Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 25, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 26, 2012 (final)
Competitors42 from 21 nations
Winning time1:55.28
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
  2010
2014  

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 25 and 26. The heats and semifinals took place on May 25, the final on May 26. [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 States1:51.92RomeJuly 31, 2009
European record Arkady Vyatchanin Flag of Russia.svg Russia1:54.75RomeJuly 31, 2009
Championship record Arkady Vyatchanin Flag of Russia.svg Russia1:55.44 Budapest August 5, 2006

Results

Heats

43 swimmers participated in 6 heats. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg Poland1:58.79Q
255 Yannick Lebherz Flag of Germany.svg Germany1:58.85Q
344 Péter Bernek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:59.07Q
453 Matteo Milli Flag of Italy.svg Italy1:59.30Q
556 Gábor Balog Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:59.63Q
667 Pedro Diogo Oliveira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:59.72Q, NR
742 Olexandr Isakov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:59.79Q
864 Benjamin Stasiulis Flag of France.svg France1:59.91Q
965 Sebastiano Ranfagni Flag of Italy.svg Italy1:59.98Q
1066 Federico Turrini Flag of Italy.svg Italy2:00.20
1162 Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:00.25Q
1246 Felix Wolf Flag of Germany.svg Germany2:00.81Q
1345 Yakov-Yan Toumarkin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:00.93Q
1458 Itai Chammah Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:01.05
1543 Christian Diener Flag of Germany.svg Germany2:01.15
1663 Eric Ress Flag of France.svg France2:01.21Q
1713 Ivan Trofimov Flag of Russia.svg Russia2:01.82Q
1836Dmitry GorbunovFlag of Russia.svg Russia2:01.93Q
1924 Martin Zhelev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:01.95Q, NR
2035 Luca Marin Flag of Italy.svg Italy2:02.23
2151 Sebastian Stoss Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:02.30
2247 Dávid Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:02.33
2332 Balázs Zámbó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:02.36
2452 Vitaly Borisov Flag of Russia.svg Russia2:02.49
2515 Tomáš Fučík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:02.51
2626 Andres Olvik Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:02.67 NR
2761 Mikhail Zvyagin Flag of Russia.svg Russia2:02.81
2857 Mattias Carlsson Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden2:02.82
2968 Lukas Räuftlin Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland2:02.84
3034 Danas Rapšys Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:03.22
3138 Květoslav Svoboda Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:03.38
3248 Andriy Nikishenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:03.64
3333 David Gamburg Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:03.71
3437 Konstantīns Blohins Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:03.99
3541 Mateusz Wysoczynski Flag of Poland.svg Poland2:04.02
3627 Marco Aldabe Bomstad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:04.29
3721 Oliver Šimkovič Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:04.58
3828 Matas Andriekus Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:04.85
3931 Jean François Schneiders Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2:05.20
4025 Dominik Dür Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:06.78
4122 Lavrans Solli Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:07.12
4223 Karl Burdis Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:31.44
14 Jonathan Massacand Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SwitzerlandDNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Yannick Lebherz Flag of Germany.svg Germany1:58.23Q
27 Yakov-Yan Toumarkin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:58.33Q
36 Benjamin Stasiulis Flag of France.svg France1:59.09Q
42 Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:59.58
53 Pedro Diogo Oliveira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:59.94
65 Matteo Milli Flag of Italy.svg Italy2:01.57
71 Ivan Trofimov Flag of Russia.svg Russia2:02.51
88 Martin Zhelev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:03.18

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Péter Bernek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:56.11Q, NR
24 Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg Poland1:56.68Q
33 Gábor Balog Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:58.43Q
42 Sebastiano Ranfagni Flag of Italy.svg Italy1:58.86Q
57 Felix Wolf Flag of Germany.svg Germany1:59.41Q
66 Olexandr Isakov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:59.98
71 Eric Ress Flag of France.svg France2:00.04
88Dmitry GorbunovFlag of Russia.svg Russia2:01.77

Final

The final was held at 18:01. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg Poland1:55.28 CR , NR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Péter Bernek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:55.88 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Yakov-Yan Toumarkin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:57.35 NR
47 Sebastiano Ranfagni Flag of Italy.svg Italy1:57.99
53 Yannick Lebherz Flag of Germany.svg Germany1:58.39
58 Felix Wolf Flag of Germany.svg Germany1:58.39
71 Benjamin Stasiulis Flag of France.svg France1:58.55
82 Gábor Balog Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:58.74

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