The men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21 and 22. The heats and semifinals took place on May 21, the final on May 22.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre breaststroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-20.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordBrenton Rickard58.58RomeJuly 27, 2009European recordHugues Duboscq58.64RomeJuly 27, 2009Championship recordAlexander Dale Oen59.20BudapestAugust 10, 2010

Results

Heats 59 swimmers participated in 8 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre breaststroke Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Imri Ganiel 1:00.96 Q, NR 2 8 5 Damir Dugonjič 1:01.13 Q 3 8 4 Fabio Scozzoli 1:01.14 Q 4 7 5 Mattia Pesce 1:01.21 Q 5 6 6 Valeriy Dymo 1:01.28 Q 6 8 2 Kirill Strelnikov 1:01.40 Q 7 8 7 Flavio Bizzarri 1:01.46 8 7 4 Hugues Duboscq 1:01.54 Q 9 6 4 Christian vom Lehn 1:01.55 Q 10 8 1 Martin Liivamägi 1:01.63 Q 11 7 6 Igor Borysik 1:01.67 Q 12 7 2 Carlos Esteves Almeida 1:01.72 Q 13 6 7 Laurent Carnol 1:01.75 Q 14 6 1 Andriy Kovalenko 1:01.80 15 8 6 Marco Koch 1:01.81 Q 16 5 4 Martti Aljand 1:01.85 Q 17 7 8 Petr Bartůněk 1:01.89 Q 17 8 8 Hunor Mate 1:01.89 Q 19 6 5 Anton Lobanov 1:01.90 19 7 1 Čaba Silađi 1:01.90 19 8 3 Panagiotis Samilidis 1:01.90 22 5 2 Gal Nevo 1:01.95 23 6 3 Dawid Szulich 1:01.99 24 4 2 Eetu Karvonen 1:02.09 25 4 3 Tomáš Klobučník 1:02.16 NR 26 3 1 Aleksander Hetland 1:02.17 27 3 5 Matti Mattsson 1:02.18 28 7 7 Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson 1:02.19 29 5 5 Yannick Käser 1:02.20 30 6 2 Matjaž Markič 1:02.23 31 6 8 Gábor Financsek 1:02.32 32 4 8 Emil Tahirovič 1:02.41 33 5 6 Danila Artiomov 1:02.47 34 7 3 Dragos Agache 1:02.51 35 4 1 Viktar Vabishchevich 1:02.61 35 4 5 Johannes Skagius 1:02.61 37 4 6 Martin Schweizer 1:02.74 38 3 2 Filipp Provorkov 1:02.82 39 5 8 Árni Már Árnason 1:02.96 40 5 7 Ömer Aslanoğlu 1:03.04 41 3 6 Sławomir Kuczko 1:03.08 42 3 8 Oleg Kostin 1:03.23 43 3 4 Robert Vovk 1:03.30 44 3 3 Yaron Shagalov 1:03.34 45 2 3 Sverre Næss 1:03.44 46 2 7 Vadim Romanov 1:03.61 47 2 1 Filip Wypych 1:03.62 48 1 3 Tomáš Fučík 1:03.71 49 2 5 Vaidotas Blažys 1:03.72 50 5 3 Olexiy Rozhkov 1:03.74 51 2 2 Ante Krizan 1:04.12 52 3 7 Sasa Gerbec 1:04.14 53 2 4 Lachezar Shumkov 1:04.53 54 4 7 Maxim Podoprigora 1:04.62 55 1 4 Marius Mikalauskas 1:05.01 56 1 5 Marek Botik 1:05.05 57 2 6 Uldis Tazans 1:05.15 58 2 8 Daniel Vacval 1:05.23 5 1 Jowan Qupty DSQ

Semifinals The eight fastest riders advanced to the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre breaststroke Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Damir Dugonjič 1:00.64 Q 2 5 Mattia Pesce 1:00.72 Q 3 3 Kirill Strelnikov 1:01.29 Q 4 2 Igor Borysik 1:01.34 5 6 Christian vom Lehn 1:01.50 6 7 Laurent Carnol 1:01.68 7 1 Martti Aljand 1:01.79 8 8 Hunor Mate 1:02.25

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Fabio Scozzoli 1:00.90 Q 2 4 Imri Ganiel 1:01.01 Q 3 1 Marco Koch 1:01.19 Q 4 7 Carlos Esteves Almeida 1:01.19 Q, NR 5 3 Valeriy Dymo 1:01.29 Q 6 6 Hugues Duboscq 1:01.35 7 2 Martin Liivamägi 1:01.66 8 8 Petr Bartůněk 1:01.68

Final The final was held at 17:29.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre breaststroke Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-22.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Fabio Scozzoli 1:00.55 8 Valeriy Dymo 1:00.68 5 Mattia Pesce 1:00.93 4 2 Marco Koch 1:00.99 5 1 Kirill Strelnikov 1:01.12 6 6 Imri Ganiel 1:01.33 7 4 Damir Dugonjič 1:01.51 8 7 Carlos Esteves Almeida 1:01.57

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