Event: | Men's 200 metre backstroke |
Competition: | 2012 European Aquatics Championships |
Dates: | May 25, 2012 (heats and semifinals) May 26, 2012 (final) |
Competitors: | 42 |
Nations: | 21 |
Win Value: | 1:55.28 |
Gold: | Radosław Kawęcki |
Goldnoc: | POL |
Silver: | Péter Bernek |
Silvernoc: | HUN |
Bronze: | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin |
Bronzenoc: | ISR |
Prev: | 2010 |
Next: | 2014 |
The men's 200 metre backstroke 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]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
World record | Aaron Peirsol | align=left | 1:51.92 | Rome | July 31, 2009 | ||
European record | Arkady Vyatchanin | align=left | 1:54.75 | Rome | July 31, 2009 | ||
Championship record | Arkady Vyatchanin | align=left | 1:55.44 | Budapest | August 5, 2006 |
43 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[2]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | 4 | 1:58.79 | Q | |||
2 | 5 | 5 | 1:58.85 | Q | |||
3 | 4 | 4 | 1:59.07 | Q | |||
4 | 5 | 3 | 1:59.30 | Q | |||
5 | 5 | 6 | 1:59.63 | Q | |||
6 | 6 | 7 | 1:59.72 | Q, NR | |||
7 | 4 | 2 | 1:59.79 | Q | |||
8 | 6 | 4 | 1:59.91 | Q | |||
9 | 6 | 5 | 1:59.98 | Q | |||
10 | 6 | 6 | 2:00.20 | ||||
11 | 6 | 2 | 2:00.25 | Q | |||
12 | 4 | 6 | 2:00.81 | Q | |||
13 | 4 | 5 | 2:00.93 | Q | |||
14 | 5 | 8 | 2:01.05 | ||||
15 | 4 | 3 | 2:01.15 | ||||
16 | 6 | 3 | 2:01.21 | Q | |||
17 | 1 | 3 | 2:01.82 | Q | |||
18 | 3 | 6 | Dmitry Gorbunov | 2:01.93 | Q | ||
19 | 2 | 4 | 2:01.95 | Q, NR | |||
20 | 3 | 5 | 2:02.23 | ||||
21 | 5 | 1 | 2:02.30 | ||||
22 | 4 | 7 | 2:02.33 | ||||
23 | 3 | 2 | 2:02.36 | ||||
24 | 5 | 2 | 2:02.49 | ||||
25 | 1 | 5 | 2:02.51 | ||||
26 | 2 | 6 | 2:02.67 | NR | |||
27 | 6 | 1 | 2:02.81 | ||||
28 | 5 | 7 | 2:02.82 | ||||
29 | 6 | 8 | 2:02.84 | ||||
30 | 3 | 4 | 2:03.22 | ||||
31 | 3 | 8 | 2:03.38 | ||||
32 | 4 | 8 | 2:03.64 | ||||
33 | 3 | 3 | 2:03.71 | ||||
34 | 3 | 7 | 2:03.99 | ||||
35 | 4 | 1 | 2:04.02 | ||||
36 | 2 | 7 | 2:04.29 | ||||
37 | 2 | 1 | 2:04.58 | ||||
38 | 2 | 8 | 2:04.85 | ||||
39 | 3 | 1 | 2:05.20 | ||||
40 | 2 | 5 | 2:06.78 | ||||
41 | 2 | 2 | 2:07.12 | ||||
42 | 2 | 3 | 2:31.44 | ||||
1 | 4 | DNS |
The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | 1:58.23 | Q | |||
2 | 7 | 1:58.33 | Q | |||
3 | 6 | 1:59.09 | Q | |||
4 | 2 | 1:59.58 | ||||
5 | 3 | 1:59.94 | ||||
6 | 5 | 2:01.57 | ||||
7 | 1 | 2:02.51 | ||||
8 | 8 | 2:03.18 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | 1:56.11 | Q, NR | |||
2 | 4 | 1:56.68 | Q | |||
3 | 3 | 1:58.43 | Q | |||
4 | 2 | 1:58.86 | Q | |||
5 | 7 | 1:59.41 | Q | |||
6 | 6 | 1:59.98 | ||||
7 | 1 | 2:00.04 | ||||
8 | 8 | Dmitry Gorbunov | 2:01.77 |
The final was held at 18:01.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | 1:55.28 | CR, NR | ||||
4 | 1:55.88 | NR | ||||
6 | 1:57.35 | NR | ||||
4 | 7 | 1:57.99 | ||||
5 | 3 | 1:58.39 | ||||
5 | 8 | 1:58.39 | ||||
7 | 1 | 1:58.55 | ||||
8 | 2 | 1:58.74 |