Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke
| Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates |
May 25, 2012 (heats and semifinals) May 26, 2012 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 42 from 21 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:55.28 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2012 LEN European Championships Eindhoven, Netherlands Debrecen, Hungary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diving | ||||
| Individual | ||||
| 1 m | men | women | ||
| 3 m | men | women | ||
| 10 m | men | women | ||
| Synchronised | ||||
| 3 m | men | women | ||
| 10 m | men | women | ||
| Team | team | |||
| Swimming | ||||
| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women | ||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| Synchronised swimming | ||||
| Individual | Solo | Duet | ||
| Team | Team | Combination | ||
The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 25 and 26. The heats and semifinals took place on May 25, the final on May 26.[1]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world, european and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Aaron Peirsol |  United States | 1:51.92 | Rome | July 31, 2009 |
| European record | Arkady Vyatchanin |  Russia | 1:54.75 | Rome | July 31, 2009 |
| Championship record | Arkady Vyatchanin | Russia | 1:55.44 | Budapest | August 5, 2006 |
Results
Heats
43 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Radoslaw Kawecki |  Poland | 1:58.79 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Yannick Lebherz |  Germany | 1:58.85 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Péter Bernek |  Hungary | 1:59.07 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Matteo Milli |  Italy | 1:59.30 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | Gábor Balog | Hungary | 1:59.63 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 7 | Pedro Diogo Oliveira |  Portugal | 1:59.72 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Olexandr Isakov |  Ukraine | 1:59.79 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | Benjamin Stasiulis |  France | 1:59.91 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 5 | Sebastiano Ranfagni | Italy | 1:59.98 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 6 | Federico Turrini | Italy | 2:00.20 | |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or |  Israel | 2:00.25 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Felix Wolf | Germany | 2:00.81 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 5 | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | Israel | 2:00.93 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 8 | Itai Chammah | Israel | 2:01.05 | |
| 15 | 4 | 3 | Christian Diener | Germany | 2:01.15 | |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Eric Ress | France | 2:01.21 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | 3 | Ivan Trofimov | Russia | 2:01.82 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 6 | Dmitry Gorbunov | Russia | 2:01.93 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | 4 | Martin Zhelev |  Bulgaria | 2:01.95 | Q, NR |
| 20 | 3 | 5 | Luca Marin | Italy | 2:02.23 | |
| 21 | 5 | 1 | Sebastian Stoss |  Austria | 2:02.30 | |
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Dávid Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:02.33 | |
| 23 | 3 | 2 | Balázs Zámbó | Hungary | 2:02.36 | |
| 24 | 5 | 2 | Vitaly Borisov | Russia | 2:02.49 | |
| 25 | 1 | 5 | Tomáš Fučík |  Czech Republic | 2:02.51 | |
| 26 | 2 | 6 | Andres Olvik |  Estonia | 2:02.67 | NR |
| 27 | 6 | 1 | Mikhail Zvyagin | Russia | 2:02.81 | |
| 28 | 5 | 7 | Mattias Carlsson |  Sweden | 2:02.82 | |
| 29 | 6 | 8 | Lukas Räuftlin |  Switzerland | 2:02.84 | |
| 30 | 3 | 4 | Danas Rapšys |  Lithuania | 2:03.22 | |
| 31 | 3 | 8 | Květoslav Svoboda | Czech Republic | 2:03.38 | |
| 32 | 4 | 8 | Andriy Nikishenko | Ukraine | 2:03.64 | |
| 33 | 3 | 3 | David Gamburg | Israel | 2:03.71 | |
| 34 | 3 | 7 | Konstantīns Blohins |  Latvia | 2:03.99 | |
| 35 | 4 | 1 | Mateusz Wysoczynski | Poland | 2:04.02 | |
| 36 | 2 | 7 | Marco Aldabe Bomstad |  Norway | 2:04.29 | |
| 37 | 2 | 1 | Oliver Šimkovič |  Slovakia | 2:04.58 | |
| 38 | 2 | 8 | Matas Andriekus | Lithuania | 2:04.85 | |
| 39 | 3 | 1 | Jean François Schneiders |  Luxembourg | 2:05.20 | |
| 40 | 2 | 5 | Dominik Dür | Austria | 2:06.78 | |
| 41 | 2 | 2 | Lavrans Solli | Norway | 2:07.12 | |
| 42 | 2 | 3 | Karl Burdis |  Ireland | 2:31.44 | |
| 43 | 1 | 4 | Jonathan Massacand | Switzerland | DNS |
Semifinals
The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.[3]
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Yannick Lebherz | Germany | 1:58.23 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | Israel | 1:58.33 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Benjamin Stasiulis | France | 1:59.09 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or | Israel | 1:59.58 | |
| 5 | 3 | Pedro Diogo Oliveira | Portugal | 1:59.94 | |
| 6 | 5 | Matteo Milli | Italy | 2:01.57 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ivan Trofimov | Russia | 2:02.51 | |
| 8 | 8 | Martin Zhelev | Bulgaria | 2:03.18 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 1:56.11 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 4 | Radoslaw Kawecki | Poland | 1:56.68 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Gábor Balog | Hungary | 1:58.43 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Sebastiano Ranfagni | Italy | 1:58.86 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Felix Wolf | Germany | 1:59.41 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Olexandr Isakov | Ukraine | 1:59.98 | |
| 7 | 1 | Eric Ress | France | 2:00.04 | |
| 8 | 8 | Dmitry Gorbunov | Russia | 2:01.77 |
Final
The final was held at 18:01.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 5 | Radoslaw Kawecki | Poland | 1:55.28 | CR, NR |
 | 4 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 1:55.88 | NR |
 | 6 | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | Israel | 1:57.35 | NR |
| 4 | 7 | Sebastiano Ranfagni | Italy | 1:57.99 | |
| 5 | 3 | Yannick Lebherz | Germany | 1:58.39 | |
| 5 | 8 | Felix Wolf | Germany | 1:58.39 | |
| 7 | 1 | Benjamin Stasiulis | France | 1:58.55 | |
| 8 | 2 | Gábor Balog | Hungary | 1:58.74 |
References
- ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre backstroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.
- ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre backstroke Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre backstroke Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre backstroke Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.
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