Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships
VenueForo Italico
Dates16 August (heats and semifinals)
17 August (final)
Competitors43 from 22 nations
Winning time52.21
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    Greece
bronze medal    France
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The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 August 2022.[1][2]

Records

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

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World record
European record
Thomas Ceccon  Italy 51.60 Budapest 20 June 2022
Championship record Camille Lacourt  France 52.11 10 August 2010

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 16 August at 09:30.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Thomas Ceccon  Italy 53.71 Q
2 4 4 Apostolos Christou  Greece 53.78 Q
3 4 3 João Costa  Portugal 53.87 Q, NR
4 5 3 Roman Mityukov  Switzerland 54.01 Q
5 5 5 Ksawery Masiuk  Poland 54.04 Q
6 3 2 Michele Lamberti  Italy 54.37 Q
7 3 1 Lorenzo Mora  Italy 54.41
8 3 8 Jonathon Adam  Great Britain 54.43 Q
9 4 6 Kacper Stokowski  Poland 54.44 Q
10 3 4 Yohann Ndoye-Brouard  France 54.49 Q
11 4 7 Tomas Franta  Czech Republic 54.52 Q
12 3 3 Ole Braunschweig  Germany 54.53 Q
13 4 1 Jonathon Marshall  Great Britain 54.57 Q
14 5 7 Benedek Kovács  Hungary 54.67 Q
15 5 1 Matteo Restivo  Italy 54.69
16 4 5 Mewen Tomac  France 55.33 Q
17 2 5 Markus Lie  Norway 55.34 Q
18 5 6 Oleksandr Zheltyakov  Ukraine 55.49 WD
19 3 0 Nicolás García  Spain 55.57 Q
20 2 8 Theodoros Andreopoulos  Greece 55.63
21 2 3 Kaloyan Levterov  Bulgaria 55.65
21 5 8 Brodie Williams  Great Britain 55.65
23 1 4 Andrei Anghel  Romania 55.67
23 4 0 Antoine Herlem  France 55.67
25 5 2 Evangelos Makrygiannis  Greece 55.77
26 3 7 Francisco Santos  Portugal 55.81
27 2 1 David Gerchik  Israel 55.87
28 2 6 Diego Mira  Spain 55.94
29 5 0 Sebastian Somerset  Great Britain 55.98
30 2 4 Tomasz Polewka  Poland 56.13
31 3 9 Erikas Grigaitis  Lithuania 56.17
32 2 9 Nils Liess  Switzerland 56.24
33 3 6 Jan Čejka  Czech Republic 56.38
34 5 9 Inbar Danziger  Israel 56.40
35 3 5 Michael Laitarovsky  Israel 56.70
36 4 8 Adam Maraana  Israel 56.95
37 2 0 Max Mannes  Luxembourg 57.21
38 2 2 Paweł Franke  Poland 57.50
39 4 9 Armin Evert Lelle  Estonia 57.54
40 1 3 Dylan Cachia  Malta 1:00.08
41 1 7 Martin Muja  Kosovo 1:00.90
42 1 6 Ared Ruci  Albania 1:05.68
43 1 2 Kevin Shkurti  Albania 1:07.16
1 5 Primož Šenica Pavletič  Slovenia Did not start
2 7 Sašo Boškan  Slovenia
4 2 Shane Ryan  Ireland

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 16 August at 19:52.[4]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 2 Yohann Ndoye-Brouard  France 52.97 Q
2 1 4 Apostolos Christou  Greece 53.20 Q
3 2 4 Thomas Ceccon  Italy 53.48 Q
4 2 3 Ksawery Masiuk  Poland 53.71 q
5 1 5 Roman Mityukov  Switzerland 53.75 Q, NR
6 1 1 Mewen Tomac  France 53.89 q
7 2 5 João Costa  Portugal 53.90 q
8 2 7 Ole Braunschweig  Germany 54.05 q
9 1 6 Kacper Stokowski  Poland 54.18
10 1 2 Tomas Franta  Czech Republic 54.27
11 1 7 Jonathon Marshall  Great Britain 54.43
12 2 1 Benedek Kovács  Hungary 54.47
13 1 3 Michele Lamberti  Italy 54.56
14 2 6 Jonathon Adam  Great Britain 54.76
15 2 8 Markus Lie  Norway 54.91
16 1 8 Nicolás García  Spain 55.52

Final

The final was held on 17 August at 18:10.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Thomas Ceccon  Italy 52.21
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Apostolos Christou  Greece 52.24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Yohann Ndoye-Brouard  France 52.92
4 2 Roman Mityukov  Switzerland 53.55 NR
5 1 João Costa  Portugal 54.01
6 6 Ksawery Masiuk  Poland 54.05
7 8 Ole Braunschweig  Germany 54.25
8 7 Mewen Tomac  France 54.79

References