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

The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 May 2021.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record 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 May at 11:07.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | 2:07.39 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | Matti Mattsson | Finland | 2:08.43 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 2:09.21 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Anton Chupkov | Russia | 2:09.44 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 2:09.60 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 2:09.74 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Erik Persson | Sweden | 2:09.77 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | James Wilby | Great Britain | 2:09.96 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Aleksandr Zhigalov | Russia | 2:10.07 | |
| 10 | 4 | 7 | Lyubomir Epitropov | Bulgaria | 2:10.12 | Q, NR |
| 11 | 5 | 5 | Marco Koch | Germany | 2:10.40 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 2:11.13 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Caspar Corbeau | Netherlands | 2:11.19 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Christopher Rothbauer | Austria | 2:11.78 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 0 | Valentin Bayer | Austria | 2:11.99 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 6 | Adam Paulsson | Sweden | 2:12.02 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 6 | Edoardo Giorgetti | Italy | 2:12.23 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | Berkay Ömer Öğretir | Turkey | 2:12.32 | |
| 18 | 2 | 2 | Matěj Zábojník | Czech Republic | 2:12.32 | NR |
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus | 2:12.68 | |
| 21 | 3 | 6 | Max Pilger | Germany | 2:12.71 | |
| 22 | 3 | 7 | Martin Allikvee | Estonia | 2:12.80 | |
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Andrea Castello | Italy | 2:12.82 | |
| 23 | 5 | 8 | Antoine Viquerat | France | 2:12.82 | |
| 25 | 2 | 4 | Filip Chrápavý | Czech Republic | 2:13.22 | |
| 26 | 2 | 1 | Tomáš Klobučník | Slovakia | 2:13.29 | |
| 27 | 3 | 8 | Demirkan Demir | Turkey | 2:13.35 | |
| 28 | 4 | 8 | Léon Marchand | France | 2:13.40 | |
| 29 | 4 | 9 | Danil Semyaninov | Russia | 2:13.90 | |
| 30 | 2 | 5 | Savvas Thomoglou | Greece | 2:14.19 | |
| 31 | 1 | 3 | Francisco Quintas | Portugal | 2:14.26 | |
| 32 | 5 | 0 | Máté Kutasi | Hungary | 2:14.52 | |
| 33 | 2 | 3 | Jolann Bovey | Switzerland | 2:14.56 | |
| 34 | 4 | 0 | Dávid Horváth | Hungary | 2:14.67 | |
| 35 | 2 | 9 | Christoffer Tofte Haarsaker | Norway | 2:14.93 | |
| 36 | 5 | 9 | Yannick Käser | Switzerland | 2:15.13 | |
| 37 | 1 | 4 | Daniils Bobrovs | Latvia | 2:15.20 | |
| 38 | 1 | 6 | Aleksas Savickas | Lithuania | 2:15.35 | |
| 39 | 2 | 8 | Dominik Márk Török | Hungary | 2:15.95 | |
| 40 | 3 | 9 | Joan Ballester | Spain | 2:16.14 | |
| 41 | 2 | 0 | Luka Mladenovic | Austria | 2:16.87 | |
| 42 | 1 | 5 | Volodymyr Lisovets | Ukraine | 2:18.77 | |
| 43 | 2 | 7 | Rostyslav Kryzhanivskyy | Ukraine | 2:20.03 | |
| 44 | 1 | 2 | Joonas Niine | Estonia | 2:20.94 | |
| 45 | 1 | 1 | Giacomo Casadei | San Marino | 2:24.28 | |
| 46 | 1 | 7 | André Klippenberg Grindheim | Norway | 2:26.74 | |
| 47 | 1 | 8 | Even Qarri | Albania | 2:35.06 | |
| | 4 | 2 | Darragh Greene | Ireland | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 19 May at 18:54.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Anton Chupkov | Russia | 2:07.94 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Matti Mattsson | Finland | 2:08.26 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 6 | James Wilby | Great Britain | 2:09.90 | q |
| 4 | 7 | Caspar Corbeau | Netherlands | 2:09.97 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Marco Koch | Germany | 2:10.03 | |
| 6 | 3 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 2:10.08 | |
| 7 | 8 | Edoardo Giorgetti | Italy | 2:10.50 | |
| 8 | 1 | Valentin Bayer | Austria | 2:11.57 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Erik Persson | Sweden | 2:07.85 | Q, =NR |
| 2 | 4 | Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | 2:08.31 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 2:08.83 | q |
| 4 | 5 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 2:08.84 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 2:10.91 | |
| 6 | 2 | Lyubomir Epitropov | Bulgaria | 2:11.19 | |
| 7 | 8 | Adam Paulsson | Sweden | 2:12.00 | |
| 8 | 1 | Christopher Rothbauer | Austria | 2:12.97 | |

### Final

The final was held on 20 May at 19:09.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Anton Chupkov | Russia | 2:06.99 | |
| | 6 | Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | 2:07.35 | |
| | 4 | Erik Persson | Sweden | 2:07.66 | NR |
| 4 | 3 | Matti Mattsson | Finland | 2:08.48 | |
| 5 | 2 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 2:08.58 | |
| 6 | 7 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 2:09.23 | |
| 7 | 8 | Caspar Corbeau | Netherlands | 2:09.73 | |
| 8 | 1 | James Wilby | Great Britain | 2:10.34 | |