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

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Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 25, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 26, 2012 (final)
Competitors53 from 27 nations
Winning time51.45
Medalists
gold medal    Serbia
silver medal    Hungary
bronze medal    Italy

The men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 25 and 26. The heats and semifinals took place on May 25, the final on May 26.[1]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Michael Phelps  United States 49.82 Rome August 1, 2009
European record Milorad Čavić  Serbia 49.95 Rome August 1, 2009
Championship record Yevgeny Korotyshkin  Russia 51.73 Budapest August 14, 2010

Results

Heats

55 swimmers participated in 7 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 4 László Cseh  Hungary 52.32 Q
2 7 1 Matteo Rivolta  Italy 52.43 Q
3 5 4 Milorad Čavić  Serbia 52.46 Q
4 5 1 Bence Pulai  Hungary 52.68 Q
5 7 5 François Heersbrandt  Belgium 52.72 Q
6 6 6 Dinko Jukić  Austria 52.73 Q
7 6 3 Peter Mankoč  Slovenia 52.75 Q
8 6 8 Piero Codia  Italy 52.76 Q
9 6 5 Ivan Lenđer  Serbia 52.86 Q
10 7 3 Philip Heintz  Germany 52.91 Q
11 6 4 Nikita Konovalov  Russia 52.96 Q
12 5 3 Rafael Muñoz  Spain 53.01 Q
13 6 2 Pavel Sankovich  Belarus 53.04 Q
14 5 7 Ádám Madarassy  Hungary 53.10
15 7 6 Romain Sassot  France 53.12 Q
16 5 5 Lars Frölander  Sweden 53.23 Q
17 6 1 Yauhen Tsurkin  Belarus 53.27 Q
18 5 6 Mehdy Metella  France 53.47
19 7 8 Alexandru Coci  Romania 53.51
20 3 5 Denys Dubrov  Ukraine 53.54
21 4 2 Tiago Venâncio  Portugal 53.56
22 4 5 Alon Mandel  Israel 53.57
23 3 3 Martin Spitzer  Austria 53.59
23 7 2 Simão Morgado  Portugal 53.59
25 4 8 Nico van Duijn   Switzerland 53.63
26 5 2 Marco Belotti  Italy 53.84
27 4 4 Stefanos Dimitriadis  Greece 53.85
28 2 3 Robert Žbogar  Slovenia 53.89
29 2 4 Tom Kremer  Israel 53.97
30 4 7 Jan Šefl  Czech Republic 53.99
31 3 2 Fotios Koliopoulos  Greece 54.05
32 3 8 Michal Poprawa  Poland 54.09
33 4 6 Bence Biczó  Hungary 54.10
34 6 7 Mario Todorović  Croatia 54.17
35 3 4 Stefano Mauro Pizzamiglio  Italy 54.27
36 4 1 Diogo Carvalho  Portugal 54.34
37 3 6 Alexandre Liess   Switzerland 54.49
38 3 1 Martin Verner  Czech Republic 54.54
39 7 7 Duarte Rafael Mourao  Portugal 54.56
40 3 7 Martin Liivamägi  Estonia 54.62
41 1 3 Jonathan Massacand   Switzerland 54.92
42 1 2 Yury Suvorau  Belarus 55.04
43 2 1 Lubos Grznar  Slovakia 55.23
44 1 4 Sindri Thor Jakobsson  Norway 55.37
45 1 1 Martti Aljand  Estonia 55.40
46 2 8 Pavels Kondrahins  Latvia 55.53
47 2 2 Bernhard Wolf  Austria 55.62
48 2 6
Niksa Roki
 Croatia 55.66
49 1 5 Edgaras Štura  Lithuania 55.70
50 1 6 Tadas Duškinas  Lithuania 55.71
51 2 5 Konstantinos Markozis  Greece 55.76
52 2 7 Raphaël Stacchiotti  Luxembourg 55.90
53 1 7 Avi Cohen  Israel 55.91
4 3 Duje Draganja  Croatia DNS
5 8 Vytautas Janušaitis  Lithuania DNS

Semifinal

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

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Rafael Muñoz  Spain 52.48 Q
2 4 Matteo Rivolta  Italy 52.52 Q
3 5 Bence Pulai  Hungary 52.56 Q
4 2 Philip Heintz  Germany 52.91
4 3 Dinko Jukić  Austria 52.91
6 6 Piero Codia  Italy 52.93
7 1 Romain Sassot  France 53.03
8 8 Yauhen Tsurkin  Belarus 53.07

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 László Cseh  Hungary 51.95 Q,
NR
2 5 Milorad Čavić  Serbia 52.08 Q
3 2 Ivan Lenđer  Serbia 52.34 Q
4 7 Nikita Konovalov  Russia 52.38 Q
5 6 Peter Mankoč  Slovenia 52.65 Q
6 3 François Heersbrandt  Belgium 52.68
7 8 Lars Frölander  Sweden 52.86
8 1 Pavel Sankovich  Belarus 53.12

Final

The final was held at 17:27.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Milorad Čavić  Serbia 51.45 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 László Cseh  Hungary 51.77
NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Matteo Rivolta  Italy 52.40
4 3 Ivan Lenđer  Serbia 52.54
5 2 Rafael Muñoz  Spain 52.71
6 8 Peter Mankoč  Slovenia 52.89
7 6 Nikita Konovalov  Russia 52.96
8 1 Bence Pulai  Hungary 53.04

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