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

The Women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 5 and 6 August 2018.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Liu Zige | China | 2:01.81 | Jinan | 21 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 held on 4 August at 09:44.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Alys Thomas | Great Britain | 2:07.86 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Franziska Hentke | Germany | 2:08.93 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Liliána Szilágyi | Hungary | 2:09.02 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 2:09.29 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:09.46 | |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Svetlana Chimrova | Russia | 2:10.08 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Alessia Polieri | Italy | 2:10.08 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Ana Catarina Monteiro | Portugal | 2:10.08 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:10.34 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Ilaria Bianchi | Italy | 2:10.43 | |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Nida Eliz Üstündağ | Turkey | 2:10.69 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 5 | Emily Large | Great Britain | 2:11.07 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Charlotte Atkinson | Great Britain | 2:11.28 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Helena Bach | Denmark | 2:12.32 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 2:12.61 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Zehra-Duru Bilgin | Turkey | 2:14.18 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 1 | Anja Crevar | Serbia | 2:14.40 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Emilie Løvberg | Norway | 2:14.54 | Q |
| 19 | 1 | 7 | Anna Ntountounaki | Greece | 2:14.67 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | 8 | Amina Kajtaz | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:14.85 | NR |
| 21 | 2 | 7 | İmge Erdemli | Turkey | 2:16.45 | |
| 22 | 1 | 8 | Alsu Bayramova | Azerbaijan | 2:19.14 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Gerda Pak | Estonia | 2:21.10 | |
| 24 | 3 | 0 | Beatrice Felici | San Marino | 2:27.90 | |
| — | 2 | 2 | Claudia Hufnagl | Austria | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 5 August at 17:39.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Franziska Hentke | Germany | 2:07.55 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 2:07.75 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:08.84 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Ana Catarina Monteiro | Portugal | 2:08.96 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Emily Large | Great Britain | 2:11.25 | |
| 6 | 7 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 2:11.65 | |
| 7 | 1 | Anja Crevar | Serbia | 2:13.50 | |
| 8 | 8 | Anna Ntountounaki | Greece | 2:16.79 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Alys Thomas | Great Britain | 2:07.64 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Svetlana Chimrova | Russia | 2:08.57 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Liliána Szilágyi | Hungary | 2:08.70 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Alessia Polieri | Italy | 2:08.77 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Nida Eliz Üstündağ | Turkey | 2:09.69 | |
| 6 | 7 | Helena Bach | Denmark | 2:13.14 | |
| 7 | 8 | Emilie Løvberg | Norway | 2:15.50 | |
| 8 | 1 | Zehra-Duru Bilgin | Turkey | 2:17.96 | |

### Final

The final was started on 6 August at 17:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 2:07.13 | |
| | 6 | Svetlana Chimrova | Russia | 2:07.33 | NR |
| | 5 | Alys Thomas | Great Britain | 2:07.42 | |
| 4 | 4 | Franziska Hentke | Germany | 2:07.75 | |
| 5 | 8 | Ana Catarina Monteiro | Portugal | 2:08.03 | |
| 6 | 2 | Liliána Szilágyi | Hungary | 2:08.69 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:08.91 | |
| 8 | 7 | Alessia Polieri | Italy | 2:09.25 | |