The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships was held on 12 and 13 August 2026.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows: Record Time Swimmer Location Date World record 1:52.23 Brisbane 12 June 2024 European record 1:52.98 Rome 29 July 2009 Championship record 1:54.95 Glasgow 6 August 2018 World Jr record 1:53.65 Fukuoka 26 July 2023 European Jr record 1:56.14 Paris 1 August 2024
Results Heats The heats were started on 12 August at 09:30.
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 4 4 Barbora Seemanová 1:57.10 Q 2 4 8 Ieva Jurkūnaitė 1:57.28 Q, NR 3 4 6 Linda Roth 1:57.60 Q 4 3 4 Marrit Steenbergen 1:58.00 Q 5 3 6 Sarah Dumont 1:58.40 Q 6 4 7 Ainhoa Campabadal 1:58.46 Q 7 5 7 Francisca Martins 1:58.56 Q 8 4 2 Bianca Nannucci 1:58.63 Q 9 5 4 Freya Colbert 1:58.66 Q 10 2 4 Daria Golovaty 1:58.72 Q 11 5 1 Anna Chiara Mascolo 1:58.73 Q 12 5 5 Nikolett Pádár 1:58.81 Q 13 5 2 Imani de Jong 1:58.92 Q 14 4 3 Maya Tobehn 1:58.95 Q 15 5 6 Leah Schlosshan 1:59.13 Q 16 3 7 Iris Julia Berger 1:59.19 Q 17 4 1 Milana Stepanova Neutral Athletes B 1:59.25 18 3 8 Matilde Biagiotti 1:59.28 19 3 3 Panna Ugrai 1:59.31 20 5 3 María Daza 1:59.36 21 4 0 Zuzanna Famulok 1:59.37 22 3 2 Nicole Maier 1:59.38 23 3 9 Grace Davison 1:59.48 24 5 9 Sofia Åstedt 1:59.61 25 2 3 Elvira Mörtstrand 1:59.79 26 2 5 Bea Hovda 1:59.91 27 3 0 Lea Polonsky 1:59.92 28 5 8 Sylvia Statkevičius 1:59.99 29 3 1 Nina Jane Holt 2:00.03 30 1 5 Schastine Tabor 2:01.02 31 1 7 Marlene Kahler 2:01.28 32 1 6 Danielle Farrell 2:01.56 33 4 9 Siri Vanderlinden 2:01.61 34 2 2 Victoria Catterson 2:02.38 35 2 6 Nynke Boerefijn 2:02.58 36 1 1 Vanna Djakovic 2:03.06 37 2 1 Gaia Rasmussen 2:03.25 38 1 2 Manon Richard 2:03.47 39 2 8 Iman Avdić 2:03.52 40 2 9 Ieva Nainytė 2:03.67 41 1 8 Nida Omid 2:03.77 42 1 3 Ieva Visockaitė 2:03.99 43 2 0 Vala Dís Cicero 2:05.34 44 1 0 Lou Jominet 2:07.65 45 1 9 Riga Shala 2:18.70 1 4 Thilda Hall 2 7 Femke Spiering 3 5 Alessandra Mao 4 5 Freya Anderson 5 0 Daria Surushkina Neutral Athletes B
Semifinals The semifinals were started on 12 August at 18:30.
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 2 4 Barbora Seemanová 1:55.77 Q 2 2 2 Freya Colbert 1:56.28 Q 3 1 5 Marrit Steenbergen 1:56.35 Q 4 2 5 Linda Roth 1:56.46 Q 5 2 3 Sarah Dumont 1:56.52 Q 6 1 4 Ieva Jurkūnaitė 1:56.90 Q, NR 7 1 7 Nikolett Pádár 1:57.24 Q 8 2 6 Francisca Martins 1:57.56 Q 8 2 8 Leah Schlosshan 1:57.56 Q 10 1 3 Ainhoa Campabadal 1:57.88 11 1 6 Bianca Nannucci 1:58.04 12 2 1 Imani de Jong 1:58.12 13 1 1 Maya Tobehn 1:58.22 14 1 2 Daria Golovaty 1:58.45 15 2 7 Anna Chiara Mascolo 1:58.81 16 1 8 Iris Julia Berger 1:58.83
Final The final was held on 13 August at 19:35. Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 4 Barbora Seemanová 1:54.38 CR, NR 3 Marrit Steenbergen 1:54.65 NR 5 Freya Colbert 1:55.81 4 6 Linda Roth 1:56.71 5 7 Ieva Jurkūnaitė 1:57.26 6 1 Nikolett Pádár 1:57.29 7 2 Sarah Dumont 1:57.43 8 8 Leah Schlosshan 1:57.48 9 0 Francisca Martins 1:58.18
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