Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates7 August (heats and semifinals)
8 August (final)
Competitors39 from 22 nations
Winning time1:53.36
Medalists
gold medal    Russia
silver medal    Poland
bronze medal    Italy
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The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 7 and 8 August 2018.[1][2]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world 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 1:53.61 Budapest 28 July 2017
Championship record Radosław Kawęcki  Poland 1:55.28 Debrecen 26 May 2012

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
8 August Final Evgeny Rylov  Russia 1:53.36 CR, ER

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 7 August at 09:41.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Evgeny Rylov  Russia 1:56.67 Q
2 4 2 Grigoriy Tarasevich  Russia 1:57.07 Q
3 4 4 Kliment Kolesnikov  Russia 1:57.31
4 5 3 Christian Diener  Germany 1:57.89 Q
5 3 7 Brodie Williams  Great Britain 1:58.62 Q
6 3 4 Radosław Kawęcki  Poland 1:58.70 Q
7 4 5 Ádám Telegdy  Hungary 1:58.96 Q
8 5 2 Luca Mencarini  Italy 1:59.09 Q
9 3 6 Luke Greenbank  Great Britain 1:59.21 Q
9 4 3 Matteo Restivo  Italy 1:59.21 Q
11 5 1 Apostolos Christou  Greece 1:59.30 Q
12 4 6 Jakub Skierka  Poland 1:59.44 Q
13 3 2 Craig McNally  Great Britain 1:59.58
14 4 1 Maxim Stupin  Russia 1:59.60
15 3 5 Hugo González  Spain 1:59.73 Q
16 3 3 Geoffroy Mathieu  France 1:59.83 Q
17 5 6 Yakov Toumarkin  Israel 2:00.08 Q
18 5 0 Anton Lončar  Croatia 2:00.11 Q
19 2 2 Gabriel Lópes  Portugal 2:00.35 Q
20 4 7 Maxence Orange  France 2:00.72
21 3 0 João Vital  Portugal 2:00.98
22 5 9 Tomáš Franta  Czech Republic 2:01.51
23 2 7 Ivan Gajšek  Croatia 2:02.05
24 3 9 Gytis Stankevičius  Lithuania 2:02.48
25 5 7 Mikita Tsmyh  Belarus 2:02.50
26 4 9 Roman Dmytrijev  Czech Republic 2:02.97
27 2 8 Ege Başer  Turkey 2:03.08
28 4 8 Nikolaos Sofianidis  Greece 2:03.21
29 2 4 Georgios Spanoudakis  Greece 2:03.69
30 3 8 David Gamburg  Israel 2:03.82
31 2 5 Rokas Juozelskis  Lithuania 2:03.84
32 2 9 Armin Lelle  Estonia 2:04.26
33 5 8 Nils Liess  Switzerland 2:04.53
34 2 1 Girts Feldbergs  Latvia 2:04.59
35 3 1 Paul Bedel  France 2:05.51
35 2 0 Patrick Staber  Austria 2:05.51
37 1 5 Berk Özkul  Turkey 2:05.99
38 2 6 Adam Černek  Slovakia 2:06.39
39 1 3 Thomas Wareing  Malta 2:08.70
1 4 Metin Aydın  Turkey Did not start
4 0 Gustav Höfkelt  Sweden
5 5 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania

Semifinals

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The semifinals were started on 7 August at 17:01.[4]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Grigoriy Tarasevich  Russia 1:57.62 Q
2 2 Apostolos Christou  Greece 1:58.14 Q
3 7 Hugo González  Spain 1:58.43 Q
4 5 Brodie Williams  Great Britain 1:58.66
5 6 Luke Greenbank  Great Britain 1:58.84
6 3 Ádám Telegdy  Hungary 1:59.05
7 1 Yakov Toumarkin  Israel 2:00.67
8 8 Gabriel Lópes  Portugal 2:00.85

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Evgeny Rylov  Russia 1:55.50 Q
2 3 Radosław Kawęcki  Poland 1:57.56 Q
3 2 Matteo Restivo  Italy 1:57.80 Q
4 6 Luca Mencarini  Italy 1:57.83 Q
5 5 Christian Diener  Germany 1:57.92 Q
6 1 Geoffroy Mathieu  France 1:58.65
7 8 Anton Lončar  Croatia 1:59.86
7 7 Jakub Skierka  Poland 1:59.86

Final

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The final was started on 8 August at 17:32.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Evgeny Rylov  Russia 1:53.36 ER, CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Radosław Kawęcki  Poland 1:56.07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Matteo Restivo  Italy 1:56.29
4 7 Christian Diener  Germany 1:57.05
5 1 Apostolos Christou  Greece 1:57.09
6 3 Grigoriy Tarasevich  Russia 1:57.37
7 2 Luca Mencarini  Italy 1:57.71
8 8 Hugo González  Spain 1:59.06

References

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