Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships
Dates19 May
Competitors40 from 28 nations
Winning time2:21.69
Medalists
gold medal    Denmark
silver medal    Spain
bronze medal    Iceland
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The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 May 2016.[1][2]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Rikke Møller Pedersen  Denmark 2:19.11 Barcelona 28 July 2013
European record
Championship record Rikke Møller Pedersen  Denmark 2:19.84 Berlin 22 August 2014

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 19 May at 10:00.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 5 Molly Renshaw  Great Britain 2:24.70 Q
2 3 4 Chloe Tutton  Great Britain 2:25.79 Q
3 4 4 Rikke Møller Pedersen  Denmark 2:25.90 Q
4 4 5 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir  Iceland 2:25.99 Q
5 5 5 Jessica Vall  Spain 2:26.29 Q
6 5 4 Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş  Turkey 2:26.54 Q
7 4 3 Jenna Laukkanen  Finland 2:26.78 Q
8 3 2 Martina Moravčíková  Czech Republic 2:27.24 Q
9 5 6 Georgia Coates  Great Britain 2:27.79
10 4 6 Dalma Sebestyén  Hungary 2:27.92 Q
11 3 3 Ilaria Scarcella  Italy 2:28.67 Q
12 4 7 Fiona Doyle  Ireland 2:29.07 Q
13 5 8 Jessica Eriksson  Sweden 2:29.68 Q
14 5 7 Jessica Steiger  Germany 2:29.96 Q
15 4 2 Francesca Fangio  Italy 2:30.08 Q
16 5 3 Fanny Lecluyse  Belgium 2:30.16 Q
17 5 0 Stina Colleou  Norway 2:30.30 Q
18 3 0 Vilma Ekström  Sweden 2:30.35
19 3 6 Katie Matts  Great Britain 2:30.45
20 5 2 Lisa Fissneider  Italy 2:30.65
21 3 9 Andrea Podmaníková  Slovakia 2:30.67
22 3 8 Lisa Mamie  Switzerland 2:30.82
23 5 9 Monika Štěpánová  Czech Republic 2:31.04
24 2 3 Maria Romanjuk  Estonia 2:31.55
24 5 8 Weronika Paluszek  Poland 2:31.59
26 2 4 Mona McSharry  Ireland 2:31.77
27 4 1 Natalia Ivaneeva  Russia 2:31.86
28 2 8 Petra Chocová  Czech Republic 2:32.45
29 1 3 Patricia Aschan  Finland 2:32.61
30 4 0 Victoria Kaminskaya  Portugal 2:33.34
31 2 7 Sophie Hansson  Sweden 2:33.56
32 51 1 Tjaša Vozel  Slovenia 2:33.86
33 2 5 Raminta Dvarishkyte  Lithuania 2:34.90
34 2 1 Aļona Ribakova  Latvia 2:35.18
35 2 6 Ariel Braathen  Norway 2:35.78
36 4 9 Mariya Liver  Ukraine 2:36.47
37 1 5 Emina Pašukan  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:38.27
38 1 4 Alina Bulmag  Moldova 2:39.52
39 2 2 Ana Rodrigues  Portugal 2:39.79
3 1 Ana Radić  Croatia DSQ
3 7 Fanny Deberghes  France DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 19 May at 19:21.[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Chloe Tutton  Great Britain 2:23.76 Q
2 3 Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş  Turkey 2:23.94 Q
3 5 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir  Iceland 2:24.11 Q
4 6 Martina Moravčíková  Czech Republic 2:25.78 Q
5 2 Ilaria Scarcella  Italy 2:28.09
6 1 Francesca Fangio  Italy 2:28.42
7 8 Stina Colleou  Norway 2:29.03
8 7 Jessica Eriksson  Sweden 2:29.22

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Rikke Møller Pedersen  Denmark 2:24.10 Q
2 3 Jessica Vall  Spain 2:24.56 Q
3 4 Molly Renshaw  Great Britain 2:24.85 Q
4 6 Jenna Laukkanen  Finland 2:25.47 Q
5 8 Fanny Lecluyse  Belgium 2:25.92
6 2 Dalma Sebestyén  Hungary 2:26.53
7 7 Fiona Doyle  Ireland 2:28.75
8 1 Jessica Steiger  Germany 2:29.62

Final

The final was held on 20 May at 18:40.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Rikke Møller Pedersen  Denmark 2:21.69
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Jessica Vall  Spain 2:22.56
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir  Iceland 2:22.96
4 7 Molly Renshaw  Great Britain 2:23.18
5 5 Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş  Turkey 2:23.40
6 4 Chloe Tutton  Great Britain 2:24.07
7 1 Jenna Laukkanen  Finland 2:25.97
8 8 Martina Moravčíková  Czech Republic 2:29.42

References