Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships
Dates 22–23 August
Competitors 33 from 19 nations
Winning time 1:56.02
Medalists
    Poland
    Germany
    Hungary
2014 LEN
European Championships

Berlin, Germany
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
Open water swimming
Individual
5 km men women
10 km men women
25 km 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
Mixed relay
4×100 m freestyle medley
Synchronised swimming
Individual Solo Duet
Team Team Combination

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22–23 August.[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 States1:51.92Rome31 July 2009
European recordRadosław Kawęcki Poland1:54.24Barcelona2 August 2013
Championship recordRadosław Kawęcki Poland1:55.28Debrecen26 May 2012

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 09:30.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Péter Bernek  Hungary 1:58.45 Q
2 3 3 Christian Diener  Germany 1:58.74 Q
3 3 5 Jan-Philip Glania  Germany 1:58.91 Q
4 2 3 Luca Mencarini  Italy 1:59.47 Q
5 4 6 Yakov Toumarkin  Israel 1:59.94 Q
6 4 4 Radosław Kawęcki  Poland 1:59.94 Q
7 3 2 Mattias Carlsson  Sweden 2:00.00 Q
8 4 2 Benjamin Stasiulis  France 2:00.06 Q
9 2 5 Gábor Balog  Hungary 2:00.14 Q
10 2 6 Eric Ress  France 2:00.36 Q
11 1 6 Ivan Trofimov  Russia 2:00.38 Q
12 4 3 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 2:00.95 Q
13 4 5 Christopher Ciccarese  Italy 2:00.96 Q
14 2 1 Dávid Verrasztó  Hungary 2:00.97
15 3 7 Roman Dmytriyev  Czech Republic 2:01.13 Q
16 4 1 Axel Pettersson  Sweden 2:01.20 Q
17 2 4 Andrey Shabasov  Russia 2:01.48 Q
18 4 7 Pedro Oliveira  Portugal 2:02.02
19 2 7 Sergiy Varvaruk  Ukraine 2:02.12
20 2 0 Dmitry Gorbunov  Russia 2:02.98
21 3 9 David Gamburg  Israel 2:03.50
22 4 0 Teo Kolonić  Croatia 2:03.54
23 4 8 Nils van Audekerke  Belgium 2:03.70
24 3 1 Lander Hendrickx  Belgium 2:03.87
25 4 9 Boris Kirillov  Azerbaijan 2:03.90
26 2 9 David Kunčar  Czech Republic 2:03.96
27 1 3 Martin Zhelev  Bulgaria 2:03.97
28 3 8 Elijah Stolz   Switzerland 2:04.04
29 3 0 Jean-François Schneiders  Luxembourg 2:04.32
30 2 8 Marko Krce-Rabar  Croatia 2:04.42
31 1 4 Gytis Stankevičius  Lithuania 2:04.62
32 2 2 Nikita Ulyanov  Russia 2:06.19
33 1 2 Doruk Tekin  Turkey 2:07.14
1 5 Max Litchfield  Great Britain DNS
3 6 Federico Turrini  Italy DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:05.[3]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Luca Mencarini  Italy 1:58.16 Q
2 7 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:58.21 Q
3 4 Christian Diener  Germany 1:58.37 Q
4 6 Benjamin Stasiulis  France 1:58.46 Q
5 3 Yakov Toumarkin  Israel 1:58.83
6 2 Eric Ress  France 1:59.14
7 8 Andrey Shabasov  Russia 2:00.05
8 1 Roman Dmytriyev  Czech Republic 2:01.45

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Radosław Kawęcki  Poland 1:57.35 Q
2 4 Péter Bernek  Hungary 1:57.41 Q
3 2 Gábor Balog  Hungary 1:57.97 Q
4 5 Jan-Philip Glania  Germany 1:58.21 Q
5 6 Mattias Carlsson  Sweden 2:00.19
6 1 Christopher Ciccarese  Italy 2:00.20
7 7 Ivan Trofimov  Russia 2:01.93
8 8 Axel Pettersson  Sweden 2:01.98

Final

The final was held at 17:06.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 Radosław Kawęcki  Poland 1:56.02
2nd, silver medalist(s) 1 Christian Diener  Germany 1:57.16
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3 Gábor Balog  Hungary 1:57.42
4 5 Péter Bernek  Hungary 1:57.47
5 2 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:57.68
6 8 Benjamin Stasiulis  France 1:58.30
7 7 Jan-Philip Glania  Germany 1:58.84
8 6 Luca Mencarini  Italy 1:58.92

References

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