| Final 17:32 | time | | L | | 1. Evgeny Rylov |  Russia | 1:53.36 | EC, CR | 4 | | 2. Radosław Kawęcki |  Poland | 1:56.07 | | 5 | | 3. Matteo Restivo |  Italy | 1:56.29 | | 6 | | 4. Christian Diener |  Germany | 1:57.05 | | 7 | | 5. Apostolos Christou |  Greece | 1:57.09 | | 1 | | 6. Grigoriy Tarasevich | Russia | 1:57.37 | | 3 | | 7. Luca Mencarini | Italy | 1:57.71 | | 2 | | 8. Hugo González |  Spain | 1:59.06 | | 8 |
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| Venue: Tollcross International Swimming Centre | | Qualification time: |
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| World record: Aaron Peirsol, United States | 1:51.92 | Rome (ITA) 31 July 2009 | | European record: Evgeny Rylov, Russia | 1:53.61 | Budapest (HUN) 28 July 2017 | | Championship record: Radosław Kawęcki, Poland | 1:55.28 | Debrecen (HUN) 26 May 2012 |
| Semi 1 | time | | L | Rk. | | 1. Grigoriy Tarasevich | Russia | 1:57.62 | Q | 4 | 3. | | 2. Apostolos Christou | Greece | 1:58.14 | Q | 2 | 7. | | 3. Hugo González | Spain | 1:58.43 | q | 7 | 8. | | 4. Brodie Williams |  Great Britain | 1:58.66 | | 5 | 10. | | 5. Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:58.84 | | 6 | 11. | | 6. Ádám Telegdy |  Hungary | 1:59.05 | | 3 | 12. | | 7. Yakov Toumarkin |  Israel | 2:00.67 | | 1 | 15. | | 8. Gabriel Lópes |  Portugal | 2:00.85 | | 8 | 16. | | Semi 2 | time | | L | Rk. | | 1. Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 1:55.50 | Q | 4 | 1. | | 2. Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:57.56 | Q | 3 | 2. | | 3. Matteo Restivo | Italy | 1:57.80 | q | 2 | 4. | | 4. Luca Mencarini | Italy | 1:57.83 | q | 6 | 5. | | 5. Christian Diener | Germany | 1:57.92 | q | 5 | 6. | | 6. Geoffroy Mathieu |  France | 1:58.65 | | 1 | 9. | | 7. Anton Lončar |  Croatia | 1:59.86 | | 8 | 13. | | 7. Jakub Skierka | Poland | 1:59.86 | | 7 | 13. |
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| Ranking | time | | Ht | L | | 1. Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 1:56.67 | Q | 5 | 4 | | 2. Grigoriy Tarasevich | Russia | 1:57.07 | Q | 4 | 2 | | 3. Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 1:57.31 | | 4 | 4 | | 4. Christian Diener | Germany | 1:57.89 | Q | 5 | 3 | | 5. Brodie Williams | Great Britain | 1:58.62 | Q | 3 | 7 | | 6. Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:58.70 | Q | 3 | 4 | | 7. Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 1:58.96 | Q | 4 | 5 | | 8. Luca Mencarini | Italy | 1:59.09 | Q | 5 | 2 | | 9. Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:59.21 | Q | 3 | 6 | | 9. Matteo Restivo | Italy | 1:59.21 | Q | 4 | 3 | | 11.Apostolos Christou | Greece | 1:59.30 | Q | 5 | 1 | | 12.Jakub Skierka | Poland | 1:59.44 | Q | 4 | 6 | | 13.Craig McNally | Great Britain | 1:59.58 | | 3 | 2 | | 14.Maxim Stupin | Russia | 1:59.60 | | 4 | 1 | | 15.Hugo González | Spain | 1:59.73 | Q | 3 | 5 | | 16.Geoffroy Mathieu | France | 1:59.83 | Q | 3 | 3 | | 17.Yakov Toumarkin | Israel | 2:00.08 | Q | 5 | 6 | | 18.Anton Lončar | Croatia | 2:00.11 | Q | 5 | 0 | | 19.Gabriel Lópes | Portugal | 2:00.35 | Q | 2 | 2 | | eliminated in Heats. | | 20.Maxence Orange | France | 2:00.72 | | 4 | 7 | | 21.João Vital | Portugal | 2:00.98 | | 3 | 0 | | 22.Tomáš Franta |  Czechia | 2:01.51 | | 5 | 9 | | 23.Ivan Gajšek | Croatia | 2:02.05 | | 2 | 7 | | 24.Gytis Stankevičius |  Lithuania | 2:02.48 | | 3 | 9 | | 25.Mikita Tsmyh |  Belarus | 2:02.50 | | 5 | 7 | | 26.Roman Dmytrijev | Czechia | 2:02.97 | | 4 | 9 | | 27.Ege Başer |  Turkey | 2:03.08 | | 2 | 8 | | 28.Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece | 2:03.21 | | 4 | 8 | | 29.Georgios Spanoudakis | Greece | 2:03.69 | | 2 | 4 | | 30.David Gamburg | Israel | 2:03.82 | | 3 | 8 | | 31.Rokas Juozelskis | Lithuania | 2:03.84 | | 2 | 5 | | 32.Armin Lelle |  Estonia | 2:04.26 | | 2 | 9 | | 33.Nils Liess |  Switzerland | 2:04.53 | | 5 | 8 | | 34.Girts Feldbergs |  Latvia | 2:04.59 | | 2 | 1 | | 35.Paul Bedel | France | 2:05.51 | | 3 | 1 | | 35.Patrick Staber |  Austria | 2:05.51 | | 2 | 0 | | 37.Berk Özkul | Turkey | 2:05.99 | | 1 | 5 | | 38.Adam Černek |  Slovakia | 2:06.39 | | 2 | 6 | | 39.Thomas Wareing |  Malta | 2:08.70 | | 1 | 3 | | -. Metin Aydın | Turkey | DNS | | 1 | 4 | | -. Gustav Höfkelt |  Sweden | DNS | | 4 | 0 | | -. Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | DNS | | 5 | 5 |
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