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Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships
Dates18–19 May
Competitors45 from 24 nations
Winning time24.77
Medalists
gold medal    France
silver medal    Hungary
bronze medal    Russia
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The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 May 2016.[1][2]

Records[edit]

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Liam Tancock  Great Britain 24.04 Rome 2 August 2009
European record
Championship record Camille Lacourt  France 24.07 Budapest 12 August 2010

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

The heats were held on 18 May at 11:04.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Grigory Tarasevich  Russia 24.85 Q
2 5 4 Camille Lacourt  France 24.93 Q
3 3 4 Tomasz Polewka  Poland 25.00 Q
4 3 3 Jonatan Kopelev  Israel 25.17 Q
5 3 5 Shane Ryan  Ireland 25.19 Q
6 3 2 Robert Glință  Romania 25.23 Q
7 4 6 Guy Barnea  Israel 25.25 Q
8 5 5 Nikita Ulyanov  Russia 25.29 Q
9 5 7 Richárd Bohus  Hungary 25.44 Q
10 4 3 Simone Sabbioni  Italy 25.45 Q
11 5 3 Carl-Louis Schwarz  Germany 25.54 Q
12 5 6 Viktar Staselovich  Belarus 25.55 Q
12 5 2 Apostolos Christou  Greece 25.55 Q
14 4 5 Chris Walker-Hebborn  Great Britain 25.59 Q
15 4 2 Ralf Tribuntsov  Estonia 25.74 Q
16 3 8 Baskalov İskender  Turkey 25.81 Q
17 4 1 Doruk Tekin  Turkey 25.84
18 5 1 Benjamin Stasiulis  France 25.93
19 5 0 David Gamburg  Israel 25.96
20 5 8 Daniel Macovei  Romania 26.05
21 5 9 Tomáš Franta  Czech Republic 26.07
22 1 6 Markus Lie  Norway 26.18
23 2 6 Karl Luht  Estonia 26.22
24 4 7 Michail Kontizas  Greece 26.24
25 1 2 Boris Kirillov  Azerbaijan 26.29
26 3 9 Ģirts Feldbergs  Latvia 26.31
27 2 5 Daniel Martin  Romania 26.43
28 4 0 Gytis Stankevičius  Lithuania 26.44
29 2 9 Marko Krce Rabar  Croatia 26.46
30 2 4 Luke Greenbank  Great Britain 26.50
31 3 0 Mattias Carlsson  Sweden 26.51
32 4 8 Kristian Komlenić  Croatia 26.53
33 2 1 Petter Fredriksson  Sweden 26.55
34 2 0 Ege Başer  Turkey 26.57
35 2 3 Gabriel Lopes  Portugal 26.58
36 3 1 Endri Vinter  Estonia 26.65
37 1 7 Anton Loncar  Croatia 26.67
38 4 9 Balázs Zámbó  Hungary 26.70
39 1 4 Axel Pettersson  Sweden 26.73
40 2 8 Teo Kolonić  Croatia 26.74
41 2 2 Andrei Gussev  Estonia 26.76
42 2 7 Pāvels Vilcāns  Latvia 26.94
43 1 5 Berk Özkul  Turkey 27.03
44 1 3 Thomas Maurer  Switzerland 27.13
45 1 1 Bogdan Plavin  Ukraine 28.75
3 6 Gábor Balog  Hungary DNS
3 7 Alexis Santos  Portugal DNS

Semifinals[edit]

The semifinals were held on 18 May at 19:49.[4]

Semifinal 1[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Camille Lacourt  France 24.79 Q
2 3 Robert Glință  Romania 24.97 Q
3 6 Nikita Ulyanov  Russia 25.06 Q
4 5 Jonatan Kopelev  Israel 25.20 Q
5 7 Viktar Staselovich  Belarus 25.25
6 1 Chris Walker-Hebborn  Great Britain 25.36
7 2 Simone Sabbioni  Italy 25.37
8 8 Baskalov İskender  Turkey 25.94

Semifinal 2[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Tomasz Polewka  Poland 24.87 Q
2 4 Grigory Tarasevich  Russia 25.02 Q
3 2 Richárd Bohus  Hungary 25.04 Q
4 6 Guy Barnea  Israel 25.09 Q
5 1 Apostolos Christou  Greece 25.28
6 3 Shane Ryan  Ireland 25.32
7 7 Carl-Louis Schwarz  Germany 25.77
8 8 Ralf Tribuntsov  Estonia 25.84

Final[edit]

The final was held on 19 May at 19:32.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Camille Lacourt  France 24.77
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Richárd Bohus  Hungary 24.82
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Grigoriy Tarasevich  Russia 24.86
4 7 Nikita Ulyanov  Russia 24.96
5 8 Jonatan Kopelev  Israel 25.00
6 1 Guy Barnea  Israel 25.02
7 3 Robert Glință  Romania 25.03
7 5 Tomasz Polewka  Poland 25.03

References[edit]

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