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

The Men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 August 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:54.00 | Shanghai | 24 July 2011 |
| European record | László Cseh | Hungary | 1:55.18 | Rome | 29 July 2009 |
| Championship record | László Cseh | Hungary | 1:56.66 | Debrecen | 23 May 2012 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 16 August at 09:54.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | Gabriel Lopes | Portugal | 1:58.94 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Carles Coll | Spain | 2:00.56 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Vadym Naumenko | Ukraine | 2:00.60 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 2:00.65 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Andreas Vazaios | Greece | 2:01.03 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Ron Polonsky | Israel | 2:01.05 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Enzo Tesic | France | 2:01.28 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Jérémy Desplanches | Switzerland | 2:01.47 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Eitan Ben Shitrit | Israel | 2:01.55 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Daniil Giourtzidis | Greece | 2:01.69 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | Anže Ferš Eržen | Slovenia | 2:01.98 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 5 | Alberto Razzetti | Italy | 2:02.16 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Pier Andrea Matteazzi | Italy | 2:02.66 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Émilien Mattenet | France | 2:04.24 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | William Lulek | Sweden | 2:04.29 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Richard Nagy | Slovakia | 2:04.51 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | 7 | Emil Hassling | Sweden | 2:05.71 | |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Eoin Corby | Ireland | 2:05.78 | |
| 19 | 2 | 1 | Luka Mladenovic | Austria | 2:06.00 | |
| 20 | 2 | 8 | Marius Toscan | Switzerland | 2:06.03 | |
| 21 | 1 | 8 | Ronens Kermans | Latvia | 2:06.63 | |
| 22 | 3 | 0 | Liam Custer | Ireland | 2:06.66 | |
| 23 | 2 | 0 | Mihai Gergely | Romania | 2:06.73 | |
| 24 | 3 | 9 | Zhulian Lavdaniti | Albania | 2:09.05 | |
| 25 | 1 | 0 | Thomas Wareing | Malta | 2:09.40 | |
| 26 | 3 | 8 | Jan Zubik | Poland | 2:09.85 | |
| 27 | 2 | 9 | Endi Kola | Albania | 2:19.69 | |
| | 2 | 3 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 2 | 4 | Thomas Dean | Great Britain | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 16 August at 19:36.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Gabriel Lopes | Portugal | 1:58.77 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 1:59.38 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Ron Polonsky | Israel | 1:59.52 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | Alberto Razzetti | Italy | 1:59.52 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Jérémy Desplanches | Switzerland | 1:59.53 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Carles Coll | Spain | 1:59.66 | q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Andreas Vazaios | Greece | 1:59.77 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Vadym Naumenko | Ukraine | 2:00.48 | q, NR |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Pier Andrea Matteazzi | Italy | 2:00.73 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Eitan Ben Shitrit | Israel | 2:01.00 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Daniil Giourtzidis | Greece | 2:01.13 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Enzo Tesic | France | 2:01.83 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Émilien Mattenet | France | 2:02.00 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Anže Ferš Eržen | Slovenia | 2:03.07 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | William Lulek | Sweden | 2:03.21 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Richard Nagy | Slovakia | 2:04.19 | |

### Final

The final was held on 17 August at 18:37.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 1:57.72 |
| | 3 | Alberto Razzetti | Italy | 1:57.82 |
| | 4 | Gabriel Lopes | Portugal | 1:58.34 |
| 4 | 2 | Jérémy Desplanches | Switzerland | 1:58.89 |
| 5 | 6 | Ron Polonsky | Israel | 1:59.24 |
| 6 | 1 | Andreas Vazaios | Greece | 1:59.55 |
| 7 | 7 | Carles Coll | Spain | 1:59.96 |
| 8 | 8 | Vadym Naumenko | Ukraine | 2:01.61 |