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

The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 14 and 15 August 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Tatjana Schoenmaker | South Africa | 2:18.95 | Tokyo | 30 July 2021 |
| European record | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:19.11 | Barcelona | 1 August 2013 |
| Championship record | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:19.84 | Berlin | 22 August 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 14 August at 09:45.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Lisa Mamié | Switzerland | 2:24.12 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Francesca Fangio | Italy | 2:24.76 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Martina Carraro | Italy | 2:26.02 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Thea Blomsterberg | Denmark | 2:26.22 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Kotryna Teterevkova | Lithuania | 2:26.56 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:26.81 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Mona McSharry | Ireland | 2:26.94 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Tes Schouten | Netherlands | 2:27.11 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 6 | Bente Fischer | Germany | 2:27.89 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Clara Rybak-Andersen | Denmark | 2:28.02 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Kara Hanlon | Great Britain | 2:28.35 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 5 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 2:28.47 | Q, WD |
| 13 | 4 | 5 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:28.83 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Nikoleta Trníková | Slovakia | 2:28.84 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Arianna Castiglioni | Italy | 2:28.95 | |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Ana Blažević | Croatia | 2:28.96 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 9 | Klara Thormalm | Sweden | 2:29.15 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | 3 | Lisa Angiolini | Italy | 2:29.21 | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Laura Lahtinen | Finland | 2:29.81 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Defne Coşkun | Turkey | 2:30.21 | |
| 21 | 4 | 7 | Niamh Coyne | Ireland | 2:30.67 | |
| 22 | 3 | 7 | Adèle Blanchetière | France | 2:30.68 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Julia Månsson | Sweden | 2:31.37 | |
| 24 | 2 | 1 | Andrea Podmaníková | Slovakia | 2:32.15 | |
| 25 | 3 | 9 | Ellie McCartney | Ireland | 2:32.38 | |
| 26 | 2 | 0 | Maria Romanjuk | Estonia | 2:32.41 | |
| 27 | 4 | 0 | Martta Ruuska | Finland | 2:33.48 | |
| 28 | 3 | 0 | Kamila Isayeva | Ukraine | 2:33.56 | |
| 29 | 4 | 8 | Eleni Kontogeorgou | Greece | 2:33.84 | |
| 30 | 1 | 5 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 2:36.26 | |
| 31 | 1 | 4 | Nàdia Tudó | Andorra | 2:36.73 | |
| | 1 | 3 | Amy Micallef | Malta | Disqualified | Disqualified |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 14 August at 18:37.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Martina Carraro | Italy | 2:23.73 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Lisa Mamié | Switzerland | 2:24.04 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Kotryna Teterevkova | Lithuania | 2:25.01 | q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Mona McSharry | Ireland | 2:25.24 | q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Thea Blomsterberg | Denmark | 2:25.44 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Francesca Fangio | Italy | 2:25.55 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:25.71 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:26.64 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Tes Schouten | Netherlands | 2:26.68 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Kara Hanlon | Great Britain | 2:26.78 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Bente Fischer | Germany | 2:27.28 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Ana Blažević | Croatia | 2:27.29 | NR |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Laura Lahtinen | Finland | 2:27.60 | |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Clara Rybak-Andersen | Denmark | 2:28.10 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Klara Thormalm | Sweden | 2:28.22 | |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Nikoleta Trníková | Slovakia | 2:28.40 | |

### Final

The final was held on 15 August at 18:13.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Lisa Mamié | Switzerland | 2:23.27 |
| | 4 | Martina Carraro | Italy | 2:23.64 |
| | 3 | Kotryna Teterevkova | Lithuania | 2:24.16 |
| 4 | 2 | Thea Blomsterberg | Denmark | 2:25.57 |
| 5 | 1 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:26.07 |
| 6 | 7 | Francesca Fangio | Italy | 2:26.79 |
| 7 | 6 | Mona McSharry | Ireland | 2:26.96 |
| 8 | 8 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:27.19 |