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

Event:	Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2022 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	14 August (heats and semifinals) 15 August (final)
Competitors:	32
Nations:	22
Win Value:	2:23.27
Gold:	Lisa Mamié
Gold Nation:	SUI
Silver:	Martina Carraro
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Kotryna Teterevkova
Bronze Nation:	LTU
Prev:	2020
Next:	2024

The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 14 and 15 August 2022.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

	Name	Nationality	Time	Location	Date
World record			2:18.95		30 July 2021
European record			2:19.11		1 August 2013
Championship record			2:19.84		22 August 2014

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 14 August at 09:45.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4			2:24.12	Q
2	2	4			2:24.76	Q
3	2	5			2:26.02	Q
4	4	2			2:26.22	Q
5	3	4			2:26.56	Q
6	4	3			2:26.81	Q
7	3	3			2:26.94	Q
8	2	6			2:27.11	Q
9	4	6			2:27.89	Q
10	3	6			2:28.02	Q
11	4	1			2:28.35	Q
12	3	5			2:28.47	Q,
13	4	5			2:28.83	Q
14	2	7			2:28.84	Q
15	3	2			2:28.95
16	3	1			2:28.96	Q
17	4	9			2:29.15	Q
18	2	3			2:29.21
19	2	8			2:29.81	Q
20	2	2			2:30.21
21	4	7			2:30.67
22	3	7			2:30.68
23	3	8			2:31.37
24	2	1			2:32.15
25	3	9			2:32.38
26	2	0			2:32.41
27	4	0			2:33.48
28	3	0			2:33.56
29	4	8			2:33.84
30	1	5			2:36.26
31	1	4			2:36.73
	1	3			Disqualified

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 14 August at 18:37.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5			2:23.73	Q
2	2	4			2:24.04	Q
3	2	3			2:25.01	q
4	2	6			2:25.24	q
5	1	5			2:25.44	Q
6	1	4			2:25.55	Q
7	1	3			2:25.71	q
8	1	7			2:26.64	q
9	1	6			2:26.68
10	2	7			2:26.78
11	2	2			2:27.28
12	1	1			2:27.29	NR
13	1	8			2:27.60
14	1	2			2:28.10
15	2	8			2:28.22
16	2	1			2:28.40

Final

The final was held on 15 August at 18:13.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			2:23.27
	4			2:23.64
	3			2:24.16
4	2			2:25.57
5	1			2:26.07
6	7			2:26.79
7	6			2:26.96
8	8			2:27.19

Notes and References

1. https://www.roma2022.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Timing-SWIMMING-elite-1.5.pdf Schedule
2. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW200MBR------------HEAT--------_51A1%201.0.pdf Start list
3. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW200MBR------------HEAT--------_74A%201.0.pdf Heats results
4. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW200MBR------------SFNL--------_74A%201.0.pdf Semifinals results
5. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW200MBR------------FNL---------_73A2%201.0.pdf Final results