Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 25 and 26. The heats and semifinals took place on May 25, the final on May 26.[1]

Men's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 25, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 26, 2012 (final)
Competitors52 from 27 nations
Winning time27.32
Medalists
gold medal    Slovenia
silver medal    Italy
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 Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 26.67 Rome July 29, 2009
European record Hendrik Feldwehr   Germany 26.83 Rome July 28, 2009
Championship record Oleg Lisogor   Ukraine 27.18 Berlin August 2, 2002

Results edit

Heats edit

52 swimmers participated in 7 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Damir Dugonjič   Slovenia 27.36 Q
2 7 4 Fabio Scozzoli   Italy 27.56 Q
3 7 5 Mattia Pesce   Italy 27.78 Q
4 6 4 Matjaž Markič   Slovenia 27.81 Q
5 6 3 Panagiotis Samilidis   Greece 27.93 Q
5 7 7 Filipp Provorkov   Estonia 27.93 Q, NR
7 5 1 Valeriy Dymo   Ukraine 27.94 Q
8 5 5 Aleksander Hetland   Norway 27.97 Q
9 5 3 Čaba Silađi   Serbia 27.99 Q
10 6 7 Gábor Financsek   Hungary 28.01 Q
11 6 5 Dragos Agache   Romania 28.02 Q
12 5 8 Viktar Vabishchevich   Belarus 28.03 Q, NR
13 7 3 Petr Bartůněk   Czech Republic 28.05 Q
14 7 2 Emil Tahirovič   Slovenia 28.09 Q scratched
15 4 4 Eetu Karvonen   Finland 28.20 Q
15 6 6 Kirill Strelnikov   Russia 28.20 Q
17 5 7 Dawid Szulich   Poland 28.21
18 5 2 Martin Schweizer    Switzerland 28.22
19 4 3 Robert Vovk   Slovenia 28.38
20 4 6 Ante Krizan   Croatia 28.40
20 7 6 Ömer Aslanoğlu   Turkey 28.40
22 4 5 Carlos Esteves Almeida   Portugal 28.43 NR
22 6 2 Andriy Kovalenko   Ukraine 28.43
24 4 8 Johannes Skagius   Sweden 28.44
25 5 6 Anton Lobanov   Russia 28.45
26 3 3 Tomáš Klobučník   Slovakia 28.50
26 4 2 Sasa Gerbec   Croatia 28.50
28 6 8 Laurent Carnol   Luxembourg 28.57 NR
29 4 7 Filip Wypych   Poland 28.60
30 7 8 Yaron Shagalov   Israel 28.61
31 3 8 Tamás Szabó   Hungary 28.66
32 6 1 Marek Botik   Slovakia 28.72
33 3 7 Imri Ganiel   Israel 28.78
34 3 6 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen   Finland 28.83
35 3 5 Igor Borysik   Ukraine 28.84
36 3 2 Matti Mattsson   Finland 28.85
37 2 6 Sverre Næss   Norway 28.86
37 3 4 Yannick Kaeser    Switzerland 28.86
39 7 1 Hunor Mate   Austria 28.88
40 2 7 Oleg Kostin   Russia 28.91
40 3 1 Danila Artiomov   Moldova 28.91
42 2 2 Vaidotas Blažys   Lithuania 29.09
43 2 3 Martin Baďura   Czech Republic 29.23
44 1 4 Daniel Vacval   Slovakia 29.32
45 4 1 Matej Kuchar   Slovakia 29.42
46 2 8 Lachezar Shumkov   Bulgaria 29.45
47 2 4 Jowan Qupty   Israel 29.53
48 2 1 Uldis Tazans   Latvia 29.55
49 2 5 Maxim Podoprigora   Austria 29.59
50 1 3 Olexiy Rozhkov   Ukraine 29.65
51 1 5 Ákos Molnár   Hungary 30.42
52 1 6 Marius Mikalauskas   Lithuania 30.66

Semifinals edit

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

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Matjaž Markič   Slovenia 27.43 Q
2 6 Aleksander Hetland   Norway 27.68 Q
3 4 Fabio Scozzoli   Italy 27.73 Q
4 3 Filipp Provorkov   Estonia 28.07
5 8 Dawid Szulich   Poland 28.08
6 2 Gábor Financsek   Hungary 28.13
7 1 Eetu Karvonen   Finland 28.26
7 7 Viktar Vabishchevich   Belarus 28.26

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Damir Dugonjič   Slovenia 27.60 Q
2 5 Mattia Pesce   Italy 27.63 Q
3 1 Petr Bartůněk   Czech Republic 27.89 Q
4 3 Panagiotis Samilidis   Greece 27.92 Q
5 6 Valeriy Dymo   Ukraine 27.99
5 7 Dragos Agache   Romania 27.99
7 2 Čaba Silađi   Serbia 28.04
8 8 Kirill Strelnikov   Russia 28.25

Swim-off edit

A swim-off was needed to determine the last participant in the final.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Dragos Agache   Romania 28.14 Q
2 5 Valeriy Dymo   Ukraine 28.26

Final edit

The final was held at 18:30.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Damir Dugonjič   Slovenia 27.32
  2 Fabio Scozzoli   Italy 27.49
  1 Panagiotis Samilidis   Greece 27.64
4 3 Mattia Pesce   Italy 27.65
5 4 Matjaž Markič   Slovenia 27.67
6 6 Aleksander Hetland   Norway 27.82
7 8 Dragos Agache   Romania 27.84
8 7 Petr Bartůněk   Czech Republic 27.89

References edit