The Women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships was held on 10 and 11 August 2026.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows: Name Nation Time Location Date World record Kaylee McKeown 2:03.14 Sydney 10 March 2023 European record Anastasia Zuyeva 2:04.94 Rome 1 August 2009 Championship record Margherita Panziera 2:06.08 Budapest 23 May 2021

Results Heats The heats were started at 10:26.

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 1 5 Katie Shanahan 2:09.29 Q 2 2 5 Lise Seidel 2:10.02 Q 3 2 4 Estella Tonrath 2:10.22 Q 4 1 4 Pauline Mahieu 2:10.62 Q 5 3 3 Camila Rebelo 2:10.67 Q 6 2 3 Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy 2:10.74 Q 7 3 4 Anastasiya Shkurdai Neutral Athletes A 2:10.97 Q 8 1 6 Jeanne Lechevalier 2:11.30 Q 9 3 6 Gabriela Georgieva 2:11.48 Q 10 1 2 Aviv Barzelay 2:11.55 Q 11 2 7 Federica Toma 2:11.58 Q 12 3 5 Bertille Cousson 2:11.94 13 2 2 Fanni Kokas 2:12.16 Q 14 2 6 Adela Piskorska 2:12.32 Q 15 2 1 Tom Mienis 2:12.40 Q 16 1 7 Lottie Cullen 2:12.84 Q 17 3 7 Alessia Bianchi 2:13.56 Q 18 3 2 Sara Costa 2:13.61 R 19 1 8 Eleni Antoniadou 2:13.79 R 20 3 8 Fanny Borer 2:14.12 21 3 1 Schastine Tabor 2:14.77 22 1 1 Gaia Rasmussen 2:14.82 23 2 8 Emma Brogaard Krogh 2:15.75 24 1 0 Emilija Pociūtė 2:16.55 25 2 0 Manon Richard 2:17.11 26 3 0 Ana Nizharadze 2:17.92 27 1 3 Laura Bernat 2:18.58 28 2 9 Iman Avdić 2:22.34 29 3 9 Erina Idrizaj 2:28.80

Semifinals Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes124Katie Shanahan2:07.61Q223Camila Rebelo2:08.48Q325Estella Tonrath2:08.99Q415Pauline Mahieu2:09.20Q514Lise Seidel2:09.43Q613Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy2:09.84Q726Anastasiya Shkurdai Neutral Athletes A2:10.76Q812Aviv Barzelay2:11.01Q911Tom Mienis2:11.071016Jeanne Lechevalier2:11.151122Gabriela Georgieva2:11.201228Lottie Cullen2:12.221321Adela Piskorska2:12.431427Federica Toma2:13.961518Alessia Bianchi2:14.141617Fanni Kokas2:15.00

Final

Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes4Katie Shanahan2:06.13 5Camila Rebelo2:07.62 6Pauline Mahieu2:08.6342Lise Seidel2:08.86 53Estella Tonrath2:09.05 67Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy2:09.9678Aviv Barzelay2:11.66 81Anastasiya Shkurdai Neutral Athletes A2:13.03  

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