Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

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Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Danube Arena
Dates17 May 2021 (heats and semifinals)
18 May 2021 (final)
Competitors54 from 31 nations
Winning time23.80
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 Spain.svg  Spain
  2018
2022  

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 May 2021. [1] [2]

Contents

Records

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

NameNationalityTimeLocationDate
World record
European record

Championship record
Kliment Kolesnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.00 Glasgow 4 August 2018

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
17 May Semifinals Kliment Kolesnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23.93 WR, CR
18 May Final 23.80

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 17 May at 10:53. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164 Kliment Kolesnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.23Q
254 Robert Glință Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 24.51Q
347 Hugo González Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 24.62Q
444 Grigoriy Tarasevich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.67Q
565 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 24.78Q
653 Yohann Ndoye Brouard Flag of France.svg  France 24.96Q
715 Marek Ulrich Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 24.98Q
861 Ksawery Masiuk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.05Q
955 Richárd Bohus Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 25.08Q
1063 Mikita Tsmyh Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.09Q
1143 Simone Sabbioni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.11Q
1251 Thomas Ceccon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.14Q
1360 Conor Ferguson Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 25.21Q
1466 Tomasz Polewka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.23Q
1569 Alexis Santos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 25.28Q, NR
1567 Viktar Staselovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.28Q
1757 Jan Čejka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 25.29
1756 Bernhard Reitshammer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 25.29
1752 Bence Szentes Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 25.29
2059 Kacper Stokowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.41
2148 Tomáš Franta Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 25.42
2245 Michael Laitarovsky Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.44
2334 Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 25.46
2442 Thierry Bollin Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 25.50
2546 Juan Segura Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25.51
2641 Gustav Hökfelt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25.52
2762 Benedek Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 25.53
2813 Daniel Zaitsev Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 25.62
2950 David Gerchik Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.64
3033 Grigori Pekarski Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.69
3139 Nicolás García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25.71
3258 Lorenzo Mora Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.76
3349 Marvin Miglbauer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 25.80
3436 Francisco Santos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 25.91
3535 Ádám Jászó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 25.93
3540 Maxence Orange Flag of France.svg  France 25.93
3568 Yakov Toumarkin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.93
3830 Saša Boškan Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 25.98
3931 Manuel Martos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 26.02
4022 Max Mannes Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 26.14
4132 Kaloyan Levterov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 26.16
4223 Ģirts Feldbergs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 26.27
4338 Metin Aydın Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 26.32
4421 Alex Ahtiainen Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 26.42
4537 Adam Maraana Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 26.58
4627 Tryfonas Hadjichristoforou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 26.62
4626 Filippos Iakovidis Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 26.62
4824 Kristinn Þórarinsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 26.66
4925 Niko Mäkelä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 26.85
5014 Denys Kesil Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 27.11
5128 Alex Kušík Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 27.14
5220 Tomáš Ludvík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 27.27
5316 Artur Barseghyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 27.76
5429 Dren Ukimeraj Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 29.02

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 17 May at 18:24. [4]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Robert Glință Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 24.57Q
25 Grigoriy Tarasevich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.68Q
33 Yohann Ndoye Brouard Flag of France.svg  France 25.11
41 Tomasz Polewka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.23
56 Ksawery Masiuk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.25
67 Thomas Ceccon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.26
72 Mikita Tsmyh Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.36
28 Alexis Santos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 25.40

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Kliment Kolesnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23.93Q, WR
23 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 24.49Q
35 Hugo González Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 24.60q
41 Conor Ferguson Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 24.81q
57 Simone Sabbioni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.02q
58 Viktar Staselovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.02q
76 Marek Ulrich Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.03
82 Richárd Bohus Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 25.19

Final

The final was held on 18 May at 19:18. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Kliment Kolesnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23.80 WR
Silver medal icon.svg3 Robert Glință Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 24.42
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Hugo González Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 24.47 NR
45 Apostolos Christou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 24.59
52 Grigoriy Tarasevich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.72
61 Viktar Staselovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 24.89
77 Conor Ferguson Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 24.92
78 Simone Sabbioni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 24.92

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