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

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Men's 50 metre butterfly
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 21, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 22, 2012 (final)
Competitors44 from 27 nations
Winning time23.16
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus

The men's 50 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21 and 22. The heats and semifinals took place on May 21, the final on May 22. [1]

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record
European record
Rafael Muñoz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 22.43 Málaga April 5, 2009
Championship record Milorad Čavić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 23.11 Eindhoven March 19, 2008

Results

Heats

44 swimmers participated in 6 heats. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144 Frédérick Bousquet Flag of France.svg  France 23.60Q
263 Milorad Čavić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 23.70Q
345 Rafael Muñoz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 23.76Q
464 Nikita Konovalov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23.78Q
543 Francois Heersbrandt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 23.81Q
662 Piero Codia Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 23.87Q
753 Amaury Leveaux Flag of France.svg  France 23.90Q
856 Yauhen Tsurkin Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 23.91Q
954 Steffen Deibler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23.94Q
1067 Mario Todorović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 23.95Q
1166 Romain Sassot Flag of France.svg  France 24.04
1247 Alon Mandel Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 24.05Q
1365 Andriy Govorov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 24.08Q
1455 Ivan Lenđer Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 24.14Q
1542 Fotios Koliopoulos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 24.20Q
1657 Martin Spitzer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 24.20Q
1713 Tom Kremer Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 24.27Q
1852 Duje Draganja Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 24.28
1916 Ádám Madarassy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 24.30
2046 Philip Heintz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 24.36
2151 Simao Gomes Morgado Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 24.38
2241 Bence Pulai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 24.42
2361 Marco Belotti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 24.43
2436 Michal Poprawa Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 24.51
2548 Martin Verner Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 24.60
2568 Norbert Trandafir Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 24.60
2734 Nico van Duijn Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 24.61
2821 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 24.90
2958 Duarte Rafael Mourao Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 24.98
3035 Alexandru Coci Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 24.99
3131 Lubos Grznar Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 25.03
3137 Tadas Duškinas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 25.03
3332 Robert Zbogar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 25.08
3423 Sindri Thor Jakobsson Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 25.15
3533 Mindaugas Sadauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 25.18
3638 Marko Tiidla Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 25.22
3725 Konstantinos Markozis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 25.23
3824 Pavels Kondrahins Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 25.26
3915Dmitry GorbunovFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.34
4027 Bernhard Wolf Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 25.59
4122 Bence Gyárfás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 25.61
4228 Avi Cohen Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.90
4326 Edgaras Štura Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 26.03
4414 Hedin Olsen Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 26.41

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Milorad Čavić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 23.41Q
27 Andriy Govorov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 23.43Q
35 Nikita Konovalov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23.55Q
46 Yauhen Tsurkin Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 23.77 NR
53 Piero Codia Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 23.84
62 Mario Todorović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 23.86
71 Fotios Koliopoulos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 23.92
88 Tom Kremer Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 24.20

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
16 Amaury Leveaux Flag of France.svg  France 23.51Q
24 Frédérick Bousquet Flag of France.svg  France 23.68Q
35 Rafael Muñoz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 23.70Q
41 Ivan Lenđer Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 23.71Q
53 Francois Heersbrandt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 23.77
62 Steffen Deibler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23.96
78 Martin Spitzer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 24.04
87 Alon Mandel Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 24.05

Swim-off

The race determined the last participant for the final. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Yauhen Tsurkin Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 23.59Q, NR
25 Francois Heersbrandt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 23.66

Final

The final was held at 17:02. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg7 Rafael Muñoz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 23.16
Silver medal icon.svg2 Frédérick Bousquet Flag of France.svg  France 23.30
Bronze medal icon.svg8 Yauhen Tsurkin Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 23.37 NR
46 Nikita Konovalov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23.43
54 Milorad Čavić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 23.53
55 Andriy Govorov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 23.53
71 Ivan Lenđer Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 23.68
83 Amaury Leveaux Flag of France.svg  France 23.80

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