Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre butterfly
Competition:	2012 European Aquatics Championships
Dates:	May 21, 2012 (heats and semifinals) May 22, 2012 (final)
Competitors:	44
Nations:	27
Win Value:	23.16
Gold:	Rafael Muñoz
Goldnoc:	ESP
Silver:	Frédérick Bousquet
Silvernoc:	FRA
Bronze:	Yauhen Tsurkin
Bronzenoc:	BLR

The men's 50 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21 and 22. The heats and semifinals took place on May 21, the final on May 22.^[1]

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record European record	Rafael Muñoz		align=left	22.43	Málaga	April 5, 2009
Championship record	Milorad Čavić		align=left	23.11	Eindhoven	March 19, 2008

Results

Heats

44 swimmers participated in 6 heats.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4			23.60	Q
2	6	3			23.70	Q
3	4	5			23.76	Q
4	6	4			23.78	Q
5	4	3			23.81	Q
6	6	2			23.87	Q
7	5	3			23.90	Q
8	5	6			23.91	Q
9	5	4			23.94	Q
10	6	7			23.95	Q
11	6	6			24.04
12	4	7			24.05	Q
13	6	5			24.08	Q
14	5	5			24.14	Q
15	4	2			24.20	Q
16	5	7			24.20	Q
17	1	3			24.27	Q
18	5	2			24.28
19	1	6			24.30
20	4	6			24.36
21	5	1			24.38
22	4	1			24.42
23	6	1			24.43
24	3	6			24.51
25	4	8			24.60
25	6	8			24.60
27	3	4			24.61
28	2	1			24.90
29	5	8			24.98
30	3	5			24.99
31	3	1			25.03
31	3	7			25.03
33	3	2			25.08
34	2	3			25.15
35	3	3			25.18
36	3	8			25.22
37	2	5			25.23
38	2	4			25.26
39	1	5	Dmitry Gorbunov		25.34
40	2	7			25.59
41	2	2			25.61
42	2	8			25.90
43	2	6			26.03
44	1	4			26.41

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			23.41	Q
2	7			23.43	Q
3	5			23.55	Q
4	6			23.77	NR
5	3			23.84
6	2			23.86
7	1			23.92
8	8			24.20

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6			23.51	Q
2	4			23.68	Q
3	5			23.70	Q
4	1			23.71	Q
5	3			23.77
6	2			23.96
7	8			24.04
8	7			24.05

Swim-off

The race determined the last participant for the final.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			23.59	Q, NR
2	5			23.66

Final

The final was held at 17:02.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7			23.16
	2			23.30
	8			23.37	NR
4	6			23.43
5	4			23.53
5	5			23.53
7	1			23.68
8	3			23.80

Notes and References

1. http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2012/Debrecen/C51A1_Start%20List%20(Heats%20Individual)_7_Men_50_Fly.pdf 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre butterfly entry list
2. http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2012/Debrecen/C74A_Results%20%28Summary%20-%20Individual%29_7_Men_50_Fly.pdf 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre butterfly Heats results
3. http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2012/Debrecen/C74A_Results%20%28Summary%20-%20Individual%29_207_Men_50_Fly.pdf 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre butterfly Semifinals results
4. http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2012/Debrecen/C73A1_Results%20%28One%20Heat%20-%20Individual%29_407_Heat1_Men_50_Fly.pdf 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's Men's 50 metre butterfly Swim-off results
5. http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2012/Debrecen/C73A1_Results%20%28One%20Heat%20-%20Individual%29_107_Heat1_Men_50_Fly.pdf 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre butterfly Final results