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

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Men's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 25, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 26, 2012 (final)
Competitors52 from 27 nations
Winning time27.32
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Greece.svg  Greece

The men's 50 metre breaststroke 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 Cameron van der Burgh Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa26.67RomeJuly 29, 2009
European record Hendrik Feldwehr Flag of Germany.svg Germany26.83RomeJuly 28, 2009
Championship record Oleg Lisogor Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 27.18BerlinAugust 2, 2002

Results

Heats

52 swimmers participated in 7 heats. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Damir Dugonjič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 27.36Q
274 Fabio Scozzoli Flag of Italy.svg Italy27.56Q
375 Mattia Pesce Flag of Italy.svg Italy27.78Q
464 Matjaž Markič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 27.81Q
563 Panagiotis Samilidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 27.93Q
577 Filipp Provorkov Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 27.93Q, NR
751 Valeriy Dymo Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 27.94Q
855 Aleksander Hetland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 27.97Q
953 Čaba Silađi Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 27.99Q
1067 Gábor Financsek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 28.01Q
1165 Dragos Agache Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 28.02Q
1258 Viktar Vabishchevich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 28.03Q, NR
1373 Petr Bartůněk Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 28.05Q
1472 Emil Tahirovič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 28.09Q scratched
1544 Eetu Karvonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 28.20Q
1566 Kirill Strelnikov Flag of Russia.svg Russia28.20Q
1757 Dawid Szulich Flag of Poland.svg Poland28.21
1852 Martin Schweizer Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland28.22
1943 Robert Vovk Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 28.38
2046 Ante Krizan Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 28.40
2076 Ömer Aslanoğlu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 28.40
2245 Carlos Esteves Almeida Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 28.43 NR
2262 Andriy Kovalenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 28.43
2448 Johannes Skagius Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden28.44
2556 Anton Lobanov Flag of Russia.svg Russia28.45
2633 Tomáš Klobučník Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 28.50
2642 Sasa Gerbec Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 28.50
2868 Laurent Carnol Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 28.57 NR
2947 Filip Wypych Flag of Poland.svg Poland28.60
3078 Yaron Shagalov Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 28.61
3138 Tamás Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 28.66
3261 Marek Botik Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 28.72
3337 Imri Ganiel Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 28.78
3436 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 28.83
3535 Igor Borysik Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 28.84
3632 Matti Mattsson Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 28.85
3726 Sverre Næss Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 28.86
3734 Yannick Kaeser Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland28.86
3971 Hunor Mate Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 28.88
4027 Oleg Kostin Flag of Russia.svg Russia28.91
4031 Danila Artiomov Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 28.91
4222 Vaidotas Blažys Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 29.09
4323 Martin Baďura Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 29.23
4414 Daniel Vacval Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 29.32
4541 Matej Kuchar Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 29.42
4628 Lachezar Shumkov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 29.45
4724 Jowan Qupty Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 29.53
4821 Uldis Tazans Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 29.55
4925 Maxim Podoprigora Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 29.59
5013 Olexiy Rozhkov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 29.65
5115 Ákos Molnár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 30.42
5216 Marius Mikalauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 30.66

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Matjaž Markič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 27.43Q
26 Aleksander Hetland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 27.68Q
34 Fabio Scozzoli Flag of Italy.svg Italy27.73Q
43 Filipp Provorkov Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 28.07
58 Dawid Szulich Flag of Poland.svg Poland28.08
62 Gábor Financsek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 28.13
71 Eetu Karvonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 28.26
77 Viktar Vabishchevich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 28.26

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Damir Dugonjič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 27.60Q
25 Mattia Pesce Flag of Italy.svg Italy27.63Q
31 Petr Bartůněk Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 27.89Q
43 Panagiotis Samilidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 27.92Q
56 Valeriy Dymo Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 27.99
57 Dragos Agache Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 27.99
72 Čaba Silađi Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 28.04
88 Kirill Strelnikov Flag of Russia.svg Russia28.25

Swim-off

A swim-off was needed to determine the last participant in the final. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Dragos Agache Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 28.14Q
25 Valeriy Dymo Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 28.26

Final

The final was held at 18:30. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Damir Dugonjič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 27.32
Silver medal icon.svg2 Fabio Scozzoli Flag of Italy.svg Italy27.49
Bronze medal icon.svg1 Panagiotis Samilidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 27.64
43 Mattia Pesce Flag of Italy.svg Italy27.65
54 Matjaž Markič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 27.67
66 Aleksander Hetland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 27.82
78 Dragos Agache Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 27.84
87 Petr Bartůněk Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 27.89

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