# Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 5 and 6 August 2018.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Ippei Watanabe | Japan | 2:06.67 | Tokyo | 29 January 2017 |
| European record | Anton Chupkov | Russia | 2:06.96 | Budapest | 28 July 2017 |
| Championship record | Marco Koch | Germany | 2:07.47 | Berlin | 21 August 2014 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 6 August | Final | Anton Chupkov | Russia | 2:06.80 | CR, ER |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 5 August at 10:32.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Anton Chupkov | Russia | 2:07.70 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 2:08.91 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Ilya Khomenko | Russia | 2:09.63 | |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Luca Pizzini | Italy | 2:10.18 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 2:10.30 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | James Wilby | Great Britain | 2:10.81 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | 2:10.82 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Darragh Greene | Ireland | 2:11.22 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Mikhail Dorinov | Russia | 2:11.29 | |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Matti Mattsson | Finland | 2:11.44 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Mykyta Koptyelov | Ukraine | 2:11.50 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 2:11.52 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Valentin Bayer | Austria | 2:11.73 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Dávid Horváth | Hungary | 2:11.85 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 3 | Erik Persson | Sweden | 2:12.43 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Jacques Laeuffer | Switzerland | 2:12.57 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Christopher Rothbauer | Austria | 2:12.61 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Bartłomiej Roguski | Poland | 2:12.69 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | 6 | Max Pilger | Germany | 2:12.84 | |
| 20 | 4 | 6 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 2:13.16 | |
| 21 | 3 | 6 | Yannick Käser | Switzerland | 2:13.66 | |
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus | 2:13.85 | |
| 23 | 4 | 0 | Martin Allikvee | Estonia | 2:13.93 | |
| 24 | 2 | 9 | Ivan Strilets | Ukraine | 2:13.94 | |
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Filip Chrápavý | Czech Republic | 2:13.99 | |
| 26 | 3 | 9 | Tomáš Klobučník | Slovakia | 2:14.04 | |
| 27 | 3 | 0 | Lyubomir Epitropov | Bulgaria | 2:14.20 | |
| 28 | 2 | 8 | Johannes Dietrich | Austria | 2:14.30 | |
| 29 | 3 | 8 | Daniils Bobrovs | Latvia | 2:14.69 | |
| 30 | 1 | 4 | Tomas Veloso | Portugal | 2:15.95 | |
| 31 | 1 | 3 | Lachezar Shumkov | Bulgaria | 2:17.22 | |
| 32 | 1 | 2 | Jozef Beňo | Slovakia | 2:18.33 | |
| | 1 | 5 | Berkay Öğretir | Turkey | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 9 | Teemu Vuorela | Finland | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 5 August at 17:49.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 2:08.57 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 2:08.63 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | 2:10.00 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 2:10.12 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Matti Mattsson | Finland | 2:10.19 | |
| 6 | 7 | Dávid Horváth | Hungary | 2:10.70 | |
| 7 | 8 | Bartłomiej Roguski | Poland | 2:11.32 | |
| 8 | 1 | Jacques Laeuffer | Switzerland | 2:12.44 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Anton Chupkov | Russia | 2:07.95 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Luca Pizzini | Italy | 2:08.52 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | James Wilby | Great Britain | 2:09.59 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Erik Persson | Sweden | 2:09.84 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Mykyta Koptyelov | Ukraine | 2:10.41 | |
| 6 | 6 | Darragh Greene | Ireland | 2:11.36 | |
| 7 | 7 | Valentin Bayer | Austria | 2:12.33 | |
| 8 | 8 | Christopher Rothbauer | Austria | 2:12.44 | |

### Final

The final was started on 6 August at 18:08.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Anton Chupkov | Russia | 2:06.80 | CR, ER |
| | 2 | James Wilby | Great Britain | 2:08.39 | |
| | 5 | Luca Pizzini | Italy | 2:08.54 | |
| 4 | 3 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 2:08.55 | |
| 5 | 6 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 2:08.77 | |
| 6 | 8 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 2:09.71 | |
| 7 | 1 | Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | 2:09.87 | |
| 8 | 7 | Erik Persson | Sweden | 2:10.25 | |