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

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 12 and 13 August 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 1:51.92 | Rome | 31 July 2009 |
| European record | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 1:53.23 | Kazan | 8 April 2021 |
| Championship record | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 1:53.36 | Glasgow | 8 August 2018 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 12 August at 09:42.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | France | 1:56.70 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | Benedek Kovács | Hungary | 1:56.81 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Mewen Tomac | France | 1:57.51 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:57.81 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 1:58.15 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Antoine Herlem | France | 1:58.22 | |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | João Costa | Portugal | 1:58.68 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 1:58.88 | |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | Apostolos Siskos | Greece | 1:58.99 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | David Gerchik | Israel | 1:59.13 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 1:59.18 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 5 | Nicolás García | Spain | 1:59.46 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Matteo Restivo | Italy | 1:59.62 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 1 | Primož Šenica Pavletič | Slovenia | 1:59.76 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 4 | Brodie Williams | Great Britain | 1:59.89 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 5 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 2:00.29 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 6 | Jan Čejka | Czech Republic | 2:00.86 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | 6 | Francisco Santos | Portugal | 2:00.88 | Q |
| 19 | 1 | 8 | Diego Mira | Spain | 2:01.06 | |
| 20 | 2 | 7 | Kaloyan Levterov | Bulgaria | 2:01.16 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Vadym Naumenko | Ukraine | 2:01.55 | |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Anže Ferš Eržen | Slovenia | 2:01.99 | |
| 23 | 1 | 1 | Erikas Grigaitis | Lithuania | 2:02.06 | |
| 24 | 2 | 0 | Jonathon Marshall | Great Britain | 2:02.78 | |
| 25 | 3 | 0 | Inbar Danziger | Israel | 2:03.48 | |
| 26 | 2 | 1 | Émilien Mattenet | France | 2:03.52 | |
| 27 | 3 | 9 | Zhulian Lavdaniti | Albania | 2:08.30 | |
| 28 | 1 | 0 | Adam Maraana | Israel | 2:08.88 | |
| 29 | 1 | 9 | Kevin Shkurti | Albania | 2:24.87 | |
| | 6 | 0 | Michał Chmielewski | Poland | Disqualified | Disqualified |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 12 August at 18:49.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 1:56.22 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | France | 1:56.39 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:57.07 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 1:57.62 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 1:57.68 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Benedek Kovács | Hungary | 1:57.83 | q |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Matteo Restivo | Italy | 1:58.20 | q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Mewen Tomac | France | 1:58.24 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Apostolos Siskos | Greece | 1:58.66 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Nicolás García | Spain | 1:58.68 | |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | João Costa | Portugal | 1:58.96 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Primož Šenica Pavletič | Slovenia | 1:59.66 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Brodie Williams | Great Britain | 1:59.69 | |
| 14 | 1 | 6 | David Gerchik | Israel | 2:00.26 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Jan Čejka | Czech Republic | 2:00.29 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Francisco Santos | Portugal | 2:00.73 | |

### Final

The final was held on 13 August at 18:10.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | France | 1:55.62 | NR |
| | 7 | Benedek Kovács | Hungary | 1:56.03 | |
| | 3 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:56.15 | |
| 4 | 4 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 1:56.45 | |
| 5 | 1 | Matteo Restivo | Italy | 1:57.30 | |
| 6 | 6 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 1:57.43 | |
| 7 | 8 | Mewen Tomac | France | 1:57.71 | |
| 8 | 2 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 1:57.84 | |