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

The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 June 2024.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Qin Haiyang | China | 2:05.48 | Fukuoka | 28 July 2023 |
| European record | Anton Chupkov | Russia | 2:06.12 | Gwangju | 26 July 2019 |
| Championship record | Anton Chupkov | Russia | 2:06.80 | Glasgow | 6 August 2018 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 19 June at 10:10. Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Anton McKee | Iceland | 2:11.96 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Jérémy Desplanches | Switzerland | 2:12.32 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Jan Kałusowski | Poland | 2:12.34 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Erik Persson | Sweden | 2:12.62 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Darragh Greene | Ireland | 2:12.87 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Lyubomir Epitropov | Bulgaria | 2:12.87 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Maksym Ovchinnikov | Ukraine | 2:12.87 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Christopher Rothbauer | Austria | 2:13.21 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Daniils Bobrovs | Latvia | 2:13.34 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Eoin Corby | Ireland | 2:13.74 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 2:14.00 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Vojtech Netrh | Czech Republic | 2:14.17 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Denis Svet | Moldova | 2:15.13 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Jonathan Itzhaki | Israel | 2:15.46 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Finn Wendland | Germany | 2:15.81 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Constantin Malachi | Moldova | 2:15.81 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 6 | Uiseann Cooke | Ireland | 2:16.15 | |
| 18 | 1 | 7 | Finn Kemp | Luxembourg | 2:16.67 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | João Reisen | Luxembourg | 2:16.97 | |
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Jakub Bursa | Czech Republic | 2:17.95 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Kristaps Mikelsons | Latvia | 2:19.26 | |
| 22 | 1 | 1 | Marko Priednieks | Latvia | 2:19.41 | |
| 23 | 3 | 0 | Jami Ihalainen | Finland | 2:20.45 | |
| 24 | 1 | 0 | Matīss Kaktiņš | Latvia | 2:21.84 | |
| 25 | 1 | 8 | Jonas Gaur | Denmark | 2:22.38 | |
| 26 | 3 | 9 | Juraj Barcot | Croatia | 2:22.84 | |
| 27 | 2 | 8 | Matija Rađenović | Serbia | 2:24.91 | |
| 28 | 2 | 0 | Andrej Stojanovski | North Macedonia | 2:26.14 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinal were started on 19 June at 19:34. 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 | Anton McKee | Iceland | 2:10.14 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Jan Kałusowski | Poland | 2:10.35 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Lyubomir Epitropov | Bulgaria | 2:10.38 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Erik Persson | Sweden | 2:10.72 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Eoin Corby | Ireland | 2:11.62 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Maksym Ovchinnikov | Ukraine | 2:12.00 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Christopher Rothbauer | Austria | 2:12.79 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 2:13.23 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Vojtech Netrh | Czech Republic | 2:13.41 | |
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Darragh Greene | Ireland | 2:13.42 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Daniils Bobrovs | Latvia | 2:13.53 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Finn Wendland | Germany | 2:14.85 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Denis Svet | Moldova | 2:15.23 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | João Reisen | Luxembourg | 2:15.45 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Finn Kemp | Luxembourg | 2:16.62 | |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | Constantin Malachi | Moldova | 2:18.74 | |

### Final

The final was held on 20 June at 19:31.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Lyubomir Epitropov | Bulgaria | 2:09.45 | NR |
| | 6 | Erik Persson | Sweden | 2:09.45 | |
| | 5 | Jan Kałusowski | Poland | 2:10.20 | |
| 4 | 4 | Anton McKee | Iceland | 2:10.28 | |
| 5 | 7 | Maksym Ovchinnikov | Ukraine | 2:11.84 | |
| 6 | 8 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 2:12.36 | |
| 7 | 2 | Eoin Corby | Ireland | 2:12.71 | |
| 8 | 1 | Christopher Rothbauer | Austria | 2:13.07 | |