# Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 May 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:52.98 | Rome | 29 July 2009 |
| European record | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:52.98 | Rome | 29 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:55.45 | Budapest | 14 August 2010 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 20 May at 10:17.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 1:57.91 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:57.96 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 5 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:58.54 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 7 | Patricia Castro | Spain | 1:58.72 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Nina Rangelova | Bulgaria | 1:59.17 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 9 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 1:59.47 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Esmee Vermeulen | Netherlands | 1:59.51 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | Melani Costa | Spain | 1:59.51 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 7 | Andrea Murez | Israel | 1:59.62 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Ajna Késely | Hungary | 1:59.93 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Robin Neumann | Netherlands | 1:59.96 | |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Martina De Memme | Italy | 2:00.06 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Camilla Hattersley | Great Britain | 2:00.12 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 6 | Ellie Faulkner | Great Britain | 2:00.18 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | Lotte Goris | Belgium | 2:00.32 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | Tjaša Pintar | Slovenia | 2:00.68 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 1 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:00.78 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 5 | Alice Mizzau | Italy | 2:00.78 | |
| 19 | 6 | 2 | Georgia Coates | Great Britain | 2:00.83 | |
| 20 | 4 | 7 | Noemi Girardet | Switzerland | 2:00.94 | |
| 21 | 6 | 8 | Margaux Fabre | France | 2:01.21 | |
| 22 | 5 | 2 | Erica Musso | Italy | 2:01.23 | |
| 23 | 6 | 3 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 2:01.32 | |
| 24 | 3 | 4 | Marte Løvberg | Norway | 2:01.67 | |
| 25 | 4 | 5 | Stina Gardell | Sweden | 2:01.71 | |
| 26 | 4 | 2 | Juliette Casini | Belgium | 2:01.82 | |
| 27 | 5 | 8 | Cecilie Johannessen | Norway | 2:02.00 | |
| 28 | 2 | 6 | Nika Petrič | Slovenia | 2:02.18 | |
| 29 | 5 | 9 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 2:02.20 | |
| 30 | 6 | 0 | Georgina Boyle | Great Britain | 2:02.25 | |
| 31 | 2 | 5 | Diana Sokołowska | Poland | 2:02.36 | |
| 32 | 2 | 1 | Špela Bohinc | Slovenia | 2:02.37 | |
| 33 | 6 | 9 | Anna Kolářová | Czech Republic | 2:02.40 | |
| 33 | 3 | 8 | Paula Żukowska | Poland | 2:02.40 | |
| 35 | 3 | 6 | Diana Duraes | Portugal | 2:02.81 | |
| 36 | 7 | 7 | Cloe Hache | France | 2:02.88 | |
| 37 | 7 | 2 | Lisa Zaiser | Austria | 2:03.16 | |
| 38 | 4 | 0 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 2:03.27 | |
| 39 | 3 | 5 | Gizem Bozkurt | Turkey | 2:03.33 | |
| 40 | 5 | 0 | Danielle Villars | Switzerland | 2:03.45 | |
| 41 | 4 | 9 | Henriette Stenkvist | Sweden | 2:03.50 | |
| 42 | 3 | 3 | Wioletta Orczykowska | Poland | 2:03.64 | |
| 43 | 2 | 4 | Věra Kopřivová | Czech Republic | 2:04.42 | |
| 44 | 3 | 1 | Julia Kukla | Austria | 2:04.49 | |
| 45 | 2 | 2 | Anniina Ala-Seppälä | Finland | 2:04.56 | |
| 45 | 3 | 2 | Monika Czerniak | Poland | 2:04.56 | |
| 47 | 2 | 7 | Tanja Kylliaeinen | Finland | 2:05.06 | |
| 48 | 3 | 7 | Aino Otava | Finland | 2:05.92 | |
| 49 | 3 | 0 | Camille Bouden | Belgium | 2:06.17 | |
| 50 | 4 | 3 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:06.34 | |
| 51 | 1 | 4 | Elena Giovannini | San Marino | 2:07.01 | |
| 52 | 2 | 0 | Sara Nysted | Faroe Islands | 2:07.14 | |
| 53 | 1 | 3 | Sara Lettoli | San Marino | 2:07.29 | |
| 54 | 4 | 1 | Esra Kaçmaz | Turkey | 2:07.58 | |
| 55 | 1 | 6 | Monica Ramírez | Andorra | 2:08.57 | |
| 56 | 2 | 9 | Nejla Karić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:08.68 | |
| 57 | 1 | 5 | Elisa Bernardi | San Marino | 2:09.67 | |
| 58 | 1 | 7 | Nikol Merizaj | Albania | 2:09.94 | |
| 59 | 3 | 9 | Laura Lajunen | Finland | 2:11.10 | |
| 60 | 2 | 3 | Tatiana Perstniova | Moldova | 2:12.75 | |
| 61 | 1 | 1 | Monika Vasilyan | Armenia | 2:12.80 | |
| 62 | 1 | 2 | Nadia Tudo | Andorra | 2:13.92 | |
| | 4 | 6 | Claudia Hufnagl | Austria | DNS | DNS |
| | 7 | 8 | Fatima Gallardo | Spain | DNS | DNS |
| | 2 | 8 | Sycerika McMahon | Ireland | DNS | DNS |
| | 5 | 6 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | DNS | DNS |
| | 7 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 20 May at 18:15.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:56.73 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 1:58.66 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ajna Késely | Hungary | 1:58.69 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Patricia Castro | Spain | 1:58.83 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 1:58.97 | |
| 6 | 6 | Esmee Vermeulen | Netherlands | 1:59.66 | |
| 7 | 7 | Camilla Hattersley | Great Britain | 2:00.27 | |
| 8 | 1 | Lotte Goris | Belgium | 2:00.28 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 1:56.68 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:57.64 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Melani Costa | Spain | 1:58.10 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Nina Rangelova | Bulgaria | 1:58.68 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Martina De Memme | Italy | 1:59.31 | |
| 6 | 1 | Ellie Faulkner | Great Britain | 1:59.84 | |
| 7 | 2 | Andrea Murez | Israel | 1:59.91 | |
| 8 | 8 | Tjaša Pintar | Slovenia | 2:00.54 | |

### Final

The final was on 21 May at 16:36.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 1:55.93 |
| | 4 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 1:55.97 |
| | 3 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:56.51 |
| 4 | 6 | Melani Costa | Spain | 1:58.08 |
| 5 | 2 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 1:58.16 |
| 6 | 1 | Ajna Késely | Hungary | 1:58.24 |
| 7 | 7 | Nina Rangelova | Bulgaria | 1:58.27 |
| 8 | 8 | Patricia Castro | Spain | 1:58.69 |