Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle explained

The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 May 2021.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nationality	Time	Location	Date
World record			1:42.00		28 July 2009
European record
Championship record			1:44.89		2 August 2002

The following new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 20 May at 10:00.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8	5			1:46.30	Q
2	8	4			1:46.85	Q
3	6	4			1:46.88	Q
4	7	6			1:47.27	Q
5	7	2			1:47.28	Q
6	8	7			1:47.31	Q
7	6	5			1:47.35	Q
8	7	8			1:47.44	Q
9	7	4			1:47.45	Q
10	8	2			1:47.66	Q
11	7	5			1:47.69	Q
12	8	1			1:47.78	Q
13	7	7			1:47.83	Q
14	8	0			1:47.84	Q
15	6	6			1:48.05
16	7	3			1:48.12
17	7	1			1:48.13	Q
18	6	3			1:48.32
19	8	9			1:48.37	Q
20	5	1			1:48.38	NR
21	5	6			1:48.42
22	6	1			1:48.44
23	5	4			1:48.47
24	7	9			1:48.48
25	6	0			1:48.84
26	5	2			1:48.97
27	3	4			1:48.99
28	8	8			1:49.14
29	6	9			1:49.16
30	5	5			1:49.29
31	4	6			1:49.39
32	3	5			1:49.43
33	5	9			1:49.53
34	4	0			1:49.66
35	4	2			1:49.76
36	6	8			1:49.81
37	5	8			1:49.91
38	8	3			1:50.17
39	5	0			1:50.24
40	4	5			1:50.26
41	5	7			1:50.41
42	3	2			1:50.59
43	4	3			1:50.68
44	4	8	Daniil Pancerevas		1:50.78
45	2	4			1:50.88
46	4	4			1:50.91
47	3	9			1:51.10
48	4	7			1:51.27
49	2	1			1:51.44
50	3	3			1:51.65
51	4	1			1:51.89
52	3	6			1:51.98
52	3	0			1:51.98
54	3	8			1:52.02
55	3	7			1:52.14
56	4	9			1:52.15
57	2	6			1:52.26
58	2	3			1:52.34
59	5	3			1:52.45
60	2	9			1:52.55	NR
61	2	7			1:52.66
62	2	5			1:52.76
63	3	1			1:53.11
64	2	2			1:53.41
65	1	4			1:53.71
66	2	8			1:53.76
67	2	0			1:54.38
68	1	7			1:55.20
69	1	2			1:55.67
70	1	9			1:56.01
71	1	6			1:56.45
72	1	3			1:56.81
73	1	5			1:58.03
74	1	0			1:59.21
75	1	1			2:00.45
76	1	8			2:05.14
	6	2			Did not start
	6	7
	7	0
	8	6

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 20 May at 18:20.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			1:46.19	Q
2	3			1:46.50	Q, NR
3	5			1:46.77	q
4	2			1:47.10
5	7			1:47.16
6	8			1:47.18
7	6			1:47.60
8	1			1:48.07

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			1:45.60	Q
2	2			1:46.15	Q
3	5			1:46.17	q
4	3			1:46.26	q
5	1			1:47.08	q
6	8			1:47.16
7	6			1:47.74
8	7			1:47.95

Final

The final was held on 21 May at 19:28.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			1:44.79	CR
	5			1:45.19
	3			1:45.34
4	6			1:45.72
5	1			1:45.74
6	2			1:46.10
7	7			1:47.34
8	8			1:47.66

Notes and References

1. http://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWM_Schedule_1.2.pdf Schedule
2. http://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWMM200MFR------------HEAT--------_51A1%201.0.pdf Start list
3. http://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWMM200MFR------------HEAT--------_74A%201.0.pdf Heats results
4. http://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWMM200MFR------------SFNL--------_73A2%201.0.pdf Semifinals results
5. http://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWMM200MFR------------FNL-000100--_73A1%201.0.pdf Final results