Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke
Appearance
Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Tollcross International Swimming Centre | |||||||||
Dates | 7 August (heats and semifinals) 8 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 22 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:53.36 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2018 European Aquatics Championships | ||
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Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
mixed | ||
4×200 m | men | women |
mixed | ||
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
mixed | ||
Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Synchronised | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Mixed | 3 m | 10 m |
Team | team | |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | Free | Technical |
Duet | Free | Technical |
Team | Free | Technical |
Mixed | Free | Technical |
Combination | Combination | |
Open water swimming | ||
5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Team | team | |
The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 7 and 8 August 2018.[1][2]
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 1:51.92 | Rome | 31 July 2009 |
European record | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 1:53.61 | Budapest | 28 July 2017 |
Championship record | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:55.28 | Debrecen | 26 May 2012 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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8 August | Final | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 1:53.36 | CR, ER |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]The heats were started on 7 August at 09:41.[3]
Semifinals
[edit]The semifinals were started on 7 August at 17:01.[4]
Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Grigoriy Tarasevich | Russia | 1:57.62 | Q |
2 | 2 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 1:58.14 | Q |
3 | 7 | Hugo González | Spain | 1:58.43 | Q |
4 | 5 | Brodie Williams | Great Britain | 1:58.66 | |
5 | 6 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:58.84 | |
6 | 3 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 1:59.05 | |
7 | 1 | Yakov Toumarkin | Israel | 2:00.67 | |
8 | 8 | Gabriel Lópes | Portugal | 2:00.85 |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 1:55.50 | Q |
2 | 3 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:57.56 | Q |
3 | 2 | Matteo Restivo | Italy | 1:57.80 | Q |
4 | 6 | Luca Mencarini | Italy | 1:57.83 | Q |
5 | 5 | Christian Diener | Germany | 1:57.92 | Q |
6 | 1 | Geoffroy Mathieu | France | 1:58.65 | |
7 | 8 | Anton Lončar | Croatia | 1:59.86 | |
7 | 7 | Jakub Skierka | Poland | 1:59.86 |
Final
[edit]The final was started on 8 August at 17:32.[5]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 1:53.36 | ER, CR | |
5 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:56.07 | ||
6 | Matteo Restivo | Italy | 1:56.29 | ||
4 | 7 | Christian Diener | Germany | 1:57.05 | |
5 | 1 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 1:57.09 | |
6 | 3 | Grigoriy Tarasevich | Russia | 1:57.37 | |
7 | 2 | Luca Mencarini | Italy | 1:57.71 | |
8 | 8 | Hugo González | Spain | 1:59.06 |