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

Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates5 August (heats and semifinals)
6 August (final)
Competitors32 from 20 nations
Winning time1:57.04
Medalists
gold medal     Switzerland
silver medal    Germany
bronze medal    Great Britain
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The Men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 5 and 6 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 Ryan Lochte  United States 1:54.00 Shanghai 28 July 2011
European record László Cseh  Hungary 1:55.18 Rome 29 July 2009
Championship record László Cseh  Hungary 1:56.66 Debrecen 23 May 2012

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 5 August at 09:30.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 3 Mark Szaranek  Great Britain 1:58.07 Q
2 3 4 Max Litchfield  Great Britain 1:58.12 Q
3 4 5 Duncan Scott  Great Britain 1:58.57
4 2 5 Hugo González  Spain 1:58.99 Q
5 3 5 Andreas Vazaios  Greece 1:59.40 Q
6 2 4 Jérémy Desplanches  Switzerland 1:59.88 Q
7 2 6 Semen Makovich  Russia 2:00.06 Q
8 4 6 Alexis Santos  Portugal 2:00.24 Q
9 2 3 Thomas Dean  Great Britain 2:00.32
10 4 4 Philip Heintz  Germany 2:00.34 Q
11 3 1 Simon Sjödin  Sweden 2:00.65 Q
12 2 7 Maxim Stupin  Russia 2:00.72 Q
13 2 2 Diogo Carvalho  Portugal 2:00.84 Q
13 2 1 Arjan Knipping  Netherlands 2:00.84 Q
15 3 6 Dávid Verrasztó  Hungary 2:00.94 Q
16 3 2 Gabriel Lópes  Portugal 2:01.42
17 4 3 Andrey Zhilkin  Russia 2:01.54
18 4 8 Dawid Szwedzki  Poland 2:02.03 Q
19 4 7 Etay Gurevich  Israel 2:02.05 Q
20 4 1 Raphaël Stacchiotti  Luxembourg 2:02.34 Q
20 3 9 Metin Aydın  Turkey 2:02.34
22 3 7 Georgios Spanoudakis  Greece 2:02.56
23 4 2 Federico Turrini  Italy 2:03.19
24 2 0 Povilas Strazdas  Lithuania 2:03.63
25 2 8 Christoph Meier  Liechtenstein 2:03.86
26 4 0 Apostolos Papastamos  Greece 2:04.55
27 4 9 Samet Alkan  Turkey 2:04.81
28 3 8 Teemu Vuorela  Finland 2:04.85
29 3 0 Alpkan Örnek  Turkey 2:05.39
30 1 3 Batuhan Hakan  Turkey 2:07.08
31 1 4 Alvi Hjelm  Faroe Islands 2:07.88
32 1 5 Cevin Siim  Estonia 2:08.45

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 5 August at 18:26.[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Philip Heintz  Germany 1:57.56 Q
2 4 Max Litchfield  Great Britain 1:57.62 Q
3 5 Andreas Vazaios  Greece 1:58.48 Q
4 3 Semen Makovich  Russia 2:00.00 Q
5 7 Diogo Carvalho  Portugal 2:00.51
6 2 Maxim Stupin  Russia 2:01.15
7 8 Raphaël Stacchiotti  Luxembourg 2:01.99
8 1 Dawid Szwedzki  Poland 2:03.64

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Jérémy Desplanches  Switzerland 1:57.99 Q
2 4 Mark Szaranek  Great Britain 1:58.22 Q
3 5 Hugo González  Spain 1:59.28 Q
4 6 Alexis Santos  Portugal 1:59.89 Q
5 2 Simon Sjödin  Sweden 2:00.45
6 7 Arjan Knipping  Netherlands 2:00.87
7 1 Dávid Verrasztó  Hungary 2:00.90
8 8 Etay Gurevich  Israel 2:02.77

Final

The final was started on 6 August at 18:15.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Jérémy Desplanches  Switzerland 1:57.04
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Philip Heintz  Germany 1:57.83
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Max Litchfield  Great Britain 1:57.96
4 7 Hugo González  Spain 1:58.77
5 6 Mark Szaranek  Great Britain 1:58.88
5 2 Andreas Vazaios  Greece 1:58.88
7 1 Alexis Santos  Portugal 1:59.99
8 8 Semen Makovich  Russia 2:00.07

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