Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 May 2021.[1][2]

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
VenueDanube Arena
Dates21 May 2021 (heats and semifinals)
22 May 2021 (final)
Competitors45 from 21 nations
Winning time1:54.46
Medalists
gold medal    Russia
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal     Switzerland
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Records

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

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World record Aaron Peirsol   United States 1:51.92 Rome 31 July 2009
European record Evgeny Rylov   Russia 1:53.23 Kazan 8 April 2021
Championship record 1:53.36 Glasgow 8 August 2018

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 21 May 2021 at 10:47.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Luke Greenbank   Great Britain 1:54.67 Q, NR
2 5 4 Evgeny Rylov   Russia 1:55.74 Q
3 3 1 Antoine Herlem   France 1:56.42 Q
4 4 2 Jan Čejka   Czech Republic 1:56.66 Q, NR
5 4 5 Ádám Telegdy   Hungary 1:57.22 Q
6 3 2 Grigoriy Tarasevich   Russia 1:57.41 Q
7 3 4 Yohann Ndoye Brouard   France 1:57.70 Q
8 3 5 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 1:57.79 Q
9 5 7 Jakub Skierka   Poland 1:58.15 Q
10 5 6 Lorenzo Mora   Italy 1:58.48 Q
11 3 0 João Costa   Portugal 1:58.58 Q
12 3 6 Roman Mityukov   Switzerland 1:58.64 Q
13 4 8 Benedek Kovács   Hungary 1:58.84 Q
14 5 9 Péter Bernek   Hungary 1:59.07
15 5 2 Hugo González   Spain 1:59.10 Q, WD
15 5 8 Francisco Santos   Portugal 1:59.10 Q
17 5 1 Manuel Martos   Spain 1:59.23 Q
18 5 3 Matteo Restivo   Italy 1:59.45 QSO
18 5 5 Brodie Williams   Great Britain 1:59.45 QSO
20 4 7 Elliot Clogg   Great Britain 1:59.54
21 3 3 Nicolás García   Spain 1:59.59
22 2 1 Robert Glință   Romania 1:59.74
23 4 1 Apostolos Christou   Greece 1:59.79
24 4 6 Berke Saka   Turkey 2:00.18
25 1 2 Maxim Stupin   Russia 2:00.20
26 4 3 Kaloyan Levterov   Bulgaria 2:00.38
27 3 7 Mewen Tomac   France 2:00.63
28 3 9 Ksawery Masiuk   Poland 2:00.80
29 4 9 James McFadzen   Great Britain 2:00.85
30 2 3 Primož Šenica Pavletič   Slovenia 2:00.92
31 2 4 David Gerchik   Israel 2:01.52
31 2 2 Erikas Grigaitis   Lithuania 2:01.52
33 2 8 Samuel Törnqvist   Sweden 2:02.05
34 4 0 Ádám Jászó   Hungary 2:02.20
35 2 5 Tomáš Ludvík   Czech Republic 2:02.52
36 1 6 Gustav Hökfelt   Sweden 2:02.54
37 2 6 Melikşah Düğen   Turkey 2:02.62
38 5 0 Mikita Tsmyh   Belarus 2:02.74
39 2 0 Armin Evert Lelle   Estonia 2:03.68
40 2 9 Saša Boškan   Slovenia 2:03.69
41 1 5 Ron Polonsky   Israel 2:04.10
42 1 3 Max Mannes   Luxembourg 2:04.19
43 1 4 Metin Aydın   Turkey 2:05.20
44 1 7 Alexander Kudashev   Russia 2:06.51
45 2 7 Adam Maraana   Israel 2:06.93
3 9 Evangelos Makrygiannis   Greece Did not start

Swim-off

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The swim-off was held on 21 May at 12:15.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Brodie Williams   Great Britain 1:59.24 Q
2 5 Matteo Restivo   Italy 1:59.27

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 21 May at 18:30.[5]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Evgeny Rylov   Russia 1:55.11 Q
2 7 Roman Mityukov   Switzerland 1:56.37 Q
3 6 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 1:57.10 q
4 5 Jan Čejka   Czech Republic 1:57.43
5 3 Grigoriy Tarasevich   Russia 1:57.68
6 1 Francisco Santos   Portugal 1:58.03 NR
7 2 Lorenzo Mora   Italy 1:58.13
8 8 Brodie Williams   Great Britain 2:02.52

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Luke Greenbank   Great Britain 1:54.43 Q, NR
2 3 Ádám Telegdy   Hungary 1:56.17 Q
3 5 Antoine Herlem   France 1:56.63 q
4 6 Yohann Ndoye Brouard   France 1:57.06 q
5 2 Jakub Skierka   Poland 1:57.08 q
6 1 Benedek Kovács   Hungary 1:58.20
7 7 João Costa   Portugal 1:58.72
8 8 Manuel Martos   Spain 1:59.38

Final

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The final was held on 22 May at 19:17.[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Evgeny Rylov   Russia 1:54.46
  4 Luke Greenbank   Great Britain 1:54.62
  6 Roman Mityukov   Switzerland 1:56.33
4 7 Yohann Ndoye-Brouard   France 1:56.37
5 3 Ádám Telegdy   Hungary 1:56.67
6 8 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 1:57.05
7 1 Jakub Skierka   Poland 1:58.56
8 2 Antoine Herlem   France 1:58.64

References

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