The men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 25 and 26. The heats and semifinals took place on May 25, the final on May 26.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre breaststroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-25.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordCameron van der Burgh26.67RomeJuly 29, 2009 European recordHendrik Feldwehr26.83RomeJuly 28, 2009Championship recordOleg Lisogor27.18BerlinAugust 2, 2002
Results
Heats 52 swimmers participated in 7 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre breaststroke Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 4 Damir Dugonjič 27.36 Q 2 7 4 Fabio Scozzoli 27.56 Q 3 7 5 Mattia Pesce 27.78 Q 4 6 4 Matjaž Markič 27.81 Q 5 6 3 Panagiotis Samilidis 27.93 Q 5 7 7 Filipp Provorkov 27.93 Q, NR 7 5 1 Valeriy Dymo 27.94 Q 8 5 5 Aleksander Hetland 27.97 Q 9 5 3 Čaba Silađi 27.99 Q 10 6 7 Gábor Financsek 28.01 Q 11 6 5 Dragos Agache 28.02 Q 12 5 8 Viktar Vabishchevich 28.03 Q, NR 13 7 3 Petr Bartůněk 28.05 Q 14 7 2 Emil Tahirovič 28.09 Q scratched 15 4 4 Eetu Karvonen 28.20 Q 15 6 6 Kirill Strelnikov 28.20 Q 17 5 7 Dawid Szulich 28.21 18 5 2 Martin Schweizer 28.22 19 4 3 Robert Vovk 28.38 20 4 6 Ante Krizan 28.40 20 7 6 Ömer Aslanoğlu 28.40 22 4 5 Carlos Esteves Almeida 28.43 NR 22 6 2 Andriy Kovalenko 28.43 24 4 8 Johannes Skagius 28.44 25 5 6 Anton Lobanov 28.45 26 3 3 Tomáš Klobučník 28.50 26 4 2 Sasa Gerbec 28.50 28 6 8 Laurent Carnol 28.57 NR 29 4 7 Filip Wypych 28.60 30 7 8 Yaron Shagalov 28.61 31 3 8 Tamás Szabó 28.66 32 6 1 Marek Botik 28.72 33 3 7 Imri Ganiel 28.78 34 3 6 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen 28.83 35 3 5 Igor Borysik 28.84 36 3 2 Matti Mattsson 28.85 37 2 6 Sverre Næss 28.86 37 3 4 Yannick Kaeser 28.86 39 7 1 Hunor Mate 28.88 40 2 7 Oleg Kostin 28.91 40 3 1 Danila Artiomov 28.91 42 2 2 Vaidotas Blažys 29.09 43 2 3 Martin Baďura 29.23 44 1 4 Daniel Vacval 29.32 45 4 1 Matej Kuchar 29.42 46 2 8 Lachezar Shumkov 29.45 47 2 4 Jowan Qupty 29.53 48 2 1 Uldis Tazans 29.55 49 2 5 Maxim Podoprigora 29.59 50 1 3 Olexiy Rozhkov 29.65 51 1 5 Ákos Molnár 30.42 52 1 6 Marius Mikalauskas 30.66
Semifinals The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre breaststroke Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-25.
Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Matjaž Markič 27.43 Q 2 6 Aleksander Hetland 27.68 Q 3 4 Fabio Scozzoli 27.73 Q 4 3 Filipp Provorkov 28.07 5 8 Dawid Szulich 28.08 6 2 Gábor Financsek 28.13 7 1 Eetu Karvonen 28.26 7 7 Viktar Vabishchevich 28.26
Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Damir Dugonjič 27.60 Q 2 5 Mattia Pesce 27.63 Q 3 1 Petr Bartůněk 27.89 Q 4 3 Panagiotis Samilidis 27.92 Q 5 6 Valeriy Dymo 27.99 5 7 Dragos Agache 27.99 7 2 Čaba Silađi 28.04 8 8 Kirill Strelnikov 28.25
Swim-off A swim-off was needed to determine the last participant in the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre breaststroke Swimm-off results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-25.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Dragos Agache 28.14 Q 2 5 Valeriy Dymo 28.26
Final The final was held at 18:30.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre breaststroke Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Damir Dugonjič 27.32 2 Fabio Scozzoli 27.49 1 Panagiotis Samilidis 27.64 4 3 Mattia Pesce 27.65 5 4 Matjaž Markič 27.67 6 6 Aleksander Hetland 27.82 7 8 Dragos Agache 27.84 8 7 Petr Bartůněk 27.89
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