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

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 23 and 24. The heats and semifinals took place on May 23, the final on May 24.[1]

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 23, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 24, 2012 (final)
Competitors39 from 25 nations
Winning time2:08.60
Medalists
    Hungary
    Germany
    Greece

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordChristian Sprenger Australia2:07.31RomeJuly 30, 2009
European recordDániel Gyurta Hungary2:07.64BeijingJuly 31, 2009
Championship recordDániel Gyurta Hungary2:08.95BudapestAugust 12, 2010

Results

Heats

40 swimmers participated in 5 heats.[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
156Panagiotis Samilidis Greece2:10.61Q, NR
254Dániel Gyurta Hungary2:11.54Q
343Marco Koch Germany2:12.48Q
453Igor Borysik Ukraine2:12.60Q
545Ákos Molnár Hungary2:12.71Q
636Flavio Bizzarri Italy2:13.00Q
655Michael Jamieson Great Britain2:13.00Q
842Matti Mattsson Finland2:13.26Q
934Laurent Carnol Luxembourg2:13.36Q
1044Christian vom Lehn Germany2:13.42Q
1141Sławomir Kuczko Poland2:13.86Q
1235Anton Lobanov Russia2:13.87Q
1323Tomas Klobucnik Slovakia2:14.06Q, NR
1432Yannick Kaeser  Switzerland2:14.11Q
1557Oleg Kostin Russia2:14.13Q
1647Olexiy Rozhkov Ukraine2:14.37Q
1746Maxym Shemberyev Ukraine2:14.38
1851Jonas Coreelman Belgium2:14.52
1937Hunor Mate Austria2:14.79
2033Hugues Duboscq France2:15.02
2115Martin Liivamägi Estonia2:15.21NR
2225Carlos Esteves Almeida Portugal2:15.64
2322Imri Ganiel Israel2:15.76
2421Irakli Bolkvadze Georgia2:16.35
2526Jowan Qupty Israel2:16.72
2531Maxim Podoprigora Austria2:16.72
2738Danila Artiomov Moldova2:17.77
2848Mattia Petce Italy2:17.80
2912Vadim Romanov Estonia2:18.40
3024Eetu Karvonen Finland2:19.39
3114Sverre Naess Norway2:20.02
3213Robert Vovk Slovenia2:20.25
3328Rok Resman Slovenia2:20.63
3417Lachezar Shumkov Bulgaria2:21.51
3516Marius Mikalauskas Lithuania2:21.61
3611Tal Hanani Israel2:23.73
52Valeriy Dymo UkraineDSQ
58Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson IcelandDSQ
18Aleksander Hetland NorwayDNF
27Gal Nevo IsraelDNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Dániel Gyurta Hungary2:10.06Q
25Igor Borysik Ukraine2:11.91Q
33Flavio Bizzarri Italy2:12.03Q
41Yannick Kaeser  Switzerland2:12.09Q, NR
52Christian vom Lehn Germany2:12.16Q
67Anton Lobanov Russia2:12.54
76Matti Mattsson Finland2:13.49
88Olexiy Rozhkov Ukraine2:13.91

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Marco Koch Germany2:10.92Q
24Panagiotis Samilidis Greece2:11.53Q
33Ákos Molnár Hungary2:12.23Q
42Laurent Carnol Luxembourg2:12.29
58Oleg Kostin Russia2:12.39
66Michael Jamieson Great Britain2:12.58
71Tomas Klobucnik Slovakia2:13.10NR
87Sławomir Kuczko Poland2:13.14

Final

The final was held at 17:41.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Dániel Gyurta Hungary2:08.60CR
5Marco Koch Germany2:09.26
3Panagiotis Samilidis Greece2:09.72NR
41Christian vom Lehn Germany2:10.61
52Flavio Bizzarri Italy2.12.47
66Igor Borysik Ukraine2:12.51
77Yannick Kaeser  Switzerland2:13.23
88Ákos Molnár Hungary2:13.33

References

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