# Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 May 2021.

## Records

Prior the competition, the existing world, European, and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 1:51.92 | Rome | 31 July 2009 |
| European record | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 1:53.23 | Kazan | 8 April 2021 |
| Championship record | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 1:53.36 | Glasgow | 8 August 2018 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 21 May 2021 at 10:47.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:54.67 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 1:55.74 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Antoine Herlem | France | 1:56.42 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Jan Čejka | Czech Republic | 1:56.66 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 1:57.22 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Grigoriy Tarasevich | Russia | 1:57.41 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | France | 1:57.70 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:57.79 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 7 | Jakub Skierka | Poland | 1:58.15 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 1:58.48 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | João Costa | Portugal | 1:58.58 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 1:58.64 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 8 | Benedek Kovács | Hungary | 1:58.84 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 9 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 1:59.07 | |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Hugo González | Spain | 1:59.10 | Q, WD |
| 15 | 5 | 8 | Francisco Santos | Portugal | 1:59.10 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 1 | Manuel Martos | Spain | 1:59.23 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Matteo Restivo | Italy | 1:59.45 | QSO |
| 18 | 5 | 5 | Brodie Williams | Great Britain | 1:59.45 | QSO |
| 20 | 4 | 7 | Elliot Clogg | Great Britain | 1:59.54 | |
| 21 | 3 | 3 | Nicolás García | Spain | 1:59.59 | |
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Robert Glință | Romania | 1:59.74 | |
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 1:59.79 | |
| 24 | 4 | 6 | Berke Saka | Turkey | 2:00.18 | |
| 25 | 1 | 2 | Maxim Stupin | Russia | 2:00.20 | |
| 26 | 4 | 3 | Kaloyan Levterov | Bulgaria | 2:00.38 | |
| 27 | 3 | 7 | Mewen Tomac | France | 2:00.63 | |
| 28 | 3 | 9 | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland | 2:00.80 | |
| 29 | 4 | 9 | James McFadzen | Great Britain | 2:00.85 | |
| 30 | 2 | 3 | Primož Šenica Pavletič | Slovenia | 2:00.92 | |
| 31 | 2 | 4 | David Gerchik | Israel | 2:01.52 | |
| 31 | 2 | 2 | Erikas Grigaitis | Lithuania | 2:01.52 | |
| 33 | 2 | 8 | Samuel Törnqvist | Sweden | 2:02.05 | |
| 34 | 4 | 0 | Ádám Jászó | Hungary | 2:02.20 | |
| 35 | 2 | 5 | Tomáš Ludvík | Czech Republic | 2:02.52 | |
| 36 | 1 | 6 | Gustav Hökfelt | Sweden | 2:02.54 | |
| 37 | 2 | 6 | Melikşah Düğen | Turkey | 2:02.62 | |
| 38 | 5 | 0 | Mikita Tsmyh | Belarus | 2:02.74 | |
| 39 | 2 | 0 | Armin Evert Lelle | Estonia | 2:03.68 | |
| 40 | 2 | 9 | Saša Boškan | Slovenia | 2:03.69 | |
| 41 | 1 | 5 | Ron Polonsky | Israel | 2:04.10 | |
| 42 | 1 | 3 | Max Mannes | Luxembourg | 2:04.19 | |
| 43 | 1 | 4 | Metin Aydın | Turkey | 2:05.20 | |
| 44 | 1 | 7 | Alexander Kudashev | Russia | 2:06.51 | |
| 45 | 2 | 7 | Adam Maraana | Israel | 2:06.93 | |
| | 3 | 9 | Evangelos Makrygiannis | Greece | Did not start | Did not start |

#### Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 21 May at 12:15.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Brodie Williams | Great Britain | 1:59.24 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Matteo Restivo | Italy | 1:59.27 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 21 May at 18:30.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 1:55.11 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 1:56.37 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:57.10 | q |
| 4 | 5 | Jan Čejka | Czech Republic | 1:57.43 | |
| 5 | 3 | Grigoriy Tarasevich | Russia | 1:57.68 | |
| 6 | 1 | Francisco Santos | Portugal | 1:58.03 | NR |
| 7 | 2 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 1:58.13 | |
| 8 | 8 | Brodie Williams | Great Britain | 2:02.52 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:54.43 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 3 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 1:56.17 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Antoine Herlem | France | 1:56.63 | q |
| 4 | 6 | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | France | 1:57.06 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Jakub Skierka | Poland | 1:57.08 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Benedek Kovács | Hungary | 1:58.20 | |
| 7 | 7 | João Costa | Portugal | 1:58.72 | |
| 8 | 8 | Manuel Martos | Spain | 1:59.38 | |

### Final

The final was held on 22 May at 19:17.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 1:54.46 |
| | 4 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:54.62 |
| | 6 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 1:56.33 |
| 4 | 7 | Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | France | 1:56.37 |
| 5 | 3 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 1:56.67 |
| 6 | 8 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:57.05 |
| 7 | 1 | Jakub Skierka | Poland | 1:58.56 |
| 8 | 2 | Antoine Herlem | France | 1:58.64 |