| Women 200m Backstroke Swimming XXIV Olympic Games 1988 Seoul, South Korea - 2-th September - Gold Medal: Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungary | 
| | Final A |  | time | gap | L | Y | 50m | 100m | 150m |  | 1. Krisztina Egerszegi |  Hungary | 2:09.29 | OR | 5 | 14 | 30.32s | 1:02.99 | 1:35.88 |  | 2. Kathrin Zimmermann |  East Germany | 2:10.61 | +1.32s | 3 | 21 | 30.83s | 1:03.59 | 1:37.03 |  | 3. Cornelia Sirch |  East Germany | 2:11.45 | +2.16s | 4 | 21 | 30.20s | 1:02.79 | 1:36.47 |  | 4. Beth Barr |  United States | 2:12.39 | +3.10s | 6 | 16 | 31.34s | 1:04.98 | 1:38.72 |  | 5. Nicole Stevenson |  Australia | 2:13.43 | +4.14s | 7 | 17 | 31.65s | 1:05.14 | 1:39.58 |  | 6. Andrea Hayes |  United States | 2:15.02 | +5.73s | 2 | 19 | 31.59s | 1:05.66 | 1:40.23 |  | 7. Jolanda De Rover |  Netherlands | 2:15.17 | +5.88s | 1 | 24 | 31.81s | 1:06.04 | 1:40.67 |  | 8. Svenja Schlicht |  West Germany | 2:15.94 | +6.65s | 8 | 21 | 32.23s | 1:06.61 | 1:41.54 | 
 | World Record: Betsy Mitchell, United States 2:08.60 Orlando, United States 27 June 1986 |  | Olympic Record: Rica Reinisch, East Germany 2:11.77 Moscow, Soviet Union 27 July 1980 | 
 | Final B |  | time | gap | L | Y | 50m | 100m | 150m |  | 9. Susanne Bornike |  East Germany | 2:28.55 |  | - | 20 | 33.98s | 1:11.26 | 1:49.77 |  | 10.Svetlana Kuzmina |  Soviet Union | 2:30.03 | +1.48s | - | 19 | 35.35s | 1:13.85 | 1:51.93 |  | 11.Linda Moes |  Netherlands | 2:30.83 | +2.28s | - | 16 | 35.00s | 1:13.00 | 1:51.60 |  | 12.Annalisa Nisiro |  Italy | 2:31.19 | +2.64s | - | 15 | 35.58s | 1:14.21 | 1:52.60 |  | 13.Susan Rapp |  United States | 2:32.90 | +4.35s | - | 23 | 35.12s | 1:13.73 | 1:52.94 |  | 14.Tracey Mcfarlane |  United States | 2:33.46 | +4.91s | - | 22 | 34.62s | 1:13.37 | 1:53.05 |  | 15.Guylaine Cloutier |  Canada | 2:33.55 | +5.00s | - | 16 | 35.39s | 1:14.47 | 1:53.98 |  | 16.Brigitte Becue |  Belgium | 2:34.10 | +5.55s | - | 16 | 36.59s | 1:16.65 | 1:55.89 | 
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| | Heat 5 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 50m | 100m | 150m |  | 1. Cornelia Sirch |  East Germany | 2:10.46 | OR | - | 21 | 1. | 31.18s | 1:04.08 | 1:37.04 |  | 2. Andrea Hayes |  United States | 2:14.77 | +4.31s | - | 19 | 5. | 31.99s | 1:05.78 | 1:40.12 |  | 3. Nicole Stevenson |  Australia | 2:14.81 | +4.35s | - | 17 | 6. | 32.16s | 1:06.01 | 1:40.69 |  | 4. Karen Lord |  Australia | 2:16.94 | +6.48s | - | 18 | 9. | 32.28s | 1:06.74 | 1:41.66 |  | 5. Sharon Musson |  New Zealand | 2:17.47 | +7.01s | - | 18 | 13. | 32.33s | 1:06.76 | 1:42.07 |  | 6. Satoko Morishita |  Japan | 2:18.74 | +8.28s | - | 14 | 16. | 33.24s | 1:07.92 | 1:43.38 |  | 7. Michelle Smith De Bruin |  Ireland | 2:19.50 | +9.04s | - | 18 | 17. | 32.34s | 1:07.05 | 1:43.06 |  | 8. Tomoko Onogi |  Japan | 2:21.46 | +11.00s | - | 18 | 20. | 32.83s | 1:08.06 | 1:44.18 | 
