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

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 23 and 24. The heats and semifinals took place on May 23, the final on May 24.[1]

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 23, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 24, 2012 (final)
Competitors39 from 25 nations
Winning time2:08.60
Medalists
gold medal    Hungary
silver medal    Germany
bronze medal    Greece

Records edit

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Christian Sprenger   Australia 2:07.31 Rome July 30, 2009
European record Dániel Gyurta   Hungary 2:07.64 Beijing July 31, 2009
Championship record Dániel Gyurta   Hungary 2:08.95 Budapest August 12, 2010

Results edit

Heats edit

40 swimmers participated in 5 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 6 Panagiotis Samilidis   Greece 2:10.61 Q, NR
2 5 4 Dániel Gyurta   Hungary 2:11.54 Q
3 4 3 Marco Koch   Germany 2:12.48 Q
4 5 3 Igor Borysik   Ukraine 2:12.60 Q
5 4 5 Ákos Molnár   Hungary 2:12.71 Q
6 3 6 Flavio Bizzarri   Italy 2:13.00 Q
6 5 5 Michael Jamieson   Great Britain 2:13.00 Q
8 4 2 Matti Mattsson   Finland 2:13.26 Q
9 3 4 Laurent Carnol   Luxembourg 2:13.36 Q
10 4 4 Christian vom Lehn   Germany 2:13.42 Q
11 4 1 Sławomir Kuczko   Poland 2:13.86 Q
12 3 5 Anton Lobanov   Russia 2:13.87 Q
13 2 3 Tomáš Klobučník   Slovakia 2:14.06 Q, NR
14 3 2 Yannick Kaeser    Switzerland 2:14.11 Q
15 5 7 Oleg Kostin   Russia 2:14.13 Q
16 4 7 Olexiy Rozhkov   Ukraine 2:14.37 Q
17 4 6 Maxym Shemberyev   Ukraine 2:14.38
18 5 1 Jonas Coreelman   Belgium 2:14.52
19 3 7 Hunor Mate   Austria 2:14.79
20 3 3 Hugues Duboscq   France 2:15.02
21 1 5 Martin Liivamägi   Estonia 2:15.21 NR
22 2 5 Carlos Esteves Almeida   Portugal 2:15.64
23 2 2 Imri Ganiel   Israel 2:15.76
24 2 1 Irakli Bolkvadze   Georgia 2:16.35
25 2 6 Jowan Qupty   Israel 2:16.72
25 3 1 Maxim Podoprigora   Austria 2:16.72
27 3 8 Danila Artiomov   Moldova 2:17.77
28 4 8 Mattia Petce   Italy 2:17.80
29 1 2 Vadim Romanov   Estonia 2:18.40
30 2 4 Eetu Karvonen   Finland 2:19.39
31 1 4 Sverre Naess   Norway 2:20.02
32 1 3 Robert Vovk   Slovenia 2:20.25
33 2 8 Rok Resman   Slovenia 2:20.63
34 1 7 Lachezar Shumkov   Bulgaria 2:21.51
35 1 6 Marius Mikalauskas   Lithuania 2:21.61
36 1 1 Tal Hanani   Israel 2:23.73
5 2 Valeriy Dymo   Ukraine DSQ
5 8 Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson   Iceland DSQ
1 8 Aleksander Hetland   Norway DNF
2 7 Gal Nevo   Israel DNS

Semifinals edit

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

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Dániel Gyurta   Hungary 2:10.06 Q
2 5 Igor Borysik   Ukraine 2:11.91 Q
3 3 Flavio Bizzarri   Italy 2:12.03 Q
4 1 Yannick Kaeser    Switzerland 2:12.09 Q, NR
5 2 Christian vom Lehn   Germany 2:12.16 Q
6 7 Anton Lobanov   Russia 2:12.54
7 6 Matti Mattsson   Finland 2:13.49
8 8 Olexiy Rozhkov   Ukraine 2:13.91

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Marco Koch   Germany 2:10.92 Q
2 4 Panagiotis Samilidis   Greece 2:11.53 Q
3 3 Ákos Molnár   Hungary 2:12.23 Q
4 2 Laurent Carnol   Luxembourg 2:12.29
5 8 Oleg Kostin   Russia 2:12.39
6 6 Michael Jamieson   Great Britain 2:12.58
7 1 Tomáš Klobučník   Slovakia 2:13.10 NR
8 7 Sławomir Kuczko   Poland 2:13.14

Final edit

The final was held at 17:41.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Dániel Gyurta   Hungary 2:08.60 CR
  5 Marco Koch   Germany 2:09.26
  3 Panagiotis Samilidis   Greece 2:09.72 NR
4 1 Christian vom Lehn   Germany 2:10.61
5 2 Flavio Bizzarri   Italy 2.12.47
6 6 Igor Borysik   Ukraine 2:12.51
7 7 Yannick Kaeser    Switzerland 2:13.23
8 8 Ákos Molnár   Hungary 2:13.33

References edit