Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
Dates May 23, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 24, 2012 (final)
Competitors 43 from 25 nations
Winning time 24.73
Medalists
   Israel
   Italy
   France
   Israel
   Hungary
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 50 metre backstroke 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 record
European record
Liam Tancock Great Britain24.04RomeAugust 2, 2009
Championship recordCamille Lacourt France24.07BudapestAugust 12, 2010

Results

Heats

43 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 3 Mirco Di Tora  Italy 25.18 Q
2 6 5 Jonatan Kopelev  Israel 25.24 Q
3 6 6 Dorian Gandin  France 25.40 Q
4 6 4 Guy Barnea  Israel 25.44 Q
5 4 5 Aristeidis Grigoriadis  Greece 25.46 Q
6 6 2 Pavel Sankovich  Belarus 25.49 Q, NR
7 4 7 Christian Diener  Germany 25.52 Q
8 5 3 Stefano Mauro Pizzamiglio  Italy 25.59 Q
9 5 4 Helge Meeuw  Germany 25.62 Q
10 5 7 Lavrans Solli  Norway 25.67 Q, NR
11 5 6 Richard Bohus  Hungary 25.68 Q
12 4 3 Juan Miguel Rando Galvez  Spain 25.71 Q
13 5 5 Vitaly Borisov  Russia 25.78 Q
14 6 1 David Gamburg  Israel 25.86
15 4 6 Karl Burdis  Ireland 25.87 Q
16 5 8 Alexis Manacas Santos  Portugal 25.88 Q, NR
17 4 4 Flori Lang   Switzerland 25.94 Q
18 6 7 Matteo Milli  Italy 25.99
19 5 2 Sebastiano Ranfagni  Italy 26.06
20 3 6 Jonathan Massacand   Switzerland 26.13
21 3 4 Jakub Jasiński  Poland 26.24
22 3 2 Martin Zhelev  Bulgaria 26.26 NR
23 4 1 Olexandr Isakov  Ukraine 26.30
24 2 5 Martin Baďura  Czech Republic 26.31 NR
25 3 5 Ádám Szilágyi  Hungary 26.32
25 6 8 Gabor Balog  Hungary 26.32
27 1 4 Itai Chammha  Israel 26.34
28 4 2 Andres Olvik  Estonia 26.41
29 2 6 Mikhail Zvyagin  Russia 26.43
30 2 3 Konstantīns Blohins  Latvia 26.47
31 5 1 Roko Šimunić  Croatia 26.48
32 3 8 Matas Andriekus  Lithuania 26.51
33 2 7 Pavels Vilcans  Latvia 26.61
34 3 1 Sasa Gerbec  Croatia 26.63
35 4 8 Mateusz Wysoczynski  Poland 26.64
36 2 4 Dominik Dür  Austria 26.69
37 2 8 Justinas Bilis  Lithuania 26.98
38 2 2 Jean-François Schneiders  Luxembourg 27.00
39 1 5 Petar Petrović  Serbia 27.04
39 3 3 Mindaugas Sadauskas  Lithuania 27.04
41 2 1 Lukas Räuftlin   Switzerland 27.22
42 3 7 Péter Bernek  Hungary 28.34
43 1 3 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen  Finland 28.53

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jonatan Kopelev  Israel 24.98 Q
2 5 Guy Barnea  Israel 25.29 Q
3 3 Pavel Sankovich  Belarus 25.36 Q, NR
4 2 Lavrans Solli  Norway 25.40 Q, NR
5 6 Stefano Mauro Pizzamiglio  Italy 25.54
6 8 Flori Lang   Switzerland 25.75
7 1 Karl Burdis  Ireland 25.78
8 7 Juan Miguel Rando Galvez  Spain 25.88

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Mirco Di Tora  Italy 25.23 Q
2 3 Aristeidis Grigoriadis  Greece 25.29 Q
3 7 Richard Bohus  Hungary 25.36 Q, NR
4 5 Dorian Gandin  France 25.39 Q
5 6 Christian Diener  Germany 25.51
6 1 Vitaly Borisov  Russia 25.70
7 2 Helge Meeuw  Germany 25.78
8 8 Alexis Manacas Santos  Portugal 26.01

Final

The final was held at 18:19.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 4 Jonatan Kopelev  Israel 24.73
2nd 5 Mirco Di Tora  Italy 24.95
3rd 1 Dorian Gandin  France 25.14
3rd 3 Guy Barnea  Israel 25.14
3rd 7 Richard Bohus  Hungary 25.14 NR
6 2 Pavel Sankovich  Belarus 25.25 NR
7 8 Lavrans Solli  Norway 25.28 NR
8 6 Aristeidis Grigoriadis  Greece 25.46

References

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