silvia Parera | | 2:17.97 | q |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | Noemi Lung | | 2:18.12 | q |
| 15 | 4 | 3 | Hideko Hiranaka | | 2:18.13 | q |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | Eri Kimura | | 2:18.63 | q |
| 17 | 5 | 6 | Louise Karlsson | | 2:18.75 | q, |
| 18 | 6 | 7 | Céline Bonnet | | 2:18.95 | q |
| 19 | 6 | 8 | Mildred Muis | | 2:19.10 | |
| 20 | 4 | 6 | Lara Bianconi | | 2:19.40 | |
| 21 | 4 | 7 | Sharron Davies | | 2:19.41 | |
| 22 | 3 | 4 | Hana Černá | | 2:19.93 | |
| 23 | 5 | 7 | Lü Bin | | 2:20.12 | |
| 24 | 5 | 1 | Lenka Maňhalová | | 2:20.52 | |
| 25 | 6 | 1 | Brigitte Becue | | 2:21.98 | |
| 26 | 5 | 8 | Helen Slatter | | 2:22.04 | |
| 27 | 3 | 3 | Martina Nemec | | 2:22.63 | |
| 28 | 2 | 4 | Jill Brukman | | 2:23.07 | |
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Nathalie Wunderlich | | 2:23.18 | |
| 30 | 2 | 6 | Praphalsai Minpraphal | | 2:23.24 | NR |
| 31 | 3 | 2 | Lourdes Becerra | | 2:23.51 | |
| 32 | 2 | 5 | Michelle Smith | | 2:23.83 | NR |
| 33 | 2 | 3 | Joscelin Yeo | | 2:25.32 | |
| 34 | 2 | 1 | Claudia Fortin | | 2:25.66 | |
| 35 | 3 | 7 | Annette Poulsen | | 2:25.67 | |
| 36 | 2 | 7 | May Ooi | | 2:27.62 | |
| 37 | 3 | 1 | Keren Regal | | 2:27.85 | |
| 38 | 1 | 5 | Jennifer Smatt | | 2:29.29 | |
| 39 | 1 | 4 | Ana Joselina Fortin | | 2:30.07 | |
| 40 | 1 | 2 | Sharon Pickering | | 2:30.11 | |
| 41 | 1 | 3 | Nguyễn Kiều Oanh | | 2:35.71 | |
| 42 | 1 | 6 | Tammie Kaae | | 2:36.31 | |
| 43 | 1 | 7 | Elke Talma | | 2:53.41 | |
| 1 | 1 | Bako Ratsifandrihamanana | | | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
