title: Swimming at the 2015 European Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
text: # Swimming at the 2015 European Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
  
  The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2015 European Games in Baku took place on 24 and 25 June at the Aquatic Palace.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  The heats were started on 24 June at 10:29.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | 4 | Maria Astashkina | Russia | 2:25.54 | Q, GR |
  | 2 | 4 | 5 | Layla Black | Great Britain | 2:28.71 | Q |
  | 3 | 4 | 3 | Georgia Coates | Great Britain | 2:28.75 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | 4 | Daria Chikunova | Russia | 2:28.94 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | 5 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:29.03 | |
  | 6 | 3 | 5 | Emma Cain | Great Britain | 2:29.82 | |
  | 7 | 3 | 4 | Giulia Verona | Italy | 2:30.28 | Q |
  | 8 | 3 | 1 | Ariel Braathen | Norway | 2:32.66 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | 7 | Annabelle Schwaiger | Austria | 2:33.36 | Q |
  | 10 | 2 | 6 | Neža Klančar | Slovenia | 2:34.23 | Q |
  | 11 | 3 | 3 | Lise Michels | Belgium | 2:34.99 | Q |
  | 12 | 3 | 2 | Raquel Pereira | Portugal | 2:35.51 | Q |
  | 13 | 2 | 3 | Sara Wallberg | Sweden | 2:36.11 | Q |
  | 14 | 3 | 6 | Eleni Kontogeorgou | Greece | 2:36.30 | Q |
  | 15 | 1 | 5 | Josefine Pedersen | Denmark | 2:36.54 | Q |
  | 16 | 4 | 6 | Tara Vovk | Slovenia | 2:36.67 | Q |
  | 17 | 4 | 2 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | 2:36.68 | Q |
  | 18 | 2 | 8 | Essi-Maria Lillman | Finland | 2:37.53 | Q |
  | 19 | 3 | 8 | Mona McSharry | Ireland | 2:37.87 | |
  | 20 | 4 | 7 | Phillis Range | Germany | 2:37.99 | |
  | 21 | 2 | 1 | Viktoryia Mikhalap | Belarus | 2:38.00 | |
  | 22 | 4 | 9 | Mila Medić | Serbia | 2:39.15 | |
  | 23 | 2 | 2 | Tetiana Kudako | Ukraine | 2:39.24 | |
  | 24 | 1 | 4 | Zuzana Pavlikovská | Slovakia | 2:39.25 | |
  | 25 | 3 | 9 | Zsófia Leitner | Hungary | 2:39.55 | |
  | 26 | 2 | 0 | Sini Koivu | Finland | 2:39.66 | |
  | 27 | 3 | 0 | Yuliya Gnidenko | Ukraine | 2:40.22 | |
  | 28 | 4 | 0 | Niamh Kilgallen | Ireland | 2:41.17 | |
  | 29 | 2 | 7 | Alexandra Vinicenco | Moldova | 2:42.03 | |
  | 30 | 4 | 8 | Marie Graf | Germany | 2:42.20 | |
  | 31 | 4 | 1 | Moona Koski | Finland | 2:43.23 | |
  | 32 | 1 | 3 | Ásbjørg Hjelm | LEN ( Faroe Islands) | 2:50.90 | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  The semifinals were started on 24 June at 19:05.
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Layla Black | Great Britain | 2:27.09 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Daria Chikunova | Russia | 2:28.01 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Ariel Braathen | Norway | 2:32.82 | q |
  | 4 | 6 | Neža Klančar | Slovenia | 2:33.11 | q |
  | 5 | 2 | Raquel Pereira | Portugal | 2:34.64 | q |
  | 6 | 1 | Tara Vovk | Slovenia | 2:34.80 | |
  | 7 | 7 | Eleni Kontogeorgou | Greece | 2:35.74 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Essi-Maria Lillman | Finland | 2:35.86 | |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Maria Astashkina | Russia | 2:23.88 | Q, GR |
  | 2 | 3 | Giulia Verona | Italy | 2:29.00 | Q |
  | 3 | 5 | Georgia Coates | Great Britain | 2:30.41 | q |
  | 4 | 2 | Lise Michels | Belgium | 2:35.25 | |
  | 5 | 8 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | 2:35.73 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Sara Wallberg | Sweden | 2:36.59 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Josefine Pedersen | Denmark | 2:36.92 | |
  | | 6 | Annabelle Schwaiger | Austria | DSQ | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held on 25 June at 18:18.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Maria Astashkina | Russia | 2:23.06 | GR, WJR |
  | | 6 | Giulia Verona | Italy | 2:25.91 | |
  | | 5 | Layla Black | Great Britain | 2:27.61 | |
  | 4 | 3 | Daria Chikunova | Russia | 2:28.50 | |
  | 5 | 2 | Georgia Coates | Great Britain | 2:29.93 | |
  | 6 | 1 | Neža Klančar | Slovenia | 2:34.65 | |
  | 7 | 7 | Ariel Braathen | Norway | 2:34.71 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Raquel Pereira | Portugal | 2:34.99 | |
  