Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 26 and 27. The heats and semifinals took place on May 26, the final on May 27.[1]

Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 26, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 27, 2012 (final)
Competitors48 from 26 nations
Winning time21.80
Medalists
    France
    Sweden
    Ukraine

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordCésar Cielo Brazil20.91São PauloDecember 18, 2009
European recordFrédérick Bousquet France20.94MontpellierApril 26, 2009
Championship recordFrédérick Bousquet France21.36BudapestAugust 14, 2010

Results

Heats

53 swimmers participated in 7 heats.[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174Frédérick Bousquet France22.29Q
265Marco Orsi Italy22.30Q
364Alain Bernard France22.31Q
455Stefan Nystrand Sweden22.33Q
561Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Finland22.38Q, NR
666Andrea Rolla Italy22.39Q
775Krisztián Takács Hungary22.40Q
873Andriy Govorov Ukraine22.41Q
977Dominik Kozma Hungary22.43Q
1052Norbert Trandafir Romania22.45Q, =NR
1156Lucio Spadaro Italy22.50
1244Kristian Gkolomeev Greece22.54Q
1354Amaury Leveaux France22.61
1476Marco di Carli Germany22.66Q
1558Flori Lang  Switzerland22.70Q
1668Filip Wypych Poland22.70Q
1767Jasper Aerents Belgium22.75Q
1862Oleg Tikhobaev Russia22.79Q
1971Petter Stymne Sweden22.81
2053Vitaly Syrnikov Russia22.82
2138Ivan Levaj Croatia22.87
2243Mario Todorović Croatia22.89
2372Steffen Deibler Germany22.89
2447Árni Már Árnason Iceland22.91
2557Yoris Grandjean Belgium22.91
2648Fotios Koliopoulos Greece22.93
2778Christoph Fildebrandt Germany22.93
2833Boris Stojanović Serbia22.98
2951Duje Draganja Croatia23.00
3045Alexandre Escudier Agostinho Portugal23.08
3134Aurelien Künzi  Switzerland23.11
3236Roman Kucik Slovakia23.13
3341Pjotr Degtjarjov Estonia23.13
3442Mindaugas Sadauskas Lithuania23.21
3531Uvis Kalnins Latvia23.26
3612Alon Mandel Israel23.31
3735Martin Spitzer Austria23.32
3837Simonas Bilis Lithuania23.33
3926Richárd Bohus Hungary23.33
4028Viktar Vabishchevich Belarus23.42
4123Arseni Kukharau Belarus23.47
4216Viacheslav Andrusenko Russia23.67
4322Justinas Bilis Lithuania23.68
4427Tadas Duškinas Lithuania23.75
4515Evgheni Coroliuc Moldova23.77
4614Hedin Olsen Faroe Islands24.18
4721Matej Kuchar Slovakia24.41
4813Matti Mattsson Finland24.87
24Martin Verner Czech RepublicDNS
25Aleksander Hetland NorwayDNS
32Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or IsraelDNS
46Tiago Venâncio PortugalDNS
63Ioannis Kalargaris GreeceDNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Stefan Nystrand Sweden22.06Q
26Andriy Govorov Ukraine22.20Q
34Marco Orsi Italy22.22Q
42Norbert Trandafir Romania22.33Q, NR
57Marco di Carli Germany22.43
63Andrea Rolla Italy22.44
78Oleg Tikhobaev Russia22.53
81Filip Wypych Poland22.55

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Frédérick Bousquet France22.22Q
23Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Finland22.24Q, NR
35Alain Bernard France22.26Q
47Kristian Gkolomeev Greece22.37Q
56Krisztián Takács Hungary22.40
68Jasper Aerents Belgium22.49
72Dominik Kozma Hungary22.51
81Flori Lang  Switzerland22.59

Final

The final was held at 17:05.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
6Frédérick Bousquet France21.80
4Stefan Nystrand Sweden22.04
5Andriy Govorov Ukraine22.18
42Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Finland22.22NR
43Marco Orsi Italy22.22
48Kristian Gkolomeev Greece22.22
77Alain Bernard France22.24
81Norbert Trandafir Romania22.65

References

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