Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley
The Men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 5 and 6 August 2018.Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Ryan Lochte | | 1:54.00 | Shanghai | 28 July 2011 |
| European record | László Cseh | | 1:55.18 | Rome | 29 July 2009 |
| Championship record | László Cseh | | 1:56.66 | Debrecen | 23 May 2012 |
Results
Heats
The heats were started on 5 August at 09:30.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | Mark Szaranek | | 1:58.07 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Max Litchfield | | 1:58.12 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Duncan Scott | | 1:58.57 | |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Hugo González | | 1:58.99 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Andreas Vazaios | | 1:59.40 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Jérémy Desplanches | | 1:59.88 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Semen Makovich | | 2:00.06 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Alexis Santos | | 2:00.24 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Thomas Dean | | 2:00.32 | |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | Philip Heintz | | 2:00.34 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Simon Sjödin | | 2:00.65 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Maxim Stupin | | 2:00.72 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Diogo Carvalho | | 2:00.84 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Arjan Knipping | | 2:00.84 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | Dávid Verrasztó | | 2:00.94 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Gabriel Lópes | | 2:01.42 | |
| 17 | 4 | 3 | Andrey Zhilkin | | 2:01.54 | |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | Dawid Szwedzki | | 2:02.03 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Etay Gurevich | | 2:02.05 | Q |
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Raphaël Stacchiotti | | 2:02.34 | Q |
| 20 | 3 | 9 | Metin Aydın | | 2:02.34 | |
| 22 | 3 | 7 | Georgios Spanoudakis | | 2:02.56 | |
| 23 | 4 | 2 | Federico Turrini | | 2:03.19 | |
| 24 | 2 | 0 | Povilas Strazdas | | 2:03.63 | |
| 25 | 2 | 8 | Christoph Meier | | 2:03.86 | |
| 26 | 4 | 0 | Apostolos Papastamos | | 2:04.55 | |
| 27 | 4 | 9 | Samet Alkan | | 2:04.81 | |
| 28 | 3 | 8 | Teemu Vuorela | | 2:04.85 | |
| 29 | 3 | 0 | Alpkan Örnek | | 2:05.39 | |
| 30 | 1 | 3 | Batuhan Hakan | | 2:07.08 | |
| 31 | 1 | 4 | Alvi Hjelm | | 2:07.88 | |
| 32 | 1 | 5 | Cevin Siim | | 2:08.45 | |
Semifinals
The semifinals were started on 5 August at 18:26.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
The final was started on 6 August at 18:15.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 3 | Jérémy Desplanches | | 1:57.04 | |
| 4 | Philip Heintz | | 1:57.83 | |
| 5 | Max Litchfield | | 1:57.96 | |
| 4 | 7 | Hugo González | | 1:58.77 | |
| 5 | 6 | Mark Szaranek | | 1:58.88 | |
| 5 | 2 | Andreas Vazaios | | 1:58.88 | |
| 7 | 1 | Alexis Santos | | 1:59.99 | |
| 8 | 8 | Semen Makovich | | 2:00.07 | |
