| Men 200m Freestyle XV Swimming European Championship 1981 Split, Yugoslavia - Thursday, 9th September - Gold Medal: Sergey Kopliakov, Soviet Union | 
| Final |   | time |   | gap | L |  | 1. Sergey Kopliakov |   Soviet Union | 1:51.23 |   |   | 8 |  | 2. Michael Soderlund |   Sweden | 1:51.62 | NR | +0.39s | 7 |  | 3. Thomas Lajdstroem |   Sweden | 1:52.11 |   | +0.88s | 3 |  | 4. Fabrizio Rampazzo |   Italy | 1:52.21 |   | +0.98s | 1 |  | 5. Borut Petric |   Yugoslavia | 1:52.33 |   | +1.10s | 4 |  | 6. Paolo Revelli |   Italy | 1:52.36 |   | +1.13s | 5 |  | 7. Fabien Noel |   France | 1:52.75 |   | +1.52s | 6 |  | 8. Vladimir Shemetov |   Soviet Union | 1:53.15 |   | +1.92s | 2 |   
| Final B |   | time |   | gap | L |  | 9. Dirk Korthals |   West Germany | 1:52.99 |   |   | 6 |  | 10.Pierre Andraca |   France | 1:53.25 |   | +0.26s | 5 |  | 11.Joerg Woithe |   East Germany | 1:54.06 |   | +1.07s | 4 |  | 12.Frank Wenmann |   West Germany | 1:54.38 |   | +1.39s | 3 |  | 13.Petar Kochanov |   Bulgaria | 1:54.44 |   | +1.45s | 1 |  | 13.Philip Hubble |   Great Britain | 1:54.44 |   | +1.45s | 8 |  | 15.Frank Drost |   Netherlands | 1:54.55 |   | +1.56s | 2 |  | 16.Jens Gregor |   East Germany | 1:54.82 |   | +1.83s | 7 |   
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 Heats - Thursday, 9 September |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final. Next 8 times to Final B. |   
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| Heat 4 |   | time |   | gap | L |  | 3. Thomas Lajdstroem |   Sweden | 1:52.44 | NR | +0.35s | - |  | 8. Sergey Kopliakov |   Soviet Union | 1:53.21 |   | +1.12s | - |  | 9. Joerg Woithe |   East Germany | 1:53.48 |   | +1.39s | - |  | 16.Philip Hubble |   Great Britain | 1:54.70 |   | +2.61s | - |  | 18.Carlos Vallejo |   Spain | 1:55.09 |   | +3.00s | - |  | 19.Vlastimil Cerny |   Czechoslovakia | 1:55.29 |   | +3.20s | - |  | 21.Tsvetan Golomeev |   Bulgaria | 1:56.14 |   | +4.05s | - |  | 23.Piotr Gaik |   Poland | 1:56.86 |   | +4.77s | - |   
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| Heat 3 |   | time |   | gap | L |  | 1. Borut Petric |   Yugoslavia | 1:52.09 | NR |   | - |  | 4. Fabien Noel |   France | 1:52.45 | NR | +0.36s | - |  | 10.Pierre Andraca |   France | 1:53.56 |   | +1.47s | - |  | 11.Frank Wenmann |   West Germany | 1:54.15 |   | +2.06s | - |  | 17.Mark Taylor |   Great Britain | 1:54.76 |   | +2.67s | - |  | 22.Jaroslaw Chroscielewski |   Poland | 1:56.20 |   | +4.11s | - |  | 26.Bjorn Andersen |   Norway | 1:58.30 |   | +6.21s | - |  | -. Murat Ozuak |   Turkey | DNS |   |   | - |   
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| Heat 2 |   | time |   | gap | L |  | 6. Michael Soderlund |   Sweden | 1:52.93 |   | +0.85s | - |  | 7. Fabrizio Rampazzo |   Italy | 1:52.95 |   | +0.88s | - |  | 12.Dirk Korthals |   West Germany | 1:54.29 |   | +2.20s | - |  | 13.Frank Drost |   Netherlands | 1:54.48 |   | +2.39s | - |  | 15.Petar Kochanov |   Bulgaria | 1:54.56 |   | +2.47s | - |  | 27.Martin Rodseth |   Norway | 1:59.46 |   | +7.37s | - |  | -. Ramon Lavin |   Spain | DNS |   |   | - |   
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| Heat 1 |   | time |   | gap | L |  | 2. Paolo Revelli |   Italy | 1:52.41 |   | +0.32s | - |  | 5. Vladimir Shemetov |   Soviet Union | 1:52.80 |   | +0.71s | - |  | 14.Jens Gregor |   East Germany | 1:54.54 |   | +2.45s | - |  | 20.Peter Drost |   Netherlands | 1:55.63 |   | +3.54s | - |  | 24.Ari Wiren |   Finland | 1:57.08 |   | +4.99s | - |  | 25.Rui Abreu |   Portugal | 1:57.25 |   | +5.16s | - |  | -. Gokhan Attaroglu |   Turkey | DNS |   |   | - |   
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