| Event: | Women's 200 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2018 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Tollcross International Swimming Centre |
| Dates: | 5 August (heats and semifinals) 6 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 53 |
| Nations: | 24 |
| Win Value: | 1:54.95 |
| Gold: | Charlotte Bonnet |
| Gold Nation: | FRA |
| Silver: | Femke Heemskerk |
| Silver Nation: | NED |
| Bronze: | Anastasia Guzhenkova |
| Bronze Nation: | RUS |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2020 |
The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 5 and 6 August 2018.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record European record | Federica Pellegrini | 1:52.98 | Rome | 29 July 2009 | ||
| Championship record | Sarah Sjöström | 1:55.30 | London | 19 May 2016 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
The heats were started on 5 August at 10:11.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Femke Heemskerk | 1:58.14 | Q | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Charlotte Bonnet | 1:58.30 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | Anastasia Guzhenkova | 1:58.81 | Q | |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Holly Hibbott | 1:58.92 | Q | |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | Melani Costa | 1:59.01 | Q | |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Reva Foos | 1:59.03 | Q | |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Ellie Faulkner | 1:59.19 | Q | |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | Kathryn Greenslade | 1:59.26 | ||
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Isabel Gose | 1:59.27 | Q | |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Valentine Dumont | 1:59.30 | Q | |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Margaux Fabre | 1:59.32 | Q | |
| 12 | 5 | 7 | Maria Ugolkova | 1:59.37 | Q | |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | Valeriya Salamatina | 1:59.47 | Q | |
| 14 | 5 | 5 | Viktoriya Andreyeva | 1:59.80 | ||
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Daniela Georges | 1:59.87 | Q | |
| 16 | 6 | 7 | Robin Neumann | 1:59.91 | Q | |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | Irina Krivonogova | 2:00.12 | ||
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Annika Bruhn | 2:00.22 | ||
| 19 | 3 | 7 | Lotte Goris | 2:00.34 | Q | |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Marie Pietruschka | 2:00.50 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 6 | Noémi Girardet | 2:00.64 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 2 | Janja Šegel | 2:00.64 | ||
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Signe Bro | 2:00.97 | ||
| 24 | 6 | 0 | Marjolein Delno | 2:01.12 | ||
| 24 | 5 | 9 | Laura Jensen | 2:01.12 | ||
| 26 | 5 | 1 | Lucy Hope | 2:01.54 | ||
| 27 | 3 | 4 | África Zamorano | 2:01.64 | ||
| 28 | 4 | 9 | Hanna Eriksson | 2:01.66 | ||
| 29 | 2 | 5 | Aleksandra Polańska | 2:01.92 | ||
| 30 | 6 | 8 | Stefania Pirozzi | 2:01.95 | ||
| 31 | 2 | 3 | Marlene Kahler | 2:02.02 | ||
| 32 | 1 | 4 | Lena Kreundl | 2:02.10 | ||
| 33 | 3 | 0 | Dominika Kossakowska | 2:02.69 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 7 | Emily Gantriis | 2:02.78 | ||
| 35 | 2 | 4 | Monique Olivier | 2:02.95 | ||
| 36 | 1 | 6 | Laura Benková | 2:02.96 | ||
| 37 | 4 | 8 | Aleksandra Knop | 2:02.99 | ||
| 38 | 4 | 0 | Loulou Vos | 2:03.05 | ||
| 39 | 5 | 0 | Esther Morillo | 2:03.09 | ||
| 40 | 1 | 2 | Kertu Alnek | 2:03.10 | ||
| 41 | 3 | 1 | Julia Hassler | 2:03.11 | ||
| 41 | 3 | 8 | Diana Duares | 2:03.11 | ||
| 43 | 2 | 1 | Maria Grandt | 2:03.59 | ||
| 43 | 3 | 3 | Katja Fain | 2:03.59 | ||
| 45 | 3 | 5 | Neža Klančar | 2:03.67 | ||
| 46 | 2 | 0 | Ieva Maļuka | 2:03.71 | ||
| 47 | 2 | 9 | Lena Opatril | 2:03.72 | ||
| 48 | 2 | 8 | Leoni Richter | 2:03.83 | ||
| 49 | 2 | 6 | Selen Özbilen | 2:07.18 | ||
| 50 | 1 | 5 | Fatima Alkaramova | 2:07.93 | ||
| 51 | 1 | 3 | Sara Lettoli | 2:08.12 | ||
| 52 | 1 | 7 | Elisa Bernardi | 2:10.82 | ||
| 53 | 1 | 1 | Nikol Merizaj | 2:12.28 | ||
| 3 | 9 | Aleksa Gold | Did not start | |||
| 6 | 9 | |||||
The swim-off was held on 5 August at 11:09.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Janja Šegel | 2:00.18 | Q | ||
| 2 | 5 | Noémi Girardet | 2:01.27 |
The semifinals were started on 5 August at 18:36.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Charlotte Bonnet | 1:58.12 | Q | ||
| 2 | 7 | Valeriya Salamatina | 1:58.37 | Q | ||
| 3 | 5 | Holly Hibbott | 1:58.46 | Q | ||
| 4 | 6 | Isabel Gose | 1:58.76 | Q | ||
| 5 | 3 | Reva Foos | 1:59.04 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Margaux Fabre | 1:59.66 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Robin Neumann | 2:00.39 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Janja Šegel | 2:00.98 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Femke Heemskerk | 1:57.64 | Q | ||
| 2 | 5 | Anastasia Guzhenkova | 1:58.18 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | Melani Costa | 1:58.53 | Q | ||
| 4 | 6 | Ellie Faulkner | 1:58.71 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | Valentine Dumont | 1:58.89 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Maria Ugolkova | 1:59.43 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Daniela Georges | 2:00.43 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Lotte Goris | 2:00.69 |
The final was started on 6 August at 18:02.[6]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Charlotte Bonnet | 1:54.95 | CR | |||
| 4 | Femke Heemskerk | 1:56.72 | ||||
| 3 | Anastasia Guzhenkova | 1:56.77 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | Ellie Faulkner | 1:58.26 | |||
| 5 | 8 | Isabel Gose | 1:58.42 | |||
| 6 | 6 | Valeriya Salamatina | 1:58.63 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Holly Hibbott | 1:58.64 | |||
| 8 | 7 | Melani Costa | 1:58.84 |