| Event: | Women's 200 metre freestyle |
| Championship: | 2016 European Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 20–21 May |
| Competitors: | 62 |
| Nations: | 27 |
| Win Value: | 1:55.93 |
| Gold: | Federica Pellegrini |
| Goldnoc: | ITA |
| Silver: | Femke Heemskerk |
| Silvernoc: | NED |
| Bronze: | Charlotte Bonnet |
| Bronzenoc: | FRA |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 May 2016.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | align=left rowspan=2 | Federica Pellegrini | align=left rowspan=2 | align=left rowspan=2 | 1:52.98 | Rome | 29 July 2009 | |
| European record | ||||||||
| Championship record | Federica Pellegrini | 1:55.45 | Budapest | 14 August 2010 |
The heats were held on 20 May at 10:17.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 1:57.91 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 1:57.96 | Q | |||
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 1:58.54 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 1:58.72 | Q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 6 | 1:59.17 | Q | |||
| 6 | 7 | 9 | 1:59.47 | Q | |||
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 1:59.51 | Q | |||
| 7 | 5 | 5 | 1:59.51 | Q | |||
| 9 | 6 | 7 | 1:59.62 | Q | |||
| 10 | 6 | 1 | 1:59.93 | Q | |||
| 11 | 7 | 3 | 1:59.96 | ||||
| 12 | 7 | 1 | 2:00.06 | Q | |||
| 13 | 7 | 0 | 2:00.12 | Q | |||
| 14 | 7 | 6 | 2:00.18 | Q | |||
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 2:00.32 | Q | |||
| 16 | 4 | 8 | 2:00.68 | Q | |||
| 17 | 5 | 1 | 2:00.78 | Q | |||
| 17 | 6 | 5 | 2:00.78 | ||||
| 19 | 6 | 2 | 2:00.83 | ||||
| 20 | 4 | 7 | 2:00.94 | ||||
| 21 | 6 | 8 | 2:01.21 | ||||
| 22 | 5 | 2 | 2:01.23 | ||||
| 23 | 6 | 3 | 2:01.32 | ||||
| 24 | 3 | 4 | 2:01.67 | ||||
| 25 | 4 | 5 | 2:01.71 | ||||
| 26 | 4 | 2 | 2:01.82 | ||||
| 27 | 5 | 8 | 2:02.00 | ||||
| 28 | 2 | 6 | 2:02.18 | ||||
| 29 | 5 | 9 | 2:02.20 | ||||
| 30 | 6 | 0 | 2:02.25 | ||||
| 31 | 2 | 5 | 2:02.36 | ||||
| 32 | 2 | 1 | 2:02.37 | ||||
| 33 | 6 | 9 | 2:02.40 | ||||
| 33 | 3 | 8 | 2:02.40 | ||||
| 35 | 3 | 6 | 2:02.81 | ||||
| 36 | 7 | 7 | 2:02.88 | ||||
| 37 | 7 | 2 | 2:03.16 | ||||
| 38 | 4 | 0 | 2:03.27 | ||||
| 39 | 3 | 5 | 2:03.33 | ||||
| 40 | 5 | 0 | 2:03.45 | ||||
| 41 | 4 | 9 | 2:03.50 | ||||
| 42 | 3 | 3 | 2:03.64 | ||||
| 43 | 2 | 4 | 2:04.42 | ||||
| 44 | 3 | 1 | 2:04.49 | ||||
| 45 | 2 | 2 | 2:04.56 | ||||
| 45 | 3 | 2 | 2:04.56 | ||||
| 47 | 2 | 7 | 2:05.06 | ||||
| 48 | 3 | 7 | 2:05.92 | ||||
| 49 | 3 | 0 | 2:06.17 | ||||
| 50 | 4 | 3 | 2:06.34 | ||||
| 51 | 1 | 4 | 2:07.01 | ||||
| 52 | 2 | 0 | 2:07.14 | ||||
| 53 | 1 | 3 | 2:07.29 | ||||
| 54 | 4 | 1 | 2:07.58 | ||||
| 55 | 1 | 6 | 2:08.57 | ||||
| 56 | 2 | 9 | 2:08.68 | ||||
| 57 | 1 | 5 | 2:09.67 | ||||
| 58 | 1 | 7 | 2:09.94 | ||||
| 59 | 3 | 9 | 2:11.10 | ||||
| 60 | 2 | 3 | 2:12.75 | ||||
| 61 | 1 | 1 | 2:12.80 | ||||
| 62 | 1 | 2 | 2:13.92 | ||||
| 4 | 6 | ||||||
| 7 | 8 | ||||||
| 2 | 8 | ||||||
| 5 | 6 | ||||||
| 7 | 4 | ||||||
The semifinals were held on 20 May at 18:15.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1:56.73 | Q | |||
| 2 | 8 | 1:58.66 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 1:58.69 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 1:58.83 | Q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 1:58.97 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 1:59.66 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 2:00.27 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 2:00.28 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1:56.68 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 1:57.64 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1:58.10 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 1:58.68 | Q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 1:59.31 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 1:59.84 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 1:59.91 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 2:00.54 |
The final was on 21 May at 16:36.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1:55.93 | |||||
| 4 | 1:55.97 | |||||
| 3 | 1:56.51 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 1:58.08 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 1:58.16 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 1:58.24 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 1:58.27 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 1:58.69 |