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

The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 11 and 12 August 2022.

## Records

Prior the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Regan Smith | United States | 2:03.35 | Gwangju | 26 July 2019 |
| European record | Anastasia Fesikova | Russia | 2:04.94 | Rome | 1 August 2009 |
| Championship record | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:06.08 | Budapest | 23 May 2021 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 11 August at 09:44.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:09.27 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Dóra Molnár | Hungary | 2:09.53 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy | Hungary | 2:10.17 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Katie Shanahan | Great Britain | 2:10.93 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Pauline Mahieu | France | 2:11.36 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Camila Rebelo | Portugal | 2:12.10 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | África Zamorano | Spain | 2:12.22 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Réka Nyirádi | Hungary | 2:12.42 | |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Carmen Weiler | Spain | 2:12.44 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 8 | Gabriela Georgieva | Bulgaria | 2:12.46 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Anastasya Gorbenko | Israel | 2:12.94 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Aviv Barzelay | Israel | 2:12.95 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 4 | Lena Grabowski | Austria | 2:13.00 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 5 | Federica Toma | Italy | 2:13.13 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Sonnele Öztürk | Germany | 2:13.18 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 3 | Laura Bernat | Poland | 2:13.30 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Emma Terebo | France | 2:13.89 | Q |
| 18 | 1 | 7 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:13.91 | |
| 19 | 2 | 1 | Lotte Hosper | Netherlands | 2:14.65 | |
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Nina Kost | Switzerland | 2:15.19 | |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Ingeborg Løyning | Norway | 2:15.40 | |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Fanny Borer | Switzerland | 2:15.60 | |
| 23 | 1 | 8 | Karoline Sørensen | Denmark | 2:15.70 | |
| 24 | 2 | 7 | Aleksa Gold | Estonia | 2:15.74 | |
| 25 | 3 | 0 | Lisa Nystrand | Sweden | 2:17.84 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started at 18:25.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:08.18 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy | Hungary | 2:09.80 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Katie Shanahan | Great Britain | 2:09.82 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Dóra Molnár | Hungary | 2:09.88 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 8 | Laura Bernat | Poland | 2:10.15 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Lena Grabowski | Austria | 2:10.78 | q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Camila Rebelo | Portugal | 2:11.05 | q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | África Zamorano | Spain | 2:11.07 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 8 | Emma Terebo | France | 2:11.16 | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Pauline Mahieu | France | 2:11.38 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Anastasya Gorbenko | Israel | 2:11.46 | |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Carmen Weiler | Spain | 2:11.78 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Aviv Barzelay | Israel | 2:11.84 | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Gabriela Georgieva | Bulgaria | 2:12.54 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Sonnele Öztürk | Germany | 2:13.97 | |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Federica Toma | Italy | 2:15.74 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:07.13 |
| | 3 | Katie Shanahan | Great Britain | 2:09.26 |
| | 6 | Dóra Molnár | Hungary | 2:09.73 |
| 4 | 5 | Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy | Hungary | 2:10.23 |
| 5 | 1 | Camila Rebelo | Portugal | 2:11.03 |
| 6 | 8 | África Zamorano | Spain | 2:11.11 |
| 7 | 2 | Laura Bernat | Poland | 2:11.14 |
| 8 | 7 | Lena Grabowski | Austria | 2:11.23 |