# Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 5 and 6 August 2018.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record European record | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:52.98 | Rome | 29 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 1:55.30 | London | 19 May 2016 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 6 August | Final | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:54.95 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 5 August at 10:11.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 1:58.14 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:58.30 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | Anastasia Guzhenkova | Russia | 1:58.81 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Holly Hibbott | Great Britain | 1:58.92 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | Melani Costa | Spain | 1:59.01 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Reva Foos | Germany | 1:59.03 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Ellie Faulkner | Great Britain | 1:59.19 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | Kathryn Greenslade | Great Britain | 1:59.26 | |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Isabel Gose | Germany | 1:59.27 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 1:59.30 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Margaux Fabre | France | 1:59.32 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 7 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 1:59.37 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | Valeriya Salamatina | Russia | 1:59.47 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 5 | Viktoriya Andreyeva | Russia | 1:59.80 | |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Daniela Georges | Poland | 1:59.87 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 7 | Robin Neumann | Netherlands | 1:59.91 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | Irina Krivonogova | Russia | 2:00.12 | |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Annika Bruhn | Germany | 2:00.22 | |
| 19 | 3 | 7 | Lotte Goris | Belgium | 2:00.34 | Q |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Marie Pietruschka | Germany | 2:00.50 | |
| 21 | 3 | 6 | Noémi Girardet | Switzerland | 2:00.64 | QSO |
| 21 | 3 | 2 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 2:00.64 | QSO |
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Signe Bro | Denmark | 2:00.97 | |
| 24 | 6 | 0 | Marjolein Delno | Netherlands | 2:01.12 | |
| 24 | 5 | 9 | Laura Jensen | Denmark | 2:01.12 | |
| 26 | 5 | 1 | Lucy Hope | Great Britain | 2:01.54 | |
| 27 | 3 | 4 | África Zamorano | Spain | 2:01.64 | |
| 28 | 4 | 9 | Hanna Eriksson | Sweden | 2:01.66 | |
| 29 | 2 | 5 | Aleksandra Polańska | Poland | 2:01.92 | |
| 30 | 6 | 8 | Stefania Pirozzi | Italy | 2:01.95 | |
| 31 | 2 | 3 | Marlene Kahler | Austria | 2:02.02 | |
| 32 | 1 | 4 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 2:02.10 | |
| 33 | 3 | 0 | Dominika Kossakowska | Poland | 2:02.69 | |
| 34 | 2 | 7 | Emily Gantriis | Denmark | 2:02.78 | |
| 35 | 2 | 4 | Monique Olivier | Luxembourg | 2:02.95 | |
| 36 | 1 | 6 | Laura Benková | Slovakia | 2:02.96 | |
| 37 | 4 | 8 | Aleksandra Knop | Poland | 2:02.99 | |
| 38 | 4 | 0 | Loulou Vos | Netherlands | 2:03.05 | |
| 39 | 5 | 0 | Esther Morillo | Spain | 2:03.09 | |
| 40 | 1 | 2 | Kertu Alnek | Estonia | 2:03.10 | |
| 41 | 3 | 1 | Julia Hassler | Liechtenstein | 2:03.11 | |
| 41 | 3 | 8 | Diana Duares | Portugal | 2:03.11 | |
| 43 | 2 | 1 | Maria Grandt | Denmark | 2:03.59 | |
| 43 | 3 | 3 | Katja Fain | Slovenia | 2:03.59 | |
| 45 | 3 | 5 | Neža Klančar | Slovenia | 2:03.67 | |
| 46 | 2 | 0 | Ieva Maļuka | Latvia | 2:03.71 | |
| 47 | 2 | 9 | Lena Opatril | Austria | 2:03.72 | |
| 48 | 2 | 8 | Leoni Richter | Switzerland | 2:03.83 | |
| 49 | 2 | 6 | Selen Özbilen | Turkey | 2:07.18 | |
| 50 | 1 | 5 | Fatima Alkaramova | Azerbaijan | 2:07.93 | |
| 51 | 1 | 3 | Sara Lettoli | San Marino | 2:08.12 | |
| 52 | 1 | 7 | Elisa Bernardi | San Marino | 2:10.82 | |
| 53 | 1 | 1 | Nikol Merizaj | Albania | 2:12.28 | |
| — | 3 | 9 | Aleksa Gold | Estonia | Did not start | Did not start |
| — | 6 | 9 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | Did not start | Did not start |

### Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 5 August at 11:09.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 2:00.18 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Noémi Girardet | Switzerland | 2:01.27 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 5 August at 18:36.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:58.12 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Valeriya Salamatina | Russia | 1:58.37 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Holly Hibbott | Great Britain | 1:58.46 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Isabel Gose | Germany | 1:58.76 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Reva Foos | Germany | 1:59.04 | |
| 6 | 2 | Margaux Fabre | France | 1:59.66 | |
| 7 | 1 | Robin Neumann | Netherlands | 2:00.39 | |
| 8 | 8 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 2:00.98 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 1:57.64 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Anastasia Guzhenkova | Russia | 1:58.18 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Melani Costa | Spain | 1:58.53 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Ellie Faulkner | Great Britain | 1:58.71 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 1:58.89 | |
| 6 | 7 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 1:59.43 | |
| 7 | 1 | Daniela Georges | Poland | 2:00.43 | |
| 8 | 8 | Lotte Goris | Belgium | 2:00.69 | |

### Final

The final was started on 6 August at 18:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:54.95 | CR |
| | 4 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 1:56.72 | |
| | 3 | Anastasia Guzhenkova | Russia | 1:56.77 | |
| 4 | 1 | Ellie Faulkner | Great Britain | 1:58.26 | |
| 5 | 8 | Isabel Gose | Germany | 1:58.42 | |
| 6 | 6 | Valeriya Salamatina | Russia | 1:58.63 | |
| 7 | 2 | Holly Hibbott | Great Britain | 1:58.64 | |
| 8 | 7 | Melani Costa | Spain | 1:58.84 | |