| Event: | Men's 200 metre breaststroke |
| Competition: | 2020 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Danube Arena |
| Dates: | 19 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 20 May 2021 (final) |
| Competitors: | 47 |
| Nations: | 26 |
| Win Value: | 2:06.99 |
| Gold: | Anton Chupkov |
| Gold Nation: | RUS |
| Silver: | Arno Kamminga |
| Silver Nation: | NED |
| Bronze: | Erik Persson |
| Bronze Nation: | SWE |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 May 2021.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record European record | 2:06.12 | 26 July 2019 | |||
| Championship record | 2:06.80 | 6 August 2018 |
The heats were started on 19 May at 11:07.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 2:07.39 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 2:08.43 | Q, NR | |||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 2:09.21 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 2:09.44 | Q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 5 | 2:09.60 | Q | |||
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 2:09.74 | Q | |||
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 2:09.77 | Q | |||
| 8 | 3 | 4 | 2:09.96 | Q | |||
| 9 | 3 | 2 | 2:10.07 | ||||
| 10 | 4 | 7 | 2:10.12 | Q, NR | |||
| 11 | 5 | 5 | 2:10.40 | Q | |||
| 12 | 5 | 1 | 2:11.13 | Q | |||
| 13 | 3 | 3 | 2:11.19 | Q | |||
| 14 | 5 | 2 | 2:11.78 | Q | |||
| 15 | 3 | 0 | 2:11.99 | Q | |||
| 16 | 2 | 6 | 2:12.02 | Q | |||
| 17 | 5 | 6 | 2:12.23 | Q | |||
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 2:12.32 | ||||
| 18 | 2 | 2 | 2:12.32 | NR | |||
| 20 | 4 | 1 | 2:12.68 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 6 | 2:12.71 | ||||
| 22 | 3 | 7 | 2:12.80 | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 1 | 2:12.82 | ||||
| 23 | 5 | 8 | 2:12.82 | ||||
| 25 | 2 | 4 | 2:13.22 | ||||
| 26 | 2 | 1 | 2:13.29 | ||||
| 27 | 3 | 8 | 2:13.35 | ||||
| 28 | 4 | 8 | 2:13.40 | ||||
| 29 | 4 | 9 | 2:13.90 | ||||
| 30 | 2 | 5 | 2:14.19 | ||||
| 31 | 1 | 3 | 2:14.26 | ||||
| 32 | 5 | 0 | 2:14.52 | ||||
| 33 | 2 | 3 | 2:14.56 | ||||
| 34 | 4 | 0 | 2:14.67 | ||||
| 35 | 2 | 9 | 2:14.93 | ||||
| 36 | 5 | 9 | 2:15.13 | ||||
| 37 | 1 | 4 | 2:15.20 | ||||
| 38 | 1 | 6 | Aleksas Savickas | 2:15.35 | |||
| 39 | 2 | 8 | 2:15.95 | ||||
| 40 | 3 | 9 | 2:16.14 | ||||
| 41 | 2 | 0 | 2:16.87 | ||||
| 42 | 1 | 5 | 2:18.77 | ||||
| 43 | 2 | 7 | 2:20.03 | ||||
| 44 | 1 | 2 | 2:20.94 | ||||
| 45 | 1 | 1 | 2:24.28 | ||||
| 46 | 1 | 7 | 2:26.74 | ||||
| 47 | 1 | 8 | 2:35.06 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | ||||||
The semifinals were held on 19 May at 18:54.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 2:07.94 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 2:08.26 | Q, NR | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2:09.90 | q | |||
| 4 | 7 | 2:09.97 | q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 2:10.03 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 2:10.08 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 2:10.50 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 2:11.57 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 2:07.85 | Q, =NR | |||
| 2 | 4 | 2:08.31 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 2:08.83 | q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 2:08.84 | q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 2:10.91 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 2:11.19 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 2:12.00 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 2:12.97 |
The final was held on 20 May at 19:09.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2:06.99 | |||||
| 6 | 2:07.35 | |||||
| 4 | 2:07.66 | NR | ||||
| 4 | 3 | 2:08.48 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 2:08.58 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 2:09.23 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 2:09.73 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | James Wilby | 2:10.34 |