Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships
Dates16–17 May
Competitors51 from 23 nations
Winning time53.79
Medalists
gold medal    France
silver medal    Russia
bronze medal    Italy
bronze medal    Greece
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The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 May 2016.[1][2]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Aaron Peirsol  United States 51.94 Indianapolis 8 July 2009
European record Camille Lacourt  France 52.11 Budapest 10 August 2010
Championship record

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 16 May at 10:37.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 2 Robert Glință  Romania 53.43 Q, NR
2 5 6 Apostolos Christou  Greece 53.77 Q
3 5 3 Shane Ryan  Ireland 54.21 Q
4 5 5 Yakov Toumarkin  Israel 54.22 Q
5 4 4 Grigoriy Tarasevich  Russia 54.31 Q
6 6 5 Simone Sabbioni  Italy 54.54 Q
7 4 5 Radosław Kawęcki  Poland 54.63 Q
8 4 7 Guy Barnea  Israel 54.81 Q
9 4 3 Gábor Balog  Hungary 54.86 Q
10 5 4 Chris Walker-Hebborn  Great Britain 54.94 Q
11 6 4 Camille Lacourt  France 55.04 Q
12 4 2 Conor Ferguson  Ireland 55.06 Q
13 4 6 Tomasz Polewka  Poland 55.10 Q
14 5 7 David Gamburg  Israel 55.14
14 6 3 Christopher Ciccarese  Italy 55.14 Q
16 5 1 Jonatan Kopelev  Israel 55.15
17 6 6 Nikita Ulyanov  Russia 55.25 Q
18 4 9 Dávid Földházi  Hungary 55.37 S-off
18 6 9 Ádám Telegdy  Hungary 55.37 S-off
20 5 9 Tomáš Franta  Czech Republic 55.38
21 4 1 Viktar Staselovich  Belarus 55.40
22 6 1 Luke Greenbank  Great Britain 55.45
23 6 7 Benjamin Stasiulis  France 55.52
24 3 6 Mattias Carlsson  Sweden 55.53
25 2 4 Petter Fredriksson  Sweden 55.76
26 5 0 Anton Loncar  Croatia 55.83
27 5 8 Ralf Tribuntsov  Estonia 55.92
28 4 0 Marcin Tarczyński  Poland 56.02
29 2 5 Marko Rabar  Croatia 56.09
30 6 8 Carl-Louis Schwarz  Germany 56.16
31 3 5 Gabriel Lopes  Portugal 56.17
32 3 2 Ģirts Feldbergs  Latvia 56.22
33 3 4 Doruk Tekin  Turkey 56.32
34 3 7 Zámbó Balázs  Hungary 56.39
35 3 3 Kristian Komlenić  Croatia 56.43
36 1 4 Raphaël Stacchiotti  Luxembourg 56.48
37 3 8 Ege Başer  Turkey 56.60
38 2 7 Baslakov İskender  Turkey 56.66
39 1 5 Karl Luht  Estonia 56.76
39 6 0 Michail Kontizas  Greece 56.76
41 2 2 Teo Kolonic  Croatia 56.79
42 1 3 Endri Vinter  Estonia 56.80
43 3 9 Axel Pettersson  Sweden 56.85
44 3 0 Daniel Martin  Romania 56.91
45 4 8 Joseph Hulme  Great Britain 57.21
46 2 6 Nils Van Audekerke  Belgium 57.33
47 3 1 Gytis Stankevičius  Lithuania 57.41
48 2 0 Boris Kirillov  Azerbaijan 57.53
49 2 1 Roman Dmitriyev  Czech Republic 57.56
50 2 3 Pāvels Vilcāns  Latvia 58.17
51 2 8 Andrei Gussev  Estonia 58.25
5 2 Danas Rapšys  Lithuania DNS

Swim-off

The Swim-off were held on 16 May at 12:18.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Dávid Földházi  Hungary 55.26 Q
2 5 Ádám Telegdy  Hungary 55.58

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 16 May at 18:17.[5]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Apostolos Christou  Greece 53.36 Q
2 3 Simone Sabbioni  Italy 53.86 Q
3 5 Yakov Toumarkin  Israel 54.18 Q
4 2 Chris Walker-Hebborn  Great Britain 54.77
5 7 Conor Ferguson  Ireland 54.99
6 6 Guy Barnea  Israel 55.03
7 1 Christopher Ciccarese  Italy 55.06
8 8 Dávid Földházi  Hungary 55.35

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Grigoriy Tarasevich  Russia 53.70 Q
2 7 Camille Lacourt  France 54.09 Q
3 4 Robert Glință  Romania 54.14 Q
4 2 Gábor Balog  Hungary 54.20 Q
5 5 Shane Ryan  Ireland 54.39 Q
6 1 Tomasz Polewka  Poland 54.43
7 8 Nikita Ulyanov  Russia 54.48
8 6 Radosław Kawęcki  Poland 54.64

Final

The final was on 17 May at 18:15.[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Camille Lacourt  France 53.79
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Grigoriy Tarasevich  Russia 53.89
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Simone Sabbioni  Italy 54.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Apostolos Christou  Greece 54.19
5 1 Gábor Balog  Hungary 54.35
6 2 Robert Glință  Romania 54.36
6 7 Yakov Toumarkin  Israel 54.36
8 8 Shane Ryan  Ireland 54.49

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