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

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Men's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 25, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 26, 2012 (final)
Competitors52 from 27 nations
Winning time27.32
Medalists
gold medal    Slovenia
silver medal    Italy
bronze medal    Greece

The men's 50 metre breaststroke 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 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 26.67 Rome July 29, 2009
European record Hendrik Feldwehr  Germany 26.83 Rome July 28, 2009
Championship record Oleg Lisogor  Ukraine 27.18 Berlin August 2, 2002

Results[]

Heats[]

52 swimmers participated in 7 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Damir Dugonjič  Slovenia 27.36 Q
2 7 4 Fabio Scozzoli  Italy 27.56 Q
3 7 5 Mattia Pesce  Italy 27.78 Q
4 6 4 Matjaž Markič  Slovenia 27.81 Q
5 6 3 Panagiotis Samilidis  Greece 27.93 Q
5 7 7 Filipp Provorkov  Estonia 27.93 Q, NR
7 5 1 Valeriy Dymo  Ukraine 27.94 Q
8 5 5 Aleksander Hetland  Norway 27.97 Q
9 5 3 Čaba Silađi  Serbia 27.99 Q
10 6 7 Gábor Financsek  Hungary 28.01 Q
11 6 5 Dragos Agache  Romania 28.02 Q
12 5 8 Viktar Vabishchevich  Belarus 28.03 Q, NR
13 7 3  Czech Republic 28.05 Q
14 7 2 Emil Tahirovič  Slovenia 28.09 Q scratched
15 4 4  Finland 28.20 Q
15 6 6  Russia 28.20 Q
17 5 7 Dawid Szulich  Poland 28.21
18 5 2   Switzerland 28.22
19 4 3  Slovenia 28.38
20 4 6  Croatia 28.40
20 7 6 Ömer Aslanoğlu  Turkey 28.40
22 4 5  Portugal 28.43 NR
22 6 2  Ukraine 28.43
24 4 8 Johannes Skagius  Sweden 28.44
25 5 6  Russia 28.45
26 3 3 Tomas Klobucnik  Slovakia 28.50
26 4 2  Croatia 28.50
28 6 8 Laurent Carnol  Luxembourg 28.57 NR
29 4 7 Filip Wypych  Poland 28.60
30 7 8  Israel 28.61
31 3 8  Hungary 28.66
32 6 1 Marek Botik  Slovakia 28.72
33 3 7 Imri Ganiel  Israel 28.78
34 3 6 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen  Finland 28.83
35 3 5 Igor Borysik  Ukraine 28.84
36 3 2 Matti Mattsson  Finland 28.85
37 2 6  Norway 28.86
37 3 4 Yannick Kaeser   Switzerland 28.86
39 7 1 Hunor Mate  Austria 28.88
40 2 7 Oleg Kostin  Russia 28.91
40 3 1 Danila Artiomov  Moldova 28.91
42 2 2  Lithuania 29.09
43 2 3  Czech Republic 29.23
44 1 4  Slovakia 29.32
45 4 1  Slovakia 29.42
46 2 8 Lachezar Shumkov  Bulgaria 29.45
47 2 4 Jowan Qupty  Israel 29.53
48 2 1  Latvia 29.55
49 2 5 Maxim Podoprigora  Austria 29.59
50 1 3  Ukraine 29.65
51 1 5 Ákos Molnár  Hungary 30.42
52 1 6  Lithuania 30.66

Semifinals[]

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

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Matjaž Markič  Slovenia 27.43 Q
2 6 Aleksander Hetland  Norway 27.68 Q
3 4 Fabio Scozzoli  Italy 27.73 Q
4 3 Filipp Provorkov  Estonia 28.07
5 8 Dawid Szulich  Poland 28.08
6 2 Gábor Financsek  Hungary 28.13
7 1  Finland 28.26
7 7 Viktar Vabishchevich  Belarus 28.26

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Damir Dugonjič  Slovenia 27.60 Q
2 5 Mattia Pesce  Italy 27.63 Q
3 1  Czech Republic 27.89 Q
4 3 Panagiotis Samilidis  Greece 27.92 Q
5 6 Valeriy Dymo  Ukraine 27.99
5 7 Dragos Agache  Romania 27.99
7 2 Čaba Silađi  Serbia 28.04
8 8  Russia 28.25

Swim-off[]

A swim-off was needed to determine the last participant in the final.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Dragos Agache  Romania 28.14 Q
2 5 Valeriy Dymo  Ukraine 28.26

Final[]

The final was held at 18:30.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Damir Dugonjič  Slovenia 27.32
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Fabio Scozzoli  Italy 27.49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 Panagiotis Samilidis  Greece 27.64
4 3 Mattia Pesce  Italy 27.65
5 4 Matjaž Markič  Slovenia 27.67
6 6 Aleksander Hetland  Norway 27.82
7 8 Dragos Agache  Romania 27.84
8 7  Czech Republic 27.89

References[]

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