Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle

Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 24, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 25, 2012 (final)
Competitors59 from 31 nations
Winning time48.77
Medalists
gold medal Filippo Magnini   Italy
silver medal Alain Bernard   France
bronze medal Norbert Trandafir   Romania
2012 European
Aquatics Championships
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Synchronised
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Teamteam
Synchronised swimming
IndividualSoloDuet
TeamTeamCombination

The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 24 and 25. The heats and semifinals took place on May 24, the final on May 25.[1]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record César Cielo  Brazil 46.91 Rome July 30, 2009
European record Alain Bernard  France 47.12 Rome July 30, 2009
Championship record Alain Bernard  France 47.50 Eindhoven March 22, 2008

Results

Heats

66 swimmers participated in 9 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 9 5 Amaury Leveaux  France 48.77 Q
2 9 4 Marco di Carli  Germany 48.81 Q
3 7 2 Norbert Trandafir  Romania 49.09 Q
4 9 2 Dieter Dekoninck  Belgium 49.12 Q
5 8 4 Filippo Magnini  Italy 49.24 Q
6 7 4 Alain Bernard  France 49.31 Q
7 9 1 Dominik Kozma  Hungary 49.37 Q
8 7 5 Pieter Timmers  Belgium 49.38 Q
9 9 8 Jasper Aerents  Belgium 49.39
10 9 7 Oleg Tikhobaev  Russia 49.51 Q
11 8 7 Emmanuel Vanluchene  Belgium 49.56
12 6 1 Yauhen Tsurkin  Belarus 49.62 NR
13 8 3 Steffen Deibler  Germany 49.63 Q
14 6 6 Kemal Arda Gürdal  Turkey 49.64 Q, NR
15 7 3 Michele Santucci  Italy 49.66 Q
16 6 4 Mindaugas Sadauskas  Lithuania 49.74 Q
17 8 2 Vitaly Syrnikov  Russia 49.75 Q
18 8 1 Martin Verner  Czech Republic 49.83 Q
19 8 5 Stefan Nystrand  Sweden 49.87 Q
20 3 3 Kristian Golomeev  Greece 49.89
21 9 6 Christoph Fildebrandt  Germany 49.92
22 6 5 Petter Stymne  Sweden 49.99
22 7 8 Krisztián Takács  Hungary 49.99
24 8 6 Andrea Rolla  Italy 50.13
25 6 8 Tiago Andre Venancio  Portugal 50.16
26 5 5 Uvis Kalnins  Latvia 50.23
27 5 1 Lars Frölander  Sweden 50.31
28 3 1 Filip Wypych  Poland 50.35
29 6 7 Peter Mankoč  Slovenia 50.36
30 7 7 Craig Gibbons  Great Britain 50.49
31 6 3 Arseni Kukharau  Belarus 50.52
32 4 1 Pjotr Degtjarjov  Estonia 50.55
33 4 5 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen  Finland 50.62
34 4 6 Radovan Siljevski  Serbia 50.67
35 3 7 Viacheslav Andrusenko  Russia 50.69
35 4 7 Martin Spitzer  Austria 50.69
37 3 6 Ivan Levaj  Croatia 50.85
37 5 8 Aurelien Künzi  Switzerland 50.85
39 3 2 Gard Kvale  Norway 50.89
40 5 7 Daniel Rast  Switzerland 50.91
41 1 4 Fotios Koliopoulos  Greece 50.92
42 3 8 Radoslaw Bor  Poland 51.09
43 5 6 Pawel Werner  Poland 51.10
44 2 1 Evgheni Coroliuc  Moldova 51.14
45 3 4 Árni Már Árnason  Iceland 51.18
46 3 5 Boris Stojanović  Serbia 51.19
47 4 2 Simonas Bilis  Lithuania 51.21
48 5 4 Alexandre Escudier Agostinho  Portugal 51.27
49 5 2 Ioannis Kalargaris  Greece 51.44
50 4 3 Mario Alexandre Pereira  Portugal 51.58
51 2 4 Christian Scherübl  Austria 51.59
52 4 8 Luis Emanuel Vaz  Portugal 51.74
53 2 3 Balázs Zámbó  Hungary 52.51
54 2 5 Tadas Duškinas  Lithuania 52.60
55 2 6 Irakli Revishvili  Georgia 52.97
56 2 7 Ole Martin Ree  Norway 53.08
57 1 5 Tal Hanani  Israel 53.32
58 1 3 Hedin Olsen  Faroe Islands 53.37 NR
59 2 2 Aleksandar Nikolov  Bulgaria 53.55
4 4 Mattias Carlsson  Sweden DNS
5 3 Andriy Govorov  Ukraine DNS
6 2 Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or  Israel DNS
7 1 Dominik Meichtry  Switzerland DNS
7 6 Marco Orsi  Italy DNS
8 8 Flori Lang  Switzerland DNS
9 3 Markus Deibler  Germany DNS

Semifinals

The eight fastest swimmers advanced to the final.[3]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Marco di Carli  Germany 48.96 Q
2 5 Dieter Dekoninck  Belgium 49.19 Q
3 6 Pieter Timmers  Belgium 49.21 Q
4 3 Alain Bernard  France 49.27 Q
5 7 Michele Santucci  Italy 49.47
5 8 Stefan Nystrand  Sweden 49.47
7 2 Steffen Deibler  Germany 49.54
8 1 Vitaly Syrnikov  Russia 49.56

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Amaury Leveaux  France 48.52 Q
2 3 Filippo Magnini  Italy 48.84 Q
3 5 Norbert Trandafir  Romania 49.08 Q
4 6 Dominik Kozma  Hungary 49.45 Q
5 2 Oleg Tikhobaev  Russia 49.61
6 7 Kemal Arda Gürdal  Turkey 49.66
7 1 Mindaugas Sadauskas  Lithuania 49.86
8 8 Martin Verner  Czech Republic 50.03

Final

The final was held at 17:42.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Filippo Magnini  Italy 48.77
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Alain Bernard  France 48.95
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Norbert Trandafir  Romania 49.13
4 4 Amaury Leveaux  France 49.16
5 8 Dominik Kozma  Hungary 49.17
6 3 Marco di Carli  Germany 49.18
7 7 Pieter Timmers  Belgium 49.19
8 2 Dieter Dekoninck  Belgium 49.42

References

  1. ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.
  2. ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre freestyle Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-24.
  3. ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre freestyle Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-24.
  4. ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 100 metre freestyle Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-25.