| Event: | Women's 200 metres |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The women's 200 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships were held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 29 and 30 June.
| Gold | Mariya Ryemyen Ukraine | |
| Silver | Hrystyna Stuy Ukraine | |
| Bronze | Myriam Soumaré France |
| Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 21.34 | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 | ||
| European record | 21.71 | Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | 10 June 1979 | ||
| Potsdam, East Germany | 21 July 1984 | ||||
| Jena, East Germany | 29 June 1986 | ||||
| Stuttgart, West Germany | 29 August 1986 | ||||
| Championship record | 21.71 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 29 August 1986 | ||
| World Leading | 22.09 | New York City, United States | 9 June 2012 | ||
| European Leading | 22.69 | Yalta, Ukraine | 14 June 2012 | ||
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 June 2012 | 14:00 | Round 1 | |
| 29 June 2012 | 20:55 | Semifinals | |
| 30 June 2012 | 20:50 | Final |
First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Wind:
Heat 1: −0.6 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.6 m/s, Heat 4: +0.7 m/s, Heat 5: −0.6 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 6 | 22.77 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 22.95 | Q, PB | |||
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 22.96 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 23.05 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 23.08 | Q, PB | |||
| 6 | 2 | 6 | 23.09 | Q | |||
| 7 | 1 | 7 | 23.10 | Q | |||
| 8 | 3 | 5 | 23.11 | Q | |||
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 23.26 | Q, PB | |||
| 10 | 3 | 2 | 23.30 | Q | |||
| 11 | 1 | 3 | 23.35 | Q | |||
| 11 | 5 | 3 | 23.35 | Q | |||
| 13 | 2 | 7 | 23.37 | Q | |||
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 23.42 | Q | |||
| 15 | 4 | 3 | 23.50 | q, =NUR | |||
| 16 | 3 | 6 | 23.54 | Q | |||
| 17 | 1 | 2 | 23.55 | Q | |||
| 18 | 5 | 4 | 23.58 | Q | |||
| 19 | 1 | 5 | 23.64 | Q | |||
| 20 | 3 | 3 | 23.77 | Q | |||
| 21 | 2 | 2 | 23.78 | q | |||
| 22 | 5 | 6 | 23.89 | Q | |||
| 23 | 3 | 4 | 23.95 | q | |||
| 24 | 1 | 6 | 23.97 | q | |||
| 25 | 3 | 7 | 24.00 | ||||
| 26 | 4 | 2 | 24.04 | ||||
| 27 | 1 | 4 | 24.14 | ||||
| 28 | 5 | 2 | 24.18 | ||||
| 29 | 2 | 4 | 24.68 | ||||
| 30 | 5 | 5 | 27.90 |
First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: −0.1 m/s, Heat 3: −0.2 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 22.70 | Q, SB | |||
| 2 | 2 | 6 | 22.82 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 23.04 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 23.04 | Q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 5 | 23.08 | Q | |||
| 6 | 3 | 4 | 23.13 | q | |||
| 7 | 1 | 6 | 23.21 | q | |||
| 8 | 3 | 6 | 23.22 | ||||
| 9 | 3 | 7 | 23.26 | SB | |||
| 10 | 1 | 8 | 23.31 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 8 | 23.40 | Q | |||
| 12 | 1 | 3 | 23.45 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 4 | 23.49 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | 7 | 23.58 | ||||
| 15 | 3 | 8 | 23.61 | ||||
| 16 | 3 | 2 | 23.64 | ||||
| 17 | 1 | 2 | 23.66 | ||||
| 18 | 2 | 7 | 23.66 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 5 | 23.68 | ||||
| 20 | 2 | 2 | 23.95 | ||||
| 21 | 1 | 1 | 24.20 | ||||
| 22 | 2 | 1 | 24.44 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 3 | 1 |
Wind: -1.3 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 23.05 | |||||
| 7 | 23.17 | |||||
| 5 | 23.21 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 23.25 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 23.53 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 23.55 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 23.59 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 23.61 |