Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

Men's 50 metre breaststroke
at the Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships
Dates22–23 August
Competitors45 from 26 nations
Winning time27.00
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    Lithuania
bronze medal    Slovenia

The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22–23 August.[1]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 26.67 Rome 29 July 2009
European record Adam Peaty  Great Britain 26.78 Glasgow 28 July 2014
Championship record Oleg Lisogor  Ukraine 27.18 Berlin 2 August 2002

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:24.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Adam Peaty  Great Britain 26.91 Q, CR
2 3 4 Čaba Silađi  Serbia 27.25 Q
3 3 6 Giacomo Perez-Dortona  France 27.39 Q
4 5 5 Andrea Toniato  Italy 27.44 Q
5 4 4 Damir Dugonjič  Slovenia 27.55 Q
6 4 7 Petr Bartůněk  Czech Republic 27.63 Q
7 3 3 Andrey Nikolaev  Russia 27.64 Q
8 3 5 Hendrik Feldwehr  Germany 27.66 Q
8 4 3 Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania 27.66 Q
10 5 3 Mattia Pesce  Italy 27.74 Q
11 4 2 Yaron Shagalov  Israel 27.85 Q
12 5 2 Ioannis Karpouzlis  Greece 27.88 Q
13 3 7 Martin Schweizer  Switzerland 27.94 Q
14 5 6 Barry Murphy  Ireland 28.01 Q
15 3 2 Martti Aljand  Estonia 28.03 Q
16 3 1 Matjaž Markič  Slovenia 28.04 Q
17 4 0 Dániel Gyurta  Hungary 28.15
18 5 0 Tomáš Klobučník  Slovakia 28.16
19 4 6 Eetu Karvonen  Finland 28.17
20 4 1 Vsevolod Zanko  Russia 28.18
21 5 1 Marek Botík  Slovakia 28.26
22 5 7 Nikolajs Maskalenko  Latvia 28.33
23 4 8 Carlos Almeida  Portugal 28.37
24 5 9 Grigory Falko  Russia 28.39
25 4 9 Martin Allikvee  Estonia 28.40
26 3 8 Matěj Kuchar  Slovakia 28.41
27 2 4 Valeriy Dymo  Ukraine 28.48
28 2 7 Yannick Käser  Switzerland 28.49
29 1 8 Dmytro Oseledets  Ukraine 28.58
30 2 2 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen  Finland 28.61
31 2 3 Laurent Carnol  Luxembourg 28.78
32 3 9 Bram Dekker  Netherlands 28.83
33 2 6 Matti Mattsson  Finland 28.89
34 2 5 Yahav Shahaff  Israel 28.96
35 3 0 Filipp Provorkov  Estonia 29.04
36 2 1 Nicholas Quinn  Ireland 29.07
37 2 0 Sverre Næss  Norway 29.18
38 2 9 Patrik Schwarzenbach  Switzerland 29.31
39 1 4 Dan Sweeney  Ireland 29.49
40 1 2 Martin Baďura  Czech Republic 29.67
41 1 5 Antonin Svěcený  Czech Republic 29.68
42 1 6 Lefkios Xanthou  Cyprus 29.82
43 1 7 Dario Tunjić  Bosnia and Herzegovina 30.06
44 1 3 Heiko Gigler  Austria 30.08
45 1 1 Ensar Hajder  Bosnia and Herzegovina 30.10
2 8 Erik Persson  Sweden DNS
4 5 Ross Murdoch  Great Britain DNS
5 8 Anton Lobanov  Russia DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:26.[3]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Čaba Silađi  Serbia 27.33 Q
2 5 Andrea Toniato  Italy 27.60 Q
3 6 Hendrik Feldwehr  Germany 27.70 Q
4 2 Mattia Pesce  Italy 27.78
5 1 Barry Murphy  Ireland 27.90
6 3 Petr Bartůněk  Czech Republic 27.91
7 7 Ioannis Karpouzlis  Greece 28.08
8 8 Matjaž Markič  Slovenia 28.16

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Adam Peaty  Great Britain 26.62 Q, WR
2 2 Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania 27.39 Q
3 3 Damir Dugonjič  Slovenia 27.40 Q
4 5 Giacomo Perez-Dortona  France 27.61 Q
5 6 Andrey Nikolaev  Russia 27.68 Q
6 7 Yaron Shagalov  Israel 27.83
7 1 Martin Schweizer  Switzerland 27.87
8 8 Martti Aljand  Estonia 28.18

Final

The final was held at 17:30.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Adam Peaty  Great Britain 27.00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania 27.34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Damir Dugonjič  Slovenia 27.48
4 5 Čaba Silađi  Serbia 27.50
5 1 Andrey Nikolaev  Russia 27.53
5 2 Andrea Toniato  Italy 27.53
7 7 Giacomo Perez-Dortona  France 27.54
8 8 Hendrik Feldwehr  Germany 27.72

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