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

The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 May 2016.

## 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 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:19.84 | Berlin | 22 August 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 19 May at 10:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 2:24.70 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Chloe Tutton | Great Britain | 2:25.79 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:25.90 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 2:25.99 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:26.29 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 4 | Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | Turkey | 2:26.54 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 2:26.78 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Martina Moravčíková | Czech Republic | 2:27.24 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 6 | Georgia Coates | Great Britain | 2:27.79 | |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | Dalma Sebestyén | Hungary | 2:27.92 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Ilaria Scarcella | Italy | 2:28.67 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 7 | Fiona Doyle | Ireland | 2:29.07 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 8 | Jessica Eriksson | Sweden | 2:29.68 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 7 | Jessica Steiger | Germany | 2:29.96 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Francesca Fangio | Italy | 2:30.08 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 2:30.16 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 0 | Stina Colleou | Norway | 2:30.30 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 0 | Vilma Ekström | Sweden | 2:30.35 | |
| 19 | 3 | 6 | Katie Matts | Great Britain | 2:30.45 | |
| 20 | 5 | 2 | Lisa Fissneider | Italy | 2:30.65 | |
| 21 | 3 | 9 | Andrea Podmaníková | Slovakia | 2:30.67 | |
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Lisa Mamie | Switzerland | 2:30.82 | |
| 23 | 5 | 9 | Monika Štěpánová | Czech Republic | 2:31.04 | |
| 24 | 2 | 3 | Maria Romanjuk | Estonia | 2:31.55 | |
| 24 | 5 | 8 | Weronika Paluszek | Poland | 2:31.59 | |
| 26 | 2 | 4 | Mona McSharry | Ireland | 2:31.77 | |
| 27 | 4 | 1 | Natalia Ivaneeva | Russia | 2:31.86 | |
| 28 | 2 | 8 | Petra Chocová | Czech Republic | 2:32.45 | |
| 29 | 1 | 3 | Patricia Aschan | Finland | 2:32.61 | |
| 30 | 4 | 0 | Victoria Kaminskaya | Portugal | 2:33.34 | |
| 31 | 2 | 7 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 2:33.56 | |
| 32 | 51 | 1 | Tjaša Vozel | Slovenia | 2:33.86 | |
| 33 | 2 | 5 | Raminta Dvarishkyte | Lithuania | 2:34.90 | |
| 34 | 2 | 1 | Aļona Ribakova | Latvia | 2:35.18 | |
| 35 | 2 | 6 | Ariel Braathen | Norway | 2:35.78 | |
| 36 | 4 | 9 | Mariya Liver | Ukraine | 2:36.47 | |
| 37 | 1 | 5 | Emina Pašukan | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:38.27 | |
| 38 | 1 | 4 | Alina Bulmag | Moldova | 2:39.52 | |
| 39 | 2 | 2 | Ana Rodrigues | Portugal | 2:39.79 | |
| | 3 | 1 | Ana Radić | Croatia | DSQ | DSQ |
| | 3 | 7 | Fanny Deberghes | France | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 19 May at 19:21.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Chloe Tutton | Great Britain | 2:23.76 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | Turkey | 2:23.94 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 2:24.11 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Martina Moravčíková | Czech Republic | 2:25.78 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Ilaria Scarcella | Italy | 2:28.09 | |
| 6 | 1 | Francesca Fangio | Italy | 2:28.42 | |
| 7 | 8 | Stina Colleou | Norway | 2:29.03 | |
| 8 | 7 | Jessica Eriksson | Sweden | 2:29.22 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:24.10 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:24.56 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 2:24.85 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 2:25.47 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 2:25.92 | |
| 6 | 2 | Dalma Sebestyén | Hungary | 2:26.53 | |
| 7 | 7 | Fiona Doyle | Ireland | 2:28.75 | |
| 8 | 1 | Jessica Steiger | Germany | 2:29.62 | |

### Final

The final was held on 20 May at 18:40.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 3 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:21.69 |
| | 2 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:22.56 |
| | 6 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 2:22.96 |
| 4 | 7 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 2:23.18 |
| 5 | 5 | Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | Turkey | 2:23.40 |
| 6 | 4 | Chloe Tutton | Great Britain | 2:24.07 |
| 7 | 1 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 2:25.97 |
| 8 | 8 | Martina Moravčíková | Czech Republic | 2:29.42 |