Swimming at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2024 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Sports Centre Milan Gale Muškatirović
Dates:	20 June (heats and semifinals) 21 June (final)
Win Value:	2:23.60
Gold:	Kristýna Horská
Gold Nation:	CZE
Silver:	Clara Rybak-Andersen
Silver Nation:	DEN
Bronze:	Lisa Mamié
Bronze Nation:	SUI
Prev:	2022
Next:	2026

The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 June 2024.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 20 June at 10:16.
Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to semifinals.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	2:27.45	Q
2	3	4	2:28.08	Q
=3	1	4	2:28.31	Q
=3	1	6	2:28.31	Q
5	1	2	2:28.63	Q
6	3	3	2:28.93	Q
7	2	6	2:29.08	Q
8	3	5	2:29.67	Q
9	2	5	2:29.90	Q
10	1	7	2:29.99	Q
11	1	3	2:30.63	Q
12	2	1	2:30.84	Q
13	3	7	2:31.22	Q
14	3	2	2:31.31	Q
15	3	8	2:31.64	Q
16	1	5	2:32.51	Q
17	3	1	2:32.76
18	3	6	2:32.78
19	2	8	2:33.74
20	2	2	2:34.41
21	1	8	2:37.89
	1	1	Did not start
	2	3
	2	7

The semifinals were started on 20 June at 19:07.
Qualification Rules: The 8 fastest from the heats qualify to the final.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	2:24.55	Q
2	1	4	2:25.04	Q
3	2	5	2:26.18	Q
4	2	6	2:26.34	Q
5	2	3	2:26.76	Q
6	1	2	2:27.77	Q
7	1	3	2:28.14	Q
8	1	6	2:28.92	Q
9	1	5	2:28.96
10	2	1	2:30.03
11	2	7	2:30.11
12	2	2	2:30.47
13	1	8	2:30.66
14	2	8	2:32.01
15	1	1	2:32.79
16	1	7	2:33.18

The final was held on 21 June at 18:43.^[5]