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

The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 May 2021.

## Records

Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Regan Smith | United States | 2:03.35 | Gwangju | 26 July 2019 |
| European record | Anastasia Fesikova | Russia | 2:04.94 | Rome | 1 August 2009 |
| Championship record | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:06.18 | Glasgow | 9 August 2018 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 23 May | Final | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:06.08 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 22 May at 10:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:08.52 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | Lena Grabowski | Austria | 2:09.12 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Katalin Burián | Hungary | 2:09.54 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy | Hungary | 2:09.72 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Réka Nyirádi | Hungary | 2:10.44 | |
| 6 | 3 | 7 | Katie Shanahan | Great Britain | 2:10.74 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Aviv Barzelay | Israel | 2:11.60 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | África Zamorano | Spain | 2:11.98 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Cassie Wild | Great Britain | 2:12.04 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 2:12.13 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 4 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:12.32 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Tatiana Salcuțan | Moldova | 2:13.08 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Ugnė Mažutaitytė | Lithuania | 2:13.26 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 7 | Ekaterina Avramova | Turkey | 2:13.37 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 3 | Sonnele Öztürk | Germany | 2:13.82 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Zuzanna Herasimowicz | Poland | 2:13.96 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 8 | Aleksa Gold | Estonia | 2:14.11 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | Anastasiya Shkurdai | Belarus | 2:14.29 | |
| 19 | 3 | 2 | Gabriela Georgieva | Bulgaria | 2:14.32 | |
| 20 | 3 | 6 | Gerda Szilágyi | Hungary | 2:14.36 | |
| 21 | 2 | 9 | Ioanna Sacha | Greece | 2:14.83 | |
| 22 | 4 | 0 | Sudem Denizli | Turkey | 2:15.22 | |
| 23 | 4 | 2 | Nadine Lämmler | Germany | 2:15.38 | |
| 24 | 2 | 8 | Fanny Borer | Switzerland | 2:15.74 | |
| 25 | 1 | 6 | Tamara Potocká | Slovakia | 2:16.13 | |
| 26 | 3 | 0 | Ingeborg Løyning | Norway | 2:16.45 | |
| 27 | 4 | 9 | Karoline Sørensen | Denmark | 2:17.12 | |
| 28 | 1 | 1 | Lisa Nystrand | Sweden | 2:17.50 | |
| 29 | 3 | 9 | Marion Gregoire | Belgium | 2:17.60 | |
| 30 | 1 | 4 | Jade Smits | Belgium | 2:18.34 | |
| 31 | 1 | 3 | Janja Segel | Slovenia | 2:18.43 | |
| 32 | 1 | 5 | Signhild Joensen | Faroe Islands | 2:18.50 | |
| 33 | 1 | 7 | Emma Marušáková | Slovakia | 2:20.80 | |
| 34 | 1 | 2 | Mia Krstevska | North Macedonia | 2:23.40 | |
| 35 | 1 | 8 | Jona Beqiri | Kosovo | 2:30.61 | |
| | 2 | 5 | Laura Bernat | Poland | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 2 | 0 | Nina Kost | Switzerland | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 8 | Paulina Peda | Poland | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 22 May at 18:23.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Lena Grabowski | Austria | 2:08.60 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 6 | Cassie Wild | Great Britain | 2:09.31 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy | Hungary | 2:09.97 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:11.73 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Sonnele Öztürk | Germany | 2:14.26 | |
| 6 | 3 | Aviv Barzelay | Israel | 2:14.63 | |
| 7 | 7 | Ugnė Mažutaitytė | Lithuania | 2:14.70 | |
| 8 | 8 | Aleksa Gold | Estonia | 2:15.17 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:07.61 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Katalin Burián | Hungary | 2:08.89 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | África Zamorano | Spain | 2:09.89 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Katie Shanahan | Great Britain | 2:10.84 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 2:12.17 | |
| 6 | 8 | Zuzanna Herasimowicz | Poland | 2:12.55 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ekaterina Avramova | Turkey | 2:12.96 | |
| 8 | 7 | Tatiana Salcuțan | Moldova | 2:13.10 | |

### Final

The final was held on 23 May at 18:35.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:06.08 | CR |
| | 6 | Cassie Wild | Great Britain | 2:07.74 | |
| | 3 | Katalin Burián | Hungary | 2:07.87 | |
| 4 | 5 | Lena Grabowski | Austria | 2:08.19 | NR |
| 5 | 2 | África Zamorano | Spain | 2:09.76 | |
| 6 | 1 | Katie Shanahan | Great Britain | 2:09.90 | |
| 7 | 7 | Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy | Hungary | 2:10.19 | |
| 8 | 8 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:13.06 | |