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Host City: Barcelona, Spain
Venue(s): Bernat Picornell Pools, Barcelona
Date Started: July 31, 1992
Date Finished: July 31, 1992
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final. Swimmers placing 9th-16th advanced to the B Final.
| Gold: | Summer Sanders |
| Silver: | Wang Xiaohong |
| Bronze: | Susie O'Neill |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Praphalsai Minpraphal | 14 | Thailand | THA | 2:20.48 | |
| 2 | Bettina Ustrowski | 15 | Germany | GER | 2:21.49 | |
| 3 | Anja Margetić | 16 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | 2:21.56 | |
| 4 | Claudia Fortin | 19 | Honduras | HON | 2:26.92 | |
| 5 | May Ooi | 16 | Singapore | SIN | 2:26.97 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Uryniuk | 18 | Poland | POL | 2:14.91 | QC |
| 2 | Helen Slatter | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:20.45 | |
| 3 | Blanca Morales | 22 | Guatemala | GUA | 2:21.97 | |
| 4 | Jeanine Steenkamp | 22 | South Africa | RSA | 2:25.24 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rie Shito | 18 | Japan | JPN | 2:11.00 | QU |
| 2 | Mette Jacobsen | 19 | Denmark | DEN | 2:13.18 | QU |
| 3 | Cécile Jeanson | 19 | France | FRA | 2:13.23 | QC |
| 4 | Iuliana Pantelimon | 17 | Romania | ROU | 2:15.44 | QC |
| 5 | María Peláez | 14 | Spain | ESP | 2:15.77 | QC |
| 6 | María Luisa Fernández | 23 | Spain | ESP | 2:16.18 | |
| 7 | Jacinthe Pineau | 18 | Canada | CAN | 2:19.44 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Haruna | 14 | Japan | JPN | 2:11.21 | QU |
| 2 | Wang Xiaohong | 23 | China | CHN | 2:11.83 | QU |
| 3 | Angie Wester-Krieg | 27 | United States | USA | 2:12.00 | QU |
| 4 | Ewa Synowska | 17 | Poland | POL | 2:14.58 | QC |
| 5 | Samantha Purvis | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:15.04 | QC |
| 6 | Joana Arantes | 19 | Portugal | POR | 2:16.56 | |
| 7 | Timea Toth | 24 | Israel | ISR | 2:16.84 | |
| 8 | Nataliya Yakovleva | 20 | Unified Team | EUN | 2:19.02 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Susie O'Neill | 18 | Australia | AUS | 2:10.47 | QU |
| 2 | Summer Sanders | 19 | United States | USA | 2:10.58 | QU |
| 3 | Ilaria Tocchini | 24 | Italy | ITA | 2:13.03 | QU |
| 4 | Hayley Lewis | 18 | Australia | AUS | 2:14.50 | QC |
| 5 | Berit Puggaard | 19 | Denmark | DEN | 2:16.11 | QC |
| 6 | Nataša Meškovska | 20 | Individual Olympic Athletes | IOA | 2:16.54 | |
| 7 | Corina Dumitru | 18 | Romania | ROU | 2:16.86 | |
| 8 | Qian Hong | 21 | China | CHN | 2:22.77 |