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

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Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 25, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 26, 2012 (final)
Competitors42 from 21 nations
Winning time1:55.28
Medalists
gold medal Radoslaw Kawecki   Poland
silver medal Péter Bernek   Hungary
bronze medal Yakov-Yan Toumarkin   Israel
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2012 European
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800 mmenwomen
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Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
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Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
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50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
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200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
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4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
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4×100 mmenwomen
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3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
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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  Portugal 1:59.72 Q, NR
7 4 2  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  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  France 2:01.21 Q
17 1 3  Russia 2:01.82 Q
18 3 6 Dmitry Gorbunov  Russia 2:01.93 Q
19 2 4  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  Hungary 2:02.36
24 5 2  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  Russia 2:02.81
28 5 7  Sweden 2:02.82
29 6 8   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  Ukraine 2:03.64
33 3 3  Israel 2:03.71
34 3 7  Latvia 2:03.99
35 4 1  Poland 2:04.02
36 2 7  Norway 2:04.29
37 2 1  Slovakia 2:04.58
38 2 8  Lithuania 2:04.85
39 3 1  Luxembourg 2:05.20
40 2 5  Austria 2:06.78
41 2 2 Lavrans Solli  Norway 2:07.12
42 2 3  Ireland 2:31.44
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  Portugal 1:59.94
6 5 Matteo Milli  Italy 2:01.57
7 1  Russia 2:02.51
8 8  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  Germany 1:59.41 Q
6 6  Ukraine 1:59.98
7 1  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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Radoslaw Kawecki  Poland 1:55.28 CR, NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Péter Bernek  Hungary 1:55.88 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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  Germany 1:58.39
7 1 Benjamin Stasiulis  France 1:58.55
8 2 Gábor Balog  Hungary 1:58.74

References[]

  1. ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre backstroke entry list[permanent dead link], from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.
  2. ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre backstroke Heats results[permanent dead link], from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-25.
  3. ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre backstroke Semifinals results[permanent dead link], from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-25.
  4. ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre backstroke Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.
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