| Final | 19:15 | time | gap | L | Butt | Back | Breast | Y |  | 1. Massimiliano Rosolino |   Italy | 2:00.62 |   | 4 | 26.56s | 57.70s | 1:32.14 | 78 |  | 2. Christian Keller |   Germany | 2:02.02 | +1.40s | 2 | 26.25s | 57.73s | 1:32.56 | 72 |  | 3. Xavier Marchand |   France | 2:02.06 | +1.44s | 3 | 26.78s | 58.34s | 1:32.93 | 73 |  | 4. Cezar Badita |   Romania | 2:02.44 | +1.82s | 6 | 26.99s | 58.88s | 1:33.09 | 79 |  | 5. Jordi Carrasco Mallol |   Spain | 2:02.79 | +2.13s | 8 | 26.79s | 57.60s | 1:32.53 | 75 |  | 6. István Batházi |   Hungary | 2:02.81 | +2.19s | 1 | 27.48s | 59.25s | 1:34.41 | 78 |  | 7. Marcel Wouda |   Netherlands | 2:03.73 | +3.11s | 5 | 26.63s | 58.70s | 1:34.19 | 72 |  | 8. James Hickman |   Great Britain | 2:05.46 | +4.84s | 7 | 26.39s | 57.98s | 1:35.30 | 76 |   
| World and European Record: Jani Sievinen, Finland 1:58.16 Rome, Italy 11.09.1994 |  | Championship Record: Jani Sievinen, Finland 1:58.51 Wien, Austria 27.08.1995 |   
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 Semi-Finals - Tuesday, 4th July 18:50 |  | First 2 from each Semi and Best 4 times advanced to Final. |   
    | Semi 1 |   | time |   | L | Butt | Back | Breast | Y |  | 1. Massimiliano Rosolino |   Italy | 2:02.06 |   | 4 | 26.74s | 57.93s | 1:33.05 | 78 |  | 4. Cezar Badita |   Romania | 2:02.78 | +0.72s | 7 | 27.43s | 59.69s | 1:33.95 | 79 |  | 6. James Hickman |   Great Britain | 2:03.08 | +1.02s | 3 | 26.07s | 56.93s | 1:33.70 | 76 |  | 9. Benton Cabello |   Spain | 2:03.71 | +1.65s | 5 | 27.24s | 1:00.04 | 1:34.08 | 81 |  | 10.Peter Mankoc |   Slovenia | 2:04.02 | +1.96s | 2 | 26.00s | 58.18s | 1:34.89 | 78 |  | 12.Lionel Moreau |   France | 2:05.23 | +2.17s | 8 | 26.54s | 58.52s | 1:35.17 | 74 |  | 15.Ioannis Kokkodis |   Greece | 2:05.44 | +2.38s | 6 | 27.87s | 59.72s | 1:36.06 | 81 |  | 16.Jens Kruppa |   Germany | 2:05.95 | +2.89s | 1 | 25.68s | 58.26s | 1:34.13 | 76 |   
    
    | Semi 2 |   | time |   | L | Butt | Back | Breast | Y |  | 2. Marcel Wouda |   Netherlands | 2:02.34 | +0.28s | 6 | 26.53s | 58.22s | 1:32.54 | 72 |  | 3. Xavier Marchand |   France | 2:02.51 | +0.45s | 3 | 26.78s | 58.79s | 1:33.60 | 73 |  | 5. Christian Keller |   Germany | 2:02.98 | +0.92s | 5 | 26.15s | 58.10s | 1:33.61 | 72 |  | 7. István Batházi |   Hungary | 2:03.56 | +1.50s | 7 | 27.58s | 59.57s | 1:35.00 | 78 |  | 8. Jordi Carrasco Mallol |   Spain | 2:03.57 | +1.51s | 4 | 27.06s | 58.11s | 1:33.79 | 75 |  | 11.Jani Sievinen |   Finland | 2:04.80 | +1.74s | 1 | 26.52s | 59.03s | 1:34.92 | 74 |  | 13.Artem Goncharenko |   Ukraine | 2:05.25 | +2.19s | 8 | 27.53s | 1:00.42 | 1:36.19 | 79 |  | 14.Jan Vitazka |   Czechia | 2:05.42 | +2.36s | 2 | 26.76s | 59.44s | 1:35.35 | 77 |   
