| Event: | Women's 200 metre backstroke |
| Competition: | 2018 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Tollcross International Swimming Centre |
| Dates: | 8 August (heats and semifinals) 9 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 29 |
| Nations: | 20 |
| Win Value: | 2:06.18 |
| Gold: | Margherita Panziera |
| Gold Nation: | ITA |
| Silver: | Daria Ustinova |
| Silver Nation: | RUS |
| Bronze: | Katalin Burián |
| Bronze Nation: | HUN |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2020 |
The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 8 and 9 August 2018.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Missy Franklin | 2:04.06 | London | 3 August 2012 | ||
| European record | Anastasia Zuyeva | 2:04.94 | Rome | 1 August 2009 | ||
| Championship record | Krisztina Egerszegi | 2:06.62 | Athens | 25 August 1991 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
The heats were started on 8 August at 09:00.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Daria Ustinova | 2:08.89 | Q | ||
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Katalin Burián | 2:10.22 | Q | ||
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Anastasiia Avdeeva | 2:10.31 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Margherita Panziera | 2:10.32 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Jenny Mensing | 2:11.23 | Q | ||
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Cristina García | 2:12.59 | Q | ||
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Daryna Zevina | 2:12.90 | Q | ||
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Gabriela Georgieva | 2:13.11 | Q | ||
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Ekaterina Avramova | 2:13.40 | Q | ||
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Simona Baumrtová | 2:13.45 | Q | ||
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Polina Egorova | 2:13.68 | |||
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Tessa Vermeulen | 2:13.70 | Q | ||
| 13 | 2 | 2 | 2:13.75 | Q | |||
| 14 | 3 | 5 | Lisa Graf | 2:13.77 | Q | ||
| 15 | 3 | 6 | África Zamorano | 2:14.30 | Q | ||
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Lena Grabowski | 2:15.30 | Q | ||
| 17 | 3 | 9 | Aviv Barzelay | 2:15.46 | Q | ||
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Shahar Menahem | 2:15.58 | |||
| 19 | 1 | 0 | Signhild Joensen | 2:15.84 | |||
| 20 | 1 | 6 | Carlotta Toni | 2:16.53 | |||
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Weronika Górecka | 2:16.60 | |||
| 22 | 2 | 9 | Victoria Bierre | 2:16.75 | |||
| 23 | 2 | 8 | Anastasia Gorbenko | 2:16.89 | |||
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Karolina Hájková | 2:17.20 | |||
| 25 | 3 | 0 | Vilma Ruotsalainen | 2:18.58 | |||
| 26 | 1 | 1 | Aleksa Gold | 2:18.95 | |||
| 27 | 1 | 2 | Maryna Kolesnykova | 2:19.22 | |||
| 28 | 1 | 7 | Agata Naskręt | 2:20.19 | |||
| 29 | 1 | 9 | Fjorda Šabani | 2:27.71 | |||
| 3 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | |||||
The semifinals were started on 8 August at 16:53.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Margherita Panziera | 2:07.27 | Q | ||
| 2 | 4 | Katalin Burián | 2:07.65 | Q | ||
| 3 | 1 | África Zamorano | 2:11.69 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | Simona Baumrtová | 2:12.02 | |||
| 5 | 3 | Cristina García | 2:12.67 | |||
| 6 | 6 | Gabriela Georgieva | 2:13.19 | |||
| 7 | 7 | 2:13.96 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | Aviv Barzelay | 2:15.41 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Daria Ustinova | 2:08.19 | Q | ||
| 2 | 3 | Jenny Mensing | 2:08.92 | Q | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lisa Graf | 2:09.32 | Q | ||
| 4 | 5 | Anastasiia Avdeeva | 2:09.54 | Q | ||
| 5 | 6 | Daryna Zevina | 2:11.17 | Q | ||
| 6 | 7 | Tessa Vermeulen | 2:13.32 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Ekaterina Avramova | 2:14.13 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Lena Grabowski | 2:15.08 |
The final was started on 9 August at 17:20.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Margherita Panziera | 2:06.18 | CR | |||
| 3 | Daria Ustinova | 2:07.12 | ||||
| 5 | Katalin Burián | 2:07.43 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | Lisa Graf | 2:08.58 | |||
| 5 | 7 | Anastasiia Avdeeva | 2:10.03 | |||
| 6 | 6 | Jenny Mensing | 2:10.77 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Daryna Zevina | 2:10.89 | |||
| 8 | 8 | África Zamorano | 2:11.55 |