Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly

Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
Dates May 23, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 24, 2012 (final)
Competitors 30 from 18 nations
Winning time 1:54.95
Medalists
   Hungary
   Hungary
   Greece
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 butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 23 and 24. The heats and semifinals took place on May 23, the final on May 24.[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, european and championship records were as follows.

Name Nation Time Location Date
World recordMichael Phelps United States1:51.51RomeJuly 29, 2009
European recordLászló Cseh Hungary1:52.70BeijingAugust 13, 2008
Championship recordPaweł Korzeniowski Poland1:54.38EindhovenMarch 21, 2008

Results

Heats

31 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Bence Biczó  Hungary 1:57.47 Q
2 3 4 Dinko Jukić  Austria 1:57.69 Q
3 2 4 László Cseh  Hungary 1:58.08 Q
4 2 5 Ioannis Drymonakos  Greece 1:58.16 Q
5 4 3 Francesco Pavone  Italy 1:58.23 Q
6 4 5 Velimir Stjepanović  Serbia 1:58.32 Q
7 2 7 Alexandru Coci  Romania 1:58.42 Q
8 1 2 Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or  Israel 1:58.97 Q
9 3 5 Stefanos Dimitriadis  Greece 1:58.97 Q
10 3 3 Jordan Coelho  France 1:59.32 Q
11 2 3 Konstantinos Markozis  Greece 1:59.48
12 4 2 Tom Kremer  Israel 1:59.50 Q
13 2 6 Egon van der Straeten  Belgium 1:59.70 Q
14 3 6 Robert Zbogar  Slovenia 1:59.80 Q
15 3 7 Andreas Vazaios  Greece 2:00.05
16 2 2 Alexandre Liess   Switzerland 2:00.18 Q
17 2 1 Jan Sefl  Czech Republic 2:00.21 Q
18 3 1 Michal Poprawa  Poland 2:00.23 Q
18 3 2 Pedro Diogo Oliveira  Portugal 2:00.23
20 4 1 Diogo Filipe Carvalho  Portugal 2:00.52
21 4 7 Duarte Rafael Mourao  Portugal 2:00.63
22 1 4 Sindri Thor Jakobsson  Norway 2:00.96 NR
23 4 8 Bernhard Wolf  Austria 2:01.69
24 1 5 Niksa Roki  Croatia 2:01.82
25 1 6 Nico van Duijn   Switzerland 2:02.02
25 3 8 Alon Mandel  Israel 2:02.02
27 2 8 Avi Cohen  Israel 2:02.35
28 1 3 Jakub Maly  Austria 2:03.03
29 1 1 Pavel Naroshkin  Estonia 2:04.15 NR
30 1 7 Edgaras Štura  Lithuania 2:08.18
31 4 6 Matteo Pelizzari  Italy DNS

Semifinals

The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.[3]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Velimir Stjepanović  Serbia 1:56.84 Q
2 4 Dinko Jukić  Austria 1:57.02 Q
3 5 Ioannis Drymonakos  Greece 1:57.33 Q
4 2 Jordan Coelho  France 1:57.59 Q
5 1 Alexandre Liess   Switzerland 1:58.13 Q, NR
6 6 Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or  Israel 1:59.09
7 7 Egon van der Straeten  Belgium 1:59.25
8 8 Michal Poprawa  Poland 2:00.56

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Bence Biczó  Hungary 1:55.77 Q
2 3 Francesco Pavone  Italy 1:57.05 Q
3 5 László Cseh  Hungary 1:57.44 Q
4 2 Stefanos Dimitriadis  Greece 1:58.51
5 1 Robert Zbogar  Slovenia 1:58.75
6 6 Alexandru Coci  Romania 1:59.49
7 7 Tom Kremer  Israel 1:59.51
8 8 Jan Sefl  Czech Republic 1:59.87

Final

The final was held at 17:57.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 7 László Cseh  Hungary 1:54.95
2nd 4 Bence Biczó  Hungary 1:55.85
3rd 2 Ioannis Drymonakos  Greece 1:56.48
4 3 Dinko Jukić  Austria 1:56.53
5 5 Velimir Stjepanović  Serbia 1:57.06
6 6 Francesco Pavone  Italy 1:57.07
7 1 Jordan Coelho  France 1:58.24
8 8 Alexandre Liess   Switzerland 1:59.13

References

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