Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre butterfly
Competition:	2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Danube Arena
Dates:	18 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 19 May 2021 (final)
Competitors:	36
Nations:	21
Win Value:	1:51.10
Gold:	Kristóf Milák
Gold Nation:	HUN
Silver:	Federico Burdisso
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Tamás Kenderesi
Bronze Nation:	HUN
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 May 2021.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

	Name	Nationality	Time	Location	Date
World record European record			1:50.73		24 July 2019
Championship record			1:52.79		5 August 2018

The following new records were set during this competition.

The heats were started on 18 May at 10:33.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	1:54.38	Q
2	3	3	1:54.72	Q, NR
3	2	3	1:55.46	Q
4	2	6	1:55.67	Q
5	2	4	1:55.73	Q
6	4	1	1:56.27	Q
7	3	6	1:56.33	Q
8	4	7	1:56.69	Q
9	3	4	1:57.02	Q
10	3	0	1:57.18
11	3	5	1:57.19	Q
12	4	6	1:57.31	Q
13	4	5	1:57.32	Q
14	4	2	1:57.38	Q
15	3	1	1:57.56	Q, NR
16	1	7	1:57.78	Q, NR
17	3	2	1:57.96	Q
18	4	3	1:58.11
19	4	8	1:58.19
20	2	8	1:58.52
21	3	8	1:58.57
22	2	5	1:58.73
23	4	0	1:58.88
24	2	1	1:59.04
25	2	0	1:59.32
26	3	9	1:59.64
27	3	7	1:59.66
28	2	2	1:59.76
29	2	7	2:00.00
30	1	4	2:01.20
31	2	9	2:01.79
32	1	3	2:01.92	NR
33	4	9	2:04.80
34	1	5	2:05.01
35	1	6	2:05.75
36	1	2	2:11.42

The semifinals were held on 18 May at 18:39.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	1:55.45	Q
2	5	1:55.81	Q
3	6	1:55.87	q
4	2	1:56.43	q
5	1	1:56.63	NR
6	7	1:56.99
7	3	1:57.58
8	8	1:58.26

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	1:54.37	Q
2	4	1:54.72	Q
3	3	1:55.03	q
4	7	1:55.96	q
5	5	1:56.51
6	1	1:56.96
7	6	1:57.77
8	8	1:57.85

The final was held on 19 May at 19:43.^[5]