# Swimming at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 June 2024.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 1:42.00 | Rome | 28 July 2009 |
| European record | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 1:42.00 | Rome | 28 July 2009 |
| Championship record | David Popovici | Romania | 1:42.97 | Rome | 15 August 2022 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 20 June at 09:30. Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | David Popovici | Romania | 1:45.44 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:47.18 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:47.27 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Antonio Djakovic | Switzerland | 1:47.61 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | Niko Janković | Croatia | 1:47.69 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 2 | Tomas Navikonis | Lithuania | 1:47.73 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Kamil Sieradzki | Poland | 1:47.80 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Bar Soloveychik | Israel | 1:47.88 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Tomas Koski | Finland | 1:47.97 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Robin Hanson | Sweden | 1:48.05 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 9 | Tomas Lukminas | Lithuania | 1:48.22 | |
| 12 | 6 | 8 | Konstantinos Englezakis | Greece | 1:48.25 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 7 | Romano Yoav | Israel | 1:48.27 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Oliver Søgaard-Andersen | Denmark | 1:48.36 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Philipp Peschke | Germany | 1:48.67 | Q |
| 16 | 7 | 5 | Dimitrios Markos | Greece | 1:48.72 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 6 | Sašo Boškan | Slovenia | 1:48.74 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | Illia Linnyk | Ukraine | 1:48.88 | |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Danny Schmidt | Germany | 1:49.02 | |
| 20 | 6 | 5 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 1:49.06 | |
| 21 | 7 | 1 | Evan Bailey | Ireland | 1:49.07 | |
| 22 | 5 | 7 | Richárd Márton | Hungary | 1:49.11 | |
| 22 | 6 | 1 | Jovan Lekic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:49.11 | |
| 24 | 4 | 4 | Kristupas Trepocka | Lithuania | 1:49.13 | |
| 25 | 7 | 6 | Kregor Zirk | Estonia | 1:49.24 | |
| 26 | 5 | 6 | Eitan Ben Shitrit | Israel | 1:49.25 | |
| 27 | 4 | 5 | Alexander Painter | Great Britain | 1:49.51 | |
| 28 | 3 | 4 | Yordan Yanchev | Bulgaria | 1:49.54 | |
| 29 | 4 | 6 | František Jablčník | Slovakia | 1:49.55 | |
| 30 | 7 | 8 | Attila Kovács | Hungary | 1:49.71 | |
| 31 | 3 | 5 | Vadym Naumenko | Ukraine | 1:49.83 | |
| 32 | 5 | 0 | Jarno Baschnitt | Germany | 1:49.96 | |
| 33 | 4 | 0 | Kenan Dracic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:50.42 | |
| 34 | 4 | 1 | Cormac Rynn | Ireland | 1:50.57 | |
| 35 | 4 | 8 | Tiago Behar | Switzerland | 1:51.03 | |
| 36 | 5 | 9 | Alexander Trampitsch | Austria | 1:51.07 | |
| 37 | 7 | 0 | Finn McGeever | Ireland | 1:51.39 | |
| 38 | 2 | 1 | Gian-Luca Gartmann | Switzerland | 1:51.50 | |
| 39 | 2 | 3 | Marius Toscan | Switzerland | 1:51.77 | |
| 40 | 3 | 2 | Luka Kukhalashvili | Georgia | 1:52.07 | |
| 41 | 3 | 8 | Loris Bianchi | San Marino | 1:52.15 | NR |
| 42 | 3 | 7 | Pavel Alovatki | Moldova | 1:52.43 | |
| 43 | 2 | 4 | Egor Covaliov | Moldova | 1:52.50 | |
| 44 | 3 | 6 | Ognjen Pilipović | Serbia | 1:52.79 | |
| 45 | 2 | 5 | Nikola Simic | Serbia | 1:53.03 | |
| 46 | 2 | 7 | Primož Senica Pavletic | Slovenia | 1:53.10 | |
| 47 | 2 | 2 | Mihailo Gasic | Serbia | 1:53.22 | |
| 48 | 3 | 1 | Reds Rullis | Latvia | 1:53.24 | |
| 48 | 3 | 9 | Arne Furlan Štular | Slovenia | 1:53.24 | |
| 50 | 3 | 0 | Artur Barseghyan | Armenia | 1:53.47 | |
| 51 | 2 | 6 | Jaka Pušnik | Slovenia | 1:53.49 | |
| 52 | 4 | 7 | Lars Kuljus | Estonia | 1:53.96 | |
| 53 | 1 | 5 | Mackey Nurkic Kacapor | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:54.13 | |
| 54 | 2 | 8 | Filip Kuruzovic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:54.13 | |
| 55 | 5 | 8 | Marius Zobel | Germany | 1:54.58 | |
| 56 | 2 | 9 | Alaa Maso | ERT | 1:55.47 | |
| 57 | 2 | 0 | Nikola Ǵuretanoviḱ | North Macedonia | 1:55.55 | |
| 58 | 3 | 3 | Mihai Gergely | Romania | 1:57.40 | |
| 59 | 1 | 4 | Bernat Lomero | Andorra | 2:16.34 | |
| | 1 | 3 | Deniel Nankov | Bulgaria | DNS | DNS |
| | 4 | 2 | Andreas Vazaios | Greece | DNS | DNS |
| | 7 | 9 | Alexey Glivinskiy | Israel | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinal were started on 20 June at 18:41. Qualification Rules: The first 2 competitors of each semifinal and the remaining fastest (up to a total of 8 qualified competitors) from the semifinals advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | David Popovici | Romania | 1:46.15 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:46.44 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | Dimitrios Markos | Greece | 1:46.46 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Kamil Sieradzki | Poland | 1:46.63 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:47.12 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Antonio Djakovic | Switzerland | 1:47.31 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Konstantinos Englezakis | Greece | 1:47.34 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Niko Janković | Croatia | 1:47.36 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Tomas Navikonis | Lithuania | 1:47.62 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Robin Hanson | Sweden | 1:48.08 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Tomas Koski | Finland | 1:48.15 | |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Bar Soloveychik | Israel | 1:48.17 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Oliver Søgaard-Andersen | Denmark | 1:48.18 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Sašo Boškan | Slovenia | 1:48.22 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Philipp Peschke | Germany | 1:48.24 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Romano Yoav | Israel | 1:48.45 | |

### Final

The final was held on 21 June at 18:36.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | David Popovici | Romania | 1:43.13 |
| | 5 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:45.65 |
| | 7 | Antonio Djakovic | Switzerland | 1:46.32 |
| 4 | 8 | Niko Janković | Croatia | 1:46.48 |
| 5 | 1 | Konstantinos Englezakis | Greece | 1:46.78 |
| 6 | 3 | Dimitrios Markos | Greece | 1:46.89 |
| 7 | 6 | Kamil Sieradzki | Poland | 1:47.00 |
| 8 | 2 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:47.64 |