| Event: | Men's 200 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2018 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Tollcross International Swimming Centre |
| Dates: | 6 August (heats and semifinals) 7 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 62 |
| Nations: | 27 |
| Win Value: | 1:45.34 |
| Gold: | Duncan Scott |
| Gold Nation: | GBR |
| Silver: | Danas Rapšys |
| Silver Nation: | LTU |
| Bronze: | Mikhail Dovgalyuk |
| Bronze Nation: | RUS |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2020 |
The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 6 and 7 August 2018.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record European record | Paul Biedermann | 1:42.00 | Rome | 28 July 2009 | ||
| Championship record | Pieter van den Hoogenband | 1:44.89 | Berlin | 2 August 2002 |
The heats were started on 6 August at 09:30.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Danas Rapšys | 1:46.55 | Q | ||
| 2 | 7 | 3 | Mikhail Vekovishchev | 1:46.67 | Q | ||
| 3 | 5 | 4 | James Guy | 1:47.67 | Q | ||
| 4 | 7 | 2 | Jan Świtkowski | 1:48.09 | Q | ||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Filippo Megli | 1:48.15 | Q | ||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Velimir Stjepanović | 1:48.22 | Q | ||
| 7 | 6 | 5 | Mikhail Dovgalyuk | 1:48.24 | Q | ||
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Jacob Heidtmann | 1:48.34 | Q | ||
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Felix Auböck | 1:48.37 | Q | ||
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Denis Loktev | 1:48.42 | Q | ||
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Duncan Scott | 1:48.53 | Q | ||
| 12 | 6 | 7 | Jonathan Atsu | 1:48.62 | Q | ||
| 13 | 6 | 9 | Maarten Brzoskowski | 1:48.72 | Q | ||
| 14 | 7 | 8 | Nils Liess | 1:49.00 | Q | ||
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Calum Jarvis | 1:49.19 | |||
| 16 | 5 | 6 | Viacheslav Andrusenko | 1:49.21 | |||
| 17 | 5 | 5 | Kacper Majchrzak | 1:49.23 | Q | ||
| 18 | 7 | 7 | Kyle Stolk | 1:49.34 | Q | ||
| 19 | 7 | 6 | Nándor Németh | 1:49.41 | |||
| 19 | 7 | 9 | Robin Hanson | 1:49.41 | |||
| 21 | 7 | 0 | Alexandre Marcourt | 1:49.46 | |||
| 22 | 5 | 9 | Matteo Ciampi | 1:49.47 | |||
| 23 | 3 | 5 | Álex Rámos | 1:49.50 | |||
| 24 | 3 | 4 | Jan Hołub | 1:49.55 | |||
| 25 | 5 | 8 | Roman Fuchs | 1:49.61 | |||
| 26 | 5 | 1 | Jordan Pothain | 1:49.62 | |||
| 27 | 6 | 0 | César Castro Valle | 1:49.63 | |||
| 28 | 4 | 1 | Thomas Thijs | 1:49.69 | |||
| 29 | 4 | 5 | Mattia Zuin | 1:49.72 | |||
| 30 | 3 | 8 | Erge Can Gezmiş | 1:49.88 | |||
| 31 | 3 | 1 | Miguel Nascimento | 1:49.90 | |||
| 32 | 6 | 1 | Martin Malyutin | 1:49.97 | |||
| 33 | 4 | 2 | Stan Pijnenburg | 1:50.02 | |||
| 34 | 3 | 0 | Alexander Trampitsch | 1:50.06 | |||
| 35 | 5 | 7 | Cameron Kurle | 1:50.08 | |||
| 35 | 3 | 6 | Daniel Namir | 1:50.08 | |||
| 37 | 3 | 2 | Kregor Zirk | 1:50.21 | |||
| 38 | 3 | 3 | Marc Sánchez | 1:50.22 | |||
| 39 | 4 | 8 | Miguel Durán | 1:50.31 | |||
| 40 | 4 | 6 | Lorenz Weiremans | 1:50.35 | |||
| 41 | 4 | 3 | Dion Dreesens | 1:50.47 | |||
| 42 | 4 | 0 | Sebastien De Meulemeester | 1:50.52 | |||
| 43 | 4 | 7 | Gustaf Dahlman | 1:50.53 | |||
| 44 | 4 | 9 | Adam Paulsson | 1:50.74 | |||
| 45 | 6 | 8 | Jordan Sloan | 1:50.76 | |||
| 46 | 4 | 4 | Stefano Di Cola | 1:51.06 | |||
| 47 | 3 | 7 | Markus Lie | 1:51.10 | |||
| 48 | 2 | 3 | Bence Biczó | 1:51.12 | |||
| 49 | 2 | 8 | Batuhan Hakan | 1:51.76 | |||
| 50 | 2 | 5 | Filip Zelić | 1:52.18 | |||
| 51 | 2 | 4 | Tomas Sungaila | 1:53.17 | |||
| 52 | 2 | 7 | Irakli Revishvili | 1:54.58 | |||
| 53 | 3 | 9 | Yonatan Batsha | 1:54.62 | |||
| 54 | 2 | 6 | Doğa Çelik | 1:54.91 | |||
| 55 | 2 | 2 | Andri Aedma | 1:55.10 | |||
| 56 | 2 | 1 | Nikita Tsernosev | 1:55.11 | |||
| 57 | 2 | 9 | Cristian Santi | 1:59.05 | |||
| 58 | 1 | 5 | Franc Aleksi | 1:59.23 | |||
| 59 | 1 | 4 | Gianluca Pasolini | 1:59.36 | |||
| 60 | 2 | 0 | Matthew Galea | 2:00.65 | |||
| 61 | 1 | 6 | Dren Ukimeraj | 2:03.04 | |||
| 62 | 1 | 3 | Dijon Kadriju | 2:05.00 | |||
| 7 | 5 | Dominik Kozma | Did not start | ||||
The semifinals were started on 6 August at 17:21.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1:46.70 | Q | |||
| 2 | 6 | 1:46.83 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 1:46.84 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 1:47.77 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 1:48.48 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 1:48.62 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 1:48.63 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 1:48.76 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1:45.33 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 1:46.44 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1:46.69 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 1:46.70 | Q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 1:46.97 | Q | |||
| 6 | 8 | 1:47.64 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 1:47.81 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 1:49.33 |
The final was started on 7 August at 17:18.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1:45.34 | |||||
| 4 | 1:46.07 | |||||
| 3 | 1:46.15 | |||||
| 4 | 5 | 1:46.20 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 1:46.60 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 1:46.79 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 1:47.00 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 1:47.26 |