# Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 8 and 9 August 2018.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Missy Franklin | United States | 2:04.06 | London | 3 August 2012 |
| European record | Anastasia Zuyeva | Russia | 2:04.94 | Rome | 1 August 2009 |
| Championship record | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary | 2:06.62 | Athens | 25 August 1991 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 9 August | Final | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:06.18 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 8 August at 09:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 2:08.89 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Katalin Burián | Hungary | 2:10.22 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Anastasiia Avdeeva | Russia | 2:10.31 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:10.32 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 2:11.23 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Cristina García | Spain | 2:12.59 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:12.90 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Gabriela Georgieva | Bulgaria | 2:13.11 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Ekaterina Avramova | Turkey | 2:13.40 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 2:13.45 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Polina Egorova | Russia | 2:13.68 | |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Tessa Vermeulen | Netherlands | 2:13.70 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Kathryn Greenslade | Great Britain | 2:13.75 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 5 | Lisa Graf | Germany | 2:13.77 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | África Zamorano | Spain | 2:14.30 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Lena Grabowski | Austria | 2:15.30 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 9 | Aviv Barzelay | Israel | 2:15.46 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Shahar Menahem | Israel | 2:15.58 | |
| 19 | 1 | 0 | Signhild Joensen | Faroe Islands | 2:15.84 | |
| 20 | 1 | 6 | Carlotta Toni | Italy | 2:16.53 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Weronika Górecka | Poland | 2:16.60 | |
| 22 | 2 | 9 | Victoria Bierre | Denmark | 2:16.75 | |
| 23 | 2 | 8 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:16.89 | |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Karolina Hájková | Slovakia | 2:17.20 | |
| 25 | 3 | 0 | Vilma Ruotsalainen | Finland | 2:18.58 | |
| 26 | 1 | 1 | Aleksa Gold | Estonia | 2:18.95 | |
| 27 | 1 | 2 | Maryna Kolesnykova | Ukraine | 2:19.22 | |
| 28 | 1 | 7 | Agata Naskręt | Poland | 2:20.19 | |
| 29 | 1 | 9 | Fjorda Šabani | Kosovo | 2:27.71 | |
| | 3 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 8 August at 16:53.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:07.27 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Katalin Burián | Hungary | 2:07.65 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | África Zamorano | Spain | 2:11.69 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 2:12.02 | |
| 5 | 3 | Cristina García | Spain | 2:12.67 | |
| 6 | 6 | Gabriela Georgieva | Bulgaria | 2:13.19 | |
| 7 | 7 | Kathryn Greenslade | Great Britain | 2:13.96 | |
| 8 | 8 | Aviv Barzelay | Israel | 2:15.41 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 2:08.19 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 2:08.92 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Lisa Graf | Germany | 2:09.32 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Anastasiia Avdeeva | Russia | 2:09.54 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:11.17 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Tessa Vermeulen | Netherlands | 2:13.32 | |
| 7 | 2 | Ekaterina Avramova | Turkey | 2:14.13 | |
| 8 | 8 | Lena Grabowski | Austria | 2:15.08 | |

### Final

The final was started on 9 August at 17:20.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 2:06.18 | CR |
| | 3 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 2:07.12 | |
| | 5 | Katalin Burián | Hungary | 2:07.43 | |
| 4 | 2 | Lisa Graf | Germany | 2:08.58 | |
| 5 | 7 | Anastasiia Avdeeva | Russia | 2:10.03 | |
| 6 | 6 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 2:10.77 | |
| 7 | 1 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:10.89 | |
| 8 | 8 | África Zamorano | Spain | 2:11.55 | |