The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21 and 22. The heats and semifinals took place on May 21, the final on May 22.[1]
Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | May 21, 2012 (heats and semifinals) May 22, 2012 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 43 from 24 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 53.86 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 51.94 | Indianapolis | July 8, 2009 |
European record Championship record |
Camille Lacourt | France | 52.11 | Budapest | August 10, 2010 |
Results edit
Heats edit
43 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[2]
Swim-Off edit
The swim-off took place to determine the last semifinal participant.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Mikhail Zvyagin | Russia | 55.97 | Q |
2 | 5 | Andres Olvik | Estonia | 56.15 |
Semifinals edit
The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.[4]
Semifinal 1 edit
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary | 54.35 | Q |
2 | 3 | Vitaly Borisov | Russia | 54.74 | Q |
3 | 7 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 54.79 | Q |
4 | 5 | Mirco di Tora | Italy | 54.88 | Q |
5 | 6 | Lavrans Solli | Norway | 54.90 | |
6 | 4 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 54.95 | |
7 | 2 | Matteo Milli | Italy | 55.25 | |
8 | 8 | Mikhail Zvyagin | Russia | 56.02 |
Semifinal 2 edit
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 3 | Helge Meeuw | Germany | 53.80 | Q |
2 | 5 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | Greece | 53.90 | Q |
3 | 4 | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | Israel | 54.26 | Q |
4 | 6 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 54.47 | Q |
5 | 2 | Pavel Sankovich | Belarus | 55.06 | |
6 | 1 | Olexandr Isakov | Ukraine | 55.33 | |
7 | 7 | Felix Wolf | Germany | 55.40 | |
8 | 8 | Pedro Oliveira | Portugal | 55.90 |
Final edit
The final was held at 17:14.[5]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | Greece | 53.86 | ||
4 | Helge Meeuw | Germany | 54.06 | ||
3 | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | Israel | 54.14 | NR | |
4 | 2 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 54.77 | |
5 | 7 | Vitaly Borisov | Russia | 54.78 | |
5 | 8 | Mirco di Tora | Italy | 54.78 | |
7 | 1 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 54.96 | |
8 | 6 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary | 55.00 |
References edit
- ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre backstroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre backstroke Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
- ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre backstroke Swim-off results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
- ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre backstroke Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
- ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre backstroke Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-22.