Swimming at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships
VenueSports Centre Milan Gale Muškatirović
Dates19 June (heats and semifinals)
20 June (final)
Competitors28 from 21 nations
Winning time2:09.45
Medalists
gold medal    Bulgaria
gold medal    Sweden
bronze medal    Poland
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The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 June 2024.[1][2]

Records[edit]

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

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World record Qin Haiyang  China 2:05.48 Fukuoka 28 July 2023
European record Anton Chupkov  Russia 2:06.12 Gwangju 26 July 2019
Championship record 2:06.80 Glasgow 6 August 2018

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

The heats were started on 19 June at 10:10.
Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Anton McKee  Iceland 2:11.96 Q
2 2 6 Jérémy Desplanches  Switzerland 2:12.32 Q
3 2 5 Jan Kałusowski  Poland 2:12.34 Q
4 2 4 Erik Persson  Sweden 2:12.62 Q
5 1 3 Darragh Greene  Ireland 2:12.87 Q
1 4 Lyubomir Epitropov  Bulgaria Q
3 5 Maksym Ovchinnikov  Ukraine Q
8 2 3 Christopher Rothbauer  Austria 2:13.21 Q
9 3 2 Daniils Bobrovs  Latvia 2:13.34 Q
10 1 5 Eoin Corby  Ireland 2:13.74 Q
11 3 3 Andrius Šidlauskas  Lithuania 2:14.00 Q
12 1 6 Vojtech Netrh  Czech Republic 2:14.17 Q
13 2 1 Denis Svet  Moldova 2:15.13 Q
14 1 2 Jonathan Itzhaki  Israel 2:15.46 Q
15 2 2 Finn Wendland  Germany 2:15.81 Q
2 7 Constantin Malachi  Moldova Q
17 3 6 Uiseann Cooke  Ireland 2:16.15
18 1 7 Finn Kemp  Luxembourg 2:16.67
19 3 8 João Reisen  Luxembourg 2:16.97
20 3 7 Jakub Bursa  Czech Republic 2:17.95
21 3 1 Kristaps Mikelsons  Latvia 2:19.26
22 1 1 Marko Priednieks  Latvia 2:19.41
23 3 0 Jami Ihalainen  Finland 2:20.45
24 1 0 Matīss Kaktiņš  Latvia 2:21.84
25 1 8 Jonas Gaur  Denmark 2:22.38
26 3 9 Juraj Barcot  Croatia 2:22.84
27 2 8 Matija Rađenović  Serbia 2:24.91
28 2 0 Andrej Stojanovski  North Macedonia 2:26.14

Semifinals[edit]

The semifinal were started on 19 June at 19:34.
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 Anton McKee  Iceland 2:10.14 Q
2 1 4 Jan Kałusowski  Poland 2:10.35 Q
3 2 3 Lyubomir Epitropov  Bulgaria 2:10.38 Q
4 2 5 Erik Persson  Sweden 2:10.72 Q
5 2 2 Eoin Corby  Ireland 2:11.62 Q
6 1 3 Maksym Ovchinnikov  Ukraine 2:12.00 Q
7 2 6 Christopher Rothbauer  Austria 2:12.79 Q
8 1 2 Andrius Šidlauskas  Lithuania 2:13.23 Q
9 2 7 Vojtech Netrh  Czech Republic 2:13.41
10 1 5 Darragh Greene  Ireland 2:13.42
11 1 6 Daniils Bobrovs  Latvia 2:13.53
12 2 1 Finn Wendland  Germany 2:14.85
13 1 7 Denis Svet  Moldova 2:15.23
14 1 8 João Reisen  Luxembourg 2:15.45
15 2 8 Finn Kemp  Luxembourg 2:16.62
16 1 1 Constantin Malachi  Moldova 2:18.74

Final[edit]

The final was held on 20 June at 19:31.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Lyubomir Epitropov  Bulgaria 2:09.45 NR
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Erik Persson  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Jan Kałusowski  Poland 2:10.20
4 4 Anton McKee  Iceland 2:10.28
5 7 Maksym Ovchinnikov  Ukraine 2:11.84
6 8 Andrius Šidlauskas  Lithuania 2:12.36
7 2 Eoin Corby  Ireland 2:12.71
8 1 Christopher Rothbauer  Austria 2:13.07

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