Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | May 23, 2012 (heats and semifinals) May 24, 2012 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 25 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:08.60 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2012 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 |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
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 |
The men's 200 metre breaststroke 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]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 2:07.31 | Rome | July 30, 2009 |
European record | Dániel Gyurta | Hungary | 2:07.64 | Beijing | July 31, 2009 |
Championship record | Dániel Gyurta | Hungary | 2:08.95 | Budapest | August 12, 2010 |
40 swimmers participated in 5 heats. [2]
The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final. [3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Dániel Gyurta | Hungary | 2:10.06 | Q |
2 | 5 | Igor Borysik | Ukraine | 2:11.91 | Q |
3 | 3 | Flavio Bizzarri | Italy | 2:12.03 | Q |
4 | 1 | Yannick Kaeser | Switzerland | 2:12.09 | Q, NR |
5 | 2 | Christian vom Lehn | Germany | 2:12.16 | Q |
6 | 7 | Anton Lobanov | Russia | 2:12.54 | |
7 | 6 | Matti Mattsson | Finland | 2:13.49 | |
8 | 8 | Olexiy Rozhkov | Ukraine | 2:13.91 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Marco Koch | Germany | 2:10.92 | Q |
2 | 4 | Panagiotis Samilidis | Greece | 2:11.53 | Q |
3 | 3 | Ákos Molnár | Hungary | 2:12.23 | Q |
4 | 2 | Laurent Carnol | Luxembourg | 2:12.29 | |
5 | 8 | Oleg Kostin | Russia | 2:12.39 | |
6 | 6 | Michael Jamieson | Great Britain | 2:12.58 | |
7 | 1 | Tomáš Klobučník | Slovakia | 2:13.10 | NR |
8 | 7 | Sławomir Kuczko | Poland | 2:13.14 |
The final was held at 17:41. [4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Dániel Gyurta | Hungary | 2:08.60 | CR | |
5 | Marco Koch | Germany | 2:09.26 | ||
3 | Panagiotis Samilidis | Greece | 2:09.72 | NR | |
4 | 1 | Christian vom Lehn | Germany | 2:10.61 | |
5 | 2 | Flavio Bizzarri | Italy | 2.12.47 | |
6 | 6 | Igor Borysik | Ukraine | 2:12.51 | |
7 | 7 | Yannick Kaeser | Switzerland | 2:13.23 | |
8 | 8 | Ákos Molnár | Hungary | 2:13.33 |
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