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

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21 and 22. The heats and semifinals took place on May 21, the final on May 22.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 2:04.81 | Rome | August 1, 2009 |
| European record | Anastasia Zuyeva | Russia | 2:04.94 | Rome | August 1, 2009 |
| Championship record | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary | 2:06.62 | Athens | August 22, 1991 |

## Results
### Heats

29 swimmers participated in 4 heats.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Alexianne Castel | France | 2:10.04 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 2:11.05 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:11.31 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | Anja Čarman | Slovenia | 2:12.55 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 2:12.66 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Duane da Rocha Marce | Spain | 2:12.73 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Alessia Filippi | Italy | 2:12.89 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Melanie Nocher | Ireland | 2:13.09 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 2:13.40 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 2:13.67 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | 2:13.81 | Q, NR |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Marie Jugnet | France | 2:14.14 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Kim Daniela Pavlin | Croatia | 2:14.25 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 1 | Uschi Halbreiner | Austria | 2:14.40 | Q, NR |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Annemarie Worst | Netherlands | 2:14.82 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | Klaudia Nazieblo | Poland | 2:15.72 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Dorina Szekeres | Hungary | 2:16.67 | |
| 18 | 3 | 8 | Eszter Povázsay | Hungary | 2:17.05 | |
| 19 | 4 | 3 | Ekaterina Avramova | Bulgaria | 2:17.11 | |
| 20 | 1 | 4 | Martina van Berkel | Switzerland | 2:17.94 | |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Camille Gheorghiu | France | 2:18.08 | |
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Anna Volchkov | Israel | 2:18.18 | |
| 23 | 2 | 2 | Therese Svendsen | Sweden | 2:18.28 | |
| 24 | 1 | 6 | Veronica Orheim Bjørlykke | Norway | 2:19.37 | |
| 25 | 1 | 3 | Alzbeta Rehorkova | Czech Republic | 2:19.47 | |
| 26 | 2 | 8 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 2:19.56 | |
| 27 | 1 | 5 | Karin Tomecková | Slovakia | 2:21.37 | |
| 28 | 4 | 8 | Hazal Sarikaya | Turkey | 2:22.28 | |
| 29 | 1 | 2 | Monica Ramirez Abella | Andorra | 2:24.65 | |

### Semifinals

The eight fastest swimmers advanced to the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 2:09.49 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Melanie Nocher | Ireland | 2:11.68 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Duane da Rocha Marce | Spain | 2:11.86 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Anja Čarman | Slovenia | 2:12.10 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 2:13.09 | |
| 6 | 7 | Marie Jugnet | France | 2:14.41 | |
| 7 | 8 | Klaudia Nazieblo | Poland | 2:17.22 | |
| 8 | 1 | Uschi Halbreiner | Austria | 2:17.77 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Alexianne Castel | France | 2:09.03 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:10.17 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Alessia Filippi | Italy | 2:10.89 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 2:11.20 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Kim Daniela Pavlin | Croatia | 2:12.79 | |
| 6 | 7 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | 2:13.77 | NR |
| 7 | 8 | Annemarie Worst | Netherlands | 2:13.92 | |
| 8 | 2 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 2:13.95 | |

### Final

The final was held at 17:58.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Alexianne Castel | France | 2:08.41 | |
| | 5 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 2:09.55 | |
| | 1 | Duane Da Rocha Marce | Spain | 2:09.56 | |
| 4 | 3 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 2:09.57 | |
| 5 | 7 | Melanie Nocher | Ireland | 2:10.75 | NR |
| 6 | 2 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 2:10.85 | |
| 7 | 6 | Alessia Filippi | Italy | 2:11.20 | |
| 8 | 8 | Anja Čarman | Slovenia | 2:12.51 | |