Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

The men's 100 metre breaststroke 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 breaststroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 21, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 22, 2012 (final)
Competitors59 from 30 nations
Winning time1:00.55
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    Ukraine
bronze medal    Italy

Records edit

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Brenton Rickard   Australia 58.58 Rome July 27, 2009
European record Hugues Duboscq   France 58.64 Rome July 27, 2009
Championship record Alexander Dale Oen   Norway 59.20 Budapest August 10, 2010

Results edit

Heats edit

59 swimmers participated in 8 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Imri Ganiel   Israel 1:00.96 Q, NR
2 8 5 Damir Dugonjič   Slovenia 1:01.13 Q
3 8 4 Fabio Scozzoli   Italy 1:01.14 Q
4 7 5 Mattia Pesce   Italy 1:01.21 Q
5 6 6 Valeriy Dymo   Ukraine 1:01.28 Q
6 8 2 Kirill Strelnikov   Russia 1:01.40 Q
7 8 7 Flavio Bizzarri   Italy 1:01.46
8 7 4 Hugues Duboscq   France 1:01.54 Q
9 6 4 Christian vom Lehn   Germany 1:01.55 Q
10 8 1 Martin Liivamägi   Estonia 1:01.63 Q
11 7 6 Igor Borysik   Ukraine 1:01.67 Q
12 7 2 Carlos Esteves Almeida   Portugal 1:01.72 Q
13 6 7 Laurent Carnol   Luxembourg 1:01.75 Q
14 6 1 Andriy Kovalenko   Ukraine 1:01.80
15 8 6 Marco Koch   Germany 1:01.81 Q
16 5 4 Martti Aljand   Estonia 1:01.85 Q
17 7 8 Petr Bartůněk   Czech Republic 1:01.89 Q
17 8 8 Hunor Mate   Austria 1:01.89 Q
19 6 5 Anton Lobanov   Russia 1:01.90
19 7 1 Čaba Silađi   Serbia 1:01.90
19 8 3 Panagiotis Samilidis   Greece 1:01.90
22 5 2 Gal Nevo   Israel 1:01.95
23 6 3 Dawid Szulich   Poland 1:01.99
24 4 2 Eetu Karvonen   Finland 1:02.09
25 4 3 Tomáš Klobučník   Slovakia 1:02.16 NR
26 3 1 Aleksander Hetland   Norway 1:02.17
27 3 5 Matti Mattsson   Finland 1:02.18
28 7 7 Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson   Iceland 1:02.19
29 5 5 Yannick Käser    Switzerland 1:02.20
30 6 2 Matjaž Markič   Slovenia 1:02.23
31 6 8 Gábor Financsek   Hungary 1:02.32
32 4 8 Emil Tahirovič   Slovenia 1:02.41
33 5 6 Danila Artiomov   Moldova 1:02.47
34 7 3 Dragos Agache   Romania 1:02.51
35 4 1 Viktar Vabishchevich   Belarus 1:02.61
35 4 5 Johannes Skagius   Sweden 1:02.61
37 4 6 Martin Schweizer    Switzerland 1:02.74
38 3 2 Filipp Provorkov   Estonia 1:02.82
39 5 8 Árni Már Árnason   Iceland 1:02.96
40 5 7 Ömer Aslanoğlu   Turkey 1:03.04
41 3 6 Sławomir Kuczko   Poland 1:03.08
42 3 8 Oleg Kostin   Russia 1:03.23
43 3 4 Robert Vovk   Slovenia 1:03.30
44 3 3 Yaron Shagalov   Israel 1:03.34
45 2 3 Sverre Næss   Norway 1:03.44
46 2 7 Vadim Romanov   Estonia 1:03.61
47 2 1 Filip Wypych   Poland 1:03.62
48 1 3 Tomáš Fučík   Czech Republic 1:03.71
49 2 5 Vaidotas Blažys   Lithuania 1:03.72
50 5 3 Olexiy Rozhkov   Ukraine 1:03.74
51 2 2 Ante Krizan   Croatia 1:04.12
52 3 7 Sasa Gerbec   Slovenia 1:04.14
53 2 4 Lachezar Shumkov   Bulgaria 1:04.53
54 4 7 Maxim Podoprigora   Austria 1:04.62
55 1 4 Marius Mikalauskas   Lithuania 1:05.01
56 1 5 Marek Botik   Slovakia 1:05.05
57 2 6 Uldis Tazans   Latvia 1:05.15
58 2 8 Daniel Vacval   Slovakia 1:05.23
5 1 Jowan Qupty   Israel DSQ

Semifinals edit

The eight fastest riders advanced to the final.[3]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Damir Dugonjič   Slovenia 1:00.64 Q
2 5 Mattia Pesce   Italy 1:00.72 Q
3 3 Kirill Strelnikov   Russia 1:01.29 Q
4 2 Igor Borysik   Ukraine 1:01.34
5 6 Christian vom Lehn   Germany 1:01.50
6 7 Laurent Carnol   Luxembourg 1:01.68
7 1 Martti Aljand   Estonia 1:01.79
8 8 Hunor Mate   Austria 1:02.25

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Fabio Scozzoli   Italy 1:00.90 Q
2 4 Imri Ganiel   Israel 1:01.01 Q
3 1 Marco Koch   Germany 1:01.19 Q
4 7 Carlos Esteves Almeida   Portugal 1:01.19 Q, NR
5 3 Valeriy Dymo   Ukraine 1:01.29 Q
6 6 Hugues Duboscq   France 1:01.35
7 2 Martin Liivamägi   Estonia 1:01.66
8 8 Petr Bartůněk   Czech Republic 1:01.68

Final edit

The final was held at 17:29.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Fabio Scozzoli   Italy 1:00.55
  8 Valeriy Dymo   Ukraine 1:00.68
  5 Mattia Pesce   Italy 1:00.93
4 2 Marco Koch   Germany 1:00.99
5 1 Kirill Strelnikov   Russia 1:01.12
6 6 Imri Ganiel   Israel 1:01.33
7 4 Damir Dugonjič   Slovenia 1:01.51
8 7 Carlos Esteves Almeida   Portugal 1:01.57

References edit