Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held on 25 June 2018 at the Campclar Aquatic Center.[1]

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
VenueCampclar Aquatic Center
LocationTarragona, Spain
Dates25 June
Competitors18 from 12 nations
Winning time1:58.79
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    Spain
bronze medal    Greece
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Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:

World record   Aaron Peirsol (USA) 1:51.92 Rome, Italy 31 July 2009
Mediterranean Games record   Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP) 1:54.96 Pescara, Italy 27 June 2009

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held at 09:57.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Hugo González   Spain 2:00.42 Q
2 1 5 Anton Lončar   Croatia 2:00.98 Q
3 3 5 Christopher Ciccarese   Italy 2:01.28 Q
4 2 4 Geoffroy Mathieu   France 2:01.52 Q
5 2 3 Nikolaos Sofianidis   Greece 2:02.15 Q
6 3 6 Jan Giralt   Spain 2:02.80 Q
7 3 4 Matteo Restivo   Italy 2:03.13 Q
8 1 4 Apostolos Christou   Greece 2:03.74 Q
9 2 6 Anže Ferš Eržen   Slovenia 2:04.60
10 2 2 Berk Özkul   Turkey 2:05.09
11 2 7 Youssef Said   Egypt 2:05.61
12 1 7 Driss Lahrichi   Morocco 2:05.96
13 3 3 Francisco Santos   Portugal 2:05.97
14 1 6 Ege Başer   Turkey 2:06.12
15 1 3 João Vital   Portugal 2:06.25
16 3 2 Ryad Bouhamidi   Algeria 2:07.98
17 1 2 Sebastian Konnaris   Cyprus 2:10.60
18 3 7 Omar Eltonbary   Egypt 2:11.17

Final

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The final was held at 18:12.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Christopher Ciccarese   Italy 1:58.79
  4 Hugo González   Spain 1:58.94
  8 Apostolos Christou   Greece 2:00.37
4 5 Anton Lončar   Croatia 2:01.39
5 2 Nikolaos Sofianidis   Greece 2:01.66
6 6 Geoffroy Mathieu   France 2:01.93
7 1 Matteo Restivo   Italy 2:02.86
8 7 Jan Giralt   Spain 2:03.03

References

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  1. ^ "2018 Mediterranean Games – Swimming schedule" (PDF). tarragona2018.cat. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  2. ^ Final results