Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20–21 August.[1]

Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships
Dates20–21 August
Competitors40 from 25 nations
Winning time24.64
Medalists
gold medal    Russia
silver medal    France
bronze medal    Great Britain

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Liam Tancock   Great Britain 24.04 Rome 2 August 2009
European record
Championship record Camille Lacourt   France 24.07 Budapest 12 August 2010

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held at 10:30.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 5 Guy Barnea   Israel 24.99 Q
1 4 4 Vladimir Morozov   Russia 24.99 Q
3 5 4 Jérémy Stravius   France 25.04 Q
4 4 6 Nicolas Grässer   Germany 25.15 Q
5 4 5 Nikita Ulyanov   Russia 25.22 Q
6 3 5 Sergey Fesikov   Russia 25.28
7 5 3 Chris Walker-Hebborn   Great Britain 25.29 Q
8 4 3 Stefano Pizzamiglio   Italy 25.30 Q
8 3 4 Niccolò Bonacchi   Italy 25.30 Q
10 3 6 Juan Miguel Rando   Spain 25.33 Q
11 4 2 Jesse Puts   Netherlands 25.44 Q
12 5 6 Jonatan Kopelev   Israel 25.45 Q
13 4 7 Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate   Spain 25.55 Q
14 5 7 Pavel Sankovich   Belarus 25.57 Q
15 3 3 Bastiaan Lijesen   Netherlands 25.65 Q
15 5 2 Lavrans Solli   Norway 25.65 Q
17 3 2 Viktar Staselovich   Belarus 25.69 Q
18 4 0 David Gamburg   Israel 26.05
18 2 4 Andrey Shabasov   Russia 26.05
20 3 7 Yakov Toumarkin   Israel 26.07
21 5 1 Baslakov İskender   Turkey 26.11
22 5 8 Pedro Oliveira   Portugal 26.15
23 2 5 Daniel Macovei   Romania 26.30
24 3 8 Antons Voitovs   Latvia 26.32
25 3 1 Eric Ress   France 26.33
26 3 0 Axel Pettersson   Sweden 26.34
27 4 9 Martin Zhelev   Bulgaria 26.37
28 5 9 Gytis Stankevičius   Lithuania 26.47
29 2 6 Teo Kolonić   Croatia 26.56
30 3 9 Martin Baďura   Czech Republic 26.57
31 2 3 Martin Verner   Czech Republic 26.59
32 2 7 David Kunčar   Czech Republic 26.68
33 2 1 Boris Kirillov   Azerbaijan 26.69
34 5 0 Doruk Tekin   Turkey 26.74
35 2 0 Jean-François Schneiders   Luxembourg 26.76
36 2 8 Marko Krce-Rabar   Croatia 26.82
36 2 9 Petar Petrović   Serbia 26.82
36 2 2 Sergiy Varvaruk   Ukraine 26.82
39 1 4 Elijah Stolz   Switzerland 27.51
40 1 3 Aram Kostanyan   Armenia 28.41
1 5 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen   Finland DNS
4 1 Alexis Santos   Portugal DNS
4 8 Benjamin Stasiulis   France DNS

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held at 19:43.[3]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Vladimir Morozov   Russia 24.61 Q
2 3 Chris Walker-Hebborn   Great Britain 25.05 Q
3 2 Jesse Puts   Netherlands 25.07 Q
4 5 Nicolas Grässer   Germany 25.11 Q
5 8 Viktar Staselovich   Belarus 25.41
6 6 Niccolò Bonacchi   Italy 25.47
7 1 Bastiaan Lijesen   Netherlands 25.51
8 7 Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate   Spain 25.60

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Guy Barnea   Israel 24.99 Q
2 8 Lavrans Solli   Norway 25.14 Q
3 5 Jérémy Stravius   France 25.21 Q
4 1 Pavel Sankovich   Belarus 25.23 Q
5 3 Nikita Ulyanov   Russia 25.24
6 6 Stefano Pizzamiglio   Italy 25.27
7 7 Jonatan Kopelev   Israel 25.37
8 2 Juan Miguel Rando   Spain 25.40

Final

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The final was held at 19:24.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Vladimir Morozov   Russia 24.64
  1 Jérémy Stravius   France 24.84
  3 Chris Walker-Hebborn   Great Britain 25.00
4 2 Nicolas Grässer   Germany 25.02
5 5 Guy Barnea   Israel 25.05
6 8 Pavel Sankovich   Belarus 25.11
7 7 Lavrans Solli   Norway 25.28
8 6 Jesse Puts   Netherlands 25.56

References

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