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

The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18–19 August.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Missy Franklin | United States | 2:04.06 | London | 28 July 2012 |
| European record | Anastasia Zuyeva | Russia | 2:04.94 | Rome | 1 August 2009 |
| Championship record | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary | 2:06.62 | Athens | 22 August 1991 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 11:02.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 2:10.33 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Duane Da Rocha | Spain | 2:10.34 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Lisa Graf | Germany | 2:10.75 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:11.09 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Melani Costa | Spain | 2:11.63 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 2:11.74 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 2:11.88 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Elizabeth Simmonds | Great Britain | 2:12.32 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | Sonnele Öztürk | Germany | 2:13.15 | |
| 10 | 3 | 4 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 2:13.93 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 2:14.51 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 4 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:14.79 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Jördis Steinegger | Austria | 2:15.14 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Klaudia Nazieblo | Poland | 2:15.69 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Matea Samardžić | Croatia | 2:15.80 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Ida Lindborg | Sweden | 2:16.23 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | 2 | Ekaterina Tomashevskaya | Russia | 2:16.30 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Sarah Bro | Denmark | 2:16.76 | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Věra Kopřivová | Czech Republic | 2:17.67 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Martina van Berkel | Switzerland | 2:17.90 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Justine Ress | France | 2:17.91 | |
| 22 | 1 | 1 | Camille Gheorghiu | France | 2:18.78 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Karin Tomecková | Slovakia | 2:19.04 | |
| 24 | 3 | 0 | Aliaksandra Kavaleva | Belarus | 2:22.75 | |
| 25 | 1 | 8 | Andrea Basaraba | Serbia | 2:23.13 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held 18:52.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Duane Da Rocha | Spain | 2:09.13 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Elizabeth Simmonds | Great Britain | 2:09.71 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 2:12.06 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 2:13.29 | |
| 5 | 8 | Ekaterina Tomashevskaya | Russia | 2:14.27 | |
| 6 | 7 | Jördis Steinegger | Austria | 2:16.10 | |
| 7 | 1 | Matea Samardžić | Croatia | 2:16.26 | |
| 8 | 5 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:20.04 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 2:10.22 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 2:10.26 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Lisa Graf | Germany | 2:10.29 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Melani Costa | Spain | 2:10.83 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 2:11.40 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:13.58 | |
| 7 | 8 | Ida Lindborg | Sweden | 2:15.03 | |
| 8 | 1 | Klaudia Nazieblo | Poland | 2:15.98 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:03.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Duane Da Rocha | Spain | 2:09.37 |
| | 5 | Elizabeth Simmonds | Great Britain | 2:09.66 |
| | 1 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 2:09.79 |
| 4 | 2 | Lisa Graf | Germany | 2:10.64 |
| 5 | 3 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 2:10.99 |
| 6 | 7 | Melani Costa | Spain | 2:11.15 |
| 7 | 6 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 2:11.77 |
| 8 | 8 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 2:13.49 |