Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke
| Men's 200 metre backstroke at the Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 22–23 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 33 from 19 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:56.02 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2014 European Aquatics Championships | ||
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| 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 |
| mixed | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| 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 | |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Individual | Solo | Duet |
| Team | Team | Combination |
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Team | team | |
The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22–23 August.[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 | 31 July 2009 |
| European record | Radosław Kawęcki |  Poland |
1:54.24 | Barcelona | 2 August 2013 |
| Championship record | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland |
1:55.28 | Debrecen | 26 May 2012 |
Results[]
Heats[]
The heats were held at 09:30.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Péter Bernek |  Hungary |
1:58.45 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Christian Diener |  Germany |
1:58.74 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Jan-Philip Glania | Germany |
1:58.91 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 |  Italy |
1:59.47 | Q | |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | Yakov Toumarkin |  Israel |
1:59.94 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland |
1:59.94 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 2 |  Sweden |
2:00.00 | Q | |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Benjamin Stasiulis |  France |
2:00.06 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 5 | Gábor Balog | Hungary |
2:00.14 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | France |
2:00.36 | Q | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 |  Russia |
2:00.38 | Q | |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Danas Rapšys |  Lithuania |
2:00.95 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 5 | Italy |
2:00.96 | Q | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Dávid Verrasztó | Hungary |
2:00.97 | |
| 15 | 3 | 7 |  Czech Republic |
2:01.13 | Q | |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | Axel Pettersson | Sweden |
2:01.20 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 4 | Andrey Shabasov | Russia |
2:01.48 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | Pedro Oliveira |  Portugal |
2:02.02 | |
| 19 | 2 | 7 |  Ukraine |
2:02.12 | ||
| 20 | 2 | 0 | Dmitry Gorbunov | Russia |
2:02.98 | |
| 21 | 3 | 9 | Israel |
2:03.50 | ||
| 22 | 4 | 0 |  Croatia |
2:03.54 | ||
| 23 | 4 | 8 |  Belgium |
2:03.70 | ||
| 24 | 3 | 1 | Belgium |
2:03.87 | ||
| 25 | 4 | 9 | Boris Kirillov |  Azerbaijan |
2:03.90 | |
| 26 | 2 | 9 | Czech Republic |
2:03.96 | ||
| 27 | 1 | 3 |  Bulgaria |
2:03.97 | ||
| 28 | 3 | 8 |  Switzerland |
2:04.04 | ||
| 29 | 3 | 0 |  Luxembourg |
2:04.32 | ||
| 30 | 2 | 8 | Croatia |
2:04.42 | ||
| 31 | 1 | 4 | Gytis Stankevičius | Lithuania |
2:04.62 | |
| 32 | 2 | 2 | Russia |
2:06.19 | ||
| 33 | 1 | 2 |  Turkey |
2:07.14 | ||
| — | 1 | 5 | Max Litchfield |  Great Britain |
DNS | |
| — | 3 | 6 | Federico Turrini | Italy |
DNS |
Semifinals[]
The semifinals were held at 19:05.[3]
Semifinal 1[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Italy |
1:58.16 | Q | |
| 2 | 7 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania |
1:58.21 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Christian Diener | Germany |
1:58.37 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Benjamin Stasiulis | France |
1:58.46 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Yakov Toumarkin | Israel |
1:58.83 | |
| 6 | 2 | France |
1:59.14 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Andrey Shabasov | Russia |
2:00.05 | |
| 8 | 1 | Czech Republic |
2:01.45 |
Semifinal 2[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland |
1:57.35 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Péter Bernek | Hungary |
1:57.41 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Gábor Balog | Hungary |
1:57.97 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Jan-Philip Glania | Germany |
1:58.21 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Sweden |
2:00.19 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Italy |
2:00.20 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Russia |
2:01.93 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Axel Pettersson | Sweden |
2:01.98 |
Final[]
The final was held at 17:06.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland |
1:56.02 | |
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1 | Christian Diener | Germany |
1:57.16 | |
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3 | Gábor Balog | Hungary |
1:57.42 | |
| 4 | 5 | Péter Bernek | Hungary |
1:57.47 | |
| 5 | 2 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania |
1:57.68 | |
| 6 | 8 | Benjamin Stasiulis | France |
1:58.30 | |
| 7 | 7 | Jan-Philip Glania | Germany |
1:58.84 | |
| 8 | 6 | Italy |
1:58.92 |
References[]
Categories:
- 2014 European Aquatics Championships