| Event: | Men's 200 metre breaststroke |
| Competition: | 2018 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Tollcross International Swimming Centre |
| Dates: | 5 August (heats and semifinals) 6 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 32 |
| Nations: | 21 |
| Win Value: | 2:06.80 |
| Gold: | Anton Chupkov |
| Gold Nation: | RUS |
| Silver: | James Wilby |
| Silver Nation: | GBR |
| Bronze: | Luca Pizzini |
| Bronze Nation: | ITA |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2020 |
The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 5 and 6 August 2018.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Ippei Watanabe | 2:06.67 | Tokyo | 29 January 2017 | ||
| European record | Anton Chupkov | 2:06.96 | Budapest | 28 July 2017 | ||
| Championship record | Marco Koch | 2:07.47 | Berlin | 21 August 2014 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
The heats were started on 5 August at 10:32.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Anton Chupkov | 2:07.70 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Kirill Prigoda | 2:08.91 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Ilya Khomenko | 2:09.63 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Luca Pizzini | 2:10.18 | Q | |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Ross Murdoch | 2:10.30 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | James Wilby | 2:10.81 | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Arno Kamminga | 2:10.82 | Q | |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Darragh Greene | 2:11.22 | Q | |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Mikhail Dorinov | 2:11.29 | ||
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Matti Mattsson | 2:11.44 | Q | |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Mykyta Koptyelov | 2:11.50 | Q | |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Andrius Šidlauskas | 2:11.52 | Q | |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Valentin Bayer | 2:11.73 | Q | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Dávid Horváth | 2:11.85 | Q | |
| 15 | 2 | 3 | Erik Persson | 2:12.43 | Q | |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Jacques Laeuffer | 2:12.57 | Q | |
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Christopher Rothbauer | 2:12.61 | Q | |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Bartłomiej Roguski | 2:12.69 | Q | |
| 19 | 2 | 6 | Max Pilger | 2:12.84 | ||
| 20 | 4 | 6 | Giedrius Titenis | 2:13.16 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 6 | Yannick Käser | 2:13.66 | ||
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Ilya Shymanovich | 2:13.85 | ||
| 23 | 4 | 0 | Martin Allikvee | 2:13.93 | ||
| 24 | 2 | 9 | Ivan Strilets | 2:13.94 | ||
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Filip Chrápavý | 2:13.99 | ||
| 26 | 3 | 9 | Tomáš Klobučník | 2:14.04 | ||
| 27 | 3 | 0 | Lyubomir Epitropov | 2:14.20 | ||
| 28 | 2 | 8 | Johannes Dietrich | 2:14.30 | ||
| 29 | 3 | 8 | Daniils Bobrovs | 2:14.69 | ||
| 30 | 1 | 4 | Tomas Veloso | 2:15.95 | ||
| 31 | 1 | 3 | Lachezar Shumkov | 2:17.22 | ||
| 32 | 1 | 2 | Jozef Beňo | 2:18.33 | ||
| 1 | 5 | Berkay Öğretir | Did not start | |||
| 4 | 9 | Teemu Vuorela | ||||
The semifinals were started on 5 August at 17:49.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Ross Murdoch | 2:08.57 | Q | ||
| 2 | 4 | Kirill Prigoda | 2:08.63 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | Arno Kamminga | 2:10.00 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | Andrius Šidlauskas | 2:10.12 | Q | ||
| 5 | 6 | Matti Mattsson | 2:10.19 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Dávid Horváth | 2:10.70 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Bartłomiej Roguski | 2:11.32 | |||
| 8 | 1 | Jacques Laeuffer | 2:12.44 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Anton Chupkov | 2:07.95 | Q | ||
| 2 | 5 | Luca Pizzini | 2:08.52 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | James Wilby | 2:09.59 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | Erik Persson | 2:09.84 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | Mykyta Koptyelov | 2:10.41 | |||
| 6 | 6 | Darragh Greene | 2:11.36 | |||
| 7 | 7 | Valentin Bayer | 2:12.33 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Christopher Rothbauer | 2:12.44 |
The final was started on 6 August at 18:08.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Anton Chupkov | 2:06.80 | CR, ER | |||
| 2 | James Wilby | 2:08.39 | ||||
| 5 | Luca Pizzini | 2:08.54 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | Ross Murdoch | 2:08.55 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Kirill Prigoda | 2:08.77 | |||
| 6 | 8 | Andrius Šidlauskas | 2:09.71 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Arno Kamminga | 2:09.87 | |||
| 8 | 7 | Erik Persson | 2:10.25 |