| Event: | Women's 200 metre backstroke |
| Competition: | 2020 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Danube Arena |
| Dates: | 22 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 23 May 2021 (final) |
| Competitors: | 36 |
| Nations: | 26 |
| Win Value: | 2:06.08 |
| Gold: | Margherita Panziera |
| Gold Nation: | ITA |
| Silver: | Cassie Wild |
| Silver Nation: | GBR |
| Bronze: | Katalin Burián |
| Bronze Nation: | HUN |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 May 2021.[1] [2]
Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 2:03.35 | 26 July 2019 | ||||
| European record | 2:04.94 | 1 August 2009 | ||||
| Championship record | 2:06.18 | 9 August 2018 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
The heats were started on 22 May at 10:00.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 2:08.52 | Q | ||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 2:09.12 | Q, NR | ||
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 2:09.54 | Q | ||
| 4 | 3 | 5 | 2:09.72 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 2:10.44 | |||
| 6 | 3 | 7 | 2:10.74 | Q | ||
| 7 | 2 | 1 | 2:11.60 | Q | ||
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 2:11.98 | Q | ||
| 9 | 2 | 6 | 2:12.04 | Q | ||
| 10 | 3 | 1 | 2:12.13 | Q | ||
| 11 | 2 | 4 | 2:12.32 | Q | ||
| 12 | 3 | 3 | 2:13.08 | Q | ||
| 13 | 4 | 1 | 2:13.26 | Q | ||
| 14 | 4 | 7 | 2:13.37 | Q | ||
| 15 | 2 | 3 | 2:13.82 | Q | ||
| 16 | 2 | 7 | 2:13.96 | Q | ||
| 17 | 4 | 8 | 2:14.11 | Q | ||
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 2:14.29 | |||
| 19 | 3 | 2 | 2:14.32 | |||
| 20 | 3 | 6 | 2:14.36 | |||
| 21 | 2 | 9 | 2:14.83 | |||
| 22 | 4 | 0 | 2:15.22 | |||
| 23 | 4 | 2 | 2:15.38 | |||
| 24 | 2 | 8 | 2:15.74 | |||
| 25 | 1 | 6 | 2:16.13 | |||
| 26 | 3 | 0 | 2:16.45 | |||
| 27 | 4 | 9 | 2:17.12 | |||
| 28 | 1 | 1 | 2:17.50 | |||
| 29 | 3 | 9 | 2:17.60 | |||
| 30 | 1 | 4 | 2:18.34 | |||
| 31 | 1 | 3 | 2:18.43 | |||
| 32 | 1 | 5 | 2:18.50 | |||
| 33 | 1 | 7 | 2:20.80 | |||
| 34 | 1 | 2 | 2:23.40 | |||
| 35 | 1 | 8 | 2:30.61 | |||
| 2 | 5 | |||||
| 2 | 0 | |||||
| 3 | 8 | |||||
The semifinals were held on 22 May at 18:23.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2:08.60 | Q, NR | |||
| 2 | 6 | 2:09.31 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 2:09.97 | q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 2:11.73 | q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 2:14.26 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 2:14.63 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 2:14.70 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 2:15.17 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2:07.61 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 2:08.89 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2:09.89 | q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 2:10.84 | q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 2:12.17 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 2:12.55 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 2:12.96 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 2:13.10 |
The final was held on 23 May at 18:35.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2:06.08 | CR | ||||
| 6 | 2:07.74 | |||||
| 3 | 2:07.87 | |||||
| 4 | 5 | 2:08.19 | NR | |||
| 5 | 2 | 2:09.76 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 2:09.90 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 2:10.19 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 2:13.06 |