title: Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
text: # Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
  
  The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 6 and 7 August 2018.
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
  
  | | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | World record European record | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:19.11 | Barcelona | 1 August 2013 |
  | Championship record | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:19.84 | Berlin | 22 August 2014 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  The heats were started on 6 August at 09:53.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | 3 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:25.73 | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | 7 | Thea Blomsterberg | Denmark | 2:25.98 | Q |
  | 3 | 4 | 5 | Marina García Urzainqui | Spain | 2:26.01 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | 5 | Vitalina Simonova | Russia | 2:26.82 | Q |
  | 5 | 3 | 4 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 2:26.88 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | 4 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:26.94 | Q |
  | 7 | 4 | 8 | Victoria Kaminskaya | Portugal | 2:27.34 | Q |
  | 8 | 3 | 5 | Chloé Tutton | Great Britain | 2:27.37 | Q |
  | 9 | 4 | 4 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 2:27.66 | Q |
  | 10 | 3 | 3 | Jessica Steiger | Germany | 2:27.71 | Q |
  | 11 | 3 | 6 | Francesca Fangio | Italy | 2:27.77 | Q |
  | 12 | 2 | 8 | Anna Wermuth | Denmark | 2:27.78 | |
  | 13 | 2 | 7 | Lisa Mamie | Switzerland | 2:27.80 | Q |
  | 14 | 2 | 3 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 2:28.77 | Q |
  | 15 | 3 | 2 | Fanny Deberghes | France | 2:29.07 | Q |
  | 16 | 4 | 6 | Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | Turkey | 2:29.33 | Q |
  | 17 | 2 | 2 | Anna Pirovano | Italy | 2:29.46 | Q |
  | 18 | 3 | 1 | Stina Colleou | Norway | 2:29.58 | |
  | 19 | 4 | 9 | Weronika Hallmann | Poland | 2:29.59 | |
  | 20 | 2 | 1 | Raquel Pereira | Portugal | 2:30.05 | |
  | 21 | 4 | 1 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 2:31.05 | |
  | 22 | 4 | 2 | Kotryna Teterevkova | Lithuania | 2:31.31 | |
  | 23 | 1 | 3 | Maria Romanjuk | Estonia | 2:31.64 | |
  | 24 | 3 | 8 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:31.70 | |
  | 25 | 3 | 9 | Sara Staudinger | Switzerland | 2:32.04 | |
  | 26 | 1 | 2 | Alina Zmushka | Belarus | 2:32.13 | |
  | 27 | 4 | 7 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 2:32.28 | |
  | 28 | 2 | 0 | Jessica Eriksson | Sweden | 2:32.41 | |
  | 29 | 4 | 0 | Tjaša Vozel | Slovenia | 2:33.10 | |
  | 30 | 3 | 0 | Andrea Podmaníková | Slovakia | 2:34.01 | |
  | 31 | 1 | 6 | Nikoleta Trníková | Slovakia | 2:36.01 | |
  | 32 | 1 | 5 | Elena Guttiman | Austria | 2:36.96 | |
  | 33 | 2 | 9 | Alexandra Schegoleva | Cyprus | 2:38.65 | |
  | 34 | 1 | 4 | Lea Polonsky | Israel | 2:39.45 | |
  | | 2 | 6 | Fantine Lesaffre | France | Did not start | Did not start |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  The semifinals were started on 6 August at 17:30.
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:25.94 | Q |
  | 2 | 6 | Chloé Tutton | Great Britain | 2:26.62 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Jessica Steiger | Germany | 2:26.84 | Q |
  | 4 | 5 | Vitalina Simonova | Russia | 2:26.89 | |
  | 5 | 4 | Thea Blomsterberg | Denmark | 2:27.29 | |
  | 6 | 1 | Fanny Deberghes | France | 2:28.16 | |
  | 7 | 8 | Anna Pirovano | Italy | 2:29.21 | |
  | 8 | 7 | Lisa Mamie | Switzerland | 2:29.25 | |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 2:23.49 | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 2:24.39 | Q |
  | 3 | 4 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:24.56 | Q |
  | 4 | 5 | Marina García Urzainqui | Spain | 2:24.67 | Q |
  | 5 | 1 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 2:25.76 | Q |
  | 6 | 8 | Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | Turkey | 2:27.14 | |
  | 7 | 6 | Victoria Kaminskaya | Portugal | 2:27.19 | |
  | 8 | 7 | Francesca Fangio | Italy | 2:28.52 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was started on 7 August at 17:25.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 2:21.31 | |
  | | 7 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 2:23.02 | |
  | | 3 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 2:23.43 | |
  | 4 | 5 | Marina García Urzainqui | Spain | 2:23.63 | |
  | 5 | 6 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 2:24.73 | |
  | 6 | 2 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 2:26.01 | |
  | 7 | 8 | Jessica Steiger | Germany | 2:27.66 | |
  | — | 1 | Chloé Tutton | Great Britain | Disqualified | Disqualified |
  