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Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke
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The men's 100 metre backstroke 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.[1]
Quick Facts Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships, Dates ...
| Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | May 21, 2012 (heats and semifinals) May 22, 2012 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 43 from 24 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 53.86 | |||||||||
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Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
More information Name, Nation ...
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Aaron Peirsol |  United States | 51.94 | Indianapolis | July 8, 2009 |
| European record Championship record | Camille Lacourt |  France | 52.11 | Budapest | August 10, 2010 |
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Heats
43 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[2]
More information Rank, Heat ...
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 6 | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin |  Israel | 54.22 | Q, =NR |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 54.44 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis |  Greece | 54.45 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Jonatan Kopelev | Israel | 54.61 | |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Mirco di Tora |  Italy | 54.77 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 4 | Helge Meeuw |  Germany | 54.78 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | Vitaly Borisov |  Russia | 54.78 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | Péter Bernek |  Hungary | 54.82 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Lavrans Solli |  Norway | 54.83 | Q, NR |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Pavel Sankovich |  Belarus | 54.96 | Q, NR |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Matteo Milli | Italy | 54.96 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 7 | Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or | Israel | 55.01 | |
| 13 | 6 | 7 | Felix Wolf | Germany | 55.13 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | 4 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 55.21 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Sebastiano Ranfagni | Italy | 55.39 | |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Olexandr Isakov |  Ukraine | 55.48 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | Christian Diener | Germany | 55.59 | |
| 18 | 6 | 2 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary | 55.67 | Q |
| 19 | 1 | 4 | Pedro Oliveira |  Portugal | 55.83 | Q, NR |
| 20 | 6 | 8 | Gábor Balog | Hungary | 55.83 | |
| 21 | 4 | 1 | Mikhail Zvyagin | Russia | 55.87 | SO |
| 21 | 6 | 1 | Andres Olvik |  Estonia | 55.87 | SO |
| 23 | 4 | 7 | Jonathan Massacand |  Switzerland | 55.90 | |
| 24 | 3 | 2 | Martin Baďura |  Czech Republic | 56.26 | |
| 25 | 2 | 4 | Konstantīns Blohins |  Latvia | 56.28 | NR |
| 26 | 3 | 3 | Martin Zhelev |  Bulgaria | 56.36 | |
| 26 | 3 | 5 | Matas Andriekus |  Lithuania | 56.36 | |
| 28 | 5 | 8 | Karl Burdis |  Ireland | 56.43 | |
| 29 | 6 | 5 | Juan Miguel Rando Galvez |  Spain | 56.54 | |
| 30 | 1 | 3 | Jan Šefl | Czech Republic | 56.58 | |
| 31 | 4 | 8 | Flori Lang | Switzerland | 56.66 | |
| 32 | 2 | 2 | Jakub Jasiński |  Poland | 56.77 | |
| 33 | 2 | 7 | Pavels Vilcans | Latvia | 56.92 | |
| 34 | 3 | 1 | Jean-François Schneiders |  Luxembourg | 56.93 | |
| 35 | 2 | 8 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 57.00 | |
| 36 | 3 | 6 | Lukas Räuftlin | Switzerland | 57.31 | |
| 36 | 3 | 7 | Andriy Nikishenko | Ukraine | 57.31 | |
| 38 | 2 | 5 | Mateusz Wysoczynski | Poland | 57.56 | |
| 39 | 1 | 5 | Roko Šimunić |  Croatia | 57.61 | |
| 40 | 2 | 3 | Sebastian Stoss |  Austria | 57.73 | |
| 41 | 2 | 6 | Dominik Dür | Austria | 58.09 | |
| 42 | 2 | 1 | Justinas Bilis | Lithuania | 58.13 | |
| 43 | 3 | 8 | Petar Petrović |  Serbia | 58.95 |
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Swim-Off
The swim-off took place to determine the last semifinal participant.[3]
More information Rank, Lane ...
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Mikhail Zvyagin | Russia | 55.97 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Andres Olvik | Estonia | 56.15 |
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Semifinals
The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.[4]
Semifinal 1
More information Rank, Lane ...
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary | 54.35 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Vitaly Borisov | Russia | 54.74 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 54.79 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Mirco di Tora | Italy | 54.88 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Lavrans Solli | Norway | 54.90 | |
| 6 | 4 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 54.95 | |
| 7 | 2 | Matteo Milli | Italy | 55.25 | |
| 8 | 8 | Mikhail Zvyagin | Russia | 56.02 |
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Semifinal 2
More information Rank, Lane ...
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Helge Meeuw | Germany | 53.80 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | Greece | 53.90 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | Israel | 54.26 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 54.47 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Pavel Sankovich | Belarus | 55.06 | |
| 6 | 1 | Olexandr Isakov | Ukraine | 55.33 | |
| 7 | 7 | Felix Wolf | Germany | 55.40 | |
| 8 | 8 | Pedro Oliveira | Portugal | 55.90 |
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Final
The final was held at 17:14.[5]
More information Rank, Lane ...
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 5 | Aristeidis Grigoriadis | Greece | 53.86 | |
 | 4 | Helge Meeuw | Germany | 54.06 | |
 | 3 | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | Israel | 54.14 | NR |
| 4 | 2 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 54.77 | |
| 5 | 7 | Vitaly Borisov | Russia | 54.78 | |
| 5 | 8 | Mirco di Tora | Italy | 54.78 | |
| 7 | 1 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 54.96 | |
| 8 | 6 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary | 55.00 |
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- 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre backstroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-20.
- 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre backstroke Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
- 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre backstroke Swim-off results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
- 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre backstroke Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
- 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre backstroke Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-22.