The Men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships was held on 15 and 16 August 2026.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Time Swimmer Location Date World record 1:52.69 Singapore 30 July 2025 European record Championship record 1:56.66 Debrecen 23 May 2012
Results Heats The heats were started on 15 August at 10:36. Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals. Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Country Time Notes 1 4 4 1:57.51 Q 2 3 4 Neutral Athletes B 1:58.16 Q 3 4 3 1:58.43 Q 4 5 5 Neutral Athletes B 1:58.58 Q 5 5 3 1:58.71 6 4 2 1:58.77 Q 7 3 5 1:58.79 Q 8 5 4 1:58.82 Q 9 5 8 1:59.11 Q 10 5 6 1:59.30 11 5 2 1:59.31 Q 12 3 1 1:59.53 Q 13 3 2 1:59.67 Q 14 4 1 1:59.73 Q, NR 15 4 5 1:59.80 Q 16 5 7 Neutral Athletes B 1:59.88 17 3 8 1:59.89 Q 18 5 1 2:00.03 Q 19 4 0 2:00.12 Q 20 4 7 2:00.25 21 4 8 2:00.28 22 4 6 2:00.57 23 3 3 2:00.62 24 3 7 2:00.84 25 4 9 2:01.62 26 2 2 2:01.63 NR 27 2 6 2:01.92 28 5 9 2:02.15 29 1 3 2:02.59 30 2 1 2:02.70 31 2 4 2:02.84 32 2 5 2:03.14 33 1 0 2:03.22 34 2 8 2:03.24 35 5 0 2:03.30 36 2 9 2:03.62 37 2 7 2:03.72 38 3 6 2:03.75 39 1 8 2:03.83 40 3 9 2:04.49 41 1 1 2:04.86 42 2 0 2:05.02 43 2 3 2:05.06 44 1 4 2:05.18 45 1 2 2:05.33 46 1 6 2:06.22 47 1 7 2:07.88 48 1 5 2:12.16 3 0
Semifinals The semifinals were started on 15 August at 20:02. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 3 1:56.61 Q, CR 2 2 6 1:56.73 Q 3 1 4 Neutral Athletes B 1:57.37 Q 4 2 1 1:57.46 Q 5 2 4 1:57.49 Q 6 2 5 1:57.96 Q 7 1 5 Neutral Athletes B 1:58.32 Q 8 1 7 1:58.33 Q, NR 9 1 3 1:58.60 10 1 6 1:59.31 11 1 1 1:59.52 12 1 2 1:59.85 13 2 8 2:00.10 14 2 7 2:00.78 15 1 8 2:00.86 16 2 2 2:01.53
Final The final was held on 16 August at 18:40.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 1:54.24 CR 4 1:54.44 NR 3 Neutral Athletes B 1:56.16 WJ, NR 4 2 1:56.32 5 6 1:56.60 6 7 1:58.24 7 8 1:59.16 8 1 Neutral Athletes B 1:59.62
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