Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke


The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 5 and 6 August 2018.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordIppei Watanabe2:06.67Tokyo29 January 2017
European recordAnton Chupkov2:06.96Budapest28 July 2017
Championship recordMarco Koch 2:07.47Berlin21 August 2014

The following new records were set during this competition.
DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
6 AugustFinalAnton Chupkov2:06.80CR, ER

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 5 August at 10:32.

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 5 August at 17:49.

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final

The final was started on 6 August at 18:08.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Anton Chupkov2:06.80CR, ER
2James Wilby2:08.39
5Luca Pizzini2:08.54
43Ross Murdoch2:08.55
56Kirill Prigoda2:08.77
68Andrius Šidlauskas2:09.71
71Arno Kamminga2:09.87
87Erik Persson2:10.25