The men's 50 metre butterfly 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 50 metre butterfly 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 record European recordRafael Muñoz22.43MálagaApril 5, 2009Championship recordMilorad Čavić23.11EindhovenMarch 19, 2008
Results
Heats 44 swimmers participated in 6 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre butterfly Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Frédérick Bousquet 23.60 Q 2 6 3 Milorad Čavić 23.70 Q 3 4 5 Rafael Muñoz 23.76 Q 4 6 4 Nikita Konovalov 23.78 Q 5 4 3 Francois Heersbrandt 23.81 Q 6 6 2 Piero Codia 23.87 Q 7 5 3 Amaury Leveaux 23.90 Q 8 5 6 Yauhen Tsurkin 23.91 Q 9 5 4 Steffen Deibler 23.94 Q 10 6 7 Mario Todorović 23.95 Q 11 6 6 Romain Sassot 24.04 12 4 7 Alon Mandel 24.05 Q 13 6 5 Andriy Govorov 24.08 Q 14 5 5 Ivan Lenđer 24.14 Q 15 4 2 Fotios Koliopoulos 24.20 Q 16 5 7 Martin Spitzer 24.20 Q 17 1 3 Tom Kremer 24.27 Q 18 5 2 Duje Draganja 24.28 19 1 6 Ádám Madarassy 24.30 20 4 6 Philip Heintz 24.36 21 5 1 Simao Gomes Morgado 24.38 22 4 1 Bence Pulai 24.42 23 6 1 Marco Belotti 24.43 24 3 6 Michal Poprawa 24.51 25 4 8 Martin Verner 24.60 25 6 8 Norbert Trandafir 24.60 27 3 4 Nico van Duijn 24.61 28 2 1 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen 24.90 29 5 8 Duarte Rafael Mourao 24.98 30 3 5 Alexandru Coci 24.99 31 3 1 Lubos Grznar 25.03 31 3 7 Tadas Duškinas 25.03 33 3 2 Robert Zbogar 25.08 34 2 3 Sindri Thor Jakobsson 25.15 35 3 3 Mindaugas Sadauskas 25.18 36 3 8 Marko Tiidla 25.22 37 2 5 Konstantinos Markozis 25.23 38 2 4 Pavels Kondrahins 25.26 39 1 5 Dmitry Gorbunov 25.34 40 2 7 Bernhard Wolf 25.59 41 2 2 Bence Gyárfás 25.61 42 2 8 Avi Cohen 25.90 43 2 6 Edgaras Štura 26.03 44 1 4 Hedin Olsen 26.41
Semifinals The eight fastest swimmers advanced to the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre butterfly Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Milorad Čavić 23.41 Q 2 7 Andriy Govorov 23.43 Q 3 5 Nikita Konovalov 23.55 Q 4 6 Yauhen Tsurkin 23.77 NR 5 3 Piero Codia 23.84 6 2 Mario Todorović 23.86 7 1 Fotios Koliopoulos 23.92 8 8 Tom Kremer 24.20
Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 Amaury Leveaux 23.51 Q 2 4 Frédérick Bousquet 23.68 Q 3 5 Rafael Muñoz 23.70 Q 4 1 Ivan Lenđer 23.71 Q 5 3 Francois Heersbrandt 23.77 6 2 Steffen Deibler 23.96 7 8 Martin Spitzer 24.04 8 7 Alon Mandel 24.05
Swim-off The race determined the last participant for the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's Men's 50 metre butterfly Swim-off results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Yauhen Tsurkin 23.59 Q, NR 2 5 Francois Heersbrandt 23.66
Final The final was held at 17:02.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre butterfly Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-22.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 7 Rafael Muñoz 23.16 2 Frédérick Bousquet 23.30 8 Yauhen Tsurkin 23.37 NR 4 6 Nikita Konovalov 23.43 5 4 Milorad Čavić 23.53 5 5 Andriy Govorov 23.53 7 1 Ivan Lenđer 23.68 8 3 Amaury Leveaux 23.80
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