Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 May 2021.[1][2]

Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
VenueDanube Arena
Dates17 May 2021 (heats and semifinals)
18 May 2021 (final)
Competitors54 from 31 nations
Winning time23.80
Medalists
gold medal    Russia
silver medal    Romania
bronze medal    Spain
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Records

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

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World record
European record

Championship record
Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 24.00 Glasgow 4 August 2018

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
17 May Semifinals Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 23.93 WR, CR
18 May Final 23.80

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 17 May at 10:53.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 24.23 Q
2 5 4 Robert Glință   Romania 24.51 Q
3 4 7 Hugo González   Spain 24.62 Q
4 4 4 Grigoriy Tarasevich   Russia 24.67 Q
5 6 5 Apostolos Christou   Greece 24.78 Q
6 5 3 Yohann Ndoye Brouard   France 24.96 Q
7 1 5 Marek Ulrich   Germany 24.98 Q
8 6 1 Ksawery Masiuk   Poland 25.05 Q
9 5 5 Richárd Bohus   Hungary 25.08 Q
10 6 3 Mikita Tsmyh   Belarus 25.09 Q
11 4 3 Simone Sabbioni   Italy 25.11 Q
12 5 1 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 25.14 Q
13 6 0 Conor Ferguson   Ireland 25.21 Q
14 6 6 Tomasz Polewka   Poland 25.23 Q
15 6 9 Alexis Santos   Portugal 25.28 Q, NR
15 6 7 Viktar Staselovich   Belarus 25.28 Q
17 5 7 Jan Čejka   Czech Republic 25.29
17 5 6 Bernhard Reitshammer   Austria 25.29
17 5 2 Bence Szentes   Hungary 25.29
20 5 9 Kacper Stokowski   Poland 25.41
21 4 8 Tomáš Franta   Czech Republic 25.42
22 4 5 Michael Laitarovsky   Israel 25.44
23 3 4 Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas   Norway 25.46
24 4 2 Thierry Bollin   Switzerland 25.50
25 4 6 Juan Segura   Spain 25.51
26 4 1 Gustav Hökfelt   Sweden 25.52
27 6 2 Benedek Kovács   Hungary 25.53
28 1 3 Daniel Zaitsev   Estonia 25.62
29 5 0 David Gerchik   Israel 25.64
30 3 3 Grigori Pekarski   Belarus 25.69
31 3 9 Nicolás García   Spain 25.71
32 5 8 Lorenzo Mora   Italy 25.76
33 4 9 Marvin Miglbauer   Austria 25.80
34 3 6 Francisco Santos   Portugal 25.91
35 3 5 Ádám Jászó   Hungary 25.93
35 4 0 Maxence Orange   France 25.93
35 6 8 Yakov Toumarkin   Israel 25.93
38 3 0 Saša Boškan   Slovenia 25.98
39 3 1 Manuel Martos   Spain 26.02
40 2 2 Max Mannes   Luxembourg 26.14
41 3 2 Kaloyan Levterov   Bulgaria 26.16
42 2 3 Ģirts Feldbergs   Latvia 26.27
43 3 8 Metin Aydın   Turkey 26.32
44 2 1 Alex Ahtiainen   Estonia 26.42
45 3 7 Adam Maraana   Israel 26.58
46 2 7 Tryfonas Hadjichristoforou   Cyprus 26.62
46 2 6 Filippos Iakovidis   Cyprus 26.62
48 2 4 Kristinn Þórarinsson   Iceland 26.66
49 2 5 Niko Mäkelä   Finland 26.85
50 1 4 Denys Kesil   Ukraine 27.11
51 2 8 Alex Kušík   Slovakia 27.14
52 2 0 Tomáš Ludvík   Czech Republic 27.27
53 1 6 Artur Barseghyan   Armenia 27.76
54 2 9 Dren Ukimeraj   Kosovo 29.02

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 17 May at 18:24.[4]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Robert Glință   Romania 24.57 Q
2 5 Grigoriy Tarasevich   Russia 24.68 Q
3 3 Yohann Ndoye Brouard   France 25.11
4 1 Tomasz Polewka   Poland 25.23
5 6 Ksawery Masiuk   Poland 25.25
6 7 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 25.26
7 2 Mikita Tsmyh   Belarus 25.36
2 8 Alexis Santos   Portugal 25.40

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 23.93 Q, WR
2 3 Apostolos Christou   Greece 24.49 Q, NR
3 5 Hugo González   Spain 24.60 q
4 1 Conor Ferguson   Ireland 24.81 q
5 7 Simone Sabbioni   Italy 25.02 q
5 8 Viktar Staselovich   Belarus 25.02 q
7 6 Marek Ulrich   Germany 25.03
8 2 Richárd Bohus   Hungary 25.19

Final

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The final was held on 18 May at 19:18.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 23.80 WR
  3 Robert Glință   Romania 24.42
  6 Hugo González   Spain 24.47 NR
4 5 Apostolos Christou   Greece 24.59
5 2 Grigoriy Tarasevich   Russia 24.72
6 1 Viktar Staselovich   Belarus 24.89
7 7 Conor Ferguson   Ireland 24.92
7 8 Simone Sabbioni   Italy 24.92

References

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