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

The Women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships will be held on 15 and 16 August 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World recordEuropean record | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:06.12 | Kazan | 3 August 2015 |
| Championship record | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:07.30 | London | 19 May 2016 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 15 August at 09:49.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:13.12 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:13.58 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | 2:13.79 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:14.36 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 2:14.39 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 6 | Katie Shanahan | Great Britain | 2:14.51 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 7 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 2:14.97 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 2:15.05 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Zoe Vogelmann | Germany | 2:15.08 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Dalma Sebestyén | Hungary | 2:15.11 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:15.91 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Lisa Nystrand | Sweden | 2:16.46 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Zinke Delcommune | Belgium | 2:16.56 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Freya Colbert | Great Britain | 2:16.77 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Francesca Fresia | Italy | 2:16.84 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 6 | Alba Vázquez | Spain | 2:16.89 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 3 | Lea Polonsky | Israel | 2:16.98 | |
| 18 | 2 | 7 | Hanna Bergman | Sweden | 2:17.20 | |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Nikoleta Trníková | Slovakia | 2:17.20 | |
| 20 | 1 | 1 | Ieva Maļuka | Latvia | 2:18.14 | |
| 21 | 3 | 0 | Maria Romanjuk | Estonia | 2:18.40 | |
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Ambre Franquinet | Belgium | 2:18.66 | |
| 23 | 2 | 1 | Clara Rybak-Andersen | Denmark | 2:18.69 | |
| 24 | 1 | 0 | Ellie McCartney | Ireland | 2:19.70 | |
| 25 | 2 | 0 | Wiktoria Guść | Poland | 2:22.75 | |
| 26 | 3 | 9 | Amy Micallef | Malta | 2:29.31 | |
| | 1 | 8 | Alexandra Dobrin | Romania | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 1 | 6 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started at 19:07.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Katie Shanahan | Great Britain | 2:11.84 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 2:12.31 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:12.52 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | 2:12.76 | q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:12.91 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 2:12.92 | q |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:12.99 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Dalma Sebestyén | Hungary | 2:13.26 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Freya Colbert | Great Britain | 2:13.65 | |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Lisa Nystrand | Sweden | 2:14.64 | |
| 11 | 1 | 8 | Alba Vázquez | Spain | 2:15.27 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Zoe Vogelmann | Germany | 2:15.34 | |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 2:15.37 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:15.47 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Francesca Fresia | Italy | 2:16.37 | |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Zinke Delcommune | Belgium | 2:17.02 | |

### Final

The final was held on 16 August at 18:17.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 2 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:10.92 |
| | 5 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 2:11.14 |
| | 6 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | 2:11.38 |
| 4 | 4 | Katie Shanahan | Great Britain | 2:12.29 |
| 5 | 1 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:12.49 |
| 6 | 7 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 2:12.56 |
| 7 | 8 | Dalma Sebestyén | Hungary | 2:13.45 |
| 8 | 3 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:14.37 |