# Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 23 and 24. The heats and semifinals took place on May 23, the final on May 24.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Ariana Kukors | United States | 2:06.15 | Rome | July 27, 2009 |
| European record | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:07.46 | Rome | July 27, 2009 |
| Championship record | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:10.09 | Budapest | August 12, 2010 |

## Results
### Heats

26 swimmers participated in 4 heats.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:11.10 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:12.92 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:13.20 | |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | Amit Ivri | Israel | 2:14.69 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Theresa Michalak | Germany | 2:14.95 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 7 | Ganna Dzerkaľ | Ukraine | 2:15.21 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Sophie Allen | Great Britain | 2:15.24 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Stina Gardell | Sweden | 2:15.43 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Beatriz Gomez Cortes | Spain | 2:15.54 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Sophie de Ronchi | France | 2:16.02 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 7 | Stefania Pirozzi | Italy | 2:17.00 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Alexandra Wenk | Germany | 2:17.05 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | 5 | Noora Laukkanen | Finland | 2:17.06 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Kim Daniela Pavlin | Croatia | 2:17.13 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 6 | Lisa Zaiser | Austria | 2:17.19 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 3 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 2:17.23 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 5 | Lara Grangeon | France | 2:17.26 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 8 | Katarina Listopadová | Slovakia | 2:17.66 | |
| 19 | 2 | 6 | Kristina Kochetkova | Russia | 2:18.02 | |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Joerdis Steinegger | Austria | 2:18.43 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Sára Joó | Hungary | 2:18.57 | |
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Kristina Krasyukova | Russia | 2:19.57 | |
| 23 | 1 | 3 | Johanna Gerda Gustafsdottir | Iceland | 2:21.88 | |
| | 3 | 6 | Alessia Polieri | Italy | DNF | |
| | 1 | 4 | Sara Nordenstam | Norway | DNS | |
| | 4 | 1 | Sycerika McMahon | Ireland | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:12.67 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Theresa Michalak | Germany | 2:12.76 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Sophie Allen | Great Britain | 2:13.29 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Beatriz Gomez Cortes | Spain | 2:14.21 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Lisa Zaiser | Austria | 2:14.90 | |
| 6 | 8 | Lara Grangeon | France | 2:15.79 | |
| 7 | 2 | Stefania Pirozzi | Italy | 2:16.56 | |
| 8 | 7 | Noora Laukkanen | Finland | 2:17.30 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:11.89 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Stina Gardell | Sweden | 2:12.29 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 5 | Amit Ivri | Israel | 2:13.77 | NR |
| 4 | 3 | Ganna Dzerkaľ | Ukraine | 2:14.25 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Alexandra Wenk | Germany | 2:14.44 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Sophie de Ronchi | France | 2:16.05 | |
| 7 | 8 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 2:16.09 | |
| 8 | 1 | Kim Daniela Pavlin | Croatia | 2:16.35 | NR |

### Final

The final was held at 17:13.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:10.84 | |
| | 2 | Sophie Allen | Great Britain | 2:11.49 | |
| | 3 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:11.63 | |
| 4 | 6 | Theresa Michalak | Germany | 2:12.26 | |
| 5 | 5 | Stina Gardell | Sweden | 2:12.29 | =NR |
| 6 | 1 | Ganna Dzerkaľ | Ukraine | 2:12.33 | |
| 7 | 8 | Alexandra Wenk | Germany | 2:12.95 | |
| | 7 | Beatriz Gomez Cortes | Spain | | DSQ |