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

The Women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 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 | Liu Zige | China | 2:01.81 | Jinan | 20 October 2009 |
| European record | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:04.27 | Rome | 29 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:04.79 | Berlin | 24 August 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 21 May at 09:23.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:09.70 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Liliána Szilágyi | Hungary | 2:09.89 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Martina van Berkel | Switzerland | 2:09.95 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Franziska Hentke | Germany | 2:10.13 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Stefania Pirozzi | Italy | 2:10.20 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:10.21 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Judit Ignacio Sorribes | Spain | 2:10.29 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 8 | Nida Üstündağ | Turkey | 2:10.34 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Alessia Polieri | Italy | 2:10.37 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | Anja Klinar | Slovenia | 2:10.83 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | Aimee Willmott | Great Britain | 2:11.32 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Ana Monteiro | Portugal | 2:11.85 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 2:11.94 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Julia Mrozinski | Germany | 2:12.03 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 1 | Keren Siebner | Israel | 2:12.96 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 2:13.25 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Dalma Sebestyén | Hungary | 2:13.31 | |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:13.41 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Anna Ntountounaki | Greece | 2:13.44 | |
| 20 | 1 | 6 | Marie Wattel | France | 2:14.06 | |
| 21 | 1 | 1 | Lisa Höpink | Germany | 2:14.50 | |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Victoria Kaminskaya | Portugal | 2:15.62 | |
| 23 | 3 | 0 | Claudia Hufnagl | Austria | 2:15.64 | |
| 24 | 1 | 7 | Danielle Villars | Switzerland | 2:16.69 | |
| 25 | 2 | 0 | Fantine Lesaffre | France | 2:19.24 | |
| 26 | 1 | 0 | Tereza Horáková | Czech Republic | 2:23.47 | |
| 27 | 3 | 9 | Noel Borshi | Albania | 2:23.70 | |
| | 1 | 2 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 21 May at 17:25.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Liliána Szilágyi | Hungary | 2:08.63 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Franziska Hentke | Germany | 2:08.74 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:08.80 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Anja Klinar | Slovenia | 2:09.14 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Nida Üstündağ | Turkey | 2:10.23 | |
| 6 | 7 | Ana Monteiro | Portugal | 2:11.83 | |
| 7 | 8 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 2:12.45 | |
| 8 | 1 | Julia Mrozinski | Germany | 2:13.39 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Alessia Polieri | Italy | 2:07.49 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Judit Ignacio Sorribes | Spain | 2:08.76 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Martina van Berkel | Switzerland | 2:09.40 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Stefania Pirozzi | Italy | 2:10.11 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Aimee Willmott | Great Britain | 2:10.22 | |
| 6 | 1 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 2:10.56 | |
| 7 | 4 | Mireia Belmonte | Spain | 2:10.78 | |
| 8 | 8 | Keren Siebner | Israel | 2:11.04 | |

### Final

The final was held on 22 May at 16:25.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 3 | Franziska Hentke | Germany | 2:07.23 |
| | 5 | Liliána Szilágyi | Hungary | 2:07.24 |
| | 6 | Judit Ignacio Sorribes | Spain | 2:07.52 |
| 4 | 2 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:07.75 |
| 5 | 4 | Alessia Polieri | Italy | 2:08.34 |
| 6 | 7 | Anja Klinar | Slovenia | 2:09.57 |
| 7 | 8 | Stefania Pirozzi | Italy | 2:09.92 |
| 8 | 1 | Martina van Berkel | Switzerland | 2:10.36 |