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Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships
Dates20 May
Competitors41 from 20 nations
Winning time1:55.98
Medalists
gold medal    Poland
silver medal    Israel
bronze medal    Lithuania
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The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 May 2016.[1][2]

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 Aaron Peirsol  United States 1:51.92 Rome 31 July 2009
European record Evgeny Rylov  Russia 1:54.21 Moscow 21 April 2016
Championship record Radosław Kawęcki  Poland 1:55.28 Debrecen 26 May 2012

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held on 20 May at 10:00.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 6 Dávid Földházi  Hungary 1:57.69 Q
2 5 4 Radosław Kawęcki  Poland 1:58.41 Q
3 4 4 Yakov Toumarkin  Israel 1:58.44 Q
4 5 3 Gábor Balog  Hungary 1:58.70 Q
5 5 5 Luke Greenbank  Great Britain 1:58.81 Q
6 3 4 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:58.95 Q
7 4 3 Christopher Ciccarese  Italy 1:59.08 Q
8 5 2 Ádám Telegdy  Hungary 1:59.10
9 4 5 Luca Mencarini  Italy 1:59.19 Q
10 4 6 Balázs Zámbó  Hungary 1:59.34
11 3 6 Benjamin Stasiulis  France 2:00.17 Q
12 3 7 Roman Dmitriyev  Czech Republic 2:00.42 Q
13 3 5 Grigory Tarasevich  Russia 2:00.45 Q
14 4 8 Petter Fredriksson  Sweden 2:00.91 Q
15 3 8 Kristian Kron  Sweden 2:01.01 Q
16 2 9 Robert Glință  Romania 2:01.09 Q
17 3 3 Apostolos Christou  Greece 2:01.14 Q
18 4 2 Mattias Carlsson  Sweden 2:01.24
19 4 1 Anton Loncar  Croatia 2:01.47 Q
20 1 3 Pavel Janeček  Czech Republic 2:01.64
21 2 5 Teo Kolonić  Croatia 2:01.73
22 3 0 Daniel Martin  Romania 2:01.82
23 4 0 Tomáš Franta  Czech Republic 2:01.96
24 5 1 Nils Van Audekerke  Belgium 2:02.07
25 2 1 Max Litchfield  Great Britain 2:02.29
26 5 9 Marko Krce Rabar  Croatia 2:02.33
27 5 0 Yuval Safra  Israel 2:02.39
28 4 9 Arthur Polyak  Israel 2:02.59
29 2 2 Ege Başer  Turkey 2:02.95
30 3 9 Boris Kirillov  Azerbaijan 2:03.32
31 4 7 Lander Hendrickx  Belgium 2:03.47
32 5 7 David Gamburg  Israel 2:03.71
33 2 7 Ģirts Feldbergs  Latvia 2:03.94
34 3 1 Axel Pettersson  Sweden 2:03.96
35 2 4 Joan Lluís Pons  Spain 2:04.29
36 2 6 Gabriel Lopes  Portugal 2:04.33
37 2 8 Gytis Stankevičius  Lithuania 2:04.84
38 1 6 Marcin Tarczyński  Poland 2:04.89
39 1 4 Ergecan Gezmiş  Turkey 2:05.55
40 2 0 Michail Kontizas  Greece 2:06.31
41 1 5 Andrei Gussev  Estonia 2:10.49
2 2 Carl-Louis Schwarz  Germany DNS
3 2 Joseph Hulme  Great Britain DNS
5 8 Nils Liess  Switzerland DNS

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 20 May at 19:08.[4]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:57.35 Q
2 4 Radosław Kawęcki  Poland 1:57.39 Q
3 5 Gábor Balog  Hungary 1:59.04 Q
4 6 Luca Mencarini  Italy 1:59.05 Q
5 2 Roman Dmitriyev  Czech Republic 1:59.53
6 1 Robert Glință  Romania 2:00.91
7 8 Anton Loncar  Croatia 2:01.80
8 7 Petter Fredriksson  Sweden 2:02.13

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 Apostolos Christou  Greece 1:57.41 Q
2 5 Yakov Toumarkin  Israel 1:57.95 Q
3 6 Christopher Ciccarese  Italy 1:58.50 Q
4 7 Grigory Tarasevich  Russia 1:58.55 Q
5 3 Luke Greenbank  Great Britain 1:59.21
6 4 Dávid Földházi  Hungary 1:59.48
7 2 Benjamin Stasiulis  France 2:00.45
8 1 Kristian Kron  Sweden 2:00.90

Final

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The final was on 21 May at 17:18.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Radosław Kawęcki  Poland 1:55.98
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Yakov Toumarkin  Israel 1:56.97
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania 1:57.22
4 1 Gábor Balog  Hungary 1:58.66
5 3 Apostolos Christou  Greece 1:58.87
6 7 Grigory Tarasevich  Russia 1:59.31
7 2 Christopher Ciccarese  Italy 1:59.45
8 8 Luca Mencarini  Italy 2:02.04

References

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