 | Heat 4 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 50m | 100m | 150m |  | 1. Krisztina Egerszegi |  Hungary | 2:11.01 | +0.55s OR | - | 14 | 2. | 30.28s | 1:03.23 | 1:37.19 |  | 2. Beth Barr |  United States | 2:13.91 | +3.45s | - | 16 | 4. | 31.67s | 1:05.51 | 1:39.76 |  | 3. Jolanda De Rover |  Netherlands | 2:16.58 | +6.12s | - | 24 | 7. | 32.25s | 1:06.93 | 1:41.76 |  | 4. Svenja Schlicht |  West Germany | 2:16.81 | +6.35s | - | 21 | 8. | 32.93s | 1:06.43 | 1:42.03 |  | 5. Kathy Read |  Great Britain | 2:17.22 | +6.76s | - | 19 | 10. | 32.08s | 1:06.49 | 1:41.46 |  | 6. Lorenza Vigarani |  Italy | 2:17.35 | +6.89s | - | 18 | 12. | 31.85s | 1:06.27 | 1:41.52 |  | 7. Helen Slatter |  Great Britain | 2:21.66 | +11.20s | - | 18 | 22. | 32.62s | 1:08.29 | 1:44.70 |  | 8. Bo-Lin Wang |  China | 2:21.70 | +11.24s | - | 17 | 23. | 32.30s | 1:07.74 | 1:44.22 | 
 | Heat 3 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 50m | 100m | 150m |  | 1. Kathrin Zimmermann |  East Germany | 2:12.81 | +2.35s | - | 21 | 3. | 31.34s | 1:04.54 | 1:38.33 |  | 2. Anca Patrascoiu |  Romania | 2:17.25 | +6.79s | - | 20 | 11. | 31.96s | 1:06.10 | 1:41.27 |  | 3. Johanna Larsson |  Sweden | 2:18.01 | +7.55s | - | 16 | 14. | 33.10s | 1:07.74 | 1:42.81 |  | 3. Lori Melien |  Canada | 2:20.45 | +9.99s | - | 16 | 19. | 32.89s | 1:08.56 | 1:44.67 |  | 4. Sylvia Hume |  New Zealand | 2:21.55 | +11.09s | - | 20 | 21. | 32.70s | 1:08.64 | 1:44.44 |  | 5. Christine Magnier |  France | 2:24.15 | +13.69s | - | 19 | 25. | 33.97s | 1:10.17 | 1:46.78 |  | 6. Katja Ziliox |  West Germany | 2:26.25 | +15.79s | - | 18 | 28. | 33.74s | 1:10.42 | 1:48.13 |  | -. Gillian Akiko Thomson |  Philippines | DNS |  | - | 13 | -. |  |  |  | 
 | Heat 2 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 50m | 100m | 150m |  | 1. Lin Li |  China | 2:18.11 | +7.65s | - | 17 | 15. | 32.24s | 1:07.28 | 1:42.88 |  | 2. Aileen Convery |  Ireland | 2:19.91 | +9.45s | - | 19 | 18. | 32.16s | 1:08.03 | 1:44.43 |  | 3. Rita Garay |  Puerto Rico | 2:23.73 | +13.27s | - | 17 | 24. | 33.42s | 1:08.83 | 1:45.40 |  | 4. Ji-Hee Hong |  South Korea | 2:24.58 | +14.12s | - | 15 | 26. | 33.38s | 1:09.44 | 1:46.77 |  | 5. Eva Gysling |  Switzerland | 2:24.61 | +14.15s | - | 21 | 27. | 32.21s | 1:07.88 | 1:45.33 |  | 6. Wang Chi |  Taiwan | 2:36.60 | +26.14s | - | 18 | 31. | 34.68s | 1:13.42 | 1:54.68 |  | -. Ruth Hochstatter |  Austria | DNS |  | - | 25 | -. |  |  |  | 
 | Heat 1 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 50m | 100m | 150m |  | 1. Ana Fortin |  Honduras | 2:32.13 | +21.67s | - | 16 | 29. | 34.55s | 1:12.92 | 1:52.03 |  | 2. Patricia Duncan |  US Virgin Islands | 2:33.97 | +23.51s | - | 15 | 30. | 34.90s | 1:13.78 | 1:53.44 |  | 3. Sharon Tania Pickering |  Fiji | 2:36.99 | +26.53s | - | 20 | 32. | 35.63s | 1:15.71 | 1:56.44 | 
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