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

The Women's 200 metre individual medley (50 m) competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 May 2021.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record European record | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:06.12 | Kazan | 3 August 2015 |
| Championship record | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:07.30 | London | 19 May 2016 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 21 May 2021 at 10:27.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:11.07 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:11.57 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | 2:11.78 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Dalma Sebestyén | Hungary | 2:11.87 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 2:12.09 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Cyrielle Duhamel | France | 2:12.35 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:12.61 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Aimee Willmott | Great Britain | 2:12.68 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 7 | África Zamorano | Spain | 2:12.85 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | Turkey | 2:12.93 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 5 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:13.24 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Diana Petkova | Bulgaria | 2:13.35 | Q, NR |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Kathrin Demler | Germany | 2:13.38 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Réka György | Hungary | 2:13.58 | |
| 15 | 3 | 4 | Alicia Wilson | Great Britain | 2:13.63 | |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | Katie Shanahan | Great Britain | 2:13.77 | |
| 17 | 4 | 3 | Zoe Vogelmann | Germany | 2:14.23 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | Maria Temnikova | Russia | 2:14.29 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Catalina Corró | Spain | 2:14.63 | Q |
| 20 | 5 | 8 | Kim Herkle | Germany | 2:14.75 | |
| 21 | 3 | 6 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:14.99 | |
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Giulia Goerigk | Germany | 2:15.31 | |
| 23 | 5 | 7 | Alba Vázquez | Spain | 2:15.36 | |
| 24 | 5 | 0 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 2:15.67 | |
| 25 | 5 | 9 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 2:16.30 | |
| 26 | 4 | 9 | Lisa Nystrand | Sweden | 2:16.34 | |
| 27 | 2 | 4 | Clara Rybak-Andersen | Denmark | 2:16.64 | |
| 28 | 3 | 1 | Victoria Kaminskaya | Portugal | 2:16.72 | |
| 29 | 5 | 1 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 2:16.95 | |
| 30 | 2 | 6 | Raquel Pereira | Portugal | 2:17.16 | |
| 31 | 2 | 1 | Maria Romanjuk | Estonia | 2:17.78 | NR |
| 32 | 2 | 5 | Nikoleta Trníková | Slovakia | 2:18.09 | |
| 33 | 2 | 3 | Josephine Dumont | Belgium | 2:19.94 | |
| 34 | 2 | 7 | Sudem Denizli | Turkey | 2:20.93 | |
| 35 | 2 | 2 | Amina Kajtaz | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:21.68 | |
| 36 | 2 | 8 | Mya Azzopardi | Malta | 2:22.87 | |
| 37 | 3 | 0 | Malene Rypestøl | Norway | 2:23.78 | |
| 38 | 1 | 5 | Martta Ruuska | Finland | 2:24.23 | |
| 39 | 1 | 4 | Iman Avdić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:24.32 | |
| 40 | 1 | 3 | Jona Beqiri | Kosovo | 2:34.37 | |
| | 3 | 9 | Panna Ugrai | Hungary | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 21 May 2021 at 19:37.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:10.66 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Cyrielle Duhamel | France | 2:12.12 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Dalma Sebestyén | Hungary | 2:12.34 | q |
| 4 | 7 | Diana Petkova | Bulgaria | 2:12.38 | NR |
| 5 | 6 | Aimee Willmott | Great Britain | 2:12.42 | |
| 6 | 2 | Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | Turkey | 2:12.79 | |
| 7 | 1 | Zoe Vogelmann | Germany | 2:14.39 | |
| 8 | 8 | Catalina Corró | Spain | 2:16.04 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:10.35 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 7 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:10.72 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 2:10.76 | q |
| 4 | 4 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:10.81 | q |
| 5 | 5 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | 2:11.41 | q |
| 6 | 2 | África Zamorano | Spain | 2:12.80 | |
| 7 | 1 | Kathrin Demler | Germany | 2:13.49 | |
| 8 | 8 | Maria Temnikova | Russia | 2:14.84 | |

### Final

The final was held on 22 May at 19:24.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:09.99 | NR |
| | 2 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:10.03 | |
| | 5 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:10.12 | |
| 4 | 7 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | 2:10.65 | |
| 5 | 6 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 2:10.76 | |
| 6 | 3 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:11.70 | |
| 7 | 8 | Dalma Sebestyén | Hungary | 2:12.42 | |
| 8 | 1 | Cyrielle Duhamel | France | 2:13.22 | |