Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships
VenueForo Italico
Dates13 August (heats and semifinals)
14 August (final)
Competitors30 from 20 nations
Winning time2:08.96
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    Finland
bronze medal    Italy
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The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 13 and 14 August 2022.[1][2]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Zac Stubblety-Cook  Australia 2:05.95 Adelaide 19 May 2022
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 13 August at 09:42.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 6 Matěj Zábojník  Czech Republic 2:11.16 Q
2 3 4 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:11.51 Q
3 4 5 Anton Sveinn McKee  Iceland 2:11.82 Q
4 3 8 Gabriel Lopes  Portugal 2:11.92 Q, NR
5 3 5 Andrius Šidlauskas  Lithuania 2:12.47 Q
6 3 3 Dawid Wiekiera  Poland 2:12.50 Q
7 4 2 Darragh Greene  Ireland 2:12.53 Q
8 4 3 Lyubomir Epitropov  Bulgaria 2:12.56 Q
9 3 1 Maksym Ovchinnikov  Ukraine 2:12.69 Q
10 2 3 Luca Pizzini  Italy 2:12.72 Q
11 2 4 James Wilby  Great Britain 2:12.87 Q
12 2 2 Greg Butler  Great Britain 2:13.08 Q
13 2 5 Antoine Viquerat  France 2:13.35 Q
14 4 9 David Verrasztó  Hungary 2:13.81 Q
15 2 6 Andrea Castello  Italy 2:13.88 Q
16 4 8 Gábor Zombori  Hungary 2:13.93 Q
17 4 7 Daniel Raisanen  Sweden 2:14.48
18 3 2 Eoin Corby  Ireland 2:14.75
19 2 8 Christoffer Haarsaker  Norway 2:14.95
20 3 0 Daniils Bobrovs  Latvia 2:14.96
21 2 0 David Kyzymenko  Ukraine 2:15.40
22 2 1 Aleksas Savickas  Lithuania 2:15.63
23 4 1 Luka Mladenovic  Austria 2:15.98
24 4 0 Maksym Tkachuk  Ukraine 2:16.42
25 2 9 William Lulek  Sweden 2:17.89
26 1 4 Denis Svet  Moldova 2:18.46
27 3 9 Constantin Malachi  Romania 2:18.51
28 1 3 Even Qarri  Albania 2:34.53
3 6 Christopher Rothbauer  Austria Disqualified
3 7 Savvas Thomoglou  Greece
1 5 Giacomo Casadei  San Marino Did not start
2 7 Carles Coll  Spain
4 4 Arno Kamminga  Netherlands

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 13 August at 19:04.[4]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 4 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:09.88 Q
2 1 2 Luca Pizzini  Italy 2:10.48 Q
3 2 3 Andrius Šidlauskas  Lithuania 2:10.59 Q
4 1 3 Dawid Wiekiera  Poland 2:10.60 q
5 2 1 Antoine Viquerat  France 2:11.14 Q
6 2 5 Anton Sveinn McKee  Iceland 2:11.47 q
7 2 4 Matěj Zábojník  Czech Republic 2:11.48 q
8 2 7 James Wilby  Great Britain 2:11.73 Q
9 1 6 Lyubomir Epitropov  Bulgaria 2:12.08
10 1 5 Gabriel Lopes  Portugal 2:12.37
11 2 2 Maksym Ovchinnikov  Ukraine 2:12.62
12 1 1 David Verrasztó  Hungary 2:12.64
13 2 6 Darragh Greene  Ireland 2:12.73
14 1 7 Greg Butler  Great Britain 2:13.21
15 1 8 Gábor Zombori  Hungary 2:13.47
16 2 8 Andrea Castello  Italy 2:13.57

Final

The final was started on 14 August at 19:08.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 James Wilby  Great Britain 2:08.96
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:09.40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Luca Pizzini  Italy 2:09.97
4 6 Dawid Wiekiera  Poland 2:10.27
5 3 Andrius Šidlauskas  Lithuania 2:10.45
6 7 Anton Sveinn McKee  Iceland 2:10.96
7 2 Antoine Viquerat  France 2:11.14
8 1 Matěj Zábojník  Czech Republic 2:12.27

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