The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships will be held on 13 and 14 August 2026.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nationality Time Location Date World record Paul Biedermann 1:42.00 Rome 28 July 2009 European record Championship record David Popovici 1:42.97 Rome 15 August 2022
Results Heats The heats were started on 13 August at 9:30. Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 7 6 Christian Giefing 1:44.96 Q, NR 2 7 5 James Guy 1:45.40 Q 3 7 1 Sauveur Cristofini 1:45.93 Q 4 9 4 David Popovici 1:46.06 Q 5 7 2 Lucas Henveaux 1:46.10 Q 6 8 4 Lukas Märtens 1:46.12 Q 7 7 9 Tomas Navikonis 1:46.22 Q 8 9 3 Jack McMillan 1:46.36 Q 9 9 5 Kamil Sieradzki 1:46.39 Q 10 8 7 Ivan Girev Neutral Athletes B 1:46.43 Q 11 9 0 Jarno Baschnitt 1:46.45 Q 12 5 3 Thomas Dean 1:46.48 13 9 7 Roman Fuchs 1:46.83 Q 14 9 2 Robin Hanson 1:46.84 Q 15 6 1 Danas Rapšys 1:46.94 Q 16 8 3 Antonio Djakovic 1:47.07 Q 17 8 5 Carlos D'Ambrosio 1:47.16 Q 18 7 0 Denis Loktev 1:47.21 19 6 2 Jacopo Barbotti 1:47.22 19 9 1 Dimitrios Markos 1:47.22 21 8 1 Tomas Koski 1:47.31 22 5 1 Mattia Mauri 1:47.35 22 7 7 Timo Sorgius 1:47.35 24 8 9 Marco de Tullio 1:47.47 25 4 9 Franko Grgić 1:47.51 26 5 2 Eitan Ben Shitrit 1:47.59 26 9 8 Roman Akimov Neutral Athletes B 1:47.59 28 6 6 Oliver Søgaard-Andersen 1:47.64 29 8 0 Evan Bailey 1:47.67 29 8 2 Nikolai Kolesnikov Neutral Athletes B 1:47.67 31 6 3 Alexey Glivinskiy 1:47.83 32 5 4 Ludvig Bartolek 1:47.87 33 6 5 Kristupas Trepočka 1:47.97 34 6 9 Ralph Daleiden 1:47.98 35 6 0 Romano Yoav 1:48.09 35 9 6 Sander Kiær Sørensen 1:48.09 37 7 8 Petar Mitsin 1:48.22 38 9 9 Andrei Cherepkov Neutral Athletes B 1:48.23 39 8 6 Tajus Juska 1:48.24 40 8 8 Niko Janković 1:48.28 41 3 5 Jovan Lekic 1:48.54 41 5 5 Illia Linnyk 1:48.54 43 6 8 Alessandro Ragaini 1:48.62 44 7 3 Ahmet Mete Boylu 1:48.66 45 5 0 Samuel Kostal 1:48.77 46 5 6 Merlin Belmon 1:48.98 47 6 7 Konstantinos Englezakis 1:49.14 48 4 6 Milan Vojtko 1:49.24 49 4 2 Eric-Stefan Andries 1:49.27 50 5 9 Sašo Boškan 1:49.38 51 4 3 František Jablčník 1:49.42 52 4 7 Liggjas Joensen 1:49.53 52 5 7 Balint Ashton 1:49.53 54 4 8 Cormac Rynn 1:50.00 55 6 4 Miguel Pérez-Godoy 1:50.04 56 5 8 Kenan Dracic 1:50.09 57 3 2 Charlie Skoglund Macmillan 1:50.67 57 3 8 Isak Dag Brisenfeldt 1:50.67 59 3 7 Thomas Jansen 1:50.80 60 3 1 Vasil Tushev 1:51.04 61 2 4 Primož Senica Pavletic 1:51.05 62 3 3 Vadym Naumenko 1:51.11 63 3 6 Filip Mujan 1:51.20 64 2 7 Biel Cuen Sibila 1:51.26 65 2 6 Denis O'Brien 1:51.51 66 4 5 Karlo Perčinić 1:51.92 67 3 0 Ted Nilsson 1:52.19 68 2 5 Oskar Farkas 1:52.25 69 2 3 Birk Lee Johansen 1:52.32 70 2 2 Nikola Gjuretanovikj 1:52.59 71 4 0 Lars Kuljus 1:53.22 72 2 9 Liam Custer 1:53.34 73 2 1 Donats Dragasjus 1:53.61 74 3 4 Miroslav Terziev 1:53.70 75 3 9 Siim Keskula 1:53.91 76 1 4 Mathias Christensen 1:54.46 77 2 0 Strahinja Maslo 1:54.68 78 1 3 Nooa Matela 1:55.35 79 2 8 Kevin Teixeira Pereira 1:56.62 80 1 6 Heini Mohr Askham 1:56.67 81 1 5 Silas Dam Lindberg 1:57.93 82 1 7 Arion Budima 1:59.19 83 1 2 Edlijano Huna 1:59.54 84 1 1 Dion Daja 2:05.00 7 4 Matthew Richards 4 4 Konstantinos Emmanouil Stamou 4 1 Ronny Brannkarr
Semifinals The semifinals will begin in the evening of 13 August. Qualification Rules: The fastest 8 qualified competitors from the semifinals advance to the final.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 5 David Popovici 1:44.56 Q 2 1 3 Lukas Martens 1:44.79 Q 3 1 4 James Guy 1:45.14 Q 4 1 8 Carlos D'Ambrosio 1:45.38 Q 5 2 4 Christian Giefing 1:45.47 Q 6 1 6 Jack McMillan 1:45.55 Q 7 2 6 Tomas Navikonis 1:45.63 Q 8 2 3 Lucas Henveaux 1:45.72 Q 9 2 5 Sauveur Cristofini 1:45.74 10 2 7 Jarno Baschnitt 1:45.76 11 1 2 Ivan Girev Neutral Athletes B 1:45.82 12 1 1 Danas Rapsys 1:46.28 13 1 7 Roman Fuchs 1:46.59 14 2 8 Antonio Djakovic 1:46.60 15 2 1 Robin Hanson 1:46.63 16 2 2 Kamil Sieradzki 1:46.64
Final The final was held on 14 August.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 David Popovici 1:44.15 1 Tomas Navikonis 1:44.55 3 James Guy 1:44.87 4 2 Christian Giefing 1:45.14 5 6 Carlos D'Ambrosio 1:45.19 6 7 Jack McMillan 1:45.31 7 5 Lukas Martens 1:45.58 8 8 Lucas Henveaux 1:45.87
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