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

Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
Dates May 23, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 24, 2012 (final)
Competitors 43 from 25 nations
Winning time 24.73
Medalists
 Jonatan Kopelev   Israel
 Mirco Di Tora   Italy
 Dorian Gandin   France
 Guy Barnea   Israel
 Richárd Bohus   Hungary

The men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 23 and 24. The heats and semifinals took place on May 23, the final on May 24.[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record
European record		Liam Tancock Great Britain24.04RomeAugust 2, 2009
Championship recordCamille Lacourt France24.07BudapestAugust 12, 2010

Results

Heats

43 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
163Mirco Di Tora Italy25.18Q
265Jonatan Kopelev Israel25.24Q
366Dorian Gandin France25.40Q
464Guy Barnea Israel25.44Q
545Aristeidis Grigoriadis Greece25.46Q
662Pavel Sankovich Belarus25.49Q, NR
747Christian Diener Germany25.52Q
853Stefano Mauro Pizzamiglio Italy25.59Q
954Helge Meeuw Germany25.62Q
1057Lavrans Solli Norway25.67Q, NR
1156Richárd Bohus Hungary25.68Q
1243Juan Miguel Rando Galvez Spain25.71Q
1355Vitaly Borisov Russia25.78Q
1461David Gamburg Israel25.86
1546Karl Burdis Ireland25.87Q
1658Alexis Manacas Santos Portugal25.88Q, NR
1744Flori Lang  Switzerland25.94Q
1867Matteo Milli Italy25.99
1952Sebastiano Ranfagni Italy26.06
2036Jonathan Massacand  Switzerland26.13
2134Jakub Jasiński Poland26.24
2232Martin Zhelev Bulgaria26.26NR
2341Olexandr Isakov Ukraine26.30
2425Martin Baďura Czech Republic26.31NR
2535Ádám Szilágyi Hungary26.32
2568Gábor Balog Hungary26.32
2714Itai Chammha Israel26.34
2842Andres Olvik Estonia26.41
2926Mikhail Zvyagin Russia26.43
3023Konstantīns Blohins Latvia26.47
3151Roko Šimunić Croatia26.48
3238Matas Andriekus Lithuania26.51
3327Pavels Vilcans Latvia26.61
3431Sasa Gerbec Croatia26.63
3548Mateusz Wysoczynski Poland26.64
3624Dominik Dür Austria26.69
3728Justinas Bilis Lithuania26.98
3822Jean-François Schneiders Luxembourg27.00
3915Petar Petrović Serbia27.04
3933Mindaugas Sadauskas Lithuania27.04
4121Lukas Räuftlin  Switzerland27.22
4237Péter Bernek Hungary28.34
4313Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Finland28.53

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Jonatan Kopelev Israel24.98Q
25Guy Barnea Israel25.29Q
33Pavel Sankovich Belarus25.36Q, NR
42Lavrans Solli Norway25.40Q, NR
56Stefano Mauro Pizzamiglio Italy25.54
68Flori Lang  Switzerland25.75
71Karl Burdis Ireland25.78
87Juan Miguel Rando Galvez Spain25.88

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Mirco Di Tora Italy25.23Q
23Aristeidis Grigoriadis Greece25.29Q
37Richárd Bohus Hungary25.36Q, NR
45Dorian Gandin France25.39Q
56Christian Diener Germany25.51
61Vitaly Borisov Russia25.70
72Helge Meeuw Germany25.78
88Alexis Manacas Santos Portugal26.01

Final

The final was held at 18:19.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Jonatan Kopelev Israel24.73
2nd, silver medalist(s)5Mirco Di Tora Italy24.95
3rd, bronze medalist(s)1Dorian Gandin France25.14
3rd, bronze medalist(s)3Guy Barnea Israel25.14
3rd, bronze medalist(s)7Richárd Bohus Hungary25.14NR
62Pavel Sankovich Belarus25.25NR
78Lavrans Solli Norway25.28NR
86Aristeidis Grigoriadis Greece25.46

References

  1. ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre backstroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.
  2. ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre backstroke Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.
  3. ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre backstroke Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.
  4. ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre backstroke Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-24.
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