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

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
VenueDanube Arena
Dates19 May 2021 (heats and semifinals)
20 May 2021 (final)
Competitors47 from 26 nations
Winning time2:06.99
Medalists
gold medal    Russia
silver medal    Netherlands
bronze medal    Sweden
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The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 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
European record
Anton Chupkov  Russia 2:06.12 Gwangju 26 July 2019
Championship record 2:06.80 Glasgow 6 August 2018

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 19 May at 11:07.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Arno Kamminga  Netherlands 2:07.39 Q
2 4 3 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:08.43 Q, NR
3 4 5 Kirill Prigoda  Russia 2:09.21 Q
4 5 4 Anton Chupkov  Russia 2:09.44 Q
5 3 5 Ross Murdoch  Great Britain 2:09.60 Q
6 5 7 Andrius Šidlauskas  Lithuania 2:09.74 Q
7 5 3 Erik Persson  Sweden 2:09.77 Q
8 3 4 James Wilby  Great Britain 2:09.96 Q
9 3 2 Aleksandr Zhigalov  Russia 2:10.07
10 4 7 Lyubomir Epitropov  Bulgaria 2:10.12 Q, NR
11 5 5 Marco Koch  Germany 2:10.40 Q
12 5 1 Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania 2:11.13 Q
13 3 3 Caspar Corbeau  Netherlands 2:11.19 Q
14 5 2 Christopher Rothbauer  Austria 2:11.78 Q
15 3 0 Valentin Bayer  Austria 2:11.99 Q
16 2 6 Adam Paulsson  Sweden 2:12.02 Q
17 5 6 Edoardo Giorgetti  Italy 2:12.23 Q
18 4 6 Berkay Ömer Öğretir  Turkey 2:12.32
18 2 2 Matěj Zábojník  Czech Republic 2:12.32 NR
20 4 1 Ilya Shymanovich  Belarus 2:12.68
21 3 6 Max Pilger  Germany 2:12.71
22 3 7 Martin Allikvee  Estonia 2:12.80
23 3 1 Andrea Castello  Italy 2:12.82
23 5 8 Antoine Viquerat  France 2:12.82
25 2 4 Filip Chrápavý  Czech Republic 2:13.22
26 2 1 Tomáš Klobučník  Slovakia 2:13.29
27 3 8 Demirkan Demir  Turkey 2:13.35
28 4 8 Léon Marchand  France 2:13.40
29 4 9 Danil Semyaninov  Russia 2:13.90
30 2 5 Savvas Thomoglou  Greece 2:14.19
31 1 3 Francisco Quintas  Portugal 2:14.26
32 5 0 Máté Kutasi  Hungary 2:14.52
33 2 3 Jolann Bovey  Switzerland 2:14.56
34 4 0 Dávid Horváth  Hungary 2:14.67
35 2 9 Christoffer Tofte Haarsaker  Norway 2:14.93
36 5 9 Yannick Käser  Switzerland 2:15.13
37 1 4 Daniils Bobrovs  Latvia 2:15.20
38 1 6 Aleksas Savickas  Lithuania 2:15.35
39 2 8 Dominik Márk Török  Hungary 2:15.95
40 3 9 Joan Ballester  Spain 2:16.14
41 2 0 Luka Mladenovic  Austria 2:16.87
42 1 5 Volodymyr Lisovets  Ukraine 2:18.77
43 2 7 Rostyslav Kryzhanivskyy  Ukraine 2:20.03
44 1 2 Joonas Niine  Estonia 2:20.94
45 1 1 Giacomo Casadei  San Marino 2:24.28
46 1 7 André Klippenberg Grindheim  Norway 2:26.74
47 1 8 Even Qarri  Albania 2:35.06
4 2 Darragh Greene  Ireland Did not start

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 19 May at 18:54.[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Anton Chupkov  Russia 2:07.94 Q
2 4 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:08.26 Q, NR
3 6 James Wilby  Great Britain 2:09.90 q
4 7 Caspar Corbeau  Netherlands 2:09.97 q
5 2 Marco Koch  Germany 2:10.03
6 3 Andrius Šidlauskas  Lithuania 2:10.08
7 8 Edoardo Giorgetti  Italy 2:10.50
8 1 Valentin Bayer  Austria 2:11.57

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Erik Persson  Sweden 2:07.85 Q, =NR
2 4 Arno Kamminga  Netherlands 2:08.31 Q
3 3 Ross Murdoch  Great Britain 2:08.83 q
4 5 Kirill Prigoda  Russia 2:08.84 q
5 7 Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania 2:10.91
6 2 Lyubomir Epitropov  Bulgaria 2:11.19
7 8 Adam Paulsson  Sweden 2:12.00
8 1 Christopher Rothbauer  Austria 2:12.97

Final

The final was held on 20 May at 19:09.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Anton Chupkov  Russia 2:06.99
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Arno Kamminga  Netherlands 2:07.35
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Erik Persson  Sweden 2:07.66 NR
4 3 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:08.48
5 2 Ross Murdoch  Great Britain 2:08.58
6 7 Kirill Prigoda  Russia 2:09.23
7 8 Caspar Corbeau  Netherlands 2:09.73
8 1 James Wilby  Great Britain 2:10.34

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