Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

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Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates3 August (heats and semifinals)
4 August (final)
Competitors53 from 28 nations
Winning time24.00
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
  2016
2020  

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 3 and 4 August 2018. [1] [2]

Contents

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record
European record
Liam Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 24.04 Rome 2 August 2009
Championship record Camille Lacourt Flag of France.svg  France 24.07 Budapest 12 August 2010

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
4 August Final Kliment Kolesnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.00 WR, CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 3 August at 10:24. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
165 Shane Ryan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 24.32Q, NR
254 Kliment Kolesnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.58Q
355 Robert Glință Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 24.59Q
464 Vladimir Morozov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.65Q
556 Christian Diener Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 24.89Q
644 Jérémy Stravius Flag of France.svg  France 24.92Q
746 Mikita Tsmyh Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 24.95Q
863 Sergey Fesikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.01
945 Jonatan Kopelev Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.02Q
1043 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 25.05Q
1157 Conor Ferguson Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 25.08Q
1262 Simone Sabbioni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.17Q
1367 Kacper Stokowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.22Q
1452 Yakov Toumarkin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.25Q
1553 Nikita Ulyanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.29
1647 Thierry Bollin Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 25.40Q
1761 Nicholas Pyle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 25.49Q
1858 Thomas Ceccon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.50Q
1940 Stanislas Huille Flag of France.svg  France 25.54
2032 Ralf Tribuntsov Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 25.60
2049 Gytis Stankevičius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 25.60
2233 Karl Luht Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 25.62
2348 Björn Seeliger Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25.65
2435 David Gamburg Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.68
2534 Nikolaos Sofianidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 25.69
2560 Paul-Gabriel Bedel Flag of France.svg  France 25.69
2736 Markus Lie Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 25.73
2851Georgios SpanoudakisFlag of Greece.svg  Greece 25.74
2938 Bernhard Reitshammer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 25.78
3042 Kamil Kaźmierczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.80
3168 Maksim Dzialendzik Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.81
3241 Viktar Staselovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.82
3337 Gabriel Lópes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 25.85
3425 Başlakov İskender Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 25.99
3550 Gustav Hökfelt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26.01
3626 Ádám Telegdy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 26.16
3759 Tomáš Franta Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 26.26
3831 Girts Feldbergs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 26.22
3930 Luke Greenbank Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 26.23
4016 Ziv Kalontarov Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 26.30
4124 Ümitcan Güreş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 26.41
4269 Andrei-Mircea Anghel Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 26.50
4339 Armin Lelle Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 26.53
4414 Ege Başer Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 26.59
4528 Anton Lončar Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 26.62
4622 Niko Mäkelä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 26.66
4727 Rasim Gör Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 26.82
4829 Nikola Acin Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 26.83
4923 Adam Černek Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 26.96
5021 Marko-Matteus Langel Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 27.33
5120 Sergey Kuznetsov Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 27.35
5215 Matthew Galea Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 28.14
5313 Dren Ukimeraj Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 29.78
66 Richárd Bohus Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Did not start

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 3 August at 17:25. [4]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Kliment Kolesnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.25Q, WJR , NR
25 Vladimir Morozov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.29Q
33 Jérémy Stravius Flag of France.svg  France 24.88Q
46 Jonatan Kopelev Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 24.92Q
52 Conor Ferguson Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 24.99
67 Kacper Stokowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.46
71 Thierry Bollin Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 25.47
88 Thomas Ceccon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.50

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Robert Glință Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 24.12Q
24 Shane Ryan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 24.57Q
36 Mikita Tsmyh Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 24.66Q
42 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 24.96Q
57 Simone Sabbioni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 24.99
61 Yakov Toumarkin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.09
78 Nicholas Pyle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 25.10
83 Christian Diener Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.13

Final

The final was held on 4 August at 18:18. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Kliment Kolesnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.00 WR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Robert Glință Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 24.55
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Shane Ryan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 24.64
43 Vladimir Morozov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.69
57 Jérémy Stravius Flag of France.svg  France 24.83
62 Mikita Tsmyh Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.04
78 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 25.14
81 Jonatan Kopelev Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.41

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