Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 3 and 4 August 2018.[1][2]

Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates3 August (heats and semifinals)
4 August (final)
Competitors53 from 28 nations
Winning time24.00
Medalists
gold medal    Russia
silver medal    Romania
bronze medal    Ireland
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Records

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

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

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
4 August Final Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 24.00 WR, CR

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 3 August at 10:24.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 5 Shane Ryan   Ireland 24.32 Q, NR
2 5 4 Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 24.58 Q
3 5 5 Robert Glință   Romania 24.59 Q
4 6 4 Vladimir Morozov   Russia 24.65 Q
5 5 6 Christian Diener   Germany 24.89 Q
6 4 4 Jérémy Stravius   France 24.92 Q
7 4 6 Mikita Tsmyh   Belarus 24.95 Q
8 6 3 Sergey Fesikov   Russia 25.01
9 4 5 Jonatan Kopelev   Israel 25.02 Q
10 4 3 Apostolos Christou   Greece 25.05 Q
11 5 7 Conor Ferguson   Ireland 25.08 Q
12 6 2 Simone Sabbioni   Italy 25.17 Q
13 6 7 Kacper Stokowski   Poland 25.22 Q
14 5 2 Yakov Toumarkin   Israel 25.25 Q
15 5 3 Nikita Ulyanov   Russia 25.29
16 4 7 Thierry Bollin   Switzerland 25.40 Q
17 6 1 Nicholas Pyle   Great Britain 25.49 Q
18 5 8 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 25.50 Q
19 4 0 Stanislas Huille   France 25.54
20 3 2 Ralf Tribuntsov   Estonia 25.60
20 4 9 Gytis Stankevičius   Lithuania 25.60
22 3 3 Karl Luht   Estonia 25.62
23 4 8 Björn Seeliger   Sweden 25.65
24 3 5 David Gamburg   Israel 25.68
25 3 4 Nikolaos Sofianidis   Greece 25.69
25 6 0 Paul-Gabriel Bedel   France 25.69
27 3 6 Markus Lie   Norway 25.73
28 5 1 Georgios Spanoudakis   Greece 25.74
29 3 8 Bernhard Reitshammer   Austria 25.78
30 4 2 Kamil Kaźmierczak   Poland 25.80
31 6 8 Maksim Dzialendzik   Belarus 25.81
32 4 1 Viktar Staselovich   Belarus 25.82
33 3 7 Gabriel Lópes   Portugal 25.85
34 2 5 Başlakov İskender   Turkey 25.99
35 5 0 Gustav Hökfelt   Sweden 26.01
36 2 6 Ádám Telegdy   Hungary 26.16
37 5 9 Tomáš Franta   Czech Republic 26.26
38 3 1 Girts Feldbergs   Latvia 26.22
39 3 0 Luke Greenbank   Great Britain 26.23
40 1 6 Ziv Kalontarov   Israel 26.30
41 2 4 Ümitcan Güreş   Turkey 26.41
42 6 9 Andrei-Mircea Anghel   Romania 26.50
43 3 9 Armin Lelle   Estonia 26.53
44 1 4 Ege Başer   Turkey 26.59
45 2 8 Anton Lončar   Croatia 26.62
46 2 2 Niko Mäkelä   Finland 26.66
47 2 7 Rasim Gör   Turkey 26.82
48 2 9 Nikola Acin   Serbia 26.83
49 2 3 Adam Černek   Slovakia 26.96
50 2 1 Marko-Matteus Langel   Estonia 27.33
51 2 0 Sergey Kuznetsov   Finland 27.35
52 1 5 Matthew Galea   Malta 28.14
53 1 3 Dren Ukimeraj   Kosovo 29.78
6 6 Richárd Bohus   Hungary Did not start

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 3 August at 17:25.[4]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 24.25 Q, WJR, NR
2 5 Vladimir Morozov   Russia 24.29 Q
3 3 Jérémy Stravius   France 24.88 Q
4 6 Jonatan Kopelev   Israel 24.92 Q
5 2 Conor Ferguson   Ireland 24.99
6 7 Kacper Stokowski   Poland 25.46
7 1 Thierry Bollin   Switzerland 25.47
8 8 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 25.50

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Robert Glință   Romania 24.12 Q
2 4 Shane Ryan   Ireland 24.57 Q
3 6 Mikita Tsmyh   Belarus 24.66 Q
4 2 Apostolos Christou   Greece 24.96 Q
5 7 Simone Sabbioni   Italy 24.99
6 1 Yakov Toumarkin   Israel 25.09
7 8 Nicholas Pyle   Great Britain 25.10
8 3 Christian Diener   Germany 25.13

Final

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The final was held on 4 August at 18:18.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 24.00 WR
  4 Robert Glință   Romania 24.55
  6 Shane Ryan   Ireland 24.64
4 3 Vladimir Morozov   Russia 24.69
5 7 Jérémy Stravius   France 24.83
6 2 Mikita Tsmyh   Belarus 25.04
7 8 Apostolos Christou   Greece 25.14
8 1 Jonatan Kopelev   Israel 25.41

References

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