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

The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 14 and 15 August 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 1:42.00 | Rome | 28 July 2009 |
| European record | Paul Biedermann | Germany | 1:42.00 | Rome | 28 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Martin Malyutin | Russia | 1:44.79 | Budapest | 21 May 2021 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 15 August | Final | David Popovici | Romania | 1:42.97 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 14 August at 09:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 1:46.26 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | David Popovici | Romania | 1:46.87 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 7 | Hadrien Salvan | France | 1:47.06 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | Marco De Tullio | Italy | 1:47.07 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Lukas Märtens | Germany | 1:47.24 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Stefano Di Cola | Italy | 1:47.49 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 5 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:47.71 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Antonio Djakovic | Switzerland | 1:47.78 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 4 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 1:47.97 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Nándor Németh | Hungary | 1:48.04 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 8 | Sašo Boškan | Slovenia | 1:48.08 | Q, NR |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Richárd Márton | Hungary | 1:48.13 | |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Dimitrios Markos | Greece | 1:48.18 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 8 | Poul Zellmann | Germany | 1:48.18 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | Luc Kroon | Netherlands | 1:48.29 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 5 | Luis Domínguez | Spain | 1:48.34 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 7 | Filippo Megli | Italy | 1:48.40 | |
| 18 | 3 | 4 | Lucas Henveaux | Belgium | 1:48.56 | Q |
| 19 | 5 | 7 | Andreas Vazaios | Greece | 1:48.71 | |
| 20 | 5 | 0 | Wissam-Amazigh Yebba | France | 1:48.81 | |
| 21 | 4 | 9 | Enzo Tesic | France | 1:48.89 | |
| 22 | 5 | 2 | Denis Loktev | Israel | 1:48.93 | |
| 23 | 5 | 1 | Roman Fuchs | France | 1:49.12 | |
| 24 | 4 | 6 | Robin Hanson | Sweden | 1:49.20 | |
| 25 | 3 | 1 | Petar Mitsin | Bulgaria | 1:49.31 | |
| 26 | 3 | 6 | Andreas Hansen | Denmark | 1:49.90 | |
| 27 | 5 | 9 | Bar Soloveychik | Israel | 1:50.15 | |
| 28 | 3 | 2 | Dániel Mészáros | Hungary | 1:50.60 | |
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Pit Brandenburger | Luxembourg | 1:50.62 | |
| 30 | 2 | 7 | Eitan Ben Shitrit | Israel | 1:50.63 | |
| 31 | 2 | 1 | Konstantinos Stamou | Greece | 1:50.86 | |
| 32 | 3 | 3 | Tomas Navikonis | Lithuania | 1:51.02 | |
| 33 | 1 | 3 | Primož Šenica Pavletič | Slovenia | 1:51.06 | |
| 34 | 2 | 9 | Marcus Holmquis | Sweden | 1:51.09 | |
| 35 | 2 | 4 | Mikkel Gadgaard | Denmark | 1:51.12 | |
| 36 | 3 | 0 | Finn McGeever | Ireland | 1:51.32 | |
| 37 | 1 | 5 | Vadym Naumenko | Ukraine | 1:51.37 | |
| 38 | 2 | 0 | František Jablčník | Slovakia | 1:52.05 | |
| 39 | 2 | 6 | Max Mannes | Luxembourg | 1:52.34 | |
| 40 | 2 | 5 | Tomas Sungaila | Lithuania | 1:52.37 | |
| 41 | 1 | 4 | Luka Kukhalashvili | Georgia | 1:53.69 | |
| 42 | 2 | 8 | Robert Powell | Ireland | 1:54.25 | |
| 43 | 3 | 9 | Jon Jøntvedt | Norway | 1:55.62 | |
| 44 | 1 | 7 | Zhulian Lavdaniti | Albania | 1:56.24 | |
| 45 | 1 | 2 | Ado Gargović | Montenegro | 1:57.28 | |
| 46 | 1 | 6 | Dylan Cachia | Malta | 1:59.84 | |
| | 2 | 3 | Edward Mildred | Great Britain | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 7 | Sergio de Celis | Spain | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 0 | Jacob Whittle | Great Britain | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 1 | Lorenzo Galossi | Italy | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 5 | 3 | Kregor Zirk | Estonia | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 5 | 4 | Tom Dean | Great Britain | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 5 | 6 | Matt Richards | Great Britain | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 6 | 1 | Nils Liess | Switzerland | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 6 | 8 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 6 | 9 | Daniel Namir | Israel | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 14 August at 18:11.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | David Popovici | Romania | 1:44.91 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | Antonio Djakovic | Switzerland | 1:45.32 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Marco De Tullio | Italy | 1:45.70 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Lukas Märtens | Germany | 1:46.29 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Stefano Di Cola | Italy | 1:46.41 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 1:46.60 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:46.77 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Dimitrios Markos | Greece | 1:47.12 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Nándor Németh | Hungary | 1:47.15 | |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 1:47.37 | |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Hadrien Salvan | France | 1:47.79 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Poul Zellmann | Germany | 1:48.17 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Sašo Boškan | Slovenia | 1:48.49 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Luc Kroon | Netherlands | 1:48.64 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Lucas Henveaux | Belgium | 1:48.96 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Luis Domínguez | Spain | 1:49.48 | |

### Final

The final was held on 15 August at 18:06.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | David Popovici | Romania | 1:42.97 | WJ, CR, NR |
| | 5 | Antonio Djakovic | Switzerland | 1:45.60 | |
| | 7 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 1:45.89 | |
| 4 | 3 | Marco De Tullio | Italy | 1:46.37 | |
| 5 | 1 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 1:46.48 | |
| 6 | 2 | Stefano Di Cola | Italy | 1:46.74 | |
| 7 | 6 | Lukas Märtens | Germany | 1:46.80 | |
| 8 | 8 | Dimitrios Markos | Greece | 1:48.05 | |