| Event: | Women's 200 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2020 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Danube Arena |
| Dates: | 19 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 20 May 2021 (final) |
| Competitors: | 66 |
| Nations: | 32 |
| Win Value: | 1:56.27 |
| Gold: | Barbora Seemanová |
| Gold Nation: | CZE |
| Silver: | Federica Pellegrini |
| Silver Nation: | ITA |
| Bronze: | Freya Anderson |
| Bronze Nation: | GBR |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 May 2021.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record European record | 1:52.98 | 29 July 2009 | ||||
| Championship record | 1:54.95 | 6 August 2018 |
The heats were started on 19 May at 10:43.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 5 | 1:58.25 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 1:58.33 | Q | |||
| 3 | 7 | 4 | 1:58.48 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 4 | 1:58.50 | Q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 3 | 1:58.84 | Q | |||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 1:58.95 | Q | |||
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 1:59.09 | Q | |||
| 8 | 7 | 2 | 1:59.27 | Q | |||
| 9 | 7 | 1 | 1:59.52 | Q | |||
| 10 | 6 | 5 | 1:59.67 | ||||
| 11 | 5 | 2 | 1:59.87 | Q | |||
| 12 | 7 | 7 | 2:00.06 | Q | |||
| 13 | 7 | 0 | 2:00.12 | Q | |||
| 14 | 5 | 1 | 2:00.23 | Q | |||
| 15 | 7 | 6 | 2:00.30 | Q | |||
| 16 | 5 | 5 | 2:00.44 | Q | |||
| 17 | 5 | 3 | 2:00.52 | ||||
| 18 | 5 | 7 | 2:00.58 | Q | |||
| 19 | 6 | 2 | 2:00.62 | ||||
| 20 | 6 | 3 | 2:00.66 | ||||
| 21 | 6 | 1 | 2:00.69 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 2 | 2:00.81 | ||||
| 23 | 5 | 8 | 2:00.92 | ||||
| 24 | 6 | 0 | 2:00.99 | ||||
| 25 | 5 | 6 | 2:01.01 | ||||
| 26 | 4 | 5 | 2:01.12 | ||||
| 27 | 4 | 6 | 2:01.28 | ||||
| 28 | 5 | 9 | 2:01.31 | ||||
| 29 | 5 | 0 | 2:01.40 | ||||
| 30 | 2 | 2 | 2:01.94 | ||||
| 31 | 4 | 3 | 2:02.16 | ||||
| 32 | 4 | 1 | 2:02.28 | ||||
| 33 | 4 | 4 | 2:02.31 | ||||
| 34 | 3 | 5 | 2:02.39 | ||||
| 35 | 3 | 2 | 2:02.45 | ||||
| 36 | 4 | 7 | 2:02.46 | ||||
| 37 | 3 | 9 | 2:02.49 | ||||
| 38 | 2 | 5 | 2:02.52 | ||||
| 39 | 3 | 4 | 2:02.54 | ||||
| 40 | 6 | 9 | 2:02.55 | ||||
| 40 | 4 | 0 | 2:02.55 | ||||
| 42 | 3 | 6 | 2:02.58 | ||||
| 43 | 4 | 8 | 2:02.59 | ||||
| 44 | 3 | 7 | 2:02.68 | ||||
| 45 | 3 | 8 | 2:02.70 | ||||
| 46 | 3 | 1 | 2:02.91 | ||||
| 47 | 2 | 6 | 2:03.18 | ||||
| 48 | 2 | 7 | 2:03.27 | ||||
| 49 | 4 | 9 | 2:03.33 | ||||
| 50 | 2 | 1 | 2:03.35 | ||||
| 51 | 7 | 9 | 2:03.52 | ||||
| 52 | 6 | 8 | 2:03.69 | ||||
| 53 | 2 | 3 | 2:04.20 | ||||
| 54 | 6 | 7 | 2:04.30 | ||||
| 55 | 3 | 0 | 2:04.41 | ||||
| 56 | 2 | 0 | 2:04.52 | NR | |||
| 57 | 2 | 8 | 2:04.90 | ||||
| 58 | 3 | 3 | 2:05.14 | ||||
| 59 | 2 | 4 | 2:06.20 | ||||
| 60 | 2 | 9 | 2:09.60 | ||||
| 61 | 1 | 4 | 2:10.20 | ||||
| 62 | 1 | 7 | 2:11.71 | ||||
| 63 | 1 | 5 | 2:13.27 | ||||
| 64 | 1 | 6 | 2:16.56 | ||||
| 65 | 1 | 3 | 2:18.20 | ||||
| 66 | 1 | 2 | 2:24.20 |
The semifinals were started on 19 May at 19:33.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1:57.30 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 1:57.71 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1:58.16 | q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 1:59.21 | q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 1:59.31 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 1:59.57 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 2:00.06 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 2:00.70 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1:57.20 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 1:57.47 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1:57.98 | q, NR | |||
| 4 | 3 | 1:58.81 | q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 1:59.50 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 1:59.85 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 1:59.97 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 2:02.10 |
The final was held on 20 May at 19:02.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1:56.27 | NR | ||||
| 3 | 1:56.29 | |||||
| 6 | 1:56.42 | |||||
| 4 | 5 | 1:56.55 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 1:58.48 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 1:58.76 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 1:58.78 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 1:59.36 |