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

The women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 26 and 27. The heats and semifinals took place on May 26, the final on May 27.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Liu Zige | China | 2:01.81 | Ji Nan | October 21, 2009 |
| European record | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:04.27 | Rome | July 29, 2009 |
| Championship record | Otylia Jędrzejczak | Poland | 2:05.78 | Berlin | August 4, 2002 |

## Results
### Heats

19 swimmers participated in 3 heats.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:07.79 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:09.17 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Martina Granström | Sweden | 2:10.35 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Mireia Belmonte García | Spain | 2:11.10 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Denisa Smolenová | Slovakia | 2:12.14 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Sara Freitas Oliveira | Portugal | 2:12.23 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Franziska Hentke | Germany | 2:12.65 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Liliána Szilágyi | Hungary | 2:12.84 | |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Ingvild Snildal | Norway | 2:13.09 | Q, NR |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Alessia Polieri | Italy | 2:13.57 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Martina van Berkel | Switzerland | 2:13.81 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Maria Novikova | Russia | 2:15.23 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Emilia Pikkarainen | Finland | 2:15.56 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 5 | Judit Ignacio Sorribes | Spain | 2:15.61 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Jasmin Rosenberger | Turkey | 2:17.01 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Simona Muccioli | San Marino | 2:19.85 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | 7 | Vaiva Gimbutytė | Lithuania | 2:21.59 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Emilie Loevberg | Norway | 2:29.22 | |
| | 1 | 5 | Anja Klinar | Slovenia | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The eight fastert swimmers advanced to the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:09.09 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Mireia Belmonte García | Spain | 2:09.14 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Martina van Berkel | Switzerland | 2:11.31 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Ingvild Snildal | Norway | 2:11.47 | NR |
| 5 | 3 | Sara Freitas Oliveira | Portugal | 2:11.98 | |
| 6 | 7 | Emilia Pikkarainen | Finland | 2:14.75 | |
| 7 | 1 | Jasmin Rosenberger | Turkey | 2:16.44 | |
| 8 | 8 | Vaiva Gimbutytė | Lithuania | 2:24.83 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:07.03 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Martina Granström | Sweden | 2:08.65 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Franziska Hentke | Germany | 2:09.40 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Judit Ignacio Sorribes | Spain | 2:10.47 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Denisa Smolenová | Slovakia | 2:11.08 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 2 | Alessia Polieri | Italy | 2:11.46 | |
| 7 | 7 | Maria Novikova | Russia | 2:16.42 | |
| 8 | 8 | Simona Muccioli | San Marino | 2:19.70 | |

### Final

The final was held at 17:20.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:07.28 | |
| | 3 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 2:07.86 | |
| | 5 | Martina Granström | Sweden | 2:08.22 | |
| 4 | 6 | Mireia Belmonte García | Spain | 2:08.91 | |
| 5 | 2 | Franziska Hentke | Germany | 2:09.01 | |
| 6 | 7 | Judit Ignacio Sorribes | Spain | 2:09.14 | |
| 7 | 1 | Denisa Smolenová | Slovakia | 2:10.70 | NR |
| 8 | 8 | Martina van Berkel | Switzerland | 2:11.69 | |