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

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
gold medal Dániel Gyurta   Hungary
silver medal Marco Koch   Germany
bronze medal Panagiotis Samilidis   Greece
2012 European
Aquatics Championships
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Synchronised
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Teamteam
Synchronised swimming
IndividualSoloDuet
TeamTeamCombination

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]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Christian Sprenger  Australia 2:07.31 Rome July 30, 2009
European record Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:07.64 Beijing July 31, 2009
Championship record Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:08.95 Budapest August 12, 2010

Results

Heats

40 swimmers participated in 5 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 6 Panagiotis Samilidis  Greece 2:10.61 Q, NR
2 5 4 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:11.54 Q
3 4 3 Marco Koch  Germany 2:12.48 Q
4 5 3 Igor Borysik  Ukraine 2:12.60 Q
5 4 5 Ákos Molnár  Hungary 2:12.71 Q
6 3 6 Flavio Bizzarri  Italy 2:13.00 Q
6 5 5 Michael Jamieson  Great Britain 2:13.00 Q
8 4 2 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:13.26 Q
9 3 4 Laurent Carnol  Luxembourg 2:13.36 Q
10 4 4 Christian vom Lehn  Germany 2:13.42 Q
11 4 1 Sławomir Kuczko  Poland 2:13.86 Q
12 3 5 Anton Lobanov  Russia 2:13.87 Q
13 2 3 Tomáš Klobučník  Slovakia 2:14.06 Q, NR
14 3 2 Yannick Kaeser   Switzerland 2:14.11 Q
15 5 7 Oleg Kostin  Russia 2:14.13 Q
16 4 7 Olexiy Rozhkov  Ukraine 2:14.37 Q
17 4 6 Maxym Shemberyev  Ukraine 2:14.38
18 5 1 Jonas Coreelman  Belgium 2:14.52
19 3 7 Hunor Mate  Austria 2:14.79
20 3 3 Hugues Duboscq  France 2:15.02
21 1 5 Martin Liivamägi  Estonia 2:15.21 NR
22 2 5 Carlos Esteves Almeida  Portugal 2:15.64
23 2 2 Imri Ganiel  Israel 2:15.76
24 2 1 Irakli Bolkvadze  Georgia 2:16.35
25 2 6 Jowan Qupty  Israel 2:16.72
25 3 1 Maxim Podoprigora  Austria 2:16.72
27 3 8 Danila Artiomov  Moldova 2:17.77
28 4 8 Mattia Petce  Italy 2:17.80
29 1 2 Vadim Romanov  Estonia 2:18.40
30 2 4 Eetu Karvonen  Finland 2:19.39
31 1 4 Sverre Naess  Norway 2:20.02
32 1 3 Robert Vovk  Slovenia 2:20.25
33 2 8 Rok Resman  Slovenia 2:20.63
34 1 7 Lachezar Shumkov  Bulgaria 2:21.51
35 1 6 Marius Mikalauskas  Lithuania 2:21.61
36 1 1 Tal Hanani  Israel 2:23.73
5 2 Valeriy Dymo  Ukraine DSQ
5 8 Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson  Iceland DSQ
1 8 Aleksander Hetland  Norway DNF
2 7 Gal Nevo  Israel DNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:10.06 Q
2 5 Igor Borysik  Ukraine 2:11.91 Q
3 3 Flavio Bizzarri  Italy 2:12.03 Q
4 1 Yannick Kaeser   Switzerland 2:12.09 Q, NR
5 2 Christian vom Lehn  Germany 2:12.16 Q
6 7 Anton Lobanov  Russia 2:12.54
7 6 Matti Mattsson  Finland 2:13.49
8 8 Olexiy Rozhkov  Ukraine 2:13.91

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Marco Koch  Germany 2:10.92 Q
2 4 Panagiotis Samilidis  Greece 2:11.53 Q
3 3 Ákos Molnár  Hungary 2:12.23 Q
4 2 Laurent Carnol  Luxembourg 2:12.29
5 8 Oleg Kostin  Russia 2:12.39
6 6 Michael Jamieson  Great Britain 2:12.58
7 1 Tomáš Klobučník  Slovakia 2:13.10 NR
8 7 Sławomir Kuczko  Poland 2:13.14

Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 2:08.60 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Marco Koch  Germany 2:09.26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Panagiotis Samilidis  Greece 2:09.72 NR
4 1 Christian vom Lehn  Germany 2:10.61
5 2 Flavio Bizzarri  Italy 2.12.47
6 6 Igor Borysik  Ukraine 2:12.51
7 7 Yannick Kaeser   Switzerland 2:13.23
8 8 Ákos Molnár  Hungary 2:13.33

References

  1. ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre breaststroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-22.
  2. ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre breaststroke Heats results Archived 2012-05-26 at the Wayback Machine, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.
  3. ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre breaststroke Semifinals results Archived 2012-05-26 at the Wayback Machine, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.
  4. ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 200 metre breaststroke Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-24.