Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke
| Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 20 May | |||||||||
| Competitors | 41 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:55.98 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2016 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 |
| Mixed | 3 m | 10 m |
| Team | team | |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | Free | Technical |
| Duet | Free | Technical |
| Team | Free | Technical |
| Mixed | Free | Technical |
| Combination | Combination | |
The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 May 2016.[1][2]
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 | Evgeny Rylov |  Russia |
1:54.21 | Moscow | 21 April 2016 |
| Championship record | Radosław Kawęcki |  Poland |
1:55.28 | Debrecen | 26 May 2012 |
Results[]
Heats[]
The heats were held on 20 May at 10:00.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 6 | Dávid Földházi |  Hungary |
1:57.69 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland |
1:58.41 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Yakov Toumarkin |  Israel |
1:58.44 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Gábor Balog | Hungary |
1:58.70 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Luke Greenbank |  Great Britain |
1:58.81 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Danas Rapšys |  Lithuania |
1:58.95 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 3 |  Italy |
1:59.08 | Q | |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary |
1:59.10 | |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Italy |
1:59.19 | Q | |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | Hungary |
1:59.34 | ||
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Benjamin Stasiulis |  France |
2:00.17 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 7 |  Czech Republic |
2:00.42 | Q | |
| 13 | 3 | 5 | Grigory Tarasevich | Russia |
2:00.45 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 8 |  Sweden |
2:00.91 | Q | |
| 15 | 3 | 8 | Sweden |
2:01.01 | Q | |
| 16 | 2 | 9 | Robert Glință |  Romania |
2:01.09 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 3 | Apostolos Christou |  Greece |
2:01.14 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Sweden |
2:01.24 | ||
| 19 | 4 | 1 | Anton Loncar |  Croatia |
2:01.47 | Q |
| 20 | 1 | 3 | Pavel Janeček | Czech Republic |
2:01.64 | |
| 21 | 2 | 5 | Croatia |
2:01.73 | ||
| 22 | 3 | 0 | Daniel Martin | Romania |
2:01.82 | |
| 23 | 4 | 0 | Tomáš Franta | Czech Republic |
2:01.96 | |
| 24 | 5 | 1 |  Belgium |
2:02.07 | ||
| 25 | 2 | 1 | Max Litchfield | Great Britain |
2:02.29 | |
| 26 | 5 | 9 | Croatia |
2:02.33 | ||
| 27 | 5 | 0 | Israel |
2:02.39 | ||
| 28 | 4 | 9 | Israel |
2:02.59 | ||
| 29 | 2 | 2 |  Turkey |
2:02.95 | ||
| 30 | 3 | 9 | Boris Kirillov |  Azerbaijan |
2:03.32 | |
| 31 | 4 | 7 | Belgium |
2:03.47 | ||
| 32 | 5 | 7 | Israel |
2:03.71 | ||
| 33 | 2 | 7 | Ģirts Feldbergs |  Latvia |
2:03.94 | |
| 34 | 3 | 1 | Axel Pettersson | Sweden |
2:03.96 | |
| 35 | 2 | 4 |  Spain |
2:04.29 | ||
| 36 | 2 | 6 | Gabriel Lopes |  Portugal |
2:04.33 | |
| 37 | 2 | 8 | Gytis Stankevičius | Lithuania |
2:04.84 | |
| 38 | 1 | 6 | Marcin Tarczyński | Poland |
2:04.89 | |
| 39 | 1 | 4 | Turkey |
2:05.55 | ||
| 40 | 2 | 0 | Greece |
2:06.31 | ||
| 41 | 1 | 5 |  Estonia |
2:10.49 | ||
| 2 | 2 |  Germany |
DNS | |||
| 3 | 2 | Joseph Hulme | Great Britain |
DNS | ||
| 5 | 8 | Nils Liess |  Switzerland |
DNS | ||
Semifinals[]
The semifinals were held on 20 May at 19:08.[4]
Semifinal 1[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania |
1:57.35 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland |
1:57.39 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Gábor Balog | Hungary |
1:59.04 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Italy |
1:59.05 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | Czech Republic |
1:59.53 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Robert Glință | Romania |
2:00.91 | |
| 7 | 8 | Anton Loncar | Croatia |
2:01.80 | |
| 8 | 7 | Sweden |
2:02.13 |
Semifinal 2[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Apostolos Christou | Greece |
1:57.41 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Yakov Toumarkin | Israel |
1:57.95 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Italy |
1:58.50 | Q | |
| 4 | 7 | Grigory Tarasevich | Russia |
1:58.55 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain |
1:59.21 | |
| 6 | 4 | Dávid Földházi | Hungary |
1:59.48 | |
| 7 | 2 | Benjamin Stasiulis | France |
2:00.45 | |
| 8 | 1 | Sweden |
2:00.90 |
Final[]
The final was on 21 May at 17:18.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland |
1:55.98 | |
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6 | Yakov Toumarkin | Israel |
1:56.97 | |
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4 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania |
1:57.22 | |
| 4 | 1 | Gábor Balog | Hungary |
1:58.66 | |
| 5 | 3 | Apostolos Christou | Greece |
1:58.87 | |
| 6 | 7 | Grigory Tarasevich | Russia |
1:59.31 | |
| 7 | 2 | Italy |
1:59.45 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Italy |
2:02.04 |
References[]
Categories:
- 2016 European Aquatics Championships