200 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 2026 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Paris FRA
Held 13 – 14 August 2026
Status Medal
Competitors 84
Countries 36
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 David Popovici ROU 1:46.06
(1 h9)
1:44.56
(1 h1)
1:44.15
(1 F)
🥈 Tomas Navikonis LTU 1:46.22
(5 h7)
1:45.63
(2 h2)
1:44.55
(2 F)
🥉 James Guy GBR 1:45.40
(2 h7)
1:45.14
(3 h1)
1:44.87
(3 F)
4 Christian Giefing AUT 1:44.96
(1 h7)
1:45.47
(1 h2)
1:45.14
(4 F)
5 Carlos D'Ambrosio ITA 1:47.16
(4 h8)
1:45.38
(4 h1)
1:45.19
(5 F)
6 Jack McMillan GBR 1:46.36
(2 h9)
1:45.55
(5 h1)
1:45.31
(6 F)
7 Lukas Märtens GER 1:46.12
(1 h8)
1:44.79
(2 h1)
1:45.58
(7 F)
8 Lucas Henveaux BEL 1:46.10
(4 h7)
1:45.72
(3 h2)
1:45.87
(8 F)
9 Raphaël-Sauveur Cristofini FRA 1:45.93
(3 h7)
1:45.74
(4 h2)
10 Jarno Bäschnitt GER 1:46.45
(4 h9)
1:45.76
(5 h2)
11 Ivan Giryov
Team: NAB
NEU 1:46.43
(2 h8)
1:45.82
(6 h1)
12 Danas Rapšys LTU 1:46.94
(1 h6)
1:46.28
(7 h1)
13 Roman Fuchs FRA 1:46.83
(5 h9)
1:46.59
(8 h1)
14 Antonio Djakovic SUI 1:47.07
(3 h8)
1:46.60
(6 h2)
15 Robin Hanson SWE 1:46.84
(6 h9)
1:46.63
(7 h2)
16 Kamil Sieradzki POL 1:46.39
(3 h9)
1:46.64
(8 h2)
17 Tom Dean GBR 1:46.48
(1 h5)
*
18 Denis Loktev ISR 1:47.21
(6 h7)
=19 Jacopo Barbotti ITA 1:47.22
(2 h6)
=19 Dimitrios Markos GRE 1:47.22
(7 h9)
21 Tomas Koski FIN 1:47.31
(5 h8)
=22 Mattia Mauri SUI 1:47.35
(2 h5)
=22 Timo Sorgius GER 1:47.35
(7 h7)
24 Marco De Tullio ITA 1:47.47
(6 h8)
25 Franko Grgić CRO 1:47.51
(1 h4)
=26 Eitan Ben-Shitrit ISR 1:47.59
(3 h5)
=26 Roman Akimov
Team: NAB
NEU 1:47.59
(8 h9)
28 Oliver Søgaard-Andersen DEN 1:47.64
(3 h6)
=29 Evan Bailey IRL 1:47.67
(=7 h8)
=29 Nikolay Kolesnikov
Team: NAB
NEU 1:47.67
(=7 h8)
31 Alexey Glivinskiy ISR 1:47.83
(4 h6)
32 Ludvig Bartolek SWE 1:47.87
(4 h5)
33 Kristupas Trepočka LTU 1:47.97
(5 h6)
34 Ralph Daleiden LUX 1:47.98
(6 h6)
=35 Yoav Romano ISR 1:48.09
(7 h6)
=35 Sander Kiær Sørensen NOR 1:48.09
(9 h9)
37 Petar Mitsin BUL 1:48.22
(8 h7)
38 Andrey Cherepkov
Team: NAB
NEU 1:48.23
(10 h9)
