Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 21, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 22, 2012 (final)
Competitors43 from 24 nations
Winning time53.86
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

The men's 100 metre backstroke 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 Aaron Peirsol Flag of the United States.svg United States51.94 Indianapolis July 8, 2009
European record
Championship record
Camille Lacourt Flag of France.svg France52.11 Budapest August 10, 2010

Results

Heats

43 swimmers participated in 6 heats. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
146 Yakov-Yan Toumarkin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 54.22Q, =NR
263 Guy Barnea Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 54.44Q
344 Aristeidis Grigoriadis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 54.45Q
453 Jonatan Kopelev Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 54.61
545 Mirco di Tora Flag of Italy.svg Italy54.77Q
654 Helge Meeuw Flag of Germany.svg Germany54.78Q
755 Vitaly Borisov Flag of Russia.svg Russia54.78Q
866 Péter Bernek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 54.82Q
934 Lavrans Solli Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 54.83Q, NR
1043 Pavel Sankovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 54.96Q, NR
1056 Matteo Milli Flag of Italy.svg Italy54.96Q
1257 Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 55.01
1367 Felix Wolf Flag of Germany.svg Germany55.13Q
1464 Jérémy Stravius Flag of France.svg France55.21Q
1552 Sebastiano Ranfagni Flag of Italy.svg Italy55.39
1651 Olexandr Isakov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 55.48Q
1742 Christian Diener Flag of Germany.svg Germany55.59
1862 Richárd Bohus Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 55.67Q
1914 Pedro Oliveira Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal55.83Q, NR
2068 Gábor Balog Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 55.83
2141 Mikhail Zvyagin Flag of Russia.svg Russia55.87SO
2161 Andres Olvik Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 55.87SO
2347 Jonathan Massacand Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland55.90
2432 Martin Baďura Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 56.26
2524 Konstantīns Blohins Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 56.28 NR
2633 Martin Zhelev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 56.36
2635 Matas Andriekus Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 56.36
2858 Karl Burdis Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 56.43
2965 Juan Miguel Rando Galvez Flag of Spain.svg Spain56.54
3013 Jan Šefl Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 56.58
3148 Flori Lang Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland56.66
3222 Jakub Jasiński Flag of Poland.svg Poland56.77
3327 Pavels Vilcans Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 56.92
3431 Jean-François Schneiders Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 56.93
3528 Danas Rapšys Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 57.00
3636 Lukas Räuftlin Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland57.31
3637 Andriy Nikishenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 57.31
3825 Mateusz Wysoczynski Flag of Poland.svg Poland57.56
3915 Roko Šimunić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 57.61
4023 Sebastian Stoss Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 57.73
4126 Dominik Dür Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 58.09
4221 Justinas Bilis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 58.13
4338 Petar Petrović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 58.95

Swim-Off

The swim-off took place to determine the last semifinal participant. [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Mikhail Zvyagin Flag of Russia.svg Russia55.97Q
25 Andres Olvik Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 56.15

Semifinals

The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final. [4]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Richárd Bohus Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 54.35Q
23 Vitaly Borisov Flag of Russia.svg Russia54.74Q
37 Jérémy Stravius Flag of France.svg France54.79Q
45 Mirco di Tora Flag of Italy.svg Italy54.88Q
56 Lavrans Solli Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 54.90
64 Guy Barnea Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 54.95
72 Matteo Milli Flag of Italy.svg Italy55.25
88 Mikhail Zvyagin Flag of Russia.svg Russia56.02

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 Helge Meeuw Flag of Germany.svg Germany53.80Q
25 Aristeidis Grigoriadis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 53.90Q
34 Yakov-Yan Toumarkin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 54.26Q
46 Péter Bernek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 54.47Q
52 Pavel Sankovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 55.06
61 Olexandr Isakov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 55.33
77 Felix Wolf Flag of Germany.svg Germany55.40
88 Pedro Oliveira Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal55.90

Final

The final was held at 17:14. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Aristeidis Grigoriadis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 53.86
Silver medal icon.svg4 Helge Meeuw Flag of Germany.svg Germany54.06
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Yakov-Yan Toumarkin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 54.14 NR
42 Péter Bernek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 54.77
57 Vitaly Borisov Flag of Russia.svg Russia54.78
58 Mirco di Tora Flag of Italy.svg Italy54.78
71 Jérémy Stravius Flag of France.svg France54.96
86 Richárd Bohus Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 55.00

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Evgeny Rylov</span> Russian swimmer

Evgeny Mikhailovich Rylov is a Russian competitive swimmer and Olympic champion specializing in backstroke events. He won three gold medals at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, and a bronze medal at his senior international debut at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan. He also won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and a gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, both were in the 200 metre backstroke event. In 2018, at the 2018 World Short Course Championships, he won gold medals in the 200 metre backstroke and 50 metre backstroke. At the 2019 World Championships, he won a gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke, silver medal in the 100 metre backstroke, and silver medal in the 50 metre backstroke. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke and 200 metre backstroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Lorenzo Mora is a competitive Italian swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 4×50 metre medley relay. He is the Italian record holder in the short course 100 metre backstroke and 200 metre backstroke. In the 50 metre backstroke, he won the silver medal at the 2021 World Short Course Championships and the bronze medal at the 2022 Mediterranean Games. In the 100 metre backstroke, he won the silver medal at each the 2022 World Short Course Championships and the 2022 Mediterranean Games. In the 200 metre backstroke, he won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Short Course Championships, the silver medal at the 2021 European Short Course Championships, and the gold medal at the 2022 Mediterranean Games.

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