Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

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Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates3 August 2018 (heats and semifinals)
4 August 2018 (final)
Competitors56 from 33 nations
Winning time57.10
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
  2016
2020  

The Men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 3 and 4 August 2018. [1] [2] It was won by Adam Peaty in a world record time of 57.10. [3]

Contents

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record
European record
Adam Peaty Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 57.13 Rio de Janeiro 7 August 2016
Championship record Adam Peaty Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 58.36 London 17 May 2016

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
3 August Heat Adam Peaty Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 57.89 CR
4 August Final Adam Peaty Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 57.10 WR, CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 3 August at 10:46. [4]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164 Adam Peaty Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 57.89Q, CR
243 James Wilby Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 59.12Q
345 Ross Murdoch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 59.14
455 Anton Chupkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 59.15Q
565 Arno Kamminga Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 59.53Q
654 Kirill Prigoda Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 59.77Q
753 Ilya Shymanovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 59.84Q
866 Ilya Khomenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 59.92
963 Fabio Scozzoli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:00.07Q
1046 Čaba Silađi Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1:00.08Q
1056 Giedrius Titenis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:00.08Q
1244 Andrius Šidlauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:00.14Q
1367 Darragh Greene Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:00.20Q
1462 Fabian Schwingenschlögl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:00.49Q
1557 Marcin Stolarski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:00.60Q
1668 Alessandro Pinzuti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:00.63Q
1733 Anton Sveinn McKee Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:00.90Q
1842 Erik Persson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:00.94Q
1951 Tomáš Klobučník Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:01.00
2052 Oleg Kostin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:01.05
2147 Yannick Käser Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:01.08
2231 Tobias Bjerg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:01.19
2341 Christopher Rothbauer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:01.23
2440 Johannes Skagius Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:01.24
2459 Valentin Bayer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:01.24
2638 Mykyta Koptyelov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:01.26
2658 Berkay-Ömer Öğretir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:01.26
2860 Dávid Horváth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:01.39
2969 Luca Pizzini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:01.52
3035 Martin Allikvee Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1:01.55
3148 Ties Elzerman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:01.69
3250 Basten Caerts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:01.73
3337 Johannes Dietrich Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:01.80
3449 Bartłomiej Roguski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:02.09
3524 Jozef Beňo Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:02.12
3627 Ivan Strilets Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:02.26
3721 Jacques Laeuffer Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:02.29
3822 Lyubomir Epitropov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:02.38
3961 Alex Murphy Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:02.49
4032Lachezar ShumkovFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:02.58
4126 Itay Goldfaden Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:02.64
4230 Teemu Vuorela Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:02.72
4325 Daniils Bobrovs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1:03.10
4423 Nikola Obrovac Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:03.23
4514 Raphaël Stacchiotti Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:03.37
4636 Ioannis Karpouzlis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:03.40
4716 Christoph Meier Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1:03.44
4829 Tomás Veloso Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:03.68
4928 Filip Chrápavý Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:03.77
5015 Marek Botík Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:04.14
5134 Oleksandr Karpenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:04.17
5213 Oktaycan Emirbayer Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:04.45
5320 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:04.83
5439 William Wihanto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:05.47
5512 Michael Stafrace Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1:07.19
17 Deni Baholli Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Disqualified

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 3 August at 17:39. [5]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 James Wilby Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 59.23Q
25 Arno Kamminga Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 59.74Q
32 Andrius Šidlauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 59.76Q
43 Ilya Shymanovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1:00.14
56 Giedrius Titenis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:00.27
61 Alessandro Pinzuti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:00.28
78 Erik Persson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:00.54
87 Fabian Schwingenschlögl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:00.88

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Adam Peaty Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 58.04Q
25 Anton Chupkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 59.43Q
36 Fabio Scozzoli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 59.65Q
42 Čaba Silađi Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 59.91Q
57 Darragh Greene Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 59.92QSO
53 Kirill Prigoda Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 59.92QSO
78 Anton Sveinn McKee Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:00.45
81 Marcin Stolarski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:01.08

Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 3 August at 18:34. [6]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Kirill Prigoda Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 59.39Q
25 Darragh Greene Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:00.44

Final

The final was held on 4 August at 17:13. [7]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Adam Peaty Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 57.10 [3] WR
Silver medal icon.svg5 James Wilby Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 58.64
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Anton Chupkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 59.06
48 Kirill Prigoda Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 59.20
56 Fabio Scozzoli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 59.61
67 Andrius Šidlauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 59.62
72 Arno Kamminga Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 59.69
81 Čaba Silađi Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1:00.15

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References

  1. Schedule
  2. Start list
  3. 1 2 "European Championships: Adam Peaty almost has world record snatched away because of timing error". BBC Sport. 5 August 2018.
  4. Heats results
  5. Semifinals results
  6. Swim-off results
  7. Final results