The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 22 and 23. The heats and semifinals took place on May 22, the final on May 23.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre freestyle 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 recordEuropean recordPaul Biedermann1:42.00RomeJuly 28, 2009Championship recordPieter van den Hoogenband1:44.89BerlinAugust 2, 2002
Results
Heats 48 swimmers participated in 7 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre freestyle Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-22.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 4 Paul Biedermann 1:47.39 Q 2 3 7 Dominik Kozma 1:47.52 Q 3 6 3 Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or 1:48.93 Q 4 5 5 Tim Wallburger 1:49.04 Q 5 5 1 Riccardo Maestri 1:49.13 Q 6 5 6 Alex di Giorgio 1:49.21 Q 7 5 3 Viacheslav Andrusenko 1:49.24 Q 8 6 2 Marco Belotti 1:49.30 9 6 6 Gianluca Maglia 1:49.32 10 7 2 Pieter Timmers 1:49.52 Q 11 7 5 Robert Renwick 1:49.55 Q 12 6 8 Dorde Marković 1:49.57 Q 13 5 7 Norbert Trandafir 1:49.69 Q 14 7 6 Dimitri Colupaev 1:49.78 15 7 7 Glenn Surgeloose 1:49.88 Q 16 5 2 Pavel Medvetskiy 1:50.19 Q 17 5 4 Dominik Meichtry 1:50.20 Q 18 7 3 Clemens Rapp 1:50.29 19 4 5 Radovan Siljevski 1:50.34 Q 20 6 4 Amaury Leveaux 1:50.38 Q 21 4 3 Kemal Arda Gural 1:50.40 =NR 22 6 7 Lorys Bourelly 1:50.45 23 6 1 Tiago Andre Venancio 1:50.56 24 7 8 Christian Scherübl 1:50.83 25 6 5 Jérémy Stravius 1:50.91 26 3 1 Gard Kvale 1:51.15 27 3 3 Radoslaw Bor 1:51.30 28 4 8 Jean-Baptiste Febo 1:51.34 29 4 4 Pholien Systermans 1:51.49 30 4 7 Balázs Zámbó 1:51.62 31 3 8 Stefan Šorak 1:51.63 32 4 2 Alexander Selin 1:51.66 33 4 1 Uvis Kalnins 1:51.68 34 3 4 Filip Bujoczek 1:51.71 35 2 4 Danas Rapšys 1:51.92 36 3 5 Simonas Bilis 1:52.03 37 3 6 Květoslav Svoboda 1:52.10 38 4 6 Luis Emanuel Vaz 1:52.17 39 7 1 Pawel Werner 1:52.19 40 1 5 Evgheni Coroliuc 1:52.61 41 2 2 Jean-François Schneiders 1:53.71 42 5 8 Mario Alexandre Pereira 1:53.88 43 2 3 Marco Aldabe-Bomstad 1:54.34 44 2 6 Ole-Martin Ree 1:55.03 45 1 4 David Gamburg 1:55.17 46 3 2 Irakli Revishvili 1:55.37 47 2 7 Aleksandar Nikolov 1:57.36 48 1 3 Hedin Olsen 2:04.26 2 5 Michal Szuba DNS
Semifinals The eight fastert swimmers advanced to the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre freestyle Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-22.
Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Dominik Kozma 1:47.59 Q 2 5 Tim Wallburger 1:47.90 Q 3 1 Dominik Meichtry 1:48.35 Q 4 8 Amaury Leveaux 1:48.38 Q 5 6 Pieter Timmers 1:49.25 6 3 Alex di Giorgio 1:49.32 Q 7 2 Dorde Marković 1:49.69 8 7 Glenn Surgeloose 1:49.79
Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Paul Biedermann 1:47.92 Q 2 2 Robert Renwick 1:48.89 Q 3 6 Viacheslav Andrusenko 1:49.03 Q 4 7 Norbert Trandafir 1:49.57 5 5 Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or 1:49.69 6 8 Radovan Siljevski 1:50.11 7 3 Riccardo Maestri 1:50.49 8 1 Pavel Medvetskiy 1:51.20
Final The final was held at 17:47.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre freestyle Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Paul Biedermann 1:46.27 2 Amaury Leveaux 1:47.69 4 Dominik Kozma 1:47.72 4 5 Tim Wallburger 1:47.75 5 6 Dominik Meichtry 1:48.53 6 1 Viacheslav Andrusenko 1:49.34 7 8 Alex di Giorgio 1:49.45 8 7 Robert Renwick 1:49.57
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