The men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 26 and 27. The heats and semifinals took place on May 26, the final on May 27.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordCésar Cielo20.91São PauloDecember 18, 2009European recordFrédérick Bousquet20.94MontpellierApril 26, 2009Championship recordFrédérick Bousquet21.36BudapestAugust 14, 2010
Results
Heats 53 swimmers participated in 7 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre freestyle Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 4 Frédérick Bousquet 22.29 Q 2 6 5 Marco Orsi 22.30 Q 3 6 4 Alain Bernard 22.31 Q 4 5 5 Stefan Nystrand 22.33 Q 5 6 1 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen 22.38 Q, NR 6 6 6 Andrea Rolla 22.39 Q 7 7 5 Krisztián Takács 22.40 Q 8 7 3 Andriy Govorov 22.41 Q 9 7 7 Dominik Kozma 22.43 Q 10 5 2 Norbert Trandafir 22.45 Q, =NR 11 5 6 Lucio Spadaro 22.50 12 4 4 Kristian Golomeev 22.54 Q 13 5 4 Amaury Leveaux 22.61 14 7 6 Marco di Carli 22.66 Q 15 5 8 Flori Lang 22.70 Q 16 6 8 Filip Wypych 22.70 Q 17 6 7 Jasper Aerents 22.75 Q 18 6 2 Oleg Tikhobaev 22.79 Q 19 7 1 Petter Stymne 22.81 20 5 3 Vitaly Syrnikov 22.82 21 3 8 Ivan Levaj 22.87 22 4 3 Mario Todorović 22.89 23 7 2 Steffen Deibler 22.89 24 4 7 Árni Már Árnason 22.91 25 5 7 Yoris Grandjean 22.91 26 4 8 Fotios Koliopoulos 22.93 27 7 8 Christoph Fildebrandt 22.93 28 3 3 Boris Stojanović 22.98 29 5 1 Duje Draganja 23.00 30 4 5 Alexandre Escudier Agostinho 23.08 31 3 4 Aurelien Künzi 23.11 32 3 6 Roman Kucik 23.13 33 4 1 Pjotr Degtjarjov 23.13 34 4 2 Mindaugas Sadauskas 23.21 35 3 1 Uvis Kalnins 23.26 36 1 2 Alon Mandel 23.31 37 3 5 Martin Spitzer 23.32 38 3 7 Simonas Bilis 23.33 39 2 6 Richárd Bohus 23.33 40 2 8 Viktar Vabishchevich 23.42 41 2 3 Arseni Kukharau 23.47 42 1 6 Viacheslav Andrusenko 23.67 43 2 2 Justinas Bilis 23.68 44 2 7 Tadas Duškinas 23.75 45 1 5 Evgheni Coroliuc 23.77 46 1 4 Hedin Olsen 24.18 47 2 1 Matej Kuchar 24.41 48 1 3 Matti Mattsson 24.87 2 4 Martin Verner DNS 2 5 Aleksander Hetland DNS 3 2 Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or DNS 4 6 Tiago Venâncio DNS 6 3 Ioannis Kalargaris DNS
Semifinals The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre freestyle Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.
Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Stefan Nystrand 22.06 Q 2 6 Andriy Govorov 22.20 Q 3 4 Marco Orsi 22.22 Q 4 2 Norbert Trandafir 22.33 Q, NR 5 7 Marco di Carli 22.43 6 3 Andrea Rolla 22.44 7 8 Oleg Tikhobaev 22.53 8 1 Filip Wypych 22.55
Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Frédérick Bousquet 22.22 Q 2 3 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen 22.24 Q, NR 3 5 Alain Bernard 22.26 Q 4 7 Kristian Golomeev 22.37 Q 5 6 Krisztián Takács 22.40 6 8 Jasper Aerents 22.49 7 2 Dominik Kozma 22.51 8 1 Flori Lang 22.59
Final The final was held at 17:05.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre freestyle Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-27.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Frédérick Bousquet 21.80 4 Stefan Nystrand 22.04 5 Andriy Govorov 22.18 4 2 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen 22.22 NR 4 3 Marco Orsi 22.22 4 8 Kristian Golomeev 22.22 7 7 Alain Bernard 22.24 8 1 Norbert Trandafir 22.65
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