# Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 May 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | 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 | Pieter van den Hoogenband | Netherlands | 1:44.89 | Berlin | 2 August 2002 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 17 May at 10:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | 2 | Glenn Surgeloose | Belgium | 1:46.93 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:47.03 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 4 | James Guy | Great Britain | 1:47.11 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 5 | Maarten Brzoskowski | Netherlands | 1:47.35 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 2 | Matias Koski | Finland | 1:47.48 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | 8 | Kacper Majchrzak | Poland | 1:47.59 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 8 | Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo | Italy | 1:47.61 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 4 | Sebastiaan Verschuren | Netherlands | 1:47.69 | Q |
| 9 | 8 | 3 | Dion Dreesens | Netherlands | 1:48.05 | |
| 10 | 7 | 6 | Pieter Timmers | Belgium | 1:48.09 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 7 | Lorys Bourelly | France | 1:48.16 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 6 | Louis Croenen | Belgium | 1:48.29 | |
| 13 | 8 | 7 | Dominik Kozma | Hungary | 1:48.45 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 6 | Albert Puig | Spain | 1:48.73 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 5 | Jordan Pothain | France | 1:48.79 | Q |
| 16 | 8 | 6 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 1:48.80 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 4 | Víctor Martín | Spain | 1:48.81 | Q |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Kyle Stolk | Netherlands | 1:48.83 | |
| 19 | 7 | 2 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 1:48.89 | Q |
| 20 | 8 | 5 | Robert Renwick | Great Britain | 1:48.95 | |
| 21 | 6 | 9 | Dieter Dekoninck | Belgium | 1:48.98 | |
| 22 | 5 | 2 | Jordan Sloan | Ireland | 1:49.01 | |
| 23 | 4 | 2 | Doğa Çelik | Turkey | 1:49.15 | |
| 24 | 8 | 9 | Tom Kremer | Israel | 1:49.36 | |
| 25 | 3 | 1 | Marius Radu | Romania | 1:49.39 | |
| 26 | 4 | 1 | Isak Eliasson | Sweden | 1:49.53 | |
| 27 | 5 | 7 | Adam Paulsson | Sweden | 1:49.57 | |
| 28 | 4 | 7 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 1:49.63 | |
| 29 | 7 | 0 | Filippo Megli | Italy | 1:49.72 | |
| 30 | 7 | 3 | Duncan Scott | Great Britain | 1:49.77 | |
| 31 | 6 | 1 | Alexandre Haldemann | Switzerland | 1:49.80 | |
| 32 | 5 | 0 | Dimitrios Dimitriou | Greece | 1:49.82 | |
| 33 | 4 | 6 | Kacper Klich | Poland | 1:49.97 | |
| 34 | 8 | 0 | Illya Teslenko | Ukraine | 1:50.00 | |
| 35 | 3 | 5 | Henning Mühlleitner | Germany | 1:50.12 | |
| 36 | 5 | 5 | Henrik Christiansen | Norway | 1:50.17 | |
| 37 | 4 | 8 | Christoffer Carlsen | Sweden | 1:50.21 | |
| 38 | 4 | 4 | Anže Tavčar | Slovenia | 1:50.30 | |
| 39 | 5 | 9 | Nils Liess | Switzerland | 1:50.53 | |
| 40 | 5 | 1 | Ido Haber | Israel | 1:50.62 | |
| 40 | 7 | 8 | Miguel Durán | Spain | 1:50.62 | |
| 42 | 6 | 0 | Alexi Konovalov | Israel | 1:50.64 | |
| 43 | 3 | 7 | Aleksi Schmid | Switzerland | 1:50.67 | |
| 44 | 3 | 2 | Kregor Zirk | Estonia | 1:50.70 | |
