# Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 May 2021.

## Records

Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record European record | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:19.11 | Barcelona | 1 August 2013 |
| Championship record | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:19.84 | Berlin | 22 August 2014 |

## Results

The heats were started on 20 May at 10:25.

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Evgeniia Chikunova | Russia | 2:23.92 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:24.16 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Lisa Mamie | Switzerland | 2:24.47 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 2:24.52 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 2:24.75 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Maria Temnikova | Russia | 2:24.95 | |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Francesca Fangio | Italy | 2:25.00 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Marina García Urzainqui | Spain | 2:24.99 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:25.17 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Martina Carraro | Italy | 2:25.36 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Victoria Kaminskaya | Portugal | 2:25.90 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 2:26.08 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 4 | Kotryna Teterevkova | Lithuania | 2:27.06 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 5 | Anastasia Basisto | Moldova | 2:27.07 | Q, NR |
| 15 | 3 | 0 | Petra Halmai | Hungary | 2:27.20 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Raquel Pereira | Portugal | 2:27.25 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:27.41 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 6 | Kim Herkle | Germany | 2:27.54 | |
| 19 | 1 | 3 | Andrea Podmaníková | Slovakia | 2:27.77 | NR |
| 20 | 5 | 6 | Lisa Angiolini | Italy | 2:27.78 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Tes Schouten | Netherlands | 2:28.17 | |
| 22 | 2 | 0 | Emelie Fast | Sweden | 2:28.38 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Clara Rybak-Andersen | Denmark | 2:28.41 | |
| 24 | 5 | 1 | Eneli Jefimova | Estonia | 2:28.64 | |
| 25 | 5 | 2 | Eszter Békési | Hungary | 2:28.81 | |
| 26 | 3 | 9 | Martta Ruuska | Finland | 2:28.96 | |
| 27 | 5 | 8 | Stina Kajsa Colleou | Norway | 2:29.00 | |
| 28 | 5 | 7 | Bente Fischer | Germany | 2:29.79 | |
| 29 | 4 | 8 | Thea Blomsterberg | Denmark | 2:29.98 | |
| 30 | 5 | 9 | Nikoleta Trníková | Slovakia | 2:30.01 | |
| 31 | 3 | 7 | Tatiana Belonogoff | Russia | 2:30.06 | |
| 32 | 2 | 9 | Maria Romanjuk | Estonia | 2:30.27 | |
| 33 | 2 | 2 | Hannah Brunzell | Sweden | 2:30.59 | |
| 34 | 2 | 8 | Arianna Castiglioni | Italy | 2:30.96 | |
| 35 | 4 | 9 | Eva Kummen | Norway | 2:30.97 | |
| 36 | 4 | 7 | Tjaša Vozel | Slovenia | 2:31.43 | |
| 37 | 1 | 4 | Hazal Özkan | Turkey | 2:31.65 | |
| 38 | 4 | 0 | Josephine Dumont | Belgium | 2:32.01 | |
| 39 | 2 | 6 | Alíz Kalmár | Hungary | 2:32.41 | |
| 40 | 2 | 1 | Ana Blažević | Croatia | 2:32.85 | |
| 41 | 1 | 5 | Nina Vadovičová | Slovakia | 2:33.83 | |
| 42 | 1 | 7 | Lea Polonsky | Israel | 2:35.94 | |
| 43 | 1 | 2 | Nàdia Tudó | Andorra | 2:37.55 | |
| 44 | 1 | 6 | Alina Tkachenko | Ukraine | 2:40.49 | |
| | 2 | 3 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 1 | Laura Lahtinen | Finland | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 20 May at 18:30.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 2:21.55 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:21.86 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Marina García Urzainqui | Spain | 2:24.25 | q |
| 4 | 6 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:24.50 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Kotryna Teterevkova | Lithuania | 2:25.98 | |
| 6 | 1 | Petra Halmai | Hungary | 2:26.10 | |
| 7 | 8 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:26.11 | |
| 8 | 2 | Victoria Kaminskaya | Portugal | 2:26.17 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Lisa Mamie | Switzerland | 2:23.15 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Evgeniia Chikunova | Russia | 2:23.33 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 2:23.56 | q |
| 4 | 6 | Francesca Fangio | Italy | 2:24.56 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 2:24.79 | |
| 6 | 2 | Martina Carraro | Italy | 2:25.07 | |
| 7 | 1 | Anastasia Basisto | Moldova | 2:26.39 | NR |
| 8 | 8 | Raquel Pereira | Portugal | 2:26.62 | |

### Final

The final was held on 21 May at 19:19.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 2:21.34 |
| | 3 | Lisa Mamie | Switzerland | 2:22.05 |
| | 2 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 2:22.16 |
| 4 | 6 | Evgeniia Chikunova | Russia | 2:22.17 |
| 5 | 5 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:22.78 |
| 6 | 8 | Francesca Fangio | Italy | 2:24.26 |
| 7 | 7 | Marina García Urzainqui | Spain | 2:25.76 |
| 8 | 1 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:25.84 |