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

The Women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 May 2021.

## Records

Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | 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 started on 19 May at 10:18.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 2:07.61 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:08.36 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | 2:09.15 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:09.35 | |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Helena Rosendahl Bach | Denmark | 2:09.42 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Svetlana Chimrova | Russia | 2:09.48 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Keanna MacInnes | Great Britain | 2:09.82 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:10.18 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Ana Monteiro | Portugal | 2:10.73 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Dóra Hatházi | Hungary | 2:10.75 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Kathrin Demler | Germany | 2:10.84 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Nida Eliz Üstündağ | Turkey | 2:11.02 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Emily Large | Great Britain | 2:11.08 | |
| 14 | 1 | 4 | Alys Thomas | Great Britain | 2:11.51 | |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Antonella Crispino | Italy | 2:11.85 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Klaudia Naziębło | Poland | 2:12.82 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Claudia Hufnagl | Austria | 2:12.87 | Q |
| 18 | 1 | 8 | Carlota Torrontegui | Spain | 2:13.33 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | 1 | Anna Ntountounaki | Greece | 2:14.69 | Q, WD |
| 20 | 3 | 8 | Amina Kajtaz | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:14.98 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | 0 | Fanny Borer | Switzerland | 2:15.83 | Q |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Aleksandra Knop | Poland | 2:16.09 | |
| 22 | 3 | 7 | Laura Lahtinen | Finland | 2:16.09 | |
| 24 | 1 | 0 | Iva Hrsto | Croatia | 2:17.04 | |
| 25 | 3 | 0 | Tamara Schaad | Switzerland | 2:17.48 | |
| 26 | 1 | 1 | Viktoriya Kostromina | Ukraine | 2:19.20 | |
| 27 | 3 | 9 | Iman Avdić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:23.73 | |
| 28 | 2 | 9 | Katie Rock | Albania | 2:30.07 | |
| | 1 | 6 | Defne Taçyıldız | Turkey | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 19 May at 18:44.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:08.75 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Helena Rosendahl Bach | Denmark | 2:08.95 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Keanna MacInnes | Great Britain | 2:09.76 | q |
| 4 | 6 | Ana Monteiro | Portugal | 2:10.07 | |
| 5 | 2 | Nida Eliz Üstündağ | Turkey | 2:10.11 | |
| 6 | 7 | Klaudia Naziębło | Poland | 2:12.57 | |
| 7 | 1 | Carlota Torrontegui | Spain | 2:14.53 | |
| 8 | 8 | Fanny Borer | Switzerland | 2:15.79 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 2:07.25 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Svetlana Chimrova | Russia | 2:09.08 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:09.32 | q |
| 4 | 5 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | 2:09.39 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Kathrin Demler | Germany | 2:09.59 | q |
| 6 | 7 | Antonella Crispino | Italy | 2:10.74 | |
| 7 | 1 | Claudia Hufnagl | Austria | 2:12.32 | |
| 8 | 8 | Amina Kajtaz | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:15.52 | |

### Final

The final was held on 20 May at 18:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 2:06.50 |
| | 5 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:08.14 |
| | 6 | Svetlana Chimrova | Russia | 2:08.55 |
| 4 | 3 | Helena Rosendahl Bach | Denmark | 2:08.89 |
| 5 | 2 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:08.91 |
| 6 | 7 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | 2:09.42 |
| 7 | 1 | Kathrin Demler | Germany | 2:09.94 |
| 8 | 8 | Keanna MacInnes | Great Britain | 2:10.25 |