Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 21, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 22, 2012 (final)
Competitors43 from 24 nations
Winning time53.86
Medalists
gold medal    Greece
silver medal    Germany
bronze medal    Israel

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21 and 22. The heats and semifinals took place on May 21, the final on May 22.[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 51.94 Indianapolis July 8, 2009
European record
Championship record
Camille Lacourt  France 52.11 Budapest August 10, 2010

Results[]

Heats[]

43 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 6 Yakov-Yan Toumarkin  Israel 54.22 Q, =NR
2 6 3 Guy Barnea  Israel 54.44 Q
3 4 4 Aristeidis Grigoriadis  Greece 54.45 Q
4 5 3 Jonatan Kopelev  Israel 54.61
5 4 5 Mirco di Tora  Italy 54.77 Q
6 5 4 Helge Meeuw  Germany 54.78 Q
7 5 5  Russia 54.78 Q
8 6 6 Péter Bernek  Hungary 54.82 Q
9 3 4 Lavrans Solli  Norway 54.83 Q, NR
10 4 3 Pavel Sankovich  Belarus 54.96 Q, NR
10 5 6 Matteo Milli  Italy 54.96 Q
12 5 7 Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or  Israel 55.01
13 6 7  Germany 55.13 Q
14 6 4 Jérémy Stravius  France 55.21 Q
15 5 2 Sebastiano Ranfagni  Italy 55.39
16 5 1  Ukraine 55.48 Q
17 4 2 Christian Diener  Germany 55.59
18 6 2 Richárd Bohus  Hungary 55.67 Q
19 1 4 Pedro Oliveira  Portugal 55.83 Q, NR
20 6 8 Gábor Balog  Hungary 55.83
21 4 1  Russia 55.87 SO
21 6 1 Andres Olvik  Estonia 55.87 SO
23 4 7 Jonathan Massacand   Switzerland 55.90
24 3 2  Czech Republic 56.26
25 2 4  Latvia 56.28 NR
26 3 3  Bulgaria 56.36
26 3 5  Lithuania 56.36
28 5 8  Ireland 56.43
29 6 5 Juan Miguel Rando Galvez  Spain 56.54
30 1 3 Jan Sefl  Czech Republic 56.58
31 4 8 Flori Lang   Switzerland 56.66
32 2 2  Poland 56.77
33 2 7  Latvia 56.92
34 3 1  Luxembourg 56.93
35 2 8 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 57.00
36 3 6   Switzerland 57.31
36 3 7  Ukraine 57.31
38 2 5  Poland 57.56
39 1 5  Croatia 57.61
40 2 3 Sebastian Stoss  Austria 57.73
41 2 6  Austria 58.09
42 2 1  Lithuania 58.13
43 3 8  Serbia 58.95

Swim-Off[]

The swim-off took place to determine the last semifinal participant.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4  Russia 55.97 Q
2 5 Andres Olvik  Estonia 56.15

Semifinals[]

The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.[4]

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Richárd Bohus  Hungary 54.35 Q
2 3  Russia 54.74 Q
3 7 Jérémy Stravius  France 54.79 Q
4 5 Mirco di Tora  Italy 54.88 Q
5 6 Lavrans Solli  Norway 54.90
6 4 Guy Barnea  Israel 54.95
7 2 Matteo Milli  Italy 55.25
8 8  Russia 56.02

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Helge Meeuw  Germany 53.80 Q
2 5 Aristeidis Grigoriadis  Greece 53.90 Q
3 4 Yakov-Yan Toumarkin  Israel 54.26 Q
4 6 Péter Bernek  Hungary 54.47 Q
5 2 Pavel Sankovich  Belarus 55.06
6 1  Ukraine 55.33
7 7  Germany 55.40
8 8 Pedro Oliveira  Portugal 55.90

Final[]

The final was held at 17:14.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Aristeidis Grigoriadis  Greece 53.86
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Helge Meeuw  Germany 54.06
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Yakov-Yan Toumarkin  Israel 54.14 NR
4 2 Péter Bernek  Hungary 54.77
5 7  Russia 54.78
5 8 Mirco di Tora  Italy 54.78
7 1 Jérémy Stravius  France 54.96
8 6 Richárd Bohus  Hungary 55.00

References[]

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