| Event: | Men's 200 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2024 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Sports Centre Milan Gale Muškatirović |
| Dates: | 20 June (heats and semifinals) 21 June (final) |
| Competitors: | 59 |
| Nations: | 30 |
| Win Value: | 1:43.13 |
| Gold: | David Popovici |
| Gold Nation: | ROU |
| Silver: | Danas Rapšys |
| Silver Nation: | LTU |
| Bronze: | Antonio Djakovic |
| Bronze Nation: | SUI |
| Prev: | 2022 |
| Next: | 2026 |
The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 June 2024.[1] [2]
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 | 1:42.97 | 15 August 2022 |
The heats were started on 20 June at 09:30.
Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 4 | 1:45.44 | Q | ||
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 1:47.18 | Q | ||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 1:47.27 | Q | ||
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 1:47.61 | Q | ||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 1:47.69 | Q | ||
| 6 | 7 | 2 | 1:47.73 | Q | ||
| 7 | 6 | 3 | 1:47.80 | Q | ||
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 1:47.88 | Q | ||
| 9 | 6 | 2 | 1:47.97 | Q | ||
| 10 | 7 | 3 | 1:48.05 | Q | ||
| 11 | 6 | 9 | 1:48.22 | |||
| 12 | 6 | 8 | 1:48.25 | Q | ||
| 13 | 7 | 7 | 1:48.27 | Q | ||
| 14 | 4 | 3 | 1:48.36 | Q | ||
| 15 | 6 | 0 | 1:48.67 | Q | ||
| 16 | 7 | 5 | 1:48.72 | Q | ||
| 17 | 6 | 6 | 1:48.74 | Q | ||
| 18 | 5 | 2 | 1:48.88 | |||
| 19 | 5 | 1 | 1:49.02 | |||
| 20 | 6 | 5 | 1:49.06 | |||
| 21 | 7 | 1 | 1:49.07 | |||
| 22 | 5 | 7 | 1:49.11 | |||
| 6 | 1 | |||||
| 24 | 4 | 4 | 1:49.13 | |||
| 25 | 7 | 6 | 1:49.24 | |||
| 26 | 5 | 6 | 1:49.25 | |||
| 27 | 4 | 5 | 1:49.51 | |||
| 28 | 3 | 4 | 1:49.54 | |||
| 29 | 4 | 6 | 1:49.55 | |||
| 30 | 7 | 8 | 1:49.71 | |||
| 31 | 3 | 5 | 1:49.83 | |||
| 32 | 5 | 0 | 1:49.96 | |||
| 33 | 4 | 0 | 1:50.42 | |||
| 34 | 4 | 1 | 1:50.57 | |||
| 35 | 4 | 8 | 1:51.03 | |||
| 36 | 5 | 9 | 1:51.07 | |||
| 37 | 7 | 0 | 1:51.39 | |||
| 38 | 2 | 1 | 1:51.50 | |||
| 39 | 2 | 3 | 1:51.77 | |||
| 40 | 3 | 2 | 1:52.07 | |||
| 41 | 3 | 8 | 1:52.15 | NR | ||
| 42 | 3 | 7 | 1:52.43 | |||
| 43 | 2 | 4 | 1:52.50 | |||
| 44 | 3 | 6 | 1:52.79 | |||
| 45 | 2 | 5 | 1:53.03 | |||
| 46 | 2 | 7 | 1:53.10 | |||
| 47 | 2 | 2 | 1:53.22 | |||
| 48 | 3 | 1 | 1:53.24 | |||
| 3 | 9 | |||||
| 50 | 3 | 0 | 1:53.47 | |||
| 51 | 2 | 6 | 1:53.49 | |||
| 52 | 4 | 7 | 1:53.96 | |||
| 53 | 1 | 5 | 1:54.13 | |||
| 54 | 2 | 8 | 1:54.13 | |||
| 55 | 5 | 8 | 1:54.58 | |||
| 56 | 2 | 9 | ERT | 1:55.47 | ||
| 57 | 2 | 0 | 1:55.55 | |||
| 58 | 3 | 3 | 1:57.40 | |||
| 59 | 1 | 4 | 2:16.34 | |||
| 1 | 3 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | |||||
| 7 | 9 |
The semifinal were started on 20 June at 18:41.
Qualification Rules: The first 2 competitors of each semifinal and the remaining fastest (up to a total of 8 qualified competitors) from the semifinals advance to the final.[4]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 1:46.15 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 1:46.44 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 8 | 1:46.46 | Q, NR | |||
| 4 | 2 | 6 | 1:46.63 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 1:47.12 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 1:47.31 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 7 | 1:47.34 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 3 | 1:47.36 | Q | |||
| 9 | 1 | 3 | 1:47.62 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 2 | 1:48.08 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 2 | 1:48.15 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | 6 | 1:48.17 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 1 | 1:48.18 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | 8 | 1:48.22 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 1:48.24 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 7 | 1:48.45 |
The final was held on 21 June at 18:36.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1:43.13 | |||||
| 5 | 1:45.65 | |||||
| 7 | 1:46.32 | |||||
| 4 | 8 | 1:46.48 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 1:46.78 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 1:46.89 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 1:47.00 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 1:47.64 |