title: Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle
  
  The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 6 and 7 August 2018.
  
  ## 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.
  
  | 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 | Did not start |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  The semifinals were started on 6 August at 17:21.
  
  **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.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 8 | Duncan Scott | Great Britain | 1:45.34 |
  | | 4 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:46.07 |
  | | 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 |
  