Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 8 and 9 August 2018.[1][2]

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates8 August (heats and semifinals)
9 August (final)
Competitors29 from 20 nations
Winning time2:06.18
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    Russia
bronze medal    Hungary
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Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Missy Franklin   United States 2:04.06 London 3 August 2012
European record Anastasia Zuyeva   Russia 2:04.94 Rome 1 August 2009
Championship record Krisztina Egerszegi   Hungary 2:06.62 Athens 25 August 1991

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
9 August Final Margherita Panziera   Italy 2:06.18 CR

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 8 August at 09:00.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Daria Ustinova   Russia 2:08.89 Q
2 1 5 Katalin Burián   Hungary 2:10.22 Q
3 1 3 Anastasiia Avdeeva   Russia 2:10.31 Q
4 1 4 Margherita Panziera   Italy 2:10.32 Q
5 2 3 Jenny Mensing   Germany 2:11.23 Q
6 2 6 Cristina García   Spain 2:12.59 Q
7 2 5 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 2:12.90 Q
8 2 0 Gabriela Georgieva   Bulgaria 2:13.11 Q
9 2 1 Ekaterina Avramova   Turkey 2:13.40 Q
10 3 2 Simona Baumrtová   Czech Republic 2:13.45 Q
11 3 3 Polina Egorova   Russia 2:13.68
12 2 7 Tessa Vermeulen   Netherlands 2:13.70 Q
13 2 2 Kathryn Greenslade   Great Britain 2:13.75 Q
14 3 5 Lisa Graf   Germany 2:13.77 Q
15 3 6 África Zamorano   Spain 2:14.30 Q
16 1 8 Lena Grabowski   Austria 2:15.30 Q
17 3 9 Aviv Barzelay   Israel 2:15.46 Q
18 3 7 Shahar Menahem   Israel 2:15.58
19 1 0 Signhild Joensen   Faroe Islands 2:15.84
20 1 6 Carlotta Toni   Italy 2:16.53
21 3 1 Weronika Górecka   Poland 2:16.60
22 2 9 Victoria Bierre   Denmark 2:16.75
23 2 8 Anastasia Gorbenko   Israel 2:16.89
24 3 8 Karolina Hájková   Slovakia 2:17.20
25 3 0 Vilma Ruotsalainen   Finland 2:18.58
26 1 1 Aleksa Gold   Estonia 2:18.95
27 1 2 Maryna Kolesnykova   Ukraine 2:19.22
28 1 7 Agata Naskręt   Poland 2:20.19
29 1 9 Fjorda Šabani   Kosovo 2:27.71
3 4 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary Did not start

Semifinals

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The semifinals were started on 8 August at 16:53.[4]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Margherita Panziera   Italy 2:07.27 Q
2 4 Katalin Burián   Hungary 2:07.65 Q
3 1 África Zamorano   Spain 2:11.69 Q
4 2 Simona Baumrtová   Czech Republic 2:12.02
5 3 Cristina García   Spain 2:12.67
6 6 Gabriela Georgieva   Bulgaria 2:13.19
7 7 Kathryn Greenslade   Great Britain 2:13.96
8 8 Aviv Barzelay   Israel 2:15.41

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Daria Ustinova   Russia 2:08.19 Q
2 3 Jenny Mensing   Germany 2:08.92 Q
3 1 Lisa Graf   Germany 2:09.32 Q
4 5 Anastasiia Avdeeva   Russia 2:09.54 Q
5 6 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 2:11.17 Q
6 7 Tessa Vermeulen   Netherlands 2:13.32
7 2 Ekaterina Avramova   Turkey 2:14.13
8 8 Lena Grabowski   Austria 2:15.08

Final

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The final was started on 9 August at 17:20.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Margherita Panziera   Italy 2:06.18 CR
  3 Daria Ustinova   Russia 2:07.12
  5 Katalin Burián   Hungary 2:07.43
4 2 Lisa Graf   Germany 2:08.58
5 7 Anastasiia Avdeeva   Russia 2:10.03
6 6 Jenny Mensing   Germany 2:10.77
7 1 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 2:10.89
8 8 África Zamorano   Spain 2:11.55

References

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