| Heat 5 |   | time |   | L | Butt | Back | Breast | Y |  | 1. Jordi Carrasco |   Spain | 2:02.31 |   | 2 | 26.94s | 57.52s | 1:31.96 | 75 |  | 3. Christian Keller |   Germany | 2:03.76 | +1.45s | 5 | 27.07s | 59.49s | 1:34.40 | 72 |  | 6. James Hickman |   Great Britain | 2:04.25 | +1.94s | 7 | 26.57s | 57.89s | 1:34.79 | 76 |  | 7. Marcel Wouda |   Netherlands | 2:04.40 | +2.09s | 4 | 27.14s | 59.31s | 1:34.45 | 72 |  | 12.Cezar Badita |   Romania | 2:05.08 | +2.77s | 3 | 27.60s | 1:00.67 | 1:35.81 | 79 |  | 17.Istvan Bathazi |   Hungary | 2:05.63 | +3.32s | 6 | 28.08s | 1:00.71 | 1:36.72 | 78 |  | 20.Mickey Halika |   Israel | 2:05.96 | +3.65s | 1 | 27.41s | 1:00.34 | 1:36.38 | 78 |  | 27.Michael Cole |   Great Britain | 2:09.27 | +6.96s | 8 | 28.15s | 1:00.37 | 1:38.02 | 78 |   
    | Heat 4 |   | time |   | L | Butt | Back | Breast | Y |  | 2. Massimiliano Rosolino |   Italy | 2:03.32 | +1.01s | 4 | 26.96s | 58.13s | 1:33.63 | 78 |  | 5. Xavier Marchand |   France | 2:04.20 | +1.89s | 5 | 27.15s | 59.78s | 1:34.89 | 73 |  | 8. Ioannis Kokkodis |   Greece | 2:04.60 | +2.29s | 2 | 27.70s | 59.29s | 1:35.46 | 81 |  | 9. Jan Vitazka |   Czechia | 2:04.61 | +2.30s | 6 | 26.81s | 58.77s | 1:34.86 | 76 |  | 15.Artem Goncharenko |   Ukraine | 2:05.29 | +2.98s | 7 | 27.31s | 1:00.50 | 1:36.51 | 79 |  | 16.Lionel Moreau |   France | 2:05.47 | +3.16s | 3 | 26.93s | 59.33s | 1:36.18 | 74 |  | 22.Andrei Zaharov |   Moldova | 2:08.10 | +5.79s | 1 | 26.96s | 1:00.56 | 1:37.14 | 75 |  | -. Roel Janssen |   Belgium | DNS |   | 8 |   |   |   | 79 |   
    | Heat 3 |   | time |   | L | Butt | Back | Breast | Y |  | 4. Brenton Cabello |   Spain | 2:04.06 | +1.75s | 1 | 27.24s | 59.48s | 1:34.36 | 81 |  | 10.Peter Mankoc |   Slovenia | 2:04.75 | +2.44s | 2 | 26.01s | 58.16s | 1:35.08 | 78 |  | 13.Jani Sievinen |   Finland | 2:05.12 | +2.81s | 5 | 26.73s | 59.35s | 1:36.23 | 74 |  | 14.Jens Kruppa |   Germany | 2:05.27 | +2.96s | 4 | 26.38s | 59.09s | 1:35.13 | 76 |  | 18.Sergiy Sergeyev |   Ukraine | 2:05.76 | +3.35s | 3 | 26.38s | 59.24s | 1:35.09 | 70 |  | 19.Michael Windisch |   Austria | 2:05.87 | +3.56s | 8 | 27.18s | 59.05s | 1:36.25 | 76 |  | 21.Kresimir Cac |   Croatia | 2:06.26 | +3.95s | 7 | 27.81s | 1:01.09 | 1:36.63 | 76 |  | 25.Mark Van Der Zijden |   Netherlands | 2:08.44 | +6.13s | 6 | 28.06s | 1:01.57 | 1:38.58 | 73 |   
    | Heat 2 |   | time |   | L | Butt | Back | Breast | Y |  | 11.Valerijs Kaimikovs |   Latvia | 2:04.83 | +2.52s | 3 | 26.87s | 59.72s | 1:34.97 | 73 |  | 23.Aleksandar Miladinovski |   N. Macedonia | 2:08.21 | +5.90s | 6 | 26.85s | 1:00.33 | 1:37.73 | 79 |  | 24.Andrei Mikailov |   Moldova | 2:08.29 | +5.98s | 4 | 27.68s | 1:00.24 | 1:37.90 | 80 |  | 26.Oral Orel |   Turkey | 2:08.85 | +6.54s | 5 | 27.78s | 1:01.64 | 1:38.58 | 79 |  | 28.Margus Saia |   Estonia | 2:09.83 | +6.52s | 1 | 27.93s | 1:01.82 | 1:38.77 | 81 |  | 29.Sandro Tomas |   Croatia | 2:11.09 | +6.78s | 7 | 27.92s | 1:01.98 | 1:40.74 | 72 |  | 32.George Oxinos |   Cyprus | 2:17.42 | +15.11s | 2 | 29.25s | 1:04.45 | 1:44.25 | 80 |   
    | Heat 1 |   | time |   | L | Butt | Back | Breast | Y |  | 30.Andrejs Duda |   Latvia | 2:11.53 | +7.22s | 5 | 27.32s | 1:00.74 | 1:40.66 | 81 |  | 31.Eugenijus Rakitinas |   Lithuania | 2:12.35 | +8.04s | 3 | 28.11s | 1:01.20 | 1:40.99 | 80 |  | 33.Darko Kermiciev |   N. Macedonia | 2:19.94 | +17.63s | 4 | 27.79s | 1:03.57 | 1:47.03 | 81 |   
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