# Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships will be held on 13 and 14 August 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record European record | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:52.98 | Rome | 29 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:54.95 | Glasgow | 6 August 2018 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 13 August at 09:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | Isabel Marie Gose | Germany | 1:59.17 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 1:59.48 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Aleksandra Polańska | Poland | 1:59.55 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Imani de Jong | Netherlands | 1:59.57 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Nikolett Pádár | Hungary | 1:59.62 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 2:00.01 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 2:00.12 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 2:00.14 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 2:00.21 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | Silke Holkenborg | Netherlands | 2:00.35 | |
| 11 | 3 | 5 | Katja Fain | Slovenia | 2:00.40 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 7 | Antonietta Cesarano | Italy | 2:00.44 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Julia Mrozinski | Germany | 2:00.59 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Alice Mizzau | Italy | 2:00.67 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | Ajna Késely | Hungary | 2:01.08 | Q, WD |
| 16 | 1 | 3 | Karyna Snitko | Ukraine | 2:01.49 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Noemi Cesarano | Italy | 2:01.56 | |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Linda Caponi | Italy | 2:01.81 | |
| 19 | 3 | 0 | Ainhoa Campabadal | Spain | 2:01.88 | Q |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir | Iceland | 2:02.00 | Q |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Océane Carnez | France | 2:02.19 | |
| 22 | 2 | 0 | Victoria Catterson | Ireland | 2:02.56 | |
| 23 | 2 | 8 | Marina Heller Hansen | Denmark | 2:02.89 | |
| 24 | 1 | 4 | Hanna Bergman | Sweden | 2:02.91 | |
| 25 | 1 | 7 | Lena Opatril | Austria | 2:03.13 | |
| 26 | 3 | 8 | Aleksandra Knop | Poland | 2:03.15 | |
| 27 | 4 | 9 | Monique Olivier | Luxembourg | 2:03.36 | |
| 28 | 2 | 1 | Janna van Kooten | Netherlands | 2:03.49 | |
| 29 | 2 | 9 | Marta Klimek | Poland | 2:03.68 | |
| 30 | 4 | 1 | Daria Golovati | Israel | 2:03.82 | |
| 31 | 1 | 2 | Alicia Lundblad | Sweden | 2:03.85 | |
| 32 | 4 | 0 | Sofia Åstedt | Sweden | 2:03.88 | |
| 33 | 1 | 8 | Caroline Wiuff Jensen | Denmark | 2:04.06 | |
| 34 | 1 | 1 | Elvira Mörtstrand | Sweden | 2:04.25 | |
| 35 | 1 | 5 | Aleksa Gold | Estonia | 2:04.42 | |
| 36 | 1 | 6 | Zhanet Angelova | Bulgaria | 2:04.85 | |
| 37 | 3 | 9 | Wiktoria Guść | Poland | 2:04.99 | |
| 38 | 3 | 2 | Tamryn van Selm | Great Britain | 2:05.82 | |
| 39 | 1 | 0 | Ani Poghosyan | Armenia | 2:08.22 | |
| 40 | 1 | 9 | Sara Dande | Albania | 2:17.55 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 13 August at 18:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 1:57.40 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Isabel Marie Gose | Germany | 1:57.70 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:57.73 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 1:57.76 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Nikolett Pádár | Hungary | 1:57.80 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 1:57.94 | q |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | Katja Fain | Slovenia | 1:58.25 | q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Aleksandra Polańska | Poland | 1:58.87 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 1:59.50 | |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | Imani de Jong | Netherlands | 1:59.56 | |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Alice Mizzau | Italy | 1:59.59 | |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Antonietta Cesarano | Italy | 1:59.84 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Julia Mrozinski | Germany | 2:00.37 | |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Ainhoa Campabadal | Spain | 2:01.34 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir | Iceland | 2:01.70 | |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | Karyna Snitko | Ukraine | 2:02.42 | |

### Final

The final was started on 14 August at 19:08.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 1:56.36 |
| | 6 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 1:56.52 |
| | 5 | Isabel Marie Gose | Germany | 1:57.09 |
| 4 | 7 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 1:57.51 |
| 5 | 1 | Katja Fain | Slovenia | 1:57.68 |
| 6 | 8 | Aleksandra Polańska | Poland | 1:58.40 |
| 7 | 3 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:58.77 |
| 8 | 2 | Nikolett Pádár | Hungary | 1:58.87 |