# Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 13 and 14 August 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Zac Stubblety-Cook | Australia | 2:05.95 | Adelaide | 19 May 2022 |
| 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 13 August at 09:42.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 6 | Matěj Zábojník | Czech Republic | 2:11.16 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Matti Mattsson | Finland | 2:11.51 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Anton Sveinn McKee | Iceland | 2:11.82 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 8 | Gabriel Lopes | Portugal | 2:11.92 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 2:12.47 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Dawid Wiekiera | Poland | 2:12.50 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Darragh Greene | Ireland | 2:12.53 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Lyubomir Epitropov | Bulgaria | 2:12.56 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Maksym Ovchinnikov | Ukraine | 2:12.69 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Luca Pizzini | Italy | 2:12.72 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 4 | James Wilby | Great Britain | 2:12.87 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Greg Butler | Great Britain | 2:13.08 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Antoine Viquerat | France | 2:13.35 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 9 | David Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:13.81 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 6 | Andrea Castello | Italy | 2:13.88 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | Gábor Zombori | Hungary | 2:13.93 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 7 | Daniel Raisanen | Sweden | 2:14.48 | |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Eoin Corby | Ireland | 2:14.75 | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Christoffer Haarsaker | Norway | 2:14.95 | |
| 20 | 3 | 0 | Daniils Bobrovs | Latvia | 2:14.96 | |
| 21 | 2 | 0 | David Kyzymenko | Ukraine | 2:15.40 | |
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Aleksas Savickas | Lithuania | 2:15.63 | |
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Luka Mladenovic | Austria | 2:15.98 | |
| 24 | 4 | 0 | Maksym Tkachuk | Ukraine | 2:16.42 | |
| 25 | 2 | 9 | William Lulek | Sweden | 2:17.89 | |
| 26 | 1 | 4 | Denis Svet | Moldova | 2:18.46 | |
| 27 | 3 | 9 | Constantin Malachi | Romania | 2:18.51 | |
| 28 | 1 | 3 | Even Qarri | Albania | 2:34.53 | |
| | 3 | 6 | Christopher Rothbauer | Austria | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 3 | 7 | Savvas Thomoglou | Greece | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 1 | 5 | Giacomo Casadei | San Marino | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 2 | 7 | Carles Coll | Spain | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 4 | Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 13 August at 19:04.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Matti Mattsson | Finland | 2:09.88 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Luca Pizzini | Italy | 2:10.48 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 2:10.59 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Dawid Wiekiera | Poland | 2:10.60 | q |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Antoine Viquerat | France | 2:11.14 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Anton Sveinn McKee | Iceland | 2:11.47 | q |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Matěj Zábojník | Czech Republic | 2:11.48 | q |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | James Wilby | Great Britain | 2:11.73 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Lyubomir Epitropov | Bulgaria | 2:12.08 | |
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Gabriel Lopes | Portugal | 2:12.37 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Maksym Ovchinnikov | Ukraine | 2:12.62 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | David Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:12.64 | |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Darragh Greene | Ireland | 2:12.73 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Greg Butler | Great Britain | 2:13.21 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Gábor Zombori | Hungary | 2:13.47 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Andrea Castello | Italy | 2:13.57 | |

### Final

The final was started on 14 August at 19:08.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 8 | James Wilby | Great Britain | 2:08.96 |
| | 4 | Matti Mattsson | Finland | 2:09.40 |
| | 5 | Luca Pizzini | Italy | 2:09.97 |
| 4 | 6 | Dawid Wiekiera | Poland | 2:10.27 |
| 5 | 3 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 2:10.45 |
| 6 | 7 | Anton Sveinn McKee | Iceland | 2:10.96 |
| 7 | 2 | Antoine Viquerat | France | 2:11.14 |
| 8 | 1 | Matěj Zábojník | Czech Republic | 2:12.27 |