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

Event:	Men's 200 metre individual medley
Competition:	2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Danube Arena
Dates:	19 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 20 May 2021 (final)
Competitors:	42
Nations:	24
Win Value:	1:56.76
Gold:	Hugo González
Gold Nation:	ESP
Silver:	Jérémy Desplanches
Silver Nation:	SUI
Bronze:	Alberto Razzetti
Bronze Nation:	ITA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 May 2021.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 19 May at 10:00.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	1:58.10	Q
2	4	6	1:58.12	Q
3	5	4	1:58.14	Q
4	5	3	1:58.46	Q
5	3	5	1:58.79
6	4	5	1:58.87	Q
7	3	4	1:58.90	Q
8	3	6	1:58.99	Q
9	5	5	1:59.31	Q,
10	5	2	1:59.34
11	5	0	1:59.84	Q
12	3	2	1:59.85	Q
13	3	3	2:00.01	Q
14	5	7	2:00.14	Q
15	4	3	2:00.23
16	5	6	2:00.26	Q
17	4	1	2:00.32	Q
18	3	8	2:00.35	Q
19	4	8	2:00.54
20	2	3	2:00.68	Q
21	4	2	2:01.54	Q
22	2	7	2:01.58
23	3	0	2:01.80
24	4	9	2:02.14
25	5	8	2:02.29
26	5	1	2:02.30
27	4	7	2:02.49
28	2	5	2:03.22
29	2	9	2:03.35
30	5	9	2:03.45
31	2	4	2:03.65
32	3	9	2:04.63
33	2	6	2:04.84
34	2	2	2:05.15
35	3	7	2:05.60
36	2	0	2:06.59
37	1	5	2:07.29	NR
38	1	4	2:07.84
39	2	8	2:08.16
40	1	3	2:08.34
41	2	1	2:09.44
42	1	6	2:19.93
	4	0	Did not start
	3	1

The semifinals were started on 19 May at 19:24.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	1:56.99	Q, WJ
2	4	1:57.42	Q
3	5	1:57.48	q
4	6	1:58.08	q
5	2	2:00.60
6	8	2:01.24
7	7	2:01.40
8	1	2:03.68

The final was held on 20 May at 19:16.^[5]