Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre butterfly
Championship:	2016 European Aquatics Championships
Dates:	18-19 May
Competitors:	37
Nations:	25
Win Value:	1:52.91
Gold:	László Cseh
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Viktor Bromer
Silvernoc:	DEN
Bronze:	Tamás Kenderesi
Bronzenoc:	HUN
Prev:	2014
Next:	2018

The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18-19 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	align=left	Michael Phelps	align=left		align=left	1:51.51	Rome	29 July 2009
European record	align=left	László Cseh	align=left		align=left	1:52.70	Beijing	13 August 2008
Championship record	Paweł Korzeniowski		1:54.38	Eindhoven	21 March 2008

The heats were held on 18 May at 10:00.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	1:54.51	Q
2	4	5	1:54.79	Q
3	2	4	1:56.67	Q
4	2	3	1:57.30	Q
5	2	5	1:57.60
6	2	0	1:57.76	Q
7	4	3	1:57.99	Q
8	3	3	1:58.28	Q
9	3	1	1:58.36	Q
10	3	4	1:58.51	Q
11	2	2	1:58.52	Q
12	2	7	1:58.57	Q
13	4	2	1:58.74	Q
14	2	6	1:58.75	Q
15	3	7	1:58.87
16	4	9	1:58.93	Q
17	3	5	1:59.03	Q
18	2	1	1:59.08	Q
19	3	6	1:59.09
20	4	6	1:59.10
21	3	2	1:59.30
22	4	0	1:59.60
23	1	4	1:59.87
24	3	8	1:59.94
25	3	0	2:00.14
26	3	9	2:00.21
27	4	1	2:00.49
28	4	7	2:00.63
29	1	6	2:00.69
30	2	9	2:00.95
31	1	7	2:01.46
32	1	5	2:01.52
33	2	8	2:01.61
34	1	3	2:01.66
35	1	2	2:01.96
36	1	1	2:03.11
37	1	8	2:06.66
	4	8	DNS

The semifinals were held on 18 May at 19:03.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	1:54.29	Q, CR
2	5	1:55.28	Q
3	2	1:56.67	Q
4	6	1:56.92	Q
5	8	1:57.56	Q
6	3	1:57.90
7	1	1:58.13
8	7	1:58.79

The final was held on 19 May at 19:06.^[5]