39 Tajus Juška LTU 1:48.24
(9 h8)
40 Niko Janković CRO 1:48.28
(10 h8)
=41 Jovan Lekić BIH 1:48.54
(1 h3)
=41 Iliya Linnik UKR 1:48.54
(5 h5)
43 Alessandro Ragaini ITA 1:48.62
(8 h6)
44 Ahmet Boylu TUR 1:48.66
(9 h7)
45 Samuel Košťál SVK 1:48.77
(6 h5)
46 Merlin Belmon NED 1:48.98
(7 h5)
47 Konstantinos Englezakis GRE 1:49.14
(9 h6)
48 Milan Vojtko SVK 1:49.24
(2 h4)
49 Eric Andrieș ROU 1:49.27
(3 h4)
50 Sašo Boškan SLO 1:49.38
(8 h5)
51 František Jablčník SVK 1:49.42
(4 h4)
=52 Líggjas Joensen FAR 1:49.53
(5 h4)
=52 Balint Ashton SUI 1:49.53
(9 h5)
54 Cormac Rynn IRL 1:50.00
(6 h4)
55 Miguel Pérez-Godoy ESP 1:50.04
(10 h6)
56 Kenan Dračić BIH 1:50.09
(10 h5)
=57 Charlie Macmillan SWE 1:50.67
(=2 h3)
=57 Isak Brisenfeldt FAR 1:50.67
(=2 h3)
59 Thomas Jansen NED 1:50.80
(4 h3)
60 Vasil Tushev BUL 1:51.04
(5 h3)
61 Primož Šenica Pavletič SLO 1:51.05
(1 h2)
62 Vadym Naumenko UKR 1:51.11
(6 h3)
63 Filip Mujan CRO 1:51.20
(7 h3)
64 Biel Cuen AND 1:51.26
(2 h2)
65 Denis O'Brien IRL 1:51.51
(3 h2)
66 Karlo Perčinić CRO 1:51.92
(7 h4)
67 Ted Nilsson SWE 1:52.19
(8 h3)
68 Oskar Farkas NOR 1:52.25
(4 h2)
69 Birk Johansen NOR 1:52.32
(5 h2)
70 Nikola Gjuretanovikj MKD 1:52.59
(6 h2)
71 Lars Kuljus EST 1:53.22
(8 h4)
72 Liam Custer IRL 1:53.34
(7 h2)
73 Donats Dragasjus LAT 1:53.61
(8 h2)
74 Miroslav Terziev BUL 1:53.70
(9 h3)
75 Siim Kesküla EST 1:53.91
(10 h3)
76 Mathias Christensen DEN 1:54.46
(1 h1)
77 Strahinja Maslo SRB 1:54.68
(9 h2)
78 Nooa Matela FIN 1:55.35
(2 h1)
79 Kevin Teixeira AND 1:56.62
(10 h2)
80 Heini Mohr Askham FAR 1:56.67
(3 h1)
81 Silas Dam Lindberg FAR 1:57.93
(4 h1)
82 Arion Budima KOS 1:59.19
(5 h1)
83 Edlijano Huna ALB 1:59.54
(6 h1)
84 Dion Daja ALB 2:05.00
(7 h1)
DNS Matt RichardsDNS GBR
(DNS h7)
DNS Ronny BrännkärrDNS FIN
(DNS h4)
DNS Konstantinos StamouDNS GRE
(DNS h4)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Mathias Christensen DEN 1:54.46
2 Nooa Matela FIN 1:55.35
3 Heini Mohr Askham FAR 1:56.67
4 Silas Dam Lindberg FAR 1:57.93
5 Arion Budima KOS 1:59.19
6 Edlijano Huna ALB 1:59.54
7 Dion Daja ALB 2:05.00

