Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke explained

Event:Women's 200 metre backstroke
Competition:2022 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:Foro Italico
Dates:11 August (heats and semifinals)
12 August (final)
Competitors:25
Nations:18
Win Value:2:07.13
Gold:Margherita Panziera
Gold Nation:ITA
Silver:Katie Shanahan
Silver Nation:GBR
Bronze:Dóra Molnár
Bronze Nation:HUN
Prev:2020
Next:2024

The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 11 and 12 August 2022.[1] [2]

Records

Prior 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 2:06.08 23 May 2021

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 11 August at 09:44.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 2:09.27 Q
2 1 4 2:09.53 Q
3 3 5 2:10.17 Q
4 3 3 2:10.93 Q
5 3 2 2:11.36 Q
6 1 3 2:12.10 Q
7 1 5 2:12.22 Q
8 2 6 2:12.42
9 1 2 2:12.44 Q
10 3 8 2:12.46 Q
11 1 6 2:12.94 Q
12 3 6 2:12.95 Q
13 2 4 2:13.00 Q
14 2 5 2:13.13 Q
15 1 1 2:13.18 Q
16 2 3 2:13.30 Q
17 2 2 2:13.89 Q
18 1 7 2:13.91
19 2 1 2:14.65
20 3 1 2:15.19
21 3 7 2:15.40
22 2 8 2:15.60
23 1 8 2:15.70
24 2 7 2:15.74
25 3 0 2:17.84

Semifinals

The semifinals were started at 18:25.[4]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 2:08.18 Q
2 2 5 2:09.80 Q
3 1 5 2:09.82 Q
4 1 4 2:09.88 Q
5 2 8 2:10.15 q
6 1 7 2:10.78 q
7 1 3 2:11.05 q
8 2 6 2:11.07 q
9 1 8 2:11.16
10 2 3 2:11.38
11 1 2 2:11.46
12 1 6 2:11.78
13 2 7 2:11.84
14 2 2 2:12.54
15 1 1 2:13.97
16 2 1 2:15.74

Final

The final was held at 18:00.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 2:07.13
3 2:09.26
6 2:09.73
4 5 2:10.23
5 1 2:11.03
6 8 2:11.11
7 2 2:11.14
8 7 2:11.23

Notes and References

  1. https://www.roma2022.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Timing-SWIMMING-elite-1.5.pdf Schedule
  2. https://roma2022-s3.microplustimingservices.com/ROMA2022/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW200MBA------------HEAT--------_51A1%201.0.pdf Start list
  3. https://roma2022-s3.microplustimingservices.com/ROMA2022/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW200MBA------------HEAT--------_74A%201.0.pdf Heats results
  4. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW200MBA------------SFNL--------_74A%201.0.pdf Semifinals results
  5. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW200MBA------------FNL---------_73A2%201.0.pdf Final results