Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre freestyle
Competition:	2022 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	14 August (heats and semifinals) 15 August (final)
Competitors:	46
Nations:	26
Win Value:	1:42.97
Gold:	David Popovici
Gold Nation:	ROU
Silver:	Antonio Djakovic
Silver Nation:	SUI
Bronze:	Felix Auböck
Bronze Nation:	AUT
Prev:	2020
Next:	2024

The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 14 and 15 August 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The following new records were set during this competition.

The heats were started on 14 August at 09:00.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	5	1:46.26	Q
2	6	4	1:46.87	Q
3	6	7	1:47.06	Q
4	6	6	1:47.07	Q
5	5	5	1:47.24	Q
6	4	2	1:47.49	Q
7	6	5	1:47.71	Q
8	6	3	1:47.78	Q
9	4	4	1:47.97	Q
10	4	3	1:48.04	Q
11	3	8	1:48.08	Q, NR
12	6	2	1:48.13
13	6	0	1:48.18	Q
13	5	8	1:48.18	Q
15	4	8	1:48.29	Q
16	3	5	1:48.34	Q
17	4	7	1:48.40
18	3	4	1:48.56	Q
19	5	7	1:48.71
20	5	0	1:48.81
21	4	9	1:48.89
22	5	2	1:48.93
23	5	1	1:49.12
24	4	6	1:49.20
25	3	1	1:49.31
26	3	6	1:49.90
27	5	9	1:50.15
28	3	2	1:50.60
29	2	2	1:50.62
30	2	7	1:50.63
31	2	1	1:50.86
32	3	3	1:51.02
33	1	3	1:51.06
34	2	9	1:51.09
35	2	4	1:51.12
36	3	0	1:51.32
37	1	5	1:51.37
38	2	0	1:52.05
39	2	6	1:52.34
40	2	5	1:52.37
41	1	4	1:53.69
42	2	8	1:54.25
43	3	9	1:55.62
44	1	7	1:56.24
45	1	2	1:57.28
46	1	6	1:59.84
	2	3
	3	7
	4	0
	4	1
	5	3
	5	4
	5	6
	6	1
	6	8
	6	9

The semifinals were started on 14 August at 18:11.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	4	1:44.91	Q
2	1	6	1:45.32	Q, NR
3	1	5	1:45.70	Q
4	2	3	1:46.29	Q
5	1	3	1:46.41	Q
6	2	2	1:46.60	Q
7	2	6	1:46.77	Q
8	1	7	1:47.12	Q
9	1	2	1:47.15
10	2	4	1:47.37
11	2	5	1:47.79
12	2	1	1:48.17
13	2	7	1:48.49
14	1	1	1:48.64
15	1	8	1:48.96
16	2	8	1:49.48

The final was held on 15 August at 18:06.^[5]