# Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 May 2021.

## 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 19 May at 10:43.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 5 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 1:58.25 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:58.33 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 4 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:58.48 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 1:58.50 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 3 | Andrea Murez | Israel | 1:58.84 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 1:58.95 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 1:59.09 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 2 | Katja Fain | Slovenia | 1:59.27 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Tamryn van Selm | Great Britain | 1:59.52 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 5 | Lucy Hope | Great Britain | 1:59.67 | |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Stefania Pirozzi | Italy | 1:59.87 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | 7 | Laura Veres | Hungary | 2:00.06 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Dominika Kossakowska | Poland | 2:00.12 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Aleksandra Polańska | Poland | 2:00.23 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 6 | Julia Mrozinski | Germany | 2:00.30 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 5 | Reva Foos | Germany | 2:00.44 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 3 | Holly Hibbott | Great Britain | 2:00.52 | |
| 18 | 5 | 7 | Fanni Fábián | Hungary | 2:00.58 | Q |
| 19 | 6 | 2 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:00.62 | |
| 20 | 6 | 3 | Ajna Késely | Hungary | 2:00.66 | |
| 21 | 6 | 1 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:00.69 | |
| 22 | 4 | 2 | África Zamorano | Spain | 2:00.81 | |
| 23 | 5 | 8 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 2:00.92 | |
| 24 | 6 | 0 | Assia Touati | France | 2:00.99 | |
| 25 | 5 | 6 | Robin Neumann | Netherlands | 2:01.01 | |
| 26 | 4 | 5 | Silke Holkenborg | Netherlands | 2:01.12 | |
| 27 | 4 | 6 | Monique Olivier | Luxembourg | 2:01.28 | |
| 28 | 5 | 9 | Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir | Iceland | 2:01.31 | |
| 29 | 5 | 0 | Lotte Goris | Belgium | 2:01.40 | |
| 30 | 2 | 2 | Kalia Antoniou | Cyprus | 2:01.94 | |
| 31 | 4 | 3 | Aleksa Gold | Estonia | 2:02.16 | |
| 32 | 4 | 1 | Lea Polonsky | Israel | 2:02.28 | |
| 33 | 4 | 4 | Julia Hassler | Liechtenstein | 2:02.31 | |
| 34 | 3 | 5 | Daria Golovaty | Israel | 2:02.39 | |
| 35 | 3 | 2 | Lana Ravelingien | Belgium | 2:02.45 | |
| 36 | 4 | 7 | Cornelia Pammer | Austria | 2:02.46 | |
| 37 | 3 | 9 | Kimberly Buys | Belgium | 2:02.49 | |
| 38 | 2 | 5 | Selen Özbilen | Turkey | 2:02.52 | |
| 39 | 3 | 4 | Tanja Popović | Serbia | 2:02.54 | |
| 40 | 6 | 9 | Sara Gailli | Italy | 2:02.55 | |
| 40 | 4 | 0 | Noémi Girardet | Switzerland | 2:02.55 | |
| 42 | 3 | 6 | Tjaša Pintar | Slovenia | 2:02.58 | |
| 43 | 4 | 8 | Ieva Maļuka | Latvia | 2:02.59 | |
| 44 | 3 | 7 | Anastasiya Shkurdai | Belarus | 2:02.68 | |
| 45 | 3 | 8 | Martina Cibulková | Slovakia | 2:02.70 | |
| 46 | 3 | 1 | Lena Opatril | Austria | 2:02.91 | |
| 47 | 2 | 6 | Zora Ripková | Slovakia | 2:03.18 | |
| 48 | 2 | 7 | Paulina Nogaj | Poland | 2:03.27 | |
| 49 | 4 | 9 | Zoe Vogelmann | Germany | 2:03.33 | |
| 50 | 2 | 1 | Laura Benková | Slovakia | 2:03.35 | |
| 51 | 7 | 9 | Marta Klimek | Poland | 2:03.52 | |
| 52 | 6 | 8 | Beril Böcekler | Turkey | 2:03.69 | |
| 53 | 2 | 3 | Francisca Martins | Portugal | 2:04.20 | |
| 54 | 6 | 7 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:04.30 | |
| 55 | 3 | 0 | Diana Durães | Portugal | 2:04.41 | |
| 56 | 2 | 0 | Mya Azzopardi | Malta | 2:04.52 | NR |
| 57 | 2 | 8 | Arina Baikova | Latvia | 2:04.90 | |
| 58 | 3 | 3 | Malene Rypestøl | Norway | 2:05.14 | |
| 59 | 2 | 4 | Rita Frischknecht | Portugal | 2:06.20 | |
| 60 | 2 | 9 | Fatima Alkaramova | Azerbaijan | 2:09.60 | |
| 61 | 1 | 4 | Ani Poghosyan | Armenia | 2:10.20 | |
| 62 | 1 | 7 | Varsenik Manucharyan | Armenia | 2:11.71 | |
| 63 | 1 | 5 | Eda Zeqiri | Kosovo | 2:13.27 | |
| 64 | 1 | 6 | Katie Rock | Albania | 2:16.56 | |
| 65 | 1 | 3 | Era Budima | Kosovo | 2:18.20 | |
| 66 | 1 | 2 | Jona Macula | Kosovo | 2:24.20 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 19 May at 19:33.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:57.30 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 1:57.71 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Katja Fain | Slovenia | 1:58.16 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Julia Mrozinski | Germany | 1:59.21 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 1:59.31 | |
| 6 | 2 | Stefania Pirozzi | Italy | 1:59.57 | |
| 7 | 8 | Fanni Fábián | Hungary | 2:00.06 | |
| 8 | 7 | Dominika Kossakowska | Poland | 2:00.70 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 1:57.20 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:57.47 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 1:57.98 | q, NR |
| 4 | 3 | Andrea Murez | Israel | 1:58.81 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Laura Veres | Hungary | 1:59.50 | |
| 6 | 2 | Tamryn van Selm | Great Britain | 1:59.85 | |
| 7 | 8 | Reva Foos | Germany | 1:59.97 | |
| 8 | 1 | Aleksandra Polańska | Poland | 2:02.10 | |

### Final

The final was held on 20 May at 19:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 1:56.27 | NR |
| | 3 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:56.29 | |
| | 6 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 1:56.42 | |
| 4 | 5 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:56.55 | |
| 5 | 1 | Andrea Murez | Israel | 1:58.48 | |
| 6 | 7 | Katja Fain | Slovenia | 1:58.76 | |
| 7 | 2 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 1:58.78 | |
| 8 | 8 | Julia Mrozinski | Germany | 1:59.36 | |