Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 5 and 6 August 2018.[1][2]

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates5 August (heats and semifinals)
6 August (final)
Competitors52 from 26 nations
Winning time52.53
Medalists
gold medal    Russia
silver medal    Russia
bronze medal    Greece
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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 Ryan Murphy   United States 51.85 Rio de Janeiro 13 August 2016
European record
Championship record
Camille Lacourt   France 52.11 Budapest 10 August 2010

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 5 August at 09:56.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Evgeny Rylov   Russia 52.91 Q
2 5 4 Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 53.01 Q
3 4 4 Grigoriy Tarasevich   Russia 53.34
4 5 2 Simone Sabbioni   Italy 53.95 Q
5 6 5 Robert Glință   Romania 54.01 Q
6 5 5 Apostolos Christou   Greece 54.40 Q
7 6 7 Jan-Philip Glania   Germany 54.44 Q
8 5 7 Luke Greenbank   Great Britain 54.47 Q
9 4 5 Yakov Toumarkin   Israel 54.57 Q
10 4 1 Conor Ferguson   Ireland 54.61 Q
11 4 6 Christian Diener   Germany 54.63 Q
12 5 9 Tomáš Franta   Czech Republic 54.65 Q
13 6 6 Shane Ryan   Ireland 54.67 Q
14 3 7 Brodie Williams   Great Britain 54.83 Q
15 5 6 Richárd Bohus   Hungary 54.85 Q
16 4 3 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 54.89 Q
16 4 8 Nicholas Pyle   Great Britain 54.89
18 4 7 Paul Bedel   France 54.92 Q
19 6 8 Maxence Orange   France 54.96
20 4 2 Mikita Tsmyh   Belarus 55.00
21 3 5 Bernhard Reitshammer   Austria 55.06
22 6 2 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 55.07
23 3 9 Ralf Tribuntsov   Estonia 55.09
24 6 1 Stanislas Huille   France 55.11
25 5 1 Nikolaos Sofianidis   Greece 55.26
25 6 0 Gustav Höfkelt   Sweden 55.26
27 5 3 Kacper Stokowski   Poland 55.34
28 3 8 Anton Lončar   Croatia 55.39
29 2 4 Markus Lie   Norway 55.52
30 4 0 Thierry Bollin   Switzerland 55.53
31 1 6 Karl Luht   Estonia 55.60
31 4 9 Jakub Skierka   Poland 55.60
33 3 3 Gytis Stankevičius   Lithuania 55.63
34 5 0 Elliot Clogg   Great Britain 55.77
34 6 3 Nikita Ulyanov   Russia 55.77
36 2 3 Björn Seeliger   Sweden 55.89
37 3 1 Geoffroy Mathieu   France 56.09
38 3 0 Girts Feldbergs   Latvia 56.12
39 2 8 Ivan Gajšek   Croatia 56.41
40 6 9 Kamil Kaźmierczak   Poland 56.47
41 3 2 Viktar Staselovich   Belarus 56.48
42 2 2 Nikola Acin   Serbia 56.59
43 2 6 Armin Lelle   Estonia 56.64
44 3 4 Jonatan Kopelev   Israel 56.81
45 2 7 Ege Başer   Turkey 56.95
46 1 3 Metin Aydın   Turkey 57.19
46 2 0 Berk Özkul   Turkey 57.19
48 2 1 Adam Černek   Slovakia 57.83
49 1 4 Rasim Gör   Turkey 57.90
50 2 5 Andrei-Mircea Anghel   Romania 59.14
51 2 9 Thomas Wareing   Malta 1:00.11
52 1 5 Dren Ukimeraj   Kosovo 1:04.62
5 8 David Gamburg   Israel Did not start

Semifinals

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The semifinals were started on 5 August at 17:31.[4]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 52.95 Q, WJR
2 5 Robert Glință   Romania 53.63 Q
3 2 Christian Diener   Germany 54.10 Q
4 3 Jan-Philip Glania   Germany 54.24 Q
5 1 Richárd Bohus   Hungary 54.58
6 6 Yakov Toumarkin   Israel 54.63
7 7 Shane Ryan   Ireland 54.79
8 8 Paul Bedel   France 54.99

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Evgeny Rylov   Russia 53.20 Q
2 5 Simone Sabbioni   Italy 53.39 Q
3 3 Apostolos Christou   Greece 53.90 Q
4 8 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 54.24 Q
5 2 Conor Ferguson   Ireland 54.38
6 1 Brodie Williams   Great Britain 54.60
7 7 Tomáš Franta   Czech Republic 54.63
8 6 Luke Greenbank   Great Britain 54.65

Final

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The final was started on 6 August at 17:07.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 52.53 WJR, NR
  5 Evgeny Rylov   Russia 52.74
  2 Apostolos Christou   Greece 53.72
4 6 Robert Glință   Romania 53.81
5 8 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 53.85
5 3 Simone Sabbioni   Italy 53.85
7 7 Christian Diener   Germany 53.92
8 1 Jan-Philip Glania   Germany 54.35

References

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