Qualification runs of the Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships were held on 1 September. Final competition took place on 2 September. There were 16 participants.
Records
Name Nationality Result Place DateWorld recordAda den Haan 2:51.3 Los Rhenen4 August 1957.
There was a new record during the competition: Európa-bajnoki csúcs Final Ada den Haan 2:52.0Budapest, Hungary 2 September
Results
Qualifications Position Race Name Nationality Result Other 1. 3 Ada den Haan 2:54.9 Q 2. 1 Wiltrud Urselmann 2:56.6 Q 3. 1 Eve Maurer 2:57.1 Q 4 . 3 Bärbel Walter 2:57.3 Q 5. 3 Alla Kovalenko 2:57.4 Q 6. 2 Anita Lonsbrough 3:00.0 Q 7. 1 Eleonore Lehmann 3:00.7 Q 8. 2 Vinka Jeričević 3:01.0 Q 9. 2 Jacqueline Dyson 3:01.7 9. 1 Colette Gossens 3:01.7 11. 3 Christl Filippovits 3:02.8 12. 3 Michele Pialat 3:07.0 13. 1 Vera Kárpáti 3:07.4 14. 2 Réka Uzdi 3:07.8 15. 1 Elena Zennaro 3:08.9 16. 1 Elżbieta Dobrzynska 3:12.7
Final Position Line Name Nationality Result Other 4 Ada den Haan 2:52,0 ECR 7Anita Lonsbrough 2:53.5 5Wiltrud Urselmann 2:53.8 4. 6Bärbel Walter 2:55.5 5.3 Eve Maurer 2:56.3 6.1Eleonore Lehmann 2:57.6 7.2Alla Kovalenko 2:59.0 8.8Vinka Jeričević 3:00.4
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