The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 23 and 24. The heats and semifinals took place on May 23, the final on May 24.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre individual medley entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-22.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordAriana Kukors2:06.15RomeJuly 27, 2009European recordKatinka Hosszú2:07.46RomeJuly 27, 2009Championship recordKatinka Hosszú2:10.09BudapestAugust 12, 2010

Results

Heats 26 swimmers participated in 4 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre individual medley Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Katinka Hosszú 2:11.10 Q 2 3 5 Evelyn Verrasztó 2:12.92 Q 3 2 4 Zsuzsanna Jakabos 2:13.20 4 2 7 Amit Ivri 2:14.69 Q, NR 5 4 3 Theresa Michalak 2:14.95 Q 6 3 7 Ganna Dzerkaľ 2:15.21 Q 7 3 4 Sophie Allen 2:15.24 Q 8 3 3 Stina Gardell 2:15.43 Q 9 4 5 Beatriz Gomez Cortes 2:15.54 Q 10 4 2 Sophie de Ronchi 2:16.02 Q 11 4 7 Stefania Pirozzi 2:17.00 Q 12 3 2 Alexandra Wenk 2:17.05 Q 13 1 5 Noora Laukkanen 2:17.06 Q 14 2 1 Kim Daniela Pavlin 2:17.13 Q 15 4 6 Lisa Zaiser 2:17.19 Q 16 2 3 Barbora Závadová 2:17.23 Q 17 2 5 Lara Grangeon 2:17.26 Q 18 3 8 Katarina Listopadová 2:17.66 19 2 6 Kristina Kochetkova 2:18.02 20 2 2 Joerdis Steinegger 2:18.43 21 3 1 Sára Joó 2:18.57 22 4 8 Kristina Krasyukova 2:19.57 23 1 3 Johanna Gerda Gustafsdottir 2:21.88 3 6 Alessia Polieri DNF 1 4 Sara Nordenstam DNS 4 1 Sycerika McMahon DNS

Semifinals The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre individual medley Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Evelyn Verrasztó 2:12.67 Q 2 5 Theresa Michalak 2:12.76 Q 3 3 Sophie Allen 2:13.29 Q 4 6 Beatriz Gomez Cortes 2:14.21 Q 5 1 Lisa Zaiser 2:14.90 6 8 Lara Grangeon 2:15.79 7 2 Stefania Pirozzi 2:16.56 8 7 Noora Laukkanen 2:17.30

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Katinka Hosszú 2:11.89 Q 2 6 Stina Gardell 2:12.29 Q, NR 3 5 Amit Ivri 2:13.77 NR 4 3 Ganna Dzerkaľ 2:14.25 Q 5 7 Alexandra Wenk 2:14.44 Q 6 2 Sophie de Ronchi 2:16.05 7 8 Barbora Závadová 2:16.09 8 1 Kim Daniela Pavlin 2:16.35 NR

Final The final was held at 17:13.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre individual medley Final results Ayoub, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-24.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Katinka Hosszú 2:10.84 2 Sophie Allen 2:11.49 3 Evelyn Verrasztó 2:11.63 4 6 Theresa Michalak 2:12.26 5 5 Stina Gardell 2:12.29 =NR 6 1 Ganna Dzerkaľ 2:12.33 7 8 Alexandra Wenk 2:12.95 7 Beatriz Gomez Cortes DSQ

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