| Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Foro Italico | |||||||||
| Dates | 13 August (heats and semifinals) 14 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:08.96 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| ← 20202024 → | ||||||||||
| 2022 European Aquatics Championships | ||
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| Artistic swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | men | women |
| Free | men | women |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Technical | mixed | |
| Free | women | |
| Free | mixed | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Highlights | women | |
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| 10 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| High diving | ||
| 20 m | women | |
| 27 m | men | |
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Team | team | |
| 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 |
| mixed | ||
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 13 and 14 August 2022.
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.
Semifinals
The semifinals were started on 13 August at 19:04.
| 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.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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8 | James Wilby | Great Britain |
2:08.96 | |
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4 | Matti Mattsson | Finland |
2:09.40 | |
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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 |