Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke
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| Men's 50 metre backstroke2012 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | May 23, 2012 (heats and semifinals) May 24, 2012 (final) |
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| Competitors | 43 from 25 nations | |||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 24.73 | |||||||||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2012 LEN European Championships Eindhoven, Netherlands Debrecen, Hungary |
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| Diving | ||||
| Individual | ||||
| 1 m | men | women | ||
| 3 m | men | women | ||
| 10 m | men | women | ||
| Synchronised | ||||
| 3 m | men | women | ||
| 10 m | men | women | ||
| Team | team | |||
| Swimming | ||||
| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women | ||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| Synchronised swimming | ||||
| Individual | Solo | Duet | ||
| Team | Team | Combination | ||
The men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 23 and 24. The heats and semifinals took place on May 23, the final on May 24.[1]
Contents
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world, european and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record European record |
Liam Tancock |  Great Britain |
24.04 | Rome | August 2, 2009 |
| Championship record | Camille Lacourt |  France |
24.07 | Budapest | August 12, 2010 |
Results
Heats
43 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[2]
Semifinals
The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.[3]
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Jonatan Kopelev |  Israel |
24.98 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Guy Barnea | Israel |
25.29 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Pavel Sankovich |  Belarus |
25.36 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | Lavrans Solli |  Norway |
25.40 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 6 | Stefano Mauro Pizzamiglio |  Italy |
25.54 | |
| 6 | 8 | Flori Lang |  Switzerland |
25.75 | |
| 7 | 1 | Karl Burdis |  Ireland |
25.78 | |
| 8 | 7 | Juan Miguel Rando Galvez |  Spain |
25.88 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Mirco Di Tora | Italy |
25.23 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis |  Greece |
25.29 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Richard Bohus |  Hungary |
25.36 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 5 | Dorian Gandin | France |
25.39 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Christian Diener |  Germany |
25.51 | |
| 6 | 1 | Vitaly Borisov |  Russia |
25.70 | |
| 7 | 2 | Helge Meeuw | Germany |
25.78 | |
| 8 | 8 | Alexis Manacas Santos |  Portugal |
26.01 |
Final
The final was held at 18:19.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Jonatan Kopelev | Israel |
24.73 | |
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5 | Mirco Di Tora | Italy |
24.95 | |
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1 | Dorian Gandin | France |
25.14 | |
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3 | Guy Barnea | Israel |
25.14 | |
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7 | Richard Bohus | Hungary |
25.14 | NR |
| 6 | 2 | Pavel Sankovich | Belarus |
25.25 | NR |
| 7 | 8 | Lavrans Solli | Norway |
25.28 | NR |
| 8 | 6 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | Greece |
25.46 |
References
- ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre backstroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.
- ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre backstroke Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.
- ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre backstroke Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.
- ↑ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre backstroke Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-24.
