The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 24 and 25. The heats and semifinals took place on May 24, the final on May 25.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre breaststroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordAnnamay Pierse2:20.12RomeJuly 30, 2009European recordNađa Higl2:21.62RomeJuly 31, 2009Championship recordAnastasia Chaun2:23.50BudapestAugust 13, 2010

Results

Heats 36 swimmers participated in 5 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre breaststroke Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-24.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 5 Joline Höstman 2:28.06 Q 2 4 4 Nađa Higl 2:28.59 Q 3 5 4 Irina Novikova 2:29.19 Q 4 5 6 Sara Nordenstam 2:29.22 Q 5 4 3 Sarah Poewe 2:29.84 Q 6 3 4 Fanny Lecluyse 2:30.17 Q 7 3 7 Martina Moravciková 2:30.50 Q 8 4 6 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir 2:30.54 Q 9 5 3 Caroline Ruhnau 2:30.55 Q 10 4 2 Dilara Buse Günaydin 2:31.38 Q 11 5 7 Tjasa Vozel 2:31.50 Q 12 3 6 Ganna Dzerkaľ 2:31.71 Q 13 4 1 Shani Stallard 2:31.87 Q 13 5 1 Anna Sztankovics 2:31.87 Q 15 2 3 Neza Marcun 2:32.07 Q 16 5 8 Fiona Doyle 2:32.20 Q 17 3 1 Noora Laukkanen 2:32.21 18 2 6 Alona Ribakova 2:32.53 NR 19 4 7 Concepcion Badillo Diaz 2:32.69 20 3 5 Chiara Boggiatto 2:32.73 21 3 2 Jenna Laukkanen 2:33.33 22 5 2 Tanja Šmid 2:33.38 23 3 3 Vanessa Crimberg 2:33.59 24 3 8 Raminta Dvariškytė 2:33.62 25 5 5 Lisa Fissneider 2:33.79 26 4 8 Anastasiya Malyavina 2:34.19 27 2 5 Sandra Swierczewska 2:34.79 28 1 4 Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir 2:36.25 29 2 7 Mariya Liver 2:38.11 30 2 4 Maria Georgia Michalaka 2:38.42 31 1 5 Zuzana Mimovicová 2:39.52 32 1 3 Vangelina Draganova 2:39.97 33 2 1 Evghenia Tanasienco 2:40.15 34 1 6 Tatiana Chisca 2:41.49 35 2 8 Helena Pikhartová 2:42.01 2 2 Stina Gardell DNS

Semifinals The eight fastest swimmers advanced to the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre breaststroke Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-24.

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Sara Nordenstam 2:27.91 Q 2 4 Nađa Higl 2:28.28 Q 3 7 Ganna Dzerkaľ 2:28.88 Q 4 3 Fanny Lecluyse 2:28.93 Q 5 6 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir 2:28.99 Q 6 1 Anna Sztankovics 2:30.26 7 2 Dilara Buse Günaydin 2:30.70 8 8 Fiona Doyle 2:33.97

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Irina Novikova 2:26.39 Q 2 4 Joline Höstman 2:27.89 Q 3 3 Sarah Poewe 2:28.72 Q 4 6 Martina Moravciková 2:29.27 5 2 Caroline Ruhnau 2:29.47 6 7 Tjasa Vozel 2:29.86 7 8 Neza Marcun 2:30.99 8 1 Shani Stallard 2:32.11

Final The final was held at 17:38.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre breaststroke Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-25.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Sara Nordenstam 2:26.91 4 Irina Novikova 2:27.25 2 Sarah Poewe 2:27.80 4 5 Joline Höstman 2:27.87 5 8 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir 2:27.92 6 6 Nađa Higl 2:28.24 7 7 Ganna Dzerkaľ 2:28.37 8 1 Fanny Lecluyse 2:30.12

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