| Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 20–21 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 25 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:07.47 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2014 European Aquatics Championships | ||
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| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Team | team | |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Individual | Solo | Duet |
| Team | Team | Combination |
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Team | team | |
The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20–21 August.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Akihiro Yamaguchi |  Japan |
2:07.01 | Gifu | 15 September 2012 |
| European record | Dániel Gyurta |  Hungary |
2:07.23 | Barcelona | 2 August 2013 |
| Championship record | Dániel Gyurta | Hungary |
2:08.60 | Debrecen | 24 May 2012 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 10:01.
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 18:25.
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Ross Murdoch |  Great Britain |
2:08.65 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Andrew Willis | Great Britain |
2:08.93 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Luca Pizzini |  Italy |
2:10.90 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Kirill Prigoda |  Russia |
2:11.26 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Matti Mattsson |  Finland |
2:12.93 | |
| 6 | 1 | Erik Persson |  Sweden |
2:13.09 | |
| 7 | 7 | Thomas Dahlia |  France |
2:13.29 | |
| 8 | 8 | Quentin Coton | France |
2:13.61 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Marco Koch |  Germany |
2:08.83 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Ilya Khomenko | Russia |
2:10.00 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Giedrius Titenis |  Lithuania |
2:10.05 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Laurent Carnol |  Luxembourg |
2:11.89 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Dmytro Oseledets |  Ukraine |
2:12.27 | |
| 6 | 2 | Mikolaj Machnik |  Poland |
2:12.98 | |
| 7 | 8 | Melquíades Álvarez |  Spain |
2:14.62 | |
| 8 | 1 | Yannick Käser |  Switzerland |
2:14.67 |
Final
The final was held at 18:46.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Marco Koch | Germany |
2:07.47 | CR |
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4 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain |
2:07.77 | |
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2 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania |
2:08.93 | |
| 4 | 3 | Andrew Willis | Great Britain |
2:09.19 | |
| 5 | 6 | Ilya Khomenko | Russia |
2:10.36 | |
| 6 | 7 | Luca Pizzini | Italy |
2:10.93 | |
| 7 | 8 | Laurent Carnol | Luxembourg |
2:12.50 | |
| 8 | 1 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia |
2:12.96 |