| Event: | Men's 200 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 19–20 August |
| Competitors: | 60 |
| Nations: | 27 |
| Win Value: | 1:45.78 |
| Gold: | Velimir Stjepanović |
| Goldnoc: | SRB |
| Silver: | Paul Biedermann |
| Silvernoc: | GER |
| Bronze: | Yannick Agnel |
| Bronzenoc: | FRA |
The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19–20 August.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | align=left rowspan=2 | Paul Biedermann | align=left rowspan=2 | align=left rowspan=2 | 1:42.00 | Rome | 28 July 2009 | |
| European record | ||||||||
| Championship record | Pieter van den Hoogenband | 1:44.89 | Berlin | 2 August 2002 |
The heats were held at 09:30.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 1:46.62 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 6 | 1:47.51 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 1:47.52 | Q | |||
| 4 | 7 | 6 | 1:47.99 | Q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 5 | 1:48.02 | Q | |||
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 1:48.06 | Q | |||
| 7 | 6 | 3 | 1:48.08 | Q | |||
| 8 | 6 | 5 | 1:48.24 | Q | |||
| 9 | 7 | 4 | 1:48.27 | Q | |||
| 10 | 7 | 7 | 1:48.28 | ||||
| 11 | 5 | 3 | 1:48.45 | Q | |||
| 12 | 6 | 6 | 1:48.59 | Q | |||
| 13 | 5 | 2 | 1:48.70 | ||||
| 14 | 6 | 9 | 1:48.73 | Q | |||
| 15 | 6 | 0 | 1:48.83 | Q | |||
| 16 | 5 | 9 | 1:48.87 | Q | |||
| 17 | 7 | 3 | 1:48.88 | Q | |||
| 18 | 7 | 2 | 1:48.96 | ||||
| 19 | 5 | 1 | 1:49.11 | Q | |||
| 20 | 7 | 9 | 1:49.17 | ||||
| 21 | 7 | 0 | 1:49.25 | ||||
| 22 | 7 | 1 | 1:49.41 | ||||
| 23 | 5 | 8 | 1:49.46 | ||||
| 24 | 6 | 8 | 1:49.49 | ||||
| 25 | 5 | 4 | 1:49.55 | ||||
| 26 | 6 | 7 | 1:49.58 | ||||
| 27 | 5 | 0 | 1:49.66 | ||||
| 28 | 3 | 2 | 1:49.79 | ||||
| 29 | 5 | 7 | 1:49.85 | ||||
| 30 | 4 | 7 | 1:49.89 | ||||
| 31 | 6 | 1 | 1:49.93 | ||||
| 32 | 7 | 8 | 1:50.03 | ||||
| 33 | 4 | 2 | 1:50.18 | ||||
| 34 | 4 | 0 | 1:50.21 | ||||
| 35 | 4 | 6 | 1:50.29 | ||||
| 35 | 3 | 4 | 1:50.29 | ||||
| 35 | 3 | 3 | 1:50.29 | ||||
| 38 | 3 | 1 | 1:50.60 | ||||
| 39 | 4 | 4 | 1:50.82 | ||||
| 40 | 4 | 9 | 1:50.93 | ||||
| 41 | 3 | 5 | 1:51.10 | ||||
| 42 | 3 | 9 | 1:51.19 | ||||
| 43 | 2 | 6 | 1:51.33 | ||||
| 43 | 3 | 6 | 1:51.33 | ||||
| 45 | 4 | 1 | 1:51.38 | ||||
| 46 | 4 | 3 | 1:51.41 | ||||
| 47 | 3 | 0 | 1:51.42 | ||||
| 48 | 4 | 5 | 1:51.46 | ||||
| 49 | 3 | 7 | 1:51.60 | ||||
| 50 | 2 | 2 | 1:52.26 | ||||
| 51 | 2 | 7 | 1:52.59 | ||||
| 52 | 1 | 5 | 1:52.78 | ||||
| 53 | 2 | 3 | 1:53.02 | ||||
| 54 | 2 | 4 | 1:53.04 | ||||
| 55 | 1 | 4 | 1:53.22 | ||||
| 56 | 4 | 8 | 1:53.71 | ||||
| 57 | 2 | 1 | 1:53.96 | ||||
| 58 | 1 | 3 | 1:54.22 | ||||
| 59 | 2 | 8 | 1:54.80 | ||||
| 60 | 2 | 5 | 1:55.83 | ||||
| — | 3 | 8 | DNS |
The semifinals were held at 19:15.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 1:46.89 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 1:47.43 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 1:47.76 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 1:47.93 | Q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 1:47.94 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 1:48.06 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 1:48.97 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 1:49.19 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1:46.69 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 1:46.79 | Q, NR | |||
| 3 | 5 | 1:47.88 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 1:47.90 | Q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 1:48.07 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 1:48.29 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 1:48.40 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 1:48.94 |
The final was held at 18.52.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1:45.78 | NR | ||||
| 4 | 1:45.80 | |||||
| 1 | 1:46.65 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 1:46.78 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 1:47.01 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 1:47.16 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 1:47.27 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 1:47.42 |