| Men 200m Freestyle XVII Swimming European Championship 1985 Sofia, Bulgaria - Tuesday, 6th August - Gold Medal: Michael Gross, West Germany | 
| | Final |  | time |  | gap | L |  | Final |  | time |  | gap | L |  | 1. Michael Gross |  West Germany | 1:47.95 |  |  | 4 |  | 2. Sven Lodziewski |  East Germany | 1:49.99 |  | +2.04s | 5 |  | 3. Tommy Werner |  Sweden | 1:50.04 |  | +2.05s | 6 |  | 4. Thomas Fahrner |  West Germany | 1:50.54 |  | +2.59s | 7 |  | 5. Frank Drost |  Netherlands | 1:50.92 |  | +2.97s | 3 |  | 6. Lars Hinneburg |  East Germany | 1:51.51 |  | +3.56s | 2 |  | 7. Anders Holmertz |  Sweden | 1:51.60 |  | +3.65s | 1 |  | 8. Peter Kotchanov |  Bulgaria | 1:53.36 |  | +5.41s | 7 | 
 | Final B |  | time |  | gap | L |  | Final B |  | time |  | gap | L |  | 9. Stephan Caron |  France | 1:50.51 |  |  | Heat FB M_F_200m |  | 10.Nikolay Evssev |  Soviet Union | 1:52.01 |  | +1.50s | Heat FB M_F_200m |  | 11.Juan Enrique Escalas |  Spain | 1:53.52 |  | +3.01s | Heat FB M_F_200m |  | 12.Edsard Schlingemann |  Netherlands | 1:53.65 |  | +3.14s | Heat FB M_F_200m |  | 13.Stefan Volery |  Switzerland | 1:53.72 |  | +3.21s | Heat FB M_F_200m |  | 14.Artur Wojdat |  Poland | 1:53.83 |  | +3.32s | Heat FB M_F_200m |  | 15.Tsvetan Golomeev |  Bulgaria | 1:54.04 |  | +3.53s | Heat FB M_F_200m |  | 16.John Davey |  Great Britain | 1:54.13 |  | +3.62s | Heat FB M_F_200m | 
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| | Heat 4 |  | time |  | Rk |  | 1. Michael Gross |  West Germany | 1:49.77 |  | 1. |  | 2. Sven Lodziewski |  East Germany | 1:50.84 |  | 2. |  | 3. Frank Drost |  Netherlands | 1:50.98 |  | 3. |  | 12.Juan Enrique Escalas |  Spain | 1:53.52 |  | 4. |  | 13.Stefan Volery |  Switzerland | 1:53.56 |  | 5. |  | 22.Marco Colombo |  Italy | 1:55.42 |  | 6. |  | 23.Michael Drozd |  Czechoslovakia | 1:56.19 |  | 7. | 
 |  | | Heat 3 |  | time |  | Rk |  | 6. Thomas Fahrner |  West Germany | 1:51.75 |  | 1. |  | 7. Anders Holmertz |  Sweden | 1:51.96 |  | 2. |  | 17.Dominique Bataille |  France | 1:54.38 |  | 3. |  | 19.Peter Rohde |  Denmark | 1:54.59 |  | 4. |  | 20.Zdenek Kolar |  Czechoslovakia | 1:54.66 |  | 5. |  | 24.Fabrizio Rampazzo |  Italy | 1:57.37 |  | 6. |  | 26.Magnus Olafson |  Iceland | 1:57.83 |  | 7. | 
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| | Heat 2 |  | time |  | Rk |  | 4. Tommy Werner |  Sweden | 1:51.28 |  | 1. |  | 9. Stephan Caron |  France | 1:53.01 |  | 2. |  | 11.Tsvetan Golomeev |  Bulgaria | 1:53.18 |  | 3. |  | 13.Edsard Schlingemann |  Netherlands | 1:53.56 |  | 4. |  | 18.Javier Miralpeix |  Spain | 1:54.47 |  | 5. |  | 21.Darjan Petric |  Yugoslavia | 1:55.41 |  | 6. |  | 27.Aidan Towey |  Ireland | 2:00.06 |  | 7. | 
 |  | | Heat 1 |  | time |  | Rk |  | 5. Lars Hinneburg |  East Germany | 1:51.65 |  | 1. |  | 8. Peter Kotchanov |  Bulgaria | 1:52.56 |  | 2. |  | 10.Nikolay Evssev |  Soviet Union | 1:53.13 |  | 3. |  | 15.John Davey |  Great Britain | 1:54.12 |  | 4. |  | 16.Artur Wojdat |  Poland | 1:54.31 |  | 5. |  | 25.Robert Pinter |  Romania | 1:57.63 |  | 6. |  | 38.Yves Clausse |  Luxembourg | 2:01.31 |  | 7. | 
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