Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 27. The heats and final took place on May 27.[1]

Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 27, 2012 (heats and final)
Competitors31 from 19 nations
Winning time4:12.17
Medalists
gold medal    Hungary
silver medal    Hungary
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 Michael Phelps   United States 4:03.84 Beijing August 10, 2008
European record László Cseh   Hungary 4:06.16 Beijing August 10, 2008
Championship record László Cseh   Hungary 4:09.59 Eindhoven March 24, 2008

Results edit

Heats edit

31 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 László Cseh   Hungary 4:16.14 Q
2 4 6 Gal Nevo   Israel 4:16.55 Q
3 4 3 Luca Marin   Italy 4:16.81 Q
4 3 4 Dávid Verrasztó   Hungary 4:17.01 Q
5 2 5 Maxym Shemberyev   Ukraine 4:17.86 Q
6 4 7 Ward Bauwens   Belgium 4:18.24 Q
7 2 8 Lukasz Wojt   Poland 4:18.55 Q
8 3 5 Ioannis Drymonakos   Greece 4:18.77 Q
9 3 7 Alexis Manacas Santos   Portugal 4:20.01
10 2 4 Yannick Lebherz   Germany 4:20.34
11 4 1 Yury Suvorau   Belarus 4:21.35
12 2 2 Jan David Schepers   Germany 4:21.70
13 2 3 Dinko Jukić   Austria 4:21.89
14 3 6 Diogo Carvalho   Portugal 4:22.19
15 4 5 Federico Turrini   Italy 4:22.21
16 4 2 Eduardo Solaeche Gomez   Spain 4:22.91
17 1 4 Ivan Trofimov   Russia 4:23.75
18 2 7 Dmitry Gorbunov   Russia 4:24.07
19 3 1 Jakub Maly   Austria 4:24.24
20 2 1 Dominik Dür   Austria 4:24.73
21 3 3 Gergely Gyurta   Hungary 4:24.83
22 3 2 Tim Walburger   Germany 4:26.20
23 4 8 Anton Sveinn McKee   Iceland 4:26.46
24 1 1 Jan Karel Petric   Slovenia 4:28.18
25 1 7 Irakli Bolkvadze   Georgia 4:29.25
26 1 5 Nikša Roki   Croatia 4:29.85
27 2 6 Raphaël Stacchiotti   Luxembourg 4:31.04
28 1 6 Pavol Jelenak   Slovakia 4:32.51
29 1 3 Peter Gutyan   Slovakia 4:33.49
30 3 8 Tal Hanani   Israel 4:36.12
1 2 Rok Resman   Slovenia DSQ

Final edit

The final was held at 17:32.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 László Cseh   Hungary 4:12.17
  6 Dávid Verrasztó   Hungary 4:14.23
  8 Ioannis Drymonakos   Greece 4:14.41 NR
4 5 Gal Nevo   Israel 4:16.14
5 3 Luca Marin   Italy 4:16.46
6 1 Lukasz Wojt   Poland 4:17.36
7 7 Ward Bauwens   Belgium 4:18.47
8 2 Maxym Shemberyev   Ukraine 4:19.24

References edit