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

The Women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 August 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Liu Zige | China | 2:01.81 | Jinan | 20 October 2009 |
| European record | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:04.27 | Rome | 29 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:04.79 | Berlin | 24 August 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 16 August at 09:17.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Helena Rosendahl Bach | Denmark | 2:08.66 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Keanna MacInnes | Great Britain | 2:09.72 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:09.75 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | 2:10.30 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Lana Pudar | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:10.82 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:11.02 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Antonella Crispino | Italy | 2:11.15 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Ana Monteiro | Portugal | 2:11.40 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | Holly Hibbott | Great Britain | 2:11.41 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Laura Lahtinen | Finland | 2:12.44 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 5 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:13.59 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Júlia Pujadas | Spain | 2:13.73 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Anastasia Tichy | Austria | 2:14.00 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 8 | Amina Kajtaz | Croatia | 2:14.10 | Q, NR |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:16.75 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Fanny Borer | Switzerland | 2:16.91 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Aleksandra Knop | Poland | 2:17.74 | Q, WD |
| 18 | 1 | 1 | Annina Grabher | Switzerland | 2:18.91 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Tamara Schaad | Switzerland | 2:19.00 | |
| | 1 | 6 | Réka Nyirádi | Hungary | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 2 | Lea Polonsky | Israel | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 3 | Dalma Sebestyén | Hungary | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 16 August at 19:26.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Helena Rosendahl Bach | Denmark | 2:08.48 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Keanna MacInnes | Great Britain | 2:08.90 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | 2:09.25 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:09.30 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Lana Pudar | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:10.11 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:10.77 | q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Antonella Crispino | Italy | 2:10.82 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Ana Monteiro | Portugal | 2:10.85 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Laura Lahtinen | Finland | 2:11.41 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Júlia Pujadas | Spain | 2:12.49 | |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:14.01 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Amina Kajtaz | Croatia | 2:14.40 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:14.54 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Anastasia Tichy | Austria | 2:14.59 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Fanny Borer | Switzerland | 2:14.90 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Annina Grabher | Switzerland | 2:16.92 | |

### Final

The final was held on 17 August at 18:16.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 2 | Lana Pudar | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:06.81 | NR |
| | 4 | Helena Rosendahl Bach | Denmark | 2:07.30 | NR |
| | 6 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:07.77 | |
| 4 | 3 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | 2:08.47 | |
| 5 | 7 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:09.03 | |
| 6 | 5 | Keanna MacInnes | Great Britain | 2:09.59 | |
| 7 | 8 | Ana Monteiro | Portugal | 2:10.79 | |
| 8 | 1 | Antonella Crispino | Italy | 2:10.97 | |