See main article: Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.
| Event: | Men's 200 metre breaststroke |
| Games: | 2018 Mediterranean Games |
| Dates: | 23 June |
| Venue: | Campclar Aquatic Center |
| Location: | Tarragona, Spain |
| Competitors: | 12 |
| Nations: | 9 |
| Win Value: | 2:09.91 |
| Gold: | Luca Pizzini |
| Gold Nation: | ITA |
| Silver: | Joan Ballester |
| Silver Nation: | ESP |
| Bronze: | Alex Castejón |
| Bronze Nation: | ESP |
| Prev: | 2013 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held on 23 June 2018 at the Campclar Aquatic Center.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:
| World record | 2:06.67 | Tokyo, Japan | 29 January 2017 | ||
| Mediterranean Games record | 2:09.69 | Pescara, Italy | 29 June 2009 |
The heats were held at 10:12.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Luca Pizzini | 2:12.75 | Q | ||
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Alex Castejón | 2:13.96 | Q | ||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Joan Ballester | 2:15.06 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | Wassim Elloumi | 2:15.81 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Edoardo Giorgetti | 2:15.99 | Q | ||
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Aljaž Kerč | 2:16.52 | Q | ||
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Youssef Elkamash | 2:16.69 | Q | ||
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Ioannis Karpouzlis | 2:17.24 | Q | ||
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Berkay Öğretir | 2:17.92 | |||
| 10 | 2 | 5 | 2:18.22 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Moncef Balamane | 2:23.24 | |||
| 1 | 6 | Tomás Veloso |
The heats was held at 18:23.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Luca Pizzini | 2:09.91 | ||||
| 3 | Joan Ballester | 2:13.48 | ||||
| 5 | Alex Castejón | 2:13.91 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | Edoardo Giorgetti | 2:13.93 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Wassim Elloumi | 2:14.88 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Aljaž Kerč | 2:16.36 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Youssef Elkamash | 2:17.57 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Ioannis Karpouzlis | 2:17.72 |