The qualifying heats and the finals of the Women's 200 metres Backstroke event for the 1992 Summer Olympics were held on 1992-07-31 in Barcelona, Spain.
Note: Janie Wagstaff of the USA was the 9th fastest in the preliminary heats but withdrew from the B final and was replaced by Junko Torikai of Japan, who was the 17th fastest in the preliminaries.