The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 25 and 26. The heats and semifinals took place on May 25, the final on May 26.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordEuropean recordFederica Pellegrini1:52.98RomeJuly 29, 2009Championship recordFederica Pellegrini1:55.45BudapestAugust 14, 2010

Results

Heats 47 swimmers participated in 6 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre freestyle Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-25.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 4 Federica Pellegrini 1:59.07 Q 2 5 4 Silke Lippok 1:59.96 Q 3 5 3 Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne 2:00.05 Q 4 5 5 Sara Isaković 2:00.12 Q 5 4 3 Alice Mizzau 2:00.31 Q 6 6 7 Cecilie Johannessen 2:00.48 Q 7 6 3 Patricia Castro Ortega 2:00.61 Q 8 4 5 Evelyn Verrasztó 2:00.85 Q 9 4 4 Ágnes Mutina 2:00.88 Q 10 4 6 Nina Rangelova 2:01.04 Q 11 5 7 Lydia Morant Varo 2:01.19 Q 12 6 8 Katarina Filová 2:01.32 Q 13 6 6 Mylène Lazare 2:01.46 Q 14 4 1 Camelia Potec 2:01.58 Q 15 6 2 Diletta Carli 2:01.61 16 4 2 Alice Nesti 2:01.74 17 5 1 Anna Stylianou 2:01.94 Q 18 5 2 Lisa Vitting 2:02.09 Q 19 6 1 Sycerika McMahon 2:02.17 20 3 5 Urša Bežan 2:02.31 21 4 7 Melanie Nocher 2:03.21 22 2 4 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir 2:03.31 NR 23 2 5 Nastja Govejšek 2:03.36 24 4 8 Karolina Szczepaniak 2:03.49 25 3 4 Danielle Carmen Villars 2:03.57 26 2 2 Eva Hannesdóttir 2:03.58 27 3 2 Bethany Carson 2:03.63 28 6 5 Gabriella Fagundez 2:03.68 29 3 6 Sára Joó 2:03.98 30 1 7 Kristina Krasyukova 2:04.07 31 2 6 Jūratė Ščerbinskaitė 2:04.24 32 3 8 Aksana Dziamidava 2:04.28 33 5 8 Eva Chavez-Diaz 2:04.81 34 1 2 Kristina Kochetkova 2:05.15 35 2 1 Veronica Orheim Bjørlykke 2:05.28 36 3 7 Valeriya Podlesna 2:06.59 37 1 1 Alona Ribakova 2:06.64 38 1 3 Anastasia Bogdanovski 2:09.40 39 2 8 Susann Bjoernsen 2:09.55 40 1 5 Emilie Loevberg 2:09.89 41 1 6 Cecilia Eysturdal 2:15.41 1 4 Johanna Gerda Gustafsdottir DNS 2 3 Nuala Murphy DNS 2 7 Burcu Dolunay DNS 3 1 Julia Hassler DNS 3 3 Stina Gardell DNS 5 6 Daniela Schreiber DNS

Semifinals The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre freestyle Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-25.

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Silke Lippok 1:59.07 Q 2 5 Sara Isaković 1:59.55 Q 3 6 Evelyn Verrasztó 1:59.72 Q 4 1 Camelia Potec 2:00.23 5 3 Cecilie Johannessen 2:00.26 6 2 Nina Rangelova 2:00.47 7 7 Katarina Filová 2:01.31 8 8 Lisa Vitting 2:01.82

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Federica Pellegrini 1:57.81 Q 2 3 Alice Mizzau 1:58.55 Q 3 6 Patricia Castro Ortega 1:58.95 Q 4 5 Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne 1:59.66 Q 5 2 Ágnes Mutina 2:00.15 Q 6 1 Mylène Lazare 2:00.21 7 7 Lydia Morant Varo 2:00.41 8 8 Anna Stylianou 2:01.53

Final The final was held at 17:31.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre freestyle Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Federica Pellegrini 1:56.76 6 Silke Lippok 1:58.19 7 Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne 1:58.23 4 5 Alice Mizzau 1:58.39 5 2 Sara Isaković 1:58.90 6 3 Patricia Castro Ortega 1:59.39 7 8 Ágnes Mutina 1:59.87 8 1 Evelyn Verrasztó 2:00.06

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