Men's 200 metre individual medley at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | May 22, 2012 (heats and semifinals) May 23, 2012 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 24 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:56.66 | |||||||||
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 individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 22 and 23. The heats and semifinals took place on May 22, the final on May 23. [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 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:54.00 | Shanghai | July 28, 2011 |
European record | László Cseh | Hungary | 1:55.18 | Rome | July 29, 2009 |
Championship record | László Cseh | Hungary | 1:57.73 | Budapest | August 11, 2010 |
40 swimmers participated in 6 heats. [2]
The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final. [3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Markus Rogan | Austria | 2:00.58 | Q |
2 | 4 | Dávid Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:00.75 | Q |
3 | 3 | Federico Turrini | Italy | 2:01.17 | Q |
4 | 6 | Diogo Filipe Carvalho | Portugal | 2:01.64 | |
5 | 2 | Jan-David Schepers | Germany | 2:01.71 | |
6 | 8 | Eduardo Solaeche Gomez | Spain | 2:01.91 | |
7 | 1 | Lukasz Wojt | Poland | 2:02.40 | |
8 | 7 | Raphaël Stacchiotti | Luxembourg | 2:03.50 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | László Cseh | Hungary | 1:57.80 | Q |
2 | 5 | Simon Sjödin | Sweden | 1:59.44 | Q, NR |
3 | 6 | Gal Nevo | Israel | 1:59.62 | Q |
4 | 1 | James Goddard | Great Britain | 2:00.66 | Q |
5 | 3 | Vytautas Janušaitis | Lithuania | 2:00.75 | Q |
6 | 8 | Martin Liivamägi | Estonia | 2:02.01 | |
7 | 7 | Luca Angelo Dioli | Italy | 2:02.04 | |
8 | 2 | Dmitry Gorbunov | Russia | 2:02.94 |
The final was held at 18:17. [4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | László Cseh | Hungary | 1:56.66 | CR | |
2 | James Goddard | Great Britain | 1:57.84 | ||
6 | Markus Rogan | Austria | 1:59.39 | ||
4 | 3 | Gal Nevo | Israel | 1:59.74 | |
5 | 5 | Simon Sjödin | Sweden | 2:00.70 | |
6 | 7 | Dávid Verrasztó | Hungary | 2:01.70 | |
7 | 1 | Vytautas Janušaitis | Lithuania | 2:02.08 | |
8 | 8 | Federico Turrini | Italy | 2:02.50 |
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