| Women 200m Backstroke Swimming IV World Championship 1982 Guayaquil, Ecuador - August - Gold Medal: Cornelia Sirch, East Germany | 
| Final 07.08 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | pts |  | 1. Cornelia Sirch |   East Germany | 2:09.91 | WR |   | 4 | 15 | 933 |  | 2. Georgina Parkes |   Australia | 2:14.96 |   | +5.05s | 3 | 17 | 832 |  | 3. Carmen Bunaciu |   Romania | 2:15.40 |   | +5.49s | 2 | 20 | 824 |  | 4. Larisa Gorchakova |   Soviet Union | 2:15.63 |   | +5.72s | 6 | 18 | 820 |  | 5. Sue Walsh |   United States | 2:15.90 |   | +5.99s | 5 | 20 | 815 |  | 6. Tracy Caulkins |   United States | 2:16.95 |   | +7.04s | 8 | 19 | 797 |  | 7. Kathrin Zimmermann |   East Germany | 2:17.65 |   | +7.74s | 7 | 15 | 784 |  | 8. Jolanda De Rover |   Netherlands | 2:18.09 |   | +8.18s | 6 | 18 | 777 |   
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| Final B |   | time |   | gap | L | ag |  | 9. Marion Aizpors |   West Germany | 2:16.94 |   |   | - | 21 |  | 10.Irina Chtyleva |   Soviet Union | 2:17.44 |   | +0.50s | 6 |   |  | 11.Manuela Carosi |   Italy | 2:18.61 |   | +1.67s | 2 | 17 |  | 12.Cheryl Gibson |   Canada | 2:18.62 |   | +1.68s | - | 23 |  | 13.Yolande Van Der Straeten |   Belgium | 2:19.57 |   | +2.63s | 3 | 16 |  | 14.Conny Van Bentum |   Netherlands | 2:20.92 |   | +3.98s | 8 | 16 |  | 15.Jennifer Campbell |   Canada | 2:21.37 |   | +4.43s | 7 |   |  | 16.Jane Admans |   Great Britain | 2:21.49 |   | +4.55s | 1 | 23 |   
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| Best 8 times advanced to Final>. Next 8 times to Final B. | 
| Heat - |   | time |   | gap | L | ag |  | 1. Cornelia Sirch |   East Germany | 2:12.63 |   |   | - | 15 |  | 2. Sue Walsh |   United States | 2:15.52 |   | +2.89s | - | 20 |  | 3. Georgina Parkes |   Australia | 2:15.61 |   | +2.98s | - | 17 |  | 4. Larisa Gorchakova |   Soviet Union | 2:16.20 |   | +3.57s | - | 18 |  | 5. Carmen Bunaciu |   Romania | 2:16.22 |   | +3.59s | - | 20 |  | 6. Jolanda De Rover |   Netherlands | 2:16.40 |   | +3.77s | - | 18 |  | 7. Kathrin Zimmermann |   East Germany | 2:16.48 |   | +3.85s | - | 15 |  | 8. Tracy Caulkins |   United States | 2:17.01 |   | +4.38s | - | 19 |  | 9. Marion Aizpors |   West Germany | 2:17.92 |   | +5.29s | - | 21 |  | 9. Cheryl Gibson |   Canada | 2:17.92 |   | +5.29s | - | 23 |  | 11.Yolande Van Der Straeten |   Belgium | 2:18.66 |   | +6.03s | - | 16 |  | 12.Irina Chtyleva |   Soviet Union | 2:19.17 |   | +6.54s | - |   |  | 13.Manuela Carosi |   Italy | 2:19.38 |   | +6.75s | - | 17 |  | 14.Jennifer Campbell |   Canada | 2:21.13 |   | +8.50s | - |   |  | 15.Jane Admans |   Great Britain | 2:21.18 |   | +8.55s | - | 23 |  | 16.Conny Van Bentum |   Netherlands | 2:21.80 |   | +9.17s | - | 16 |  | 17.Helen Jameson |   Great Britain | 2:22.78 |   | +10.15s | - | 18 |  | 18.Hisae Asari |   Japan | 2:23.82 |   | +11.19s | - |   |  | 19.Ute Neubert |   West Germany | 2:24.15 |   | +11.52s | - |   |  | 20.Sandra Barbato |   Uruguay | 2:24.61 | NR | +11.98s | - |   |  | 21.Karin Brandes |   Peru | 2:27.86 |   | +15.23s | - | 14 |  | 22.Jacqueline Franceschi |   Puerto Rico | 2:30.04 |   | +17.41s | - |   |  | 23.Teresa Figueiras |   Portugal | 2:32.87 |   | +20.24s | - |   |  | 24.Soumaya Koudri |   Algeria | 2:33.67 | NR | +21.04s | - |   |  | 25.Adriana Carbajal |   Uruguay | 2:39.80 |   | +27.17s | - |   |   
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