# Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21–22 August.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:19.11 | Barcelona | 28 July 2013 |
| European record | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:19.11 | Barcelona | 28 July 2013 |
| Championship record | Anastasia Chaun | Russia | 2:23.50 | Budapest | 13 August 2010 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 09:30.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Vitalina Simonova | Russia | 2:25.46 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Marina García Urzainqui | Spain | 2:25.69 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:26.80 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Giulia De Ascentis | Italy | 2:26.88 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 2:27.38 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:27.42 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 2:27.49 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Vanessa Grimberg | Germany | 2:27.56 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 6 | Maria Astashkina | Russia | 2:27.95 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 2:28.07 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Martina Moravčíková | Czech Republic | 2:28.37 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Elisa Celli | Italy | 2:28.59 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Coralie Dobral | France | 2:29.12 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 0 | Tanja Šmid | Slovenia | 2:30.29 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 2:30.74 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | Olga Tovstogan | Ukraine | 2:30.77 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | Jessica Eriksson | Sweden | 2:31.11 | |
| 18 | 1 | 5 | Alona Ribakova | Latvia | 2:31.52 | |
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Petra Chocová | Czech Republic | 2:31.62 | |
| 20 | 1 | 4 | Victoria Kaminskaya | Portugal | 2:31.67 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Sycerika McMahon | Ireland | 2:31.81 | |
| 22 | 4 | 9 | Anastasia Korotkov | Israel | 2:32.05 | |
| 23 | 3 | 7 | Fiona Doyle | Ireland | 2:32.23 | |
| 24 | 2 | 0 | Tjaša Vozel | Slovenia | 2:32.59 | |
| 25 | 3 | 1 | Stina Colleou | Norway | 2:33.03 | |
| 26 | 2 | 8 | Ana Radič | Croatia | 2:33.40 | |
| 27 | 2 | 9 | Vilma Ekström | Sweden | 2:34.67 | |
| 28 | 3 | 9 | Fantine Lesaffre | France | 2:34.79 | |
| 29 | 1 | 3 | Maria Romanjuk | Estonia | 2:34.89 | |
| 30 | 4 | 7 | Lisa Zaiser | Austria | 2:35.78 | |
| 31 | 4 | 0 | Jovana Bogdanović | Serbia | 2:37.79 | |
| 32 | 1 | 6 | Andrea Podmaníková | Slovakia | 2:39.89 | |
| 33 | 1 | 2 | Alina Bulmag | Moldova | 2:41.04 | |
| — | 3 | 6 | Joline Höstman | Sweden | | DNS |
| — | 4 | 5 | Sophie Taylor | Great Britain | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:14.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:22.32 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 4 | Marina García Urzainqui | Spain | 2:24.87 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Giulia De Ascentis | Italy | 2:26.34 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Elisa Celli | Italy | 2:26.87 | |
| 5 | 6 | Vanessa Grimberg | Germany | 2:27.01 | |
| 6 | 2 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 2:28.72 | |
| 7 | 8 | Olga Tovstogan | Ukraine | 2:30.55 | |
| 8 | 1 | Tanja Šmid | Slovenia | 2:31.15 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Vitalina Simonova | Russia | 2:23.35 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:24.78 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 2:25.55 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Maria Astashkina | Russia | 2:26.14 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 2:26.26 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Martina Moravčíková | Czech Republic | 2:27.75 | |
| 7 | 1 | Coralie Dobral | France | 2:29.11 | |
| 8 | 8 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 2:31.29 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:43.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:19.84 | CR |
| | 2 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 2:23.82 | |
| | 3 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:24.08 | |
| 4 | 5 | Vitalina Simonova | Russia | 2:24.87 | |
| 5 | 6 | Marina García Urzainqui | Spain | 2:24.96 | |
| 6 | 7 | Maria Astashkina | Russia | 2:25.07 | |
| 7 | 8 | Giulia De Ascentis | Italy | 2:26.71 | |
| 8 | 1 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 2:28.38 | |