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

Event:	Men's 200 metre individual medley
Competition:	2022 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	16 August (heats and semifinals) 17 August (final)
Competitors:	27
Nations:	19
Win Value:	1:57.72
Gold:	Hubert Kós
Gold Nation:	HUN
Silver:	Alberto Razzetti
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Gabriel Lopes
Bronze Nation:	POR
Prev:	2020
Next:	2024

The Men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 August 2022.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

	Name	Nationality	Time	Location	Date
World record			1:54.00		24 July 2011
European record			1:55.18		29 July 2009
Championship record			1:56.66		23 May 2012

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 16 August at 09:54.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	3			1:58.94	Q
2	2	6			2:00.56	Q
3	1	6			2:00.60	Q
4	1	4			2:00.65	Q
5	1	5			2:01.03	Q
6	2	5			2:01.05	Q
7	1	3			2:01.28	Q
8	3	4			2:01.47	Q
9	2	2			2:01.55	Q
10	1	2			2:01.69	Q
11	1	1			2:01.98	Q
12	3	5			2:02.16	Q
13	3	6			2:02.66	Q
14	3	2			2:04.24	Q
15	3	7			2:04.29	Q
16	2	7			2:04.51	Q
17	1	7			2:05.71
18	3	1			2:05.78
19	2	1			2:06.00
20	2	8			2:06.03
21	1	8			2:06.63
22	3	0			2:06.66
23	2	0			2:06.73
24	3	9			2:09.05
25	1	0			2:09.40
26	3	8			2:09.85
27	2	9			2:19.69
	2	3
	2	4

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 16 August at 19:36.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			1:58.77	Q
2	1	5			1:59.38	Q
3	1	3			1:59.52	Q
3	1	7			1:59.52	Q
5	1	6			1:59.53	q
6	1	4			1:59.66	q
7	2	3			1:59.77	Q
8	2	5			2:00.48	q, NR
9	2	1			2:00.73
10	2	2			2:01.00
11	1	2			2:01.13
12	2	6			2:01.83
13	1	1			2:02.00
14	2	7			2:03.07
15	2	8			2:03.21
16	1	8			2:04.19

Final

The final was held on 17 August at 18:37.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			1:57.72
	3			1:57.82
	4			1:58.34
4	2			1:58.89
5	6			1:59.24
6	1			1:59.55
7	7			1:59.96
8	8			2:01.61

Notes and References

1. https://www.roma2022.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Timing-SWIMMING-elite-1.5.pdf Schedule
2. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMM200MIM------------HEAT--------_51A1%201.0.pdf?x=13:32:58 Start list
3. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMM200MIM------------HEAT--------_74A%201.0.pdf Heats results
4. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMM200MIM------------SFNL--------_74A%201.0.pdf Semifinals results
5. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMM200MIM------------FNL---------_73A2%201.0.pdf Final results