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

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 23, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 24, 2012 (final)
Competitors39 from 25 nations
Winning time2:08.60
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Greece.svg  Greece

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]

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Christian Sprenger Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia2:07.31RomeJuly 30, 2009
European record Dániel Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:07.64 Beijing July 31, 2009
Championship record Dániel Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:08.95 Budapest August 12, 2010

Results

Heats

40 swimmers participated in 5 heats. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
156 Panagiotis Samilidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:10.61Q, NR
254 Dániel Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:11.54Q
343 Marco Koch Flag of Germany.svg Germany2:12.48Q
453 Igor Borysik Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:12.60Q
545 Ákos Molnár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:12.71Q
636 Flavio Bizzarri Flag of Italy.svg Italy2:13.00Q
655 Michael Jamieson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain2:13.00Q
842 Matti Mattsson Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:13.26Q
934 Laurent Carnol Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2:13.36Q
1044 Christian vom Lehn Flag of Germany.svg Germany2:13.42Q
1141 Sławomir Kuczko Flag of Poland.svg Poland2:13.86Q
1235 Anton Lobanov Flag of Russia.svg Russia2:13.87Q
1323 Tomáš Klobučník Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:14.06Q, NR
1432 Yannick Kaeser Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland2:14.11Q
1557 Oleg Kostin Flag of Russia.svg Russia2:14.13Q
1647 Olexiy Rozhkov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:14.37Q
1746 Maxym Shemberyev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:14.38
1851 Jonas Coreelman Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium2:14.52
1937 Hunor Mate Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:14.79
2033 Hugues Duboscq Flag of France.svg France2:15.02
2115 Martin Liivamägi Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:15.21 NR
2225 Carlos Esteves Almeida Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:15.64
2322 Imri Ganiel Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:15.76
2421 Irakli Bolkvadze Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 2:16.35
2526 Jowan Qupty Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:16.72
2531 Maxim Podoprigora Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:16.72
2738 Danila Artiomov Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 2:17.77
2848 Mattia Petce Flag of Italy.svg Italy2:17.80
2912 Vadim Romanov Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:18.40
3024 Eetu Karvonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:19.39
3114 Sverre Naess Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:20.02
3213 Robert Vovk Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:20.25
3328 Rok Resman Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:20.63
3417 Lachezar Shumkov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:21.51
3516 Marius Mikalauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:21.61
3611 Tal Hanani Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:23.73
52 Valeriy Dymo Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine DSQ
58 Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland DSQ
18 Aleksander Hetland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNF
27 Gal Nevo Flag of Israel.svg  Israel DNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Dániel Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:10.06Q
25 Igor Borysik Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:11.91Q
33 Flavio Bizzarri Flag of Italy.svg Italy2:12.03Q
41 Yannick Kaeser Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland2:12.09Q, NR
52 Christian vom Lehn Flag of Germany.svg Germany2:12.16Q
67 Anton Lobanov Flag of Russia.svg Russia2:12.54
76 Matti Mattsson Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:13.49
88 Olexiy Rozhkov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:13.91

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Marco Koch Flag of Germany.svg Germany2:10.92Q
24 Panagiotis Samilidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:11.53Q
33 Ákos Molnár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:12.23Q
42 Laurent Carnol Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2:12.29
58 Oleg Kostin Flag of Russia.svg Russia2:12.39
66 Michael Jamieson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain2:12.58
71 Tomáš Klobučník Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:13.10 NR
87 Sławomir Kuczko Flag of Poland.svg Poland2:13.14

Final

The final was held at 17:41. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Dániel Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:08.60 CR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Marco Koch Flag of Germany.svg Germany2:09.26
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Panagiotis Samilidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:09.72 NR
41 Christian vom Lehn Flag of Germany.svg Germany2:10.61
52 Flavio Bizzarri Flag of Italy.svg Italy2.12.47
66 Igor Borysik Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:12.51
77 Yannick Kaeser Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland2:13.23
88 Ákos Molnár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:13.33

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