| Event: | Men's 200 metre backstroke |
| Competition: | 2024 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Sports Centre Milan Gale Muškatirović |
| Dates: | 18 June (heats and semifinals) 19 June (final) |
| Competitors: | 24 |
| Nations: | 14 |
| Win Value: | 1:55.39 |
| Gold: | Oleksandr Zheltyakov |
| Gold Nation: | UKR |
| Silver Nation: | GRE |
| Bronze: | Roman Mityukov |
| Bronze Nation: | SUI |
| Prev: | 2022 |
| Next: | 2026 |
The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 June 2024.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 1:51.92 | 31 July 2009 | |||
| European record | 1:53.23 | 8 April 2021 | |||
| Championship record | 1:53.36 | 8 August 2018 |
The heats were started on 18 June at 10:12.
Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 1:57.19 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 6 | 1:57.48 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 1:58.39 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 5 | 1:58.47 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 5 | 1:58.50 | Q | |||
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 1:58.79 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 4 | 1:58.80 | Q | |||
| 8 | 3 | 3 | 1:59.15 | Q | |||
| 9 | 3 | 6 | 1:59.84 | Q | |||
| 10 | 2 | 3 | 2:00.02 | Q | |||
| 11 | 2 | 2 | 2:00.35 | Q | |||
| 12 | 3 | 2 | 2:00.48 | Q | |||
| 13 | 2 | 7 | 2:00.68 | Q | |||
| 14 | 2 | 6 | 2:00.71 | Q | |||
| 15 | 3 | 7 | 2:01.38 | Q | |||
| 16 | 1 | 3 | 2:01.63 | Q | |||
| 17 | 1 | 7 | 2:01.76 | ||||
| 18 | 1 | 2 | 2:01.81 | ||||
| 19 | 1 | 1 | 2:02.07 | ||||
| 20 | 2 | 1 | 2:02.33 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 8 | 2:04.59 | ||||
| 22 | 1 | 8 | 2:05.79 | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 1 | 2:07.03 | ||||
| 24 | 2 | 8 | 2:07.77 |
The semifinal were started on 18 June at 19:19.
Qualification Rules: The first 2 competitors of each semifinal and the remaining fastest (up to a total of 8 qualified competitors) from the semifinals advance to the final.[4]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1:56.54 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 1:56.90 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 1:57.00 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 6 | 1:57.12 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 5 | 1:57.62 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 1:57.99 | Q | |||
| 7 | 1 | 4 | 1:58.38 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 6 | 1:58.89 | Q | |||
| 9 | 1 | 7 | 1:59.40 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 2 | 1:59.54 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 2 | 1:59.72 | ||||
| 12 | 2 | 7 | 2:00.29 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 1 | 2:00.41 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 8 | 2:01.07 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 2:01.80 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 8 | 2:02.54 |
The final was held on 19 June at 18:40.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1:55.39 | NR | ||||
| 4 | 1:55.42 | NR | ||||
| 3 | 1:55.75 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 1:56.13 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 1:57.50 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 1:57.53 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 1:58.48 | ||||
| 8 | 6 | 2:01.30 |