title: Swimming at the 2015 European Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke
text: # Swimming at the 2015 European Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke
  
  The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2015 European Games in Baku took place on 25 and 26 June at the Aquatic Palace.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  The heats were started on 25 June at 10:11.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | 4 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:59.06 | Q, GR |
  | 2 | 4 | 5 | Roman Larin | Russia | 2:01.00 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | 5 | Jacopo Bietti | Italy | 2:01.03 | Q |
  | 4 | 3 | 4 | Joe Hulme | Great Britain | 2:01.11 | Q |
  | 5 | 3 | 3 | Jakub Skierka | Poland | 2:01.13 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | 2 | Tomáš Franta | Czech Republic | 2:01.64 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | 3 | Petter Fredriksson | Sweden | 2:02.08 | Q |
  | 8 | 4 | 2 | Bence Szucsik | Hungary | 2:02.27 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | 4 | Mikita Tsmyh | Belarus | 2:02.69 | Q |
  | 10 | 4 | 6 | Luigi Paciolla | Italy | 2:02.79 | Q |
  | 11 | 4 | 3 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece | 2:03.18 | Q |
  | 12 | 2 | 8 | Oskar Ericsson | Sweden | 2:03.67 | Q |
  | 13 | 2 | 7 | Joe Litchfield | Great Britain | 2:03.71 | |
  | 14 | 2 | 5 | Kirill Titov | Russia | 2:04.03 | Q |
  | 15 | 3 | 6 | Christoffer Fredrikson | Finland | 2:04.19 | Q |
  | 16 | 3 | 7 | Franz Müller | Germany | 2:04.36 | Q |
  | 17 | 2 | 0 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 2:04.49 | |
  | 18 | 4 | 1 | Dominik Varga | Hungary | 2:04.85 | Q |
  | 19 | 3 | 8 | João Vital | Portugal | 2:05.28 | |
  | 20 | 4 | 9 | Ole Braunschweig | Germany | 2:05.40 | |
  | 21 | 4 | 8 | Rory McEvoy | Ireland | 2:05.49 | |
  | 22 | 3 | 2 | Moritz Walaschewski | Germany | 2:05.72 | |
  | 23 | 3 | 1 | Vito Vodenik | Slovenia | 2:05.83 | |
  | 24 | 3 | 0 | Daniel Kaplan | Israel | 2:06.27 | |
  | 25 | 1 | 2 | Andrei Gussev | Estonia | 2:07.06 | |
  | 26 | 4 | 0 | Berk Özkul | Turkey | 2:07.08 | |
  | 27 | 2 | 1 | Tomer Drori | Israel | 2:07.27 | |
  | 28 | 1 | 4 | Max Mannes | Luxembourg | 2:07.58 | |
  | 29 | 2 | 6 | Robert Glință | Romania | 2:07.98 | |
  | 30 | 1 | 5 | Alexander Světlík | Slovakia | 2:09.43 | |
  | 31 | 1 | 7 | Qriqoriy Kalminskiy | Azerbaijan | 2:09.69 | |
  | 32 | 3 | 9 | Rasim Oğulcan Gör | Turkey | 2:09.78 | |
  | 33 | 1 | 8 | Bragi Snær Hallsson | Iceland | 2:10.31 | |
  | 34 | 1 | 6 | Timothy Schlatter | Switzerland | 2:10.65 | |
  | 35 | 1 | 3 | Alan Corby | Ireland | 2:10.94 | |
  | 36 | 4 | 7 | Lorenzo Glessi | Italy | 2:11.91 | |
  | 37 | 2 | 9 | Denys Martyniuk | Ukraine | 2:14.19 | |
  | 38 | 1 | 0 | Adrian Negru | Moldova | 2:16.08 | |
  | 39 | 1 | 1 | Tarik Hoch | Liechtenstein | 2:20.24 | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  The semifinals were started on 25 June at 18:00.
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 5 | Joe Hulme | Great Britain | 2:00.23 | Q |
  | 2 | 4 | Roman Larin | Russia | 2:01.24 | Q |
  | 3 | 6 | Bence Szucsik | Hungary | 2:01.31 | q |
  | 4 | 3 | Tomáš Franta | Czech Republic | 2:02.36 | |
  | 5 | 2 | Luigi Paciolla | Italy | 2:03.05 | |
  | 6 | 1 | Christoffer Fredrikson | Finland | 2:03.27 | |
  | 7 | 7 | Oskar Ericsson | Sweden | 2:03.34 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Dominik Varga | Hungary | 2:05.05 | |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:57.53 | Q, GR |
  | 2 | 3 | Jakub Skierka | Poland | 1:59.95 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Mikita Tsmyh | Belarus | 2:00.90 | q |
  | 4 | 6 | Petter Fredriksson | Sweden | 2:01.51 | q |
  | 5 | 5 | Jacopo Bietti | Italy | 2:01.96 | q |
  | 6 | 7 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece | 2:02.54 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Kirill Titov | Russia | 2:03.43 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Franz Müller | Germany | 2:04.64 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held on 26 June at 18:29.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:56.89 | GR, WJ |
  | | 6 | Mikita Tsmyh | Belarus | 1:59.46 | |
  | | 2 | Roman Larin | Russia | 1:59.60 | |
  | 4 | 5 | Jakub Skierka | Poland | 1:59.78 | |
  | 5 | 3 | Joe Hulme | Great Britain | 2:00.16 | |
  | 6 | 1 | Petter Fredriksson | Sweden | 2:01.20 | |
  | 7 | 8 | Jacopo Bietti | Italy | 2:01.33 | |
  | 8 | 7 | Bence Szucsik | Hungary | 2:01.62 | |
  