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Primož Šenica Pavletič SLO 1:51.05
2 Biel Cuen AND 1:51.26
3 Denis O'Brien IRL 1:51.51
4 Oskar Farkas NOR 1:52.25
5 Birk Johansen NOR 1:52.32
6 Nikola Gjuretanovikj MKD 1:52.59
7 Liam Custer IRL 1:53.34
8 Donats Dragasjus LAT 1:53.61
9 Strahinja Maslo SRB 1:54.68
10 Kevin Teixeira AND 1:56.62

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Jovan Lekić BIH 1:48.54
=2 Charlie Macmillan SWE 1:50.67
=2 Isak Brisenfeldt FAR 1:50.67
4 Thomas Jansen NED 1:50.80
5 Vasil Tushev BUL 1:51.04
6 Vadym Naumenko UKR 1:51.11
7 Filip Mujan CRO 1:51.20
8 Ted Nilsson SWE 1:52.19
9 Miroslav Terziev BUL 1:53.70
10 Siim Kesküla EST 1:53.91

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Franko Grgić CRO 1:47.51
2 Milan Vojtko SVK 1:49.24
3 Eric Andrieș ROU 1:49.27
4 František Jablčník SVK 1:49.42
5 Líggjas Joensen FAR 1:49.53
6 Cormac Rynn IRL 1:50.00
7 Karlo Perčinić CRO 1:51.92
8 Lars Kuljus EST 1:53.22
DNS Ronny BrännkärrDNS FIN
DNS Konstantinos StamouDNS GRE

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Tom Dean GBR 1:46.48
2 Mattia Mauri SUI 1:47.35
3 Eitan Ben-Shitrit ISR 1:47.59
4 Ludvig Bartolek SWE 1:47.87
5 Iliya Linnik UKR 1:48.54
6 Samuel Košťál SVK 1:48.77
7 Merlin Belmon NED 1:48.98
8 Sašo Boškan SLO 1:49.38
9 Balint Ashton SUI 1:49.53
10 Kenan Dračić BIH 1:50.09

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Danas Rapšys LTU 1:46.94
2 Jacopo Barbotti ITA 1:47.22
3 Oliver Søgaard-Andersen DEN 1:47.64
4 Alexey Glivinskiy ISR 1:47.83
5 Kristupas Trepočka LTU 1:47.97
6 Ralph Daleiden LUX 1:47.98
7 Yoav Romano ISR 1:48.09
8 Alessandro Ragaini ITA 1:48.62
9 Konstantinos Englezakis GRE 1:49.14
10 Miguel Pérez-Godoy ESP 1:50.04

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Christian Giefing AUT 1:44.96
2 James Guy GBR 1:45.40
3 Raphaël-Sauveur Cristofini FRA 1:45.93
4 Lucas Henveaux BEL 1:46.10
5 Tomas Navikonis LTU 1:46.22
6 Denis Loktev ISR 1:47.21
7 Timo Sorgius GER 1:47.35
8 Petar Mitsin BUL 1:48.22
9 Ahmet Boylu TUR 1:48.66
DNS Matt RichardsDNS GBR

Heat 8

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Lukas Märtens GER 1:46.12
2 Ivan Giryov
Team: NAB
NEU 1:46.43
3 Antonio Djakovic SUI 1:47.07
4 Carlos D'Ambrosio ITA 1:47.16
5 Tomas Koski FIN 1:47.31
6 Marco De Tullio ITA 1:47.47
=7 Evan Bailey IRL 1:47.67
=7 Nikolay Kolesnikov
Team: NAB
NEU 1:47.67
9 Tajus Juška LTU 1:48.24
10 Niko Janković CRO 1:48.28

Heat 9

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 David Popovici ROU 1:46.06
2 Jack McMillan GBR 1:46.36
3 Kamil Sieradzki POL 1:46.39
4 Jarno Bäschnitt GER 1:46.45
5 Roman Fuchs FRA 1:46.83
6 Robin Hanson SWE 1:46.84
7 Dimitrios Markos GRE 1:47.22
8 Roman Akimov
Team: NAB
NEU 1:47.59
9 Sander Kiær Sørensen NOR 1:48.09
10 Andrey Cherepkov
Team: NAB
NEU 1:48.23

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 David Popovici ROU 1:44.56
2 Lukas Märtens GER 1:44.79
3 James Guy GBR 1:45.14
4 Carlos D'Ambrosio ITA 1:45.38
5 Jack McMillan GBR 1:45.55
6 Ivan Giryov
Team: NAB
NEU 1:45.82
7 Danas Rapšys LTU 1:46.28
8 Roman Fuchs FRA 1:46.59

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Christian Giefing AUT 1:45.47
2 Tomas Navikonis LTU 1:45.63
3 Lucas Henveaux BEL 1:45.72
4 Raphaël-Sauveur Cristofini FRA 1:45.74
5 Jarno Bäschnitt GER 1:45.76
6 Antonio Djakovic SUI 1:46.60
7 Robin Hanson SWE 1:46.63
8 Kamil Sieradzki POL 1:46.64

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 David Popovici ROU 1:44.15
2 Tomas Navikonis LTU 1:44.55
3 James Guy GBR 1:44.87
4 Christian Giefing AUT 1:45.14
5 Carlos D'Ambrosio ITA 1:45.19
6 Jack McMillan GBR 1:45.31
7 Lukas Märtens GER 1:45.58
8 Lucas Henveaux BEL 1:45.87