| 45 | 7 | 9 | David Brandl | Austria | 1:50.93 | |
| 46 | 3 | 4 | Miguel Nascimento | Portugal | 1:50.99 | |
| 46 | 2 | 4 | Uroš Nikolić | Serbia | 1:50.99 | |
| 48 | 3 | 3 | Kaan Özcan | Turkey | 1:51.00 | |
| 49 | 3 | 8 | Gustaf Dahlman | Sweden | 1:51.24 | |
| 50 | 2 | 2 | Kemal Arda Gürdal | Turkey | 1:51.26 | |
| 51 | 3 | 6 | Ergecan Gezmiş | Turkey | 1:51.33 | |
| 52 | 2 | 5 | Pit Brandenburger | Luxembourg | 1:51.55 | |
| 52 | 5 | 3 | Alexei Sancov | Moldova | 1:51.55 | |
| 54 | 4 | 3 | Markus Lie | Norway | 1:51.60 | |
| 55 | 4 | 9 | Stefan Šorak | Serbia | 1:51.84 | |
| 56 | 4 | 0 | Petr Novák | Czech Republic | 1:52.16 | |
| 57 | 2 | 3 | Pavol Jelenák | Slovakia | 1:52.60 | |
| 58 | 3 | 9 | Thomas Liess | Switzerland | 1:52.88 | |
| 59 | 7 | 7 | Cameron Kurle | Great Britain | 1:53.03 | |
| 60 | 2 | 6 | Irakli Revishvili | Georgia | 1:53.19 | |
| 61 | 2 | 0 | Daniel Martin | Romania | 1:53.26 | |
| 62 | 2 | 8 | Andri Aedma | Estonia | 1:53.43 | |
| 63 | 2 | 7 | Karl Luht | Estonia | 1:53.86 | |
| 64 | 1 | 3 | Yonatan Batsha | Israel | 1:54.33 | |
| 65 | 2 | 1 | Davide Bernardi | San Marino | 1:57.85 | |
| 66 | 1 | 4 | Cristian Santi | San Marino | 1:59.12 | |
| 67 | 1 | 5 | Gianluca Pasolini | San Marino | 1:59.78 | |
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| | 4 | 5 | Eduardo Solaeche | Spain | DNS | DNS |
| | 5 | 8 | Christos Katrantzis | Greece | DNS | DNS |
| | 6 | 3 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | DNS | DNS |
| | 8 | 1 | Clément Mignon | France | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 17 May at 19:23.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Sebastiaan Verschuren | Netherlands | 1:45.87 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:46.04 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Kacper Majchrzak | Poland | 1:46.95 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Maarten Brzoskowski | Netherlands | 1:47.62 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 1:48.22 | |
| 6 | 2 | Lorys Bourelly | France | 1:48.71 | |
| 7 | 8 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 1:48.85 | |
| 8 | 7 | Albert Puig | Spain | 1:49.29 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | James Guy | Great Britain | 1:46.59 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Glenn Surgeloose | Belgium | 1:46.91 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo | Italy | 1:47.56 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Matias Koski | Finland | 1:47.58 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Pieter Timmers | Belgium | 1:47.73 | |
| 6 | 7 | Dominik Kozma | Hungary | 1:47.85 | |
| 7 | 1 | Jordan Pothain | France | 1:48.35 | |
| 8 | 8 | Víctor Martín | Spain | 1:48.66 | |

### Final

The final was held on 18 May at 18:51.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Sebastiaan Verschuren | Netherlands | 1:46.02 | |
| | 5 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:46.26 | |
| | 3 | James Guy | Great Britain | 1:46.42 | |
| 4 | 1 | Matias Koski | Finland | 1:46.98 | NR |
| 5 | 6 | Glenn Surgeloose | Belgium | 1:47.05 | |
| 6 | 2 | Kacper Majchrzak | Poland | 1:47.45 | |
| 7 | 8 | Maarten Brzoskowski | Netherlands | 1:47.85 | |
| 8 | 7 | Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo | Italy | 1:48.05 | |