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

Event:	Men's 200 metre individual medley
Championship:	2016 European Aquatics Championships
Dates:	17 May
Competitors:	44
Nations:	27
Win Value:	1:58.18
Gold:	Andreas Vazaios
Goldnoc:	GRE
Silver:	Gal Nevo
Silvernoc:	ISR
Bronze:	Alexis Santos
Bronzenoc:	POR
Prev:	2014
Next:	2018

The Men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 May 2016.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

	Name	Time	Location	Date
World record	Ryan Lochte	1:54.00	Shanghai	24 July 2011
European record	László Cseh	1:55.18	Rome	29 July 2009
Championship record	László Cseh	1:56.66	Debrecen	23 May 2012

The heats were held on 17 May at 10:39.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	4	1:58.17
2	4	2	1:59.90	Q
3	3	5	2:00.00	Q
4	3	2	2:00.24	Q
5	5	7	2:00.66	Q
6	3	3	2:00.68	Q
7	5	6	2:00.85	Q
8	2	3	2:00.89	Q
9	3	6	2:01.13	Q
10	5	4	2:01.28	Q
11	4	7	2:01.49	Q
11	5	5	2:01.49	Q
13	3	0	2:01.51	Q
14	3	8	2:01.72	Q, NR
14	4	3	2:01.72
16	2	9	2:01.84	Q
17	4	8	2:01.97	Q
18	2	6	2:01.99	Q
19	4	4	2:02.09
20	3	7	2:02.12
20	5	0	2:02.12
22	5	2	2:02.20
23	5	3	2:02.43
24	3	1	2:02.51
25	4	1	2:02.89
26	4	9	2:02.92
27	5	1	2:03.00
28	2	2	2:03.06
29	2	5	2:03.07
30	5	8	2:03.32
31	4	0	2:03.37
32	2	1	2:03.66
33	2	7	2:03.95
34	3	9	2:04.07
35	5	9	2:04.11
36	2	8	2:05.74
37	1	5	2:05.95
38	2	0	2:06.03
39	2	4	2:06.18
40	1	3	2:06.55
41	1	4	2:06.69
42	1	7	2:06.71
43	1	2	2:08.64
44	1	6	2:10.32
	4	5	DNS
	4	6	DNS

The semifinals were held on 17 May at 18:50.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	1:58.47	Q
2	3	2:00.57	Q
3	5	2:00.72	Q
4	6	2:00.86	Q
5	7	2:00.90
6	2	2:01.74
7	1	2:02.37
8	8	2:02.74

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	1:59.93	Q
2	3	2:00.07	Q
3	5	2:00.32	Q
4	2	2:00.74	Q
5	7	2:01.13
6	6	2:01.17
7	1	2:02.37
8	8	2:02.55

The final was held on 18 May at 19:26.^[5]