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Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

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Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 22, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 23, 2012 (final)
Competitors48 from 24 nations
Winning time1:46.27
Medalists
gold medal    Germany
silver medal    France
bronze medal    Hungary

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.[1]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record
European record
Paul Biedermann  Germany 1:42.00 Rome July 28, 2009
Championship record Pieter van den Hoogenband  Netherlands 1:44.89 Berlin August 2, 2002

Results

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Heats

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48 swimmers participated in 7 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 4 Paul Biedermann  Germany 1:47.39 Q
2 3 7 Dominik Kozma  Hungary 1:47.52 Q
3 6 3 Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or  Israel 1:48.93 Q
4 5 5 Tim Wallburger  Germany 1:49.04 Q
5 5 1 Riccardo Maestri  Italy 1:49.13 Q
6 5 6 Alex di Giorgio  Italy 1:49.21 Q
7 5 3 Viacheslav Andrusenko  Russia 1:49.24 Q
8 6 2 Marco Belotti  Italy 1:49.30
9 6 6 Gianluca Maglia  Italy 1:49.32
10 7 2 Pieter Timmers  Belgium 1:49.52 Q
11 7 5 Robert Renwick  Great Britain 1:49.55 Q
12 6 8 Dorde Marković  Serbia 1:49.57 Q
13 5 7 Norbert Trandafir  Romania 1:49.69 Q
14 7 6 Dimitri Colupaev  Germany 1:49.78
15 7 7 Glenn Surgeloose  Belgium 1:49.88 Q
16 5 2 Pavel Medvetskiy  Russia 1:50.19 Q
17 5 4 Dominik Meichtry  Switzerland 1:50.20 Q
18 7 3 Clemens Rapp  Germany 1:50.29
19 4 5 Radovan Siljevski  Serbia 1:50.34 Q
20 6 4 Amaury Leveaux  France 1:50.38 Q
21 4 3 Kemal Arda Gural  Turkey 1:50.40 =NR
22 6 7 Lorys Bourelly  France 1:50.45
23 6 1 Tiago Andre Venancio  Portugal 1:50.56
24 7 8 Christian Scherübl  Austria 1:50.83
25 6 5 Jérémy Stravius  France 1:50.91
26 3 1 Gard Kvale  Norway 1:51.15
27 3 3 Radoslaw Bor  Poland 1:51.30
28 4 8 Jean-Baptiste Febo  Switzerland 1:51.34
29 4 4 Pholien Systermans  Belgium 1:51.49
30 4 7 Balázs Zámbó  Hungary 1:51.62
31 3 8 Stefan Šorak  Serbia 1:51.63
32 4 2 Alexander Selin  Russia 1:51.66
33 4 1 Uvis Kalnins  Latvia 1:51.68
34 3 4 Filip Bujoczek  Poland 1:51.71
35 2 4 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:51.92
36 3 5 Simonas Bilis  Lithuania 1:52.03
37 3 6 Květoslav Svoboda  Czech Republic 1:52.10
38 4 6 Luis Emanuel Vaz  Portugal 1:52.17
39 7 1 Pawel Werner  Poland 1:52.19
40 1 5 Evgheni Coroliuc  Moldova 1:52.61
41 2 2 Jean-François Schneiders  Luxembourg 1:53.71
42 5 8 Mario Alexandre Pereira  Portugal 1:53.88
43 2 3 Marco Aldabe-Bomstad  Norway 1:54.34
44 2 6 Ole-Martin Ree  Norway 1:55.03
45 1 4 David Gamburg  Israel 1:55.17
46 3 2 Irakli Revishvili  Georgia 1:55.37
47 2 7 Aleksandar Nikolov  Bulgaria 1:57.36
48 1 3 Hedin Olsen  Faroe Islands 2:04.26
2 5 Michal Szuba  Poland DNS

Semifinals

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The eight fastert swimmers advanced to the final.[3]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Dominik Kozma  Hungary 1:47.59 Q
2 5 Tim Wallburger  Germany 1:47.90 Q
3 1 Dominik Meichtry  Switzerland 1:48.35 Q
4 8 Amaury Leveaux  France 1:48.38 Q
5 6 Pieter Timmers  Belgium 1:49.25
6 3 Alex di Giorgio  Italy 1:49.32 Q
7 2 Dorde Marković  Serbia 1:49.69
8 7 Glenn Surgeloose  Belgium 1:49.79

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Paul Biedermann  Germany 1:47.92 Q
2 2 Robert Renwick  Great Britain 1:48.89 Q
3 6 Viacheslav Andrusenko  Russia 1:49.03 Q
4 7 Norbert Trandafir  Romania 1:49.57
5 5 Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or  Israel 1:49.69
6 8 Radovan Siljevski  Serbia 1:50.11
7 3 Riccardo Maestri  Italy 1:50.49
8 1 Pavel Medvetskiy  Russia 1:51.20

Final

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The final was held at 17:47.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Paul Biedermann  Germany 1:46.27
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Amaury Leveaux  France 1:47.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Dominik Kozma  Hungary 1:47.72
4 5 Tim Wallburger  Germany 1:47.75
5 6 Dominik Meichtry  Switzerland 1:48.53
6 1 Viacheslav Andrusenko  Russia 1:49.34
7 8 Alex di Giorgio  Italy 1:49.45
8 7 Robert Renwick  Great Britain 1:49.57

References

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