| 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. |   
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| 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. |   
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| 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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