| Women 200m Freestyle Swimming World Championship 1982 Guayaquil, Ecuador - 2nd August - Gold Medal: Annemarie Verstappen, Netherlands      | 
| Final 02.08 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | pts |  | 1. Annemarie Verstappen |   Netherlands | 1:59.53 | NR |   | 6 | 16 | 908 |  | 2. Birgit Meineke-Heukrodt |   East Germany | 2:00.67 |   | +1.14s | 4 | 18 | 882 |  | 3. Annelies Maas |   Netherlands | 2:00.64 |   | +1.11s | 3 | 22 | 878 |  | 4. Carmela Schmidt |   East Germany | 2:01.10 |   | +1.57s | 7 | 20 | 873 |  | 5. Irina Gerasimova |   Soviet Union | 2:01.13 | NR | +1.60s | 1 | 18 | 872 |  | 6. Marybeth Linzmeier |   United States | 2:01.51 |   | +1.98s | 5 | 19 | 864 |  | 7. June Croft |   Great Britain | 2:01.52 |   | +1.99s | 2 | 19 | 864 |  | 8. Tiffany Cohen |   United States | 2:02.16 |   | +2.63s | 8 | 16 | 850 |   
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| Final B |   | time |   | gap | L | ag |  | 9. Kaori Yanase |   Japan | 2:03.18 | NR |   | - | 14 |  | 10.Nataliya Strunnikova |   Soviet Union | 2:03.50 |   | +0.32 | 6 | 18 |  | 11.Susanne Schuster |   West Germany | 2:03.88 |   | +0.70 | - | 19 |  | 12.Isabel Reuss |   Mexico | 2:04.19 |   | +1.01 | 1 | 20 |  | 13.Suzanne Carol Baumer |   Australia | 2:04.63 |   | +1.45 | 4 | 16 |  | 14.Agneta Eriksson |   Sweden | 2:04.77 |   | +1.59 | 2 | 17 |  | 15.Cheryl Mcerton |   Canada | 2:04.80 |   | +1.62 | 8 | 16 |  | 16.Miki Saito |   Japan | 2:04.86 |   | +1.68 | 7 | 14 |   
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Heats - 2nd August | 
| Best 8 times advanced to Final>. Next 8 times to Final B. | 
| Heat - |   | time |   | gap | L | ag |  | 1. Birgit Meineke-Heukrodt |   East Germany | 2:01.51 |   | - | - | 18 |  | 2. Marybeth Linzmeier |   United States | 2:01.54 |   | +0.03s | - | 19 |  | 3. Annelies Maas |   Netherlands | 2:02.29 |   | +0.78s | - | 22 |  | 4. Annemarie Verstappen |   Netherlands | 2:02.35 |   | +0.84s | - | 16 |  | 5. June Croft |   Great Britain | 2:02.53 |   | +1.02s | - | 19 |  | 6. Carmela Schmidt |   East Germany | 2:02.55 |   | +1.04s | - | 20 |  | 7. Irina Gerasimova |   Soviet Union | 2:03.25 |   | +1.74s | - | 18 |  | 8. Tiffany Cohen |   United States | 2:03.67 |   | +2.16s | - | 16 |  | 9. Suzanne Carol Baumer |   Australia | 2:04.12 |   | +2.61s | - | 16 |  | 10.Kaori Yanase |   Japan | 2:04.29 | NR | +2.78s | - | 14 |  | 10.Susanne Schuster |   West Germany | 2:04.29 |   | +2.78s | - | 19 |  | 12.Nataliya Strunnikova |   Soviet Union | 2:04.34 |   | +2.83s | - | 18 |  | 13.Agneta Eriksson |   Sweden | 2:04.71 |   | +3.20s | - | 17 |  | 14.Miki Saito |   Japan | 2:04.86 |   | +3.35s | - | 14 |  | 15.Isabel Reuss |   Mexico | 2:05.11 |   | +3.60s | - | 20 |  | 16.Cheryl Mcerton |   Canada | 2:05.32 |   | +3.81s | - | 16 |  | 17.Carla Lasi |   Italy | 2:05.67 |   | +4.16s | - | 17 |  | 18.Julie Daigneault |   Canada | 2:05.74 |   | +4.23s | - | 17 |  | 19.Nikole Schrepfer |   Switzerland | 2:05.81 | NR | +4.30s | - | 17 |  | 20.Veronique Stephan |   France | 2:05.98 |   | +4.47s | - |   |  | 20.Sofia Dara |   Greece | 2:05.98 | NR | +4.47s | - | 19 |  | 22.Silvia Persi |   Italy | 2:06.04 |   | +4.53s | - | 16 |  | 23.Christine Schlaak |   West Germany | 2:06.54 |   | +5.03s | - |   |  | 24.Jackie Willmott |   Great Britain | 2:06.90 |   | +5.39s | - | 17 |  | 25.Pascale Verbauwen |   Belgium | 2:07.78 |   | +6.27s | - | 19 |  | 26.Beda Leirvaag |   Norway | 2:08.01 |   | +6.50s | - | 18 |  | 27.Carol Ann Heavey |   Ireland | 2:10.10 |   | +8.59s | - | 16 |  | 28.Virginia Sachero |   Argentina | 2:10.15 | NR | +8.64s | - | 21 |  | 29.Maria Bendito |   Venezuela | 2:11.35 | NR | +9.84s | - |   |  | 30.Sandra Bohorquez |   Colombia | 2:12.28 | NR | +10.77s | - |   |  | 31.Shelley Katherine Cramer |   US Virgin Islands | 2:12.66 |   | +11.15s | - | 20 |  | 32.Anita Hill |   Puerto Rico | 2:12.70 |   | +11.19s | - |   |  | 33.Sandra Crousse |   Peru | 2:14.96 |   | +13.45s | - | 16 |  | 34.Claudia Zierold |   Switzerland | 2:15.05 |   | +13.54s | - |   |  | 35.Jacqueline Franceschi |   Puerto Rico | 2:16.44 |   | +14.93s | - |   |   
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