Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre butterfly
Competition:	2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Danube Arena
Dates:	19 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 20 May 2021 (final)
Competitors:	28
Nations:	18
Win Value:	2:06.50
Gold:	Boglárka Kapás
Gold Nation:	HUN
Silver:	Katinka Hosszú
Silver Nation:	HUN
Bronze:	Svetlana Chimrova
Bronze Nation:	RUS
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 May 2021.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nationality	Time	Location	Date
World record			2:01.81		20 October 2009
European record			2:04.27		29 July 2009
Championship record			2:04.79		24 August 2014

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 19 May at 10:18.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			2:07.61	Q
2	3	4			2:08.36	Q
3	2	5			2:09.15	Q
4	3	5			2:09.35
5	3	6			2:09.42	Q
6	1	5			2:09.48	Q
7	1	3			2:09.82	Q
8	2	6			2:10.18	Q
9	2	3			2:10.73	Q
10	2	7			2:10.75
11	1	2			2:10.84	Q
12	1	7			2:11.02	Q
13	3	3			2:11.08
14	1	4			2:11.51
15	2	2			2:11.85	Q
16	3	1			2:12.82	Q
17	3	2			2:12.87	Q
18	1	8			2:13.33	Q
19	2	1			2:14.69	Q,
20	3	8			2:14.98	Q
21	2	0			2:15.83	Q
22	2	8			2:16.09
22	3	7			2:16.09
24	1	0			2:17.04
25	3	0			2:17.48
26	1	1			2:19.20
27	3	9			2:23.73
28	2	9			2:30.07
	1	6			Did not start

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 19 May at 18:44.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			2:08.75	Q
2	5			2:08.95	Q
3	3			2:09.76	q
4	6			2:10.07
5	2			2:10.11
6	7			2:12.57
7	1			2:14.53
8	8			2:15.79

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			2:07.25	Q
2	3			2:09.08	Q
3	6			2:09.32	q
4	5			2:09.39	q
5	2			2:09.59	q
6	7			2:10.74
7	1			2:12.32
8	8			2:15.52

Final

The final was held on 20 May at 18:00.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			2:06.50
	5			2:08.14
	6			2:08.55
4	3			2:08.89
5	2			2:08.91
6	7			2:09.42
7	1			2:09.94
8	8			2:10.25

Notes and References

1. http://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWM_Schedule_1.2.pdf Schedule
2. http://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWMW200MBF------------HEAT--------_51A1%201.0.pdf Start list
3. http://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWMW200MBF------------HEAT--------_74A%201.0.pdf Heats results
4. http://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWMW200MBF------------SFNL--------_73A2%201.0.pdf Semifinals results
5. http://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWMW200MBF------------FNL-000100--_73A1%201.0.pdf Final results