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

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
VenueDanube Arena
Dates20 May 2021 (heats and semifinals)
21 May 2021 (final)
Competitors76 from 34 nations
Winning time1:44.79
Medalists
gold medal    Russia
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    Great Britain
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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 Paul Biedermann  Germany 1:42.00 Rome 28 July 2009
European record
Championship record Pieter van den Hoogenband  Netherlands 1:44.89 Berlin 2 August 2002

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
21 May Final Martin Malyutin  Russia 1:44.79 CR

Results

Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 5 Martin Malyutin  Russia 1:46.30 Q
2 8 4 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:46.85 Q
3 6 4 Thomas Dean  Great Britain 1:46.88 Q
4 7 6 Kristóf Milák  Hungary 1:47.27 Q
5 7 2 Antonio Djakovic  Switzerland 1:47.28 Q
6 8 7 Robin Hanson  Sweden 1:47.31 Q
7 6 5 Filippo Megli  Italy 1:47.35 Q
8 7 8 Jordan Pothain  France 1:47.44 Q
9 7 4 Duncan Scott  Great Britain 1:47.45 Q
10 8 2 Stefano Ballo  Italy 1:47.66 Q
11 7 5 Ivan Girev  Russia 1:47.69 Q
12 8 1 Kregor Zirk  Estonia 1:47.78 Q
13 7 7 Velimir Stjepanović  Serbia 1:47.83 Q
14 8 0 Jonathan Atsu  France 1:47.84 Q
15 6 6 Marco De Tullio  Italy 1:48.05
16 7 3 Aleksandr Shchegolev  Russia 1:48.12
17 7 1 Nils Liess  Switzerland 1:48.13 Q
18 6 3 Aleksandr Krasnykh  Russia 1:48.32
19 8 9 César Castro  Spain 1:48.37 Q
20 5 1 David Popovici  Romania 1:48.38 NR
21 5 6 Alexei Sancov  Moldova 1:48.42
22 6 1 Baturalp Ünlü  Turkey 1:48.44
23 5 4 Enzo Tesic  France 1:48.47
24 7 9 Sebastien De Meulemeester  Belgium 1:48.48
25 6 0 Gábor Zombori  Hungary 1:48.84
26 5 2 Denis Loktev  Israel 1:48.97
27 3 4 Andreas Hansen  Denmark 1:48.99
28 8 8 Kacper Majchrzak  Poland 1:49.14
29 6 9 Luc Kroon  Netherlands 1:49.16
30 5 5 Alexandre Marcourt  Belgium 1:49.29
31 4 6 Jan Hołub  Poland 1:49.39
32 3 5 Bartosz Piszczorowicz  Poland 1:49.43
33 5 9 Mikkel Gadgaard  Denmark 1:49.53
34 4 0 Adam Hlobeň  Czech Republic 1:49.66
35 4 2 Moritz Berg  Spain 1:49.76
36 6 8 Stefano Di Cola  Italy 1:49.81
37 5 8 Gal Cohen Groumi  Israel 1:49.91
38 8 3 Matthew Richards  Great Britain 1:50.17
39 5 0 Daniel Namir  Israel 1:50.24
40 4 5 Thomas Thijs  Belgium 1:50.26
41 5 7 Roman Fuchs  France 1:50.41
42 3 2 Adam Paulsson  Sweden 1:50.59
43 4 3 Mario Mollà  Spain 1:50.68
44 4 8 Daniil Pancerevas  Lithuania 1:50.78
45 2 4 Christoffer Andersen  Denmark 1:50.88
46 4 4 Miguel Durán  Spain 1:50.91
47 3 9 Tomás Veloso  Portugal 1:51.10
48 4 7 Ron Polonsky  Israel 1:51.27
49 2 1 Sašo Boškan  Slovenia 1:51.44
50 3 3 Jakub Štemberk  Czech Republic 1:51.65
51 4 1 Yordan Yanchev  Bulgaria 1:51.89
52 3 6 Markus Lie  Norway 1:51.98
52 3 0 Max Mannes  Luxembourg 1:51.98
54 3 8 Efe Turan  Turkey 1:52.02
55 3 7 Pit Brandenburger  Luxembourg 1:52.14
56 4 9 Lorenz Weiremans  Belgium 1:52.15
57 2 6 Marcus Holmquist  Sweden 1:52.26
58 2 3 Doğa Çelik  Turkey 1:52.34
59 5 3 Jan Świtkowski  Poland 1:52.45
60 2 9 Nikolas Antoniou  Cyprus 1:52.55 NR
61 2 7 Melikşah Düğen  Turkey 1:52.66
62 2 5 Tomas Navikonis  Lithuania 1:52.76
63 3 1 Aleksa Bobar  Serbia 1:53.11
64 2 2 Jakub Poliačik  Slovakia 1:53.41
65 1 4 Ralph Daleiden  Luxembourg 1:53.71
66 2 8 Jon Jøntvedt  Norway 1:53.76
67 2 0 Irakli Revishvili  Georgia 1:54.38
68 1 7 David Abesadze  Georgia 1:55.20
69 1 2 Filip Derkoski  North Macedonia 1:55.67
70 1 9 Artur Barseghyan  Armenia 1:56.01
71 1 6 Ado Gargović  Montenegro 1:56.45
72 1 3 Dylan Cachia  Malta 1:56.81
73 1 5 Arti Krasniqi  Kosovo 1:58.03
74 1 0 Eduard Tshagharyan  Armenia 1:59.21
75 1 1 Olt Kondirolli  Kosovo 2:00.45
76 1 8 Paolo Priska  Albania 2:05.14
6 2 Nándor Németh  Hungary Did not start
6 7 Roman Mityukov  Switzerland
7 0 Balázs Holló  Hungary
8 6 James Guy  Great Britain

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:46.19 Q
2 3 Robin Hanson  Sweden 1:46.50 Q, NR
3 5 Kristóf Milák  Hungary 1:46.77 q
4 2 Stefano Ballo  Italy 1:47.10
5 7 Kregor Zirk  Estonia 1:47.16
6 8 César Castro  Spain 1:47.18
7 6 Jordan Pothain  France 1:47.60
8 1 Jonathan Atsu  France 1:48.07

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Martin Malyutin  Russia 1:45.60 Q
2 2 Duncan Scott  Great Britain 1:46.15 Q
3 5 Thomas Dean  Great Britain 1:46.17 q
4 3 Antonio Djakovic  Switzerland 1:46.26 q
5 1 Velimir Stjepanović  Serbia 1:47.08 q
6 8 Nils Liess  Switzerland 1:47.16
7 6 Filippo Megli  Italy 1:47.74
8 7 Ivan Girev  Russia 1:47.95

Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Martin Malyutin  Russia 1:44.79 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Duncan Scott  Great Britain 1:45.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Thomas Dean  Great Britain 1:45.34
4 6 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:45.72
5 1 Kristóf Milák  Hungary 1:45.74
6 2 Antonio Djakovic  Switzerland 1:46.10
7 7 Robin Hanson  Sweden 1:47.34
8 8 Velimir Stjepanović  Serbia 1:47.66

References