Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships
Dates20 May
Competitors41 from 20 nations
Winning time1:55.98
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
  2014
2018  

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 May 2016. [1] [2]

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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 (23px).png  United States 1:51.92 Rome 31 July 2009
European record Evgeny Rylov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:54.21 Moscow 21 April 2016
Championship record Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:55.28 Debrecen 26 May 2012

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 20 May at 10:00. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
156 Dávid Földházi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:57.69Q
254 Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:58.41Q
344 Yakov Toumarkin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:58.44Q
453 Gábor Balog Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:58.70Q
555 Luke Greenbank Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:58.81Q
634 Danas Rapšys Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:58.95Q
743 Christopher Ciccarese Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:59.08Q
852 Ádám Telegdy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:59.10
945 Luca Mencarini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:59.19Q
1046 Balázs Zámbó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:59.34
1136 Benjamin Stasiulis Flag of France.svg  France 2:00.17Q
1237 Roman Dmitriyev Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:00.42Q
1335 Grigory Tarasevich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:00.45Q
1448 Petter Fredriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:00.91Q
1538 Kristian Kron Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:01.01Q
1629 Robert Glință Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:01.09Q
1733 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:01.14Q
1842 Mattias Carlsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:01.24
1941 Anton Loncar Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:01.47Q
2013 Pavel Janeček Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:01.64
2125 Teo Kolonić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:01.73
2230 Daniel Martin Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:01.82
2340 Tomáš Franta Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:01.96
2451 Nils Van Audekerke Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:02.07
2521 Max Litchfield Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:02.29
2659 Marko Krce Rabar Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:02.33
2750 Yuval Safra Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:02.39
2849 Arthur Polyak Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:02.59
2922 Ege Başer Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:02.95
3039 Boris Kirillov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 2:03.32
3147 Lander Hendrickx Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:03.47
3257 David Gamburg Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:03.71
3327 Ģirts Feldbergs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:03.94
3431 Axel Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:03.96
3524 Joan Lluís Pons Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:04.29
3626 Gabriel Lopes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:04.33
3728 Gytis Stankevičius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:04.84
3816 Marcin Tarczyński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:04.89
3914 Ergecan Gezmiş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:05.55
4020 Michail Kontizas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:06.31
4115 Andrei Gussev Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:10.49
22 Carl-Louis Schwarz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNS
32 Joseph Hulme Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DNS
58 Nils Liess Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 20 May at 19:08. [4]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 Danas Rapšys Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:57.35Q
24 Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:57.39Q
35 Gábor Balog Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:59.04Q
46 Luca Mencarini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:59.05Q
52 Roman Dmitriyev Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:59.53
61 Robert Glință Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:00.91
78 Anton Loncar Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:01.80
87 Petter Fredriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:02.13

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
18 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:57.41Q
25 Yakov Toumarkin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:57.95Q
36 Christopher Ciccarese Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:58.50Q
47 Grigory Tarasevich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:58.55Q
53 Luke Greenbank Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:59.21
64 Dávid Földházi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:59.48
72 Benjamin Stasiulis Flag of France.svg  France 2:00.45
81 Kristian Kron Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:00.90

Final

The final was on 21 May at 17:18. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:55.98
Silver medal icon.svg6 Yakov Toumarkin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:56.97
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Danas Rapšys Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:57.22
41 Gábor Balog Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:58.66
53 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:58.87
67 Grigory Tarasevich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:59.31
72 Christopher Ciccarese Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:59.45
88 Luca Mencarini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:02.04

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