# Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22–23 August.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 1:51.92 | Rome | 31 July 2009 |
| European record | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:54.24 | Barcelona | 2 August 2013 |
| Championship record | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:55.28 | Debrecen | 26 May 2012 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 09:30.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 1:58.45 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Christian Diener | Germany | 1:58.74 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Jan-Philip Glania | Germany | 1:58.91 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Luca Mencarini | Italy | 1:59.47 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | Yakov Toumarkin | Israel | 1:59.94 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:59.94 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Mattias Carlsson | Sweden | 2:00.00 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Benjamin Stasiulis | France | 2:00.06 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 5 | Gábor Balog | Hungary | 2:00.14 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Eric Ress | France | 2:00.36 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Ivan Trofimov | Russia | 2:00.38 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 2:00.95 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 5 | Christopher Ciccarese | Italy | 2:00.96 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Dávid Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:00.97 | |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Roman Dmytriyev | Czech Republic | 2:01.13 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | Axel Pettersson | Sweden | 2:01.20 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 4 | Andrey Shabasov | Russia | 2:01.48 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | Pedro Oliveira | Portugal | 2:02.02 | |
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Sergiy Varvaruk | Ukraine | 2:02.12 | |
| 20 | 2 | 0 | Dmitry Gorbunov | Russia | 2:02.98 | |
| 21 | 3 | 9 | David Gamburg | Israel | 2:03.50 | |
| 22 | 4 | 0 | Teo Kolonić | Croatia | 2:03.54 | |
| 23 | 4 | 8 | Nils van Audekerke | Belgium | 2:03.70 | |
| 24 | 3 | 1 | Lander Hendrickx | Belgium | 2:03.87 | |
| 25 | 4 | 9 | Boris Kirillov | Azerbaijan | 2:03.90 | |
| 26 | 2 | 9 | David Kunčar | Czech Republic | 2:03.96 | |
| 27 | 1 | 3 | Martin Zhelev | Bulgaria | 2:03.97 | |
| 28 | 3 | 8 | Elijah Stolz | Switzerland | 2:04.04 | |
| 29 | 3 | 0 | Jean-François Schneiders | Luxembourg | 2:04.32 | |
| 30 | 2 | 8 | Marko Krce-Rabar | Croatia | 2:04.42 | |
| 31 | 1 | 4 | Gytis Stankevičius | Lithuania | 2:04.62 | |
| 32 | 2 | 2 | Nikita Ulyanov | Russia | 2:06.19 | |
| 33 | 1 | 2 | Doruk Tekin | Turkey | 2:07.14 | |
| — | 1 | 5 | Max Litchfield | Great Britain | | DNS |
| — | 3 | 6 | Federico Turrini | Italy | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:05.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Luca Mencarini | Italy | 1:58.16 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:58.21 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Christian Diener | Germany | 1:58.37 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Benjamin Stasiulis | France | 1:58.46 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Yakov Toumarkin | Israel | 1:58.83 | |
| 6 | 2 | Eric Ress | France | 1:59.14 | |
| 7 | 8 | Andrey Shabasov | Russia | 2:00.05 | |
| 8 | 1 | Roman Dmytriyev | Czech Republic | 2:01.45 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:57.35 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 1:57.41 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Gábor Balog | Hungary | 1:57.97 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Jan-Philip Glania | Germany | 1:58.21 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Mattias Carlsson | Sweden | 2:00.19 | |
| 6 | 1 | Christopher Ciccarese | Italy | 2:00.20 | |
| 7 | 7 | Ivan Trofimov | Russia | 2:01.93 | |
| 8 | 8 | Axel Pettersson | Sweden | 2:01.98 | |

### Final

The final was held at 17:06.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:56.02 |
| | 1 | Christian Diener | Germany | 1:57.16 |
| | 3 | Gábor Balog | Hungary | 1:57.42 |
| 4 | 5 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 1:57.47 |
| 5 | 2 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:57.68 |
| 6 | 8 | Benjamin Stasiulis | France | 1:58.30 |
| 7 | 7 | Jan-Philip Glania | Germany | 1:58.84 |
| 8 | 6 | Luca Mencarini | Italy | 1:58.92 |