Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Danube Arena
Dates21 May 2021 (heats and semifinals)
22 May 2021 (final)
Competitors45 from 21 nations
Winning time1:54.46
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
  2018
2022  

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 May 2021. [1] [2]

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Records

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

NameNationalityTimeLocationDate
World record Aaron Peirsol Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:51.92 Rome 31 July 2009
European record Evgeny Rylov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:53.23 Kazan 8 April 2021
Championship record 1:53.36 Glasgow 8 August 2018

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 21 May 2021 at 10:47. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144 Luke Greenbank Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:54.67Q, NR
254 Evgeny Rylov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:55.74Q
331 Antoine Herlem Flag of France.svg  France 1:56.42Q
442 Jan Čejka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:56.66Q, NR
545 Ádám Telegdy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:57.22Q
632 Grigoriy Tarasevich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:57.41Q
734 Yohann Ndoye Brouard Flag of France.svg  France 1:57.70Q
835 Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:57.79Q
957 Jakub Skierka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:58.15Q
1056 Lorenzo Mora Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:58.48Q
1130 João Costa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:58.58Q
1236 Roman Mityukov Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 1:58.64Q
1348 Benedek Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:58.84Q
1459 Péter Bernek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:59.07
1552 Hugo González Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:59.10Q, WD
1558 Francisco Santos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:59.10Q
1751 Manuel Martos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:59.23Q
1853 Matteo Restivo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:59.45QSO
1855 Brodie Williams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:59.45QSO
2047 Elliot Clogg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:59.54
2133 Nicolás García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:59.59
2221 Robert Glință Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:59.74
2341 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:59.79
2446 Berke Saka Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:00.18
2512 Maxim Stupin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:00.20
2643 Kaloyan Levterov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:00.38
2737 Mewen Tomac Flag of France.svg  France 2:00.63
2839 Ksawery Masiuk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:00.80
2949 James McFadzen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:00.85
3023 Primož Šenica Pavletič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:00.92
3124 David Gerchik Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:01.52
3122 Erikas Grigaitis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:01.52
3328 Samuel Törnqvist Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:02.05
3440 Ádám Jászó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:02.20
3525 Tomáš Ludvík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:02.52
3616 Gustav Hökfelt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:02.54
3726 Melikşah Düğen Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:02.62
3850 Mikita Tsmyh Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2:02.74
3920 Armin Evert Lelle Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:03.68
4029 Saša Boškan Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:03.69
4115 Ron Polonsky Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:04.10
4213 Max Mannes Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2:04.19
4314 Metin Aydın Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:05.20
4417 Alexander Kudashev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:06.51
4527 Adam Maraana Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:06.93
39 Evangelos Makrygiannis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Did not start

Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 21 May at 12:15. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Brodie Williams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:59.24Q
25 Matteo Restivo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:59.27

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 21 May at 18:30. [5]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Evgeny Rylov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:55.11Q
27 Roman Mityukov Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 1:56.37Q
36 Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:57.10q
45 Jan Čejka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:57.43
53 Grigoriy Tarasevich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:57.68
61 Francisco Santos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:58.03 NR
72 Lorenzo Mora Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:58.13
88 Brodie Williams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:02.52

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Luke Greenbank Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:54.43Q, NR
23 Ádám Telegdy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:56.17Q
35 Antoine Herlem Flag of France.svg  France 1:56.63q
46 Yohann Ndoye Brouard Flag of France.svg  France 1:57.06q
52 Jakub Skierka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:57.08q
61 Benedek Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:58.20
77 João Costa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:58.72
88 Manuel Martos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:59.38

Final

The final was held on 22 May at 19:17. [6]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Evgeny Rylov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:54.46
Silver medal icon.svg4 Luke Greenbank Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:54.62
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Roman Mityukov Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 1:56.33
47 Yohann Ndoye Brouard Flag of France.svg  France 1:56.37
53 Ádám Telegdy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:56.67
68 Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:57.05
71 Jakub Skierka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:58.56
82 Antoine Herlem Flag of France.svg  France 1:58.64

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