The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2026 Mediterranean Games was held on 23 August 2026 at the in Taranto.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows: World record1:42.00Rome, Italy28 July 2009Mediterranean Games record1:46.44Pescara, Italy30 June 2009
Results
Heats The heats were started at 10:35.https://s3-crs-prod.microplustimingservices.com/GDM2026/static/_PDF/GDM2026/SWM/2026-08-23/SWMM200MFR------------HEAT--------__C73A2_1.0.pdf RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes132Jovan Lekić1:49.13q234Ahmet Mete Boylu1:49.19q313Saso Boskan1:49.58q425Jacopo Barbotti1:49.93q514Dimitrios Markos1:50.07q633Kenan Dračić1:50.13q724Velimir Stjepanović1:50.15q815Marco De Tullio1:50.54q=916Mohamed Yassin Ben Abbes1:50.69R?=926Alberto Hernández García1:50.69R?1122Iason Routoulas1:51.031223Ian Florencio Fernández1:51.181337Emre Onuş1:51.191435Niko Janković1:51.241527Fares Benzidoun1:51.471612Jaka Pusnik1:52.151736Karlo Perčinić1:52.171831Ognen Slavkovski1:56.2817Nikola ǴuretanoviḱDid not start
Swim-off The swim-off was held at 12:15.https://s3-crs-prod.microplustimingservices.com/GDM2026/static/_PDF/GDM2026/SWM/2026-08-23/SWMM200MFR------------HEAT0001RR--__C73A1_1.0.pdf RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes15Mohamed Yassin Ben Abbes1:50.59R124Alberto Hernández García1:50.86R2
Final The final was held at 18:31.https://s3-crs-prod.microplustimingservices.com/GDM2026/static/_PDF/GDM2026/SWM/2026-08-23/SWMM200MFR------------FNL-000100--__C73A1_1.0.pdf RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes16Jacopo Barbotti1:47.5325Ahmet Mete Boylu1:47.5932Dimitrios Markos1:47.9247Kenan Dračić1:48.9053Saso Boskan1:49.0464Jovan Lekić1:49.3971Velimir Stjepanović1:49.6688Mohamed Yassin Ben Abbes1:50.33
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