The women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 26 and 27. The heats and semifinals took place on May 26, the final on May 27.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre butterfly entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordLiu Zige2:01.81Ji NanOctober 21, 2009European recordKatinka Hosszú2:04.27RomeJuly 29, 2009Championship recordOtylia Jędrzejczak2:05.78BerlinAugust 4, 2002

Results

Heats 19 swimmers participated in 3 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre butterfly Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 4 Katinka Hosszú 2:07.79 Q 2 2 4 Zsuzsanna Jakabos 2:09.17 Q 3 2 5 Martina Granström 2:10.35 Q 4 3 4 Mireia Belmonte García 2:11.10 Q 5 3 2 Denisa Smolenová 2:12.14 Q 6 1 6 Sara Freitas Oliveira 2:12.23 Q 7 1 3 Franziska Hentke 2:12.65 Q 8 2 6 Liliána Szilágyi 2:12.84 9 2 2 Ingvild Snildal 2:13.09 Q, NR 10 3 3 Alessia Polieri 2:13.57 Q 11 2 3 Martina van Berkel 2:13.81 Q 12 1 2 Maria Novikova 2:15.23 Q 13 3 6 Emilia Pikkarainen 2:15.56 Q 14 3 5 Judit Ignacio Sorribes 2:15.61 Q 15 3 7 Jasmin Rosenberger 2:17.01 Q 16 2 7 Simona Muccioli 2:19.85 Q 17 1 7 Vaiva Gimbutytė 2:21.59 Q 18 3 1 Emilie Loevberg 2:29.22 1 5 Anja Klinar DNS

Semifinals The eight fastert swimmers advanced to the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre butterfly Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Zsuzsanna Jakabos 2:09.09 Q 2 5 Mireia Belmonte García 2:09.14 Q 3 2 Martina van Berkel 2:11.31 Q 4 6 Ingvild Snildal 2:11.47 NR 5 3 Sara Freitas Oliveira 2:11.98 6 7 Emilia Pikkarainen 2:14.75 7 1 Jasmin Rosenberger 2:16.44 8 8 Vaiva Gimbutytė 2:24.83

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Katinka Hosszú 2:07.03 Q 2 5 Martina Granström 2:08.65 Q 3 6 Franziska Hentke 2:09.40 Q 4 1 Judit Ignacio Sorribes 2:10.47 Q 5 3 Denisa Smolenová 2:11.08 Q, NR 6 2 Alessia Polieri 2:11.46 7 7 Maria Novikova 2:16.42 8 8 Simona Muccioli 2:19.70

Final The final was held at 17:20.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre butterfly Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-27.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Katinka Hosszú 2:07.28 3 Zsuzsanna Jakabos 2:07.86 5 Martina Granström 2:08.22 4 6 Mireia Belmonte García 2:08.91 5 2 Franziska Hentke 2:09.01 6 7 Judit Ignacio Sorribes 2:09.14 7 1 Denisa Smolenová 2:10.70 NR 8 8 Martina van Berkel 2:11.69

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