Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates6 August (heats and semifinals)
7 August (final)
Competitors62 from 27 nations
Winning time1:45.34
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    Lithuania
bronze medal    Russia
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The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 6 and 7 August 2018.[1][2]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record
European record
Paul Biedermann  Germany 1:42.00 Rome 28 July 2009
Championship record Pieter van den Hoogenband  Netherlands 1:44.89 Berlin 2 August 2002

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 6 August at 09:30.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 4 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:46.55 Q
2 7 3 Mikhail Vekovishchev  Russia 1:46.67 Q
3 5 4 James Guy  Great Britain 1:47.67 Q
4 7 2 Jan Świtkowski  Poland 1:48.09 Q
5 5 3 Filippo Megli  Italy 1:48.15 Q
6 6 6 Velimir Stjepanović  Serbia 1:48.22 Q
7 6 5 Mikhail Dovgalyuk  Russia 1:48.24 Q
8 6 2 Jacob Heidtmann  Germany 1:48.34 Q
9 5 2 Felix Auböck  Austria 1:48.37 Q
10 7 1 Denis Loktev  Israel 1:48.42 Q
11 6 4 Duncan Scott  Great Britain 1:48.53 Q
12 6 7 Jonathan Atsu  France 1:48.62 Q
13 6 9 Maarten Brzoskowski  Netherlands 1:48.72 Q
14 7 8 Nils Liess  Switzerland 1:49.00 Q
15 6 3 Calum Jarvis  Great Britain 1:49.19
16 5 6 Viacheslav Andrusenko  Russia 1:49.21
17 5 5 Kacper Majchrzak  Poland 1:49.23 Q
18 7 7 Kyle Stolk  Netherlands 1:49.34 Q
19 7 6 Nándor Németh  Hungary 1:49.41
19 7 9 Robin Hanson  Sweden 1:49.41
21 7 0 Alexandre Marcourt  Belgium 1:49.46
22 5 9 Matteo Ciampi  Italy 1:49.47
23 3 5 Álex Rámos  Spain 1:49.50
24 3 4 Jan Hołub  Poland 1:49.55
25 5 8 Roman Fuchs  France 1:49.61
26 5 1 Jordan Pothain  France 1:49.62
27 6 0 César Castro Valle  Spain 1:49.63
28 4 1 Thomas Thijs  Belgium 1:49.69
29 4 5 Mattia Zuin  Italy 1:49.72
30 3 8 Erge Can Gezmiş  Turkey 1:49.88
31 3 1 Miguel Nascimento  Portugal 1:49.90
32 6 1 Martin Malyutin  Russia 1:49.97
33 4 2 Stan Pijnenburg  Netherlands 1:50.02
34 3 0 Alexander Trampitsch  Austria 1:50.06
35 5 7 Cameron Kurle  Great Britain 1:50.08
35 3 6 Daniel Namir  Israel 1:50.08
37 3 2 Kregor Zirk  Estonia 1:50.21
38 3 3 Marc Sánchez  Spain 1:50.22
39 4 8 Miguel Durán  Spain 1:50.31
40 4 6 Lorenz Weiremans  Belgium 1:50.35
41 4 3 Dion Dreesens  Netherlands 1:50.47
42 4 0 Sebastien De Meulemeester  Belgium 1:50.52
43 4 7 Gustaf Dahlman  Sweden 1:50.53
44 4 9 Adam Paulsson  Sweden 1:50.74
45 6 8 Jordan Sloan  Ireland 1:50.76
46 4 4 Stefano Di Cola  Italy 1:51.06
47 3 7 Markus Lie  Norway 1:51.10
48 2 3 Bence Biczó  Hungary 1:51.12
49 2 8 Batuhan Hakan  Turkey 1:51.76
50 2 5 Filip Zelić  Croatia 1:52.18
51 2 4 Tomas Sungaila  Lithuania 1:53.17
52 2 7 Irakli Revishvili  Georgia 1:54.58
53 3 9 Yonatan Batsha  Israel 1:54.62
54 2 6 Doğa Çelik  Turkey 1:54.91
55 2 2 Andri Aedma  Estonia 1:55.10
56 2 1 Nikita Tsernosev  Estonia 1:55.11
57 2 9 Cristian Santi  San Marino 1:59.05
58 1 5 Franc Aleksi  Albania 1:59.23
59 1 4 Gianluca Pasolini  San Marino 1:59.36
60 2 0 Matthew Galea  Malta 2:00.65
61 1 6 Dren Ukimeraj  Kosovo 2:03.04
62 1 3 Dijon Kadriju  Kosovo 2:05.00
7 5 Dominik Kozma  Hungary Did not start

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 6 August at 17:21.[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Mikhail Vekovishchev  Russia 1:46.70 Q
2 6 Jacob Heidtmann  Germany 1:46.83 Q
3 3 Velimir Stjepanović  Serbia 1:46.84 Q
4 5 Jan Świtkowski  Poland 1:47.77
5 2 Denis Loktev  Israel 1:48.48
6 7 Jonathan Atsu  France 1:48.62
7 8 Kyle Stolk  Netherlands 1:48.63
8 1 Nils Liess  Switzerland 1:48.76

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:45.33 Q
2 5 James Guy  Great Britain 1:46.44 Q
3 6 Mikhail Dovgalyuk  Russia 1:46.69 Q
4 3 Filippo Megli  Italy 1:46.70 Q
5 7 Duncan Scott  Great Britain 1:46.97 Q
6 8 Kacper Majchrzak  Poland 1:47.64
7 2 Felix Auböck  Austria 1:47.81
8 1 Maarten Brzoskowski  Netherlands 1:49.33

Final

The final was started on 7 August at 17:18.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 Duncan Scott  Great Britain 1:45.34
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:46.07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Mikhail Dovgalyuk  Russia 1:46.15
4 5 James Guy  Great Britain 1:46.20
5 2 Filippo Megli  Italy 1:46.60
6 6 Mikhail Vekovishchev  Russia 1:46.79
7 1 Velimir Stjepanović  Serbia 1:47.00
8 7 Jacob Heidtmann  Germany 1:47.26

References