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

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Bernat Olympic Pools
Date	July 27, 1992
Medalists
Nicole Haislett   United States   Franziska van Almsick   Germany   Kerstin Kielgass   Germany

Swimming events at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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 qualifying heats and the finals of the Women's 200 metre Freestyle event for the 1992 Summer Olympics were held on 27 July 1992 in Barcelona, Spain.

Results

Finals

RANK	FINAL A	TIME
	Nicole Haislett (USA)	1:57.90
	Franziska van Almsick (GER)	1:58.00
	Kerstin Kielgaß (GER)	1:59.67
4.	Catherine Plewinski (FRA)	1:59.88
5.	Luminiţa Dobrescu (ROU)	2:00.48
6.	Suzu Chiba (JPN)	2:00.64
7.	Olga Kirichenko (EUN)	2:00.90
8.	Lü Bin (CHN)	2:02.10

RANK	FINAL B	TIME
9.	Yelena Dendeberova (EUN)	2:00.09
10.	Karen Pickering (GBR)	2:00.33
11.	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	2:00.89
12.	Malin Nilsson (SWE)	2:02.02
13.	Mette Jacobsen (DEN)	2:02.14
14.	Gitta Jensen (DEN)	2:02.32
15.	Carla Negrea (ROU)	2:02.96
16.	Nicole Stevenson (AUS)	2:04.21

Qualifying Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Akiko Thomson (PHI)	2:07.95
2.	Robyn Lamsam (HKG)	2:08.60
3.	María José Marenco (ESA)	2:09.36
4.	Claudia Fortin (HON)	2:12.24
5.	Sharon Pickering (FIJ)	2:12.43
6.	Paola Peñarrieta (BOL)	2:15.74

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Allison Higson (CAN)	2:04.25
2.	Natalia Pulido (ESP)	2:04.39
3.	Rita Jean Garay (PUR)	2:07.08
4.	Joscelin Yeo (SIN)	2:07.09
5.	Rania El-Wani (EGY)	2:08.93
6.	Corinne Leclair (MRI)	2:12.55
7.	May Ooi (SIN)	2:13.20

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Franziska van Almsick (GER)	1:57.90
2.	Kerstin Kielgaß (GER)	2:00.55
3.	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	2:01.05
4.	Karen Pickering (GBR)	2:01.09
5.	Gitta Jensen (DEN)	2:02.27
6.	Nikki Dryden (CAN)	2:03.59
7.	Isabelle Arnould (BEL)	2:04.06
8.	Sandra Cam (BEL)	2:04.72

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Luminiţa Dobrescu (ROU)	2:00.51
2.	Lü Bin (CHN)	2:00.56
3.	Catherine Plewinski (FRA)	2:00.67
4.	Yelena Dendeberova (EUN)	2:01.28
5.	Jenny Thompson (USA)	2:01.71
6.	Nicole Stevenson (AUS)	2:02.50
7.	Irene Dalby (NOR)	2:04.28
8.	Diana van der Plaats (NED)	2:05.42

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Nicole Haislett (USA)	1:59.33
2.	Olga Kirichenko (EUN)	2:00.67
3.	Suzu Chiba (JPN)	2:00.96
4.	Mette Jacobsen (DEN)	2:01.84
5.	Carla Negrea (ROU)	2:03.16
6.	Yoko Koikawa (JPN)	2:03.32
7.	Malin Nilsson (SWE)	2:03.44
8.	Zhuang Yong (CHN)	2:04.12

See also

• 1993 World SC Championships Women's 200m Freestyle

References

• sports-reference