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

The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 5 and 6 August 2018.[1][2]

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates5 August (heats and semifinals)
6 August (final)
Competitors32 from 21 nations
Winning time2:06.80
Medalists
gold medal    Russia
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    Italy
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Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Ippei Watanabe   Japan 2:06.67 Tokyo 29 January 2017
European record Anton Chupkov   Russia 2:06.96 Budapest 28 July 2017
Championship record Marco Koch   Germany 2:07.47 Berlin 21 August 2014

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
6 August Final Anton Chupkov   Russia 2:06.80 CR, ER

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 5 August at 10:32.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Anton Chupkov   Russia 2:07.70 Q
2 4 5 Kirill Prigoda   Russia 2:08.91 Q
3 3 5 Ilya Khomenko   Russia 2:09.63
4 4 3 Luca Pizzini   Italy 2:10.18 Q
5 3 4 Ross Murdoch   Great Britain 2:10.30 Q
6 2 4 James Wilby   Great Britain 2:10.81 Q
7 2 5 Arno Kamminga   Netherlands 2:10.82 Q
8 3 2 Darragh Greene   Ireland 2:11.22 Q
9 3 3 Mikhail Dorinov   Russia 2:11.29
10 4 2 Matti Mattsson   Finland 2:11.44 Q
11 2 0 Mykyta Koptyelov   Ukraine 2:11.50 Q
12 4 1 Andrius Šidlauskas   Lithuania 2:11.52 Q
13 3 1 Valentin Bayer   Austria 2:11.73 Q
14 2 2 Dávid Horváth   Hungary 2:11.85 Q
15 2 3 Erik Persson   Sweden 2:12.43 Q
16 2 1 Jacques Laeuffer   Switzerland 2:12.57 Q
17 2 7 Christopher Rothbauer   Austria 2:12.61 Q
18 3 7 Bartłomiej Roguski   Poland 2:12.69 Q
19 2 6 Max Pilger   Germany 2:12.84
20 4 6 Giedrius Titenis   Lithuania 2:13.16
21 3 6 Yannick Käser   Switzerland 2:13.66
22 4 7 Ilya Shymanovich   Belarus 2:13.85
23 4 0 Martin Allikvee   Estonia 2:13.93
24 2 9 Ivan Strilets   Ukraine 2:13.94
25 4 8 Filip Chrápavý   Czech Republic 2:13.99
26 3 9 Tomáš Klobučník   Slovakia 2:14.04
27 3 0 Lyubomir Epitropov   Bulgaria 2:14.20
28 2 8 Johannes Dietrich   Austria 2:14.30
29 3 8 Daniils Bobrovs   Latvia 2:14.69
30 1 4 Tomas Veloso   Portugal 2:15.95
31 1 3 Lachezar Shumkov   Bulgaria 2:17.22
32 1 2 Jozef Beňo   Slovakia 2:18.33
1 5 Berkay Öğretir   Turkey Did not start
4 9 Teemu Vuorela   Finland

Semifinals

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The semifinals were started on 5 August at 17:49.[4]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Ross Murdoch   Great Britain 2:08.57 Q
2 4 Kirill Prigoda   Russia 2:08.63 Q
3 3 Arno Kamminga   Netherlands 2:10.00 Q
4 2 Andrius Šidlauskas   Lithuania 2:10.12 Q
5 6 Matti Mattsson   Finland 2:10.19
6 7 Dávid Horváth   Hungary 2:10.70
7 8 Bartłomiej Roguski   Poland 2:11.32
8 1 Jacques Laeuffer   Switzerland 2:12.44

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Anton Chupkov   Russia 2:07.95 Q
2 5 Luca Pizzini   Italy 2:08.52 Q
3 3 James Wilby   Great Britain 2:09.59 Q
4 1 Erik Persson   Sweden 2:09.84 Q
5 2 Mykyta Koptyelov   Ukraine 2:10.41
6 6 Darragh Greene   Ireland 2:11.36
7 7 Valentin Bayer   Austria 2:12.33
8 8 Christopher Rothbauer   Austria 2:12.44

Final

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The final was started on 6 August at 18:08.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Anton Chupkov   Russia 2:06.80 CR, ER
  2 James Wilby   Great Britain 2:08.39
  5 Luca Pizzini   Italy 2:08.54
4 3 Ross Murdoch   Great Britain 2:08.55
5 6 Kirill Prigoda   Russia 2:08.77
6 8 Andrius Šidlauskas   Lithuania 2:09.71
7 1 Arno Kamminga   Netherlands 2:09.87
8 7 Erik Persson   Sweden 2:10.25

References

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