The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 May 2016.Entry listStart list

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordMissy Franklin2:04.06London28 July 2012European recordAnastasia Zuyeva2:04.94Rome1 August 2009Championship recordKrisztina Egerszegi2:06.62Athens22 August 1991

Results The heats were held on 16 May at 11:28.Heats results

Heats Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Katinka Hosszú 2:08.44 Q 2 2 5 Daryna Zevina 2:09.90 Q 3 3 8 Ekaterina Avramova 2:11.21 Q 4 3 5 Matea Samardžić 2:11.25 Q 5 3 4 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir 2:11.30 Q 6 4 5 Margherita Panziera 2:11.45 Q 7 2 3 Simona Baumrtová 2:11.53 Q 8 4 6 Kata Burián 2:11.92 Q 9 3 6 Réka György 2:12.24 10 3 3 Alicja Tchórz 2:12.87 11 2 2 Zülal Zeren 2:12.99 Q 12 4 3 Africa Zamorano 2:13.03 Q 13 4 7 Kathleen Dawson 2:13.24 Q 14 4 2 Charlotte Evans 2:13.35 Q 14 3 7 Ugnė Mažutaitytė 2:13.35 Q 16 2 6 Maxine Wolters 2:13.57 Q 17 2 4 Irina Prikhodko 2:13.77 Q 18 2 1 Henriette Stenkvist 2:15.26 19 1 5 Věra Kopřivová 2:15.40 20 3 2 Camille Gheorghiu 2:15.90 21 2 7 Martina van Berkel 2:15.97 22 3 0 Karolína Hájková 2:16.26 23 4 9 Alina Kendzior 2:16.58 24 2 8 Karin Tomečková 2:16.67 25 4 0 Tereza Grusová 2:16.75 26 4 1 Tatiana Salcutan 2:17.59 27 2 0 Francisca Azevedo 2:19.31 28 3 1 Jördis Steinegger 2:20.33 29 4 8 Ludwika Szynal 2:20.61 30 1 4 Danielle Hill 2:21.55 31 1 3 Signhild Joensen 2:21.58 32 3 9 Kätlin Sepp 2:22.67 33 1 6 Eline van den Bossche 2:23.65 34 2 9 Tatiana Perstniova 2:25.11

Semifinals The semifinals were held on 16 May at 18:52.Semifinals results

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Daryna Zevina 2:08.66 Q 2 5 Matea Samardžić 2:09.87 Q 3 6 Kata Burián 2:10.83 Q 4 2 Zülal Zeren 2:11.71 Q 5 3 Margherita Panziera 2:11.80 6 7 Kathleen Dawson 2:11.81 7 8 Irina Prikhodko 2:12.05 8 1 Charlotte Evans 2:13.15

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Katinka Hosszú 2:09.98 Q 2 3 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir 2:10.87 Q 3 6 Simona Baumrtová 2:11.26 Q 4 2 Alicja Tchórz 2:11.63 Q 5 7 Africa Zamorano 2:11.96 6 5 Ekaterina Avramova 2:12.11 7 8 Maxine Wolters 2:12.55 8 1 Ugnė Mažutaitytė 2:13.25

Final The final was held on 17 May at 19:09.Final results

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Katinka Hosszú 2:07.01 4 Daryna Zevina 2:07.48 5 Matea Samardžić 2:09.24 4 6 Kata Burián 2:10.17 5 7 Simona Baumrtová 2:10.57 6 2 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir 2:11.03 7 8 Zülal Zeren 2:11.91 8 1 Alicja Tchórz 2:13.48

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