Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
Dates May 25, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 26, 2012 (final)
Competitors 42 from 21 nations
Winning time 1:55.28
Medalists
 Radoslaw Kawecki   Poland
 Péter Bernek   Hungary
 Yakov-Yan Toumarkin   Israel
2012 LEN
European Championships
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Debrecen, Hungary
Diving
Individual
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Synchronised
3 m men women
10 m men women
Team team
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
Backstroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Synchronised swimming
Individual Solo Duet
Team Team Combination

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 25 and 26. The heats and semifinals took place on May 25, the final on May 26.[1]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World recordAaron Peirsol United States1:51.92RomeJuly 31, 2009
European recordArkady Vyatchanin Russia1:54.75RomeJuly 31, 2009
Championship recordArkady Vyatchanin Russia1:55.44BudapestAugust 5, 2006

Results

Heats

43 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Radoslaw Kawecki  Poland 1:58.79 Q
2 5 5 Yannick Lebherz  Germany 1:58.85 Q
3 4 4 Péter Bernek  Hungary 1:59.07 Q
4 5 3 Matteo Milli  Italy 1:59.30 Q
5 5 6 Gábor Balog  Hungary 1:59.63 Q
6 6 7 Pedro Diogo Oliveira  Portugal 1:59.72 Q, NR
7 4 2 Olexandr Isakov  Ukraine 1:59.79 Q
8 6 4 Benjamin Stasiulis  France 1:59.91 Q
9 6 5 Sebastiano Ranfagni  Italy 1:59.98 Q
10 6 6 Federico Turrini  Italy 2:00.20
11 6 2 Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or  Israel 2:00.25 Q
12 4 6 Felix Wolf  Germany 2:00.81 Q
13 4 5 Yakov-Yan Toumarkin  Israel 2:00.93 Q
14 5 8 Itai Chammah  Israel 2:01.05
15 4 3 Christian Diener  Germany 2:01.15
16 6 3 Eric Ress  France 2:01.21 Q
17 1 3 Ivan Trofimov  Russia 2:01.82 Q
18 3 6 Dmitry Gorbunov  Russia 2:01.93 Q
19 2 4 Martin Zhelev  Bulgaria 2:01.95 Q, NR
20 3 5 Luca Marin  Italy 2:02.23
21 5 1 Sebastian Stoss  Austria 2:02.30
22 4 7 Dávid Verrasztó  Hungary 2:02.33
23 3 2 Balázs Zámbó  Hungary 2:02.36
24 5 2 Vitaly Borisov  Russia 2:02.49
25 1 5 Tomáš Fučík  Czech Republic 2:02.51
26 2 6 Andres Olvik  Estonia 2:02.67 NR
27 6 1 Mikhail Zvyagin  Russia 2:02.81
28 5 7 Mattias Carlsson  Sweden 2:02.82
29 6 8 Lukas Räuftlin   Switzerland 2:02.84
30 3 4 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 2:03.22
31 3 8 Květoslav Svoboda  Czech Republic 2:03.38
32 4 8 Andriy Nikishenko  Ukraine 2:03.64
33 3 3 David Gamburg  Israel 2:03.71
34 3 7 Konstantīns Blohins  Latvia 2:03.99
35 4 1 Mateusz Wysoczynski  Poland 2:04.02
36 2 7 Marco Aldabe Bomstad  Norway 2:04.29
37 2 1 Oliver Šimkovič  Slovakia 2:04.58
38 2 8 Matas Andriekus  Lithuania 2:04.85
39 3 1 Jean François Schneiders  Luxembourg 2:05.20
40 2 5 Dominik Dür  Austria 2:06.78
41 2 2 Lavrans Solli  Norway 2:07.12
42 2 3 Karl Burdis  Ireland 2:31.44
43 1 4 Jonathan Massacand   Switzerland DNS

Semifinals

The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.[3]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Yannick Lebherz  Germany 1:58.23 Q
2 7 Yakov-Yan Toumarkin  Israel 1:58.33 Q
3 6 Benjamin Stasiulis  France 1:59.09 Q
4 2 Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or  Israel 1:59.58
5 3 Pedro Diogo Oliveira  Portugal 1:59.94
6 5 Matteo Milli  Italy 2:01.57
7 1 Ivan Trofimov  Russia 2:02.51
8 8 Martin Zhelev  Bulgaria 2:03.18

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Péter Bernek  Hungary 1:56.11 Q, NR
2 4 Radoslaw Kawecki  Poland 1:56.68 Q
3 3 Gábor Balog  Hungary 1:58.43 Q
4 2 Sebastiano Ranfagni  Italy 1:58.86 Q
5 7 Felix Wolf  Germany 1:59.41 Q
6 6 Olexandr Isakov  Ukraine 1:59.98
7 1 Eric Ress  France 2:00.04
8 8 Dmitry Gorbunov  Russia 2:01.77

Final

The final was held at 18:01.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 Radoslaw Kawecki  Poland 1:55.28 CR, NR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 4 Péter Bernek  Hungary 1:55.88 NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 6 Yakov-Yan Toumarkin  Israel 1:57.35 NR
4 7 Sebastiano Ranfagni  Italy 1:57.99
5 3 Yannick Lebherz  Germany 1:58.39
5 8 Felix Wolf  Germany 1:58.39
7 1 Benjamin Stasiulis  France 1:58.55
8 2 Gábor Balog  Hungary 1:58.74

References

  1. ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre backstroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.
  2. ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre backstroke Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-25.
  3. ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre backstroke Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-25.
  4. ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre backstroke Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.
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