| Women's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
| Date | 31 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 43 from 30 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:07.06 OR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 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 women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) |
2:06.62 | Athens, Greece | 25 August 1991 |
| Olympic record |  Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) |
2:09.29 | Seoul, South Korea | 25 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July | Heat 6 | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary |
2:07.34 | OR |
| 31 July | Final A | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary |
2:07.06 | OR |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 3 | Marion Zoller |  Germany |
2:13.77 | |
| 10 | 4 | Joanne Deakins |  Great Britain |
2:13.91 | |
| 11 | 8 | Junko Torikai |  Japan |
2:15.20 | |
| 12 | 7 | Lin Li |  China |
2:15.38 | |
| 13 | 6 | Lorenza Vigarani |  Italy |
2:16.21 | |
| 14 | 5 | Nina Zhivanevskaya |  Unified Team |
2:17.61 | |
| 15 | 2 | Noriko Inada | Japan |
2:17.68 | |
| 16 | 1 | Nathalie Wunderlich |  Switzerland |
2:19.70 |
Final A
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary |
2:07.06 | OR |
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3 | Dagmar Hase | Germany |
2:09.46 | NR |
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2 | Nicole Stevenson |  Australia |
2:10.20 | OC |
| 4 | 5 | Lea Loveless |  United States |
2:11.54 | |
| 5 | 7 | Anna Simcic |  New Zealand |
2:11.99 | NR |
| 6 | 8 | Tünde Szabó | Hungary |
2:12.94 | |
| 7 | 6 | Silvia Poll |  Costa Rica |
2:12.97 | |
| 8 | 1 | Leigh Habler | Australia |
2:13.68 |
References
- "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 376–377. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 377. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
