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

Event:	Men's 50 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2012 European Aquatics Championships
Dates:	May 25, 2012 (heats and semifinals) May 26, 2012 (final)
Competitors:	52
Nations:	27
Win Value:	27.32
Gold:	Damir Dugonjič
Goldnoc:	SLO
Silver:	Fabio Scozzoli
Silvernoc:	ITA
Bronze:	Panagiotis Samilidis
Bronzenoc:	GRE

The men's 50 metre breaststroke 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	Cameron van der Burgh		align=left	26.67	Rome	July 29, 2009
European record	Hendrik Feldwehr		align=left	26.83	Rome	July 28, 2009
Championship record	Oleg Lisogor		align=left	27.18	Berlin	August 2, 2002

Results

Heats

52 swimmers participated in 7 heats.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4			27.36	Q
2	7	4			27.56	Q
3	7	5			27.78	Q
4	6	4			27.81	Q
5	6	3			27.93	Q
5	7	7			27.93	Q, NR
7	5	1			27.94	Q
8	5	5			27.97	Q
9	5	3			27.99	Q
10	6	7			28.01	Q
11	6	5			28.02	Q
12	5	8			28.03	Q, NR
13	7	3			28.05	Q
14	7	2			28.09	Q scratched
15	4	4			28.20	Q
15	6	6			28.20	Q
17	5	7			28.21
18	5	2			28.22
19	4	3			28.38
20	4	6			28.40
20	7	6			28.40
22	4	5			28.43	NR
22	6	2			28.43
24	4	8			28.44
25	5	6			28.45
26	3	3			28.50
26	4	2			28.50
28	6	8			28.57	NR
29	4	7			28.60
30	7	8			28.61
31	3	8			28.66
32	6	1			28.72
33	3	7			28.78
34	3	6			28.83
35	3	5			28.84
36	3	2			28.85
37	2	6			28.86
37	3	4			28.86
39	7	1			28.88
40	2	7			28.91
40	3	1			28.91
42	2	2			29.09
43	2	3			29.23
44	1	4			29.32
45	4	1			29.42
46	2	8			29.45
47	2	4			29.53
48	2	1			29.55
49	2	5			29.59
50	1	3			29.65
51	1	5			30.42
52	1	6			30.66

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			27.43	Q
2	6			27.68	Q
3	4			27.73	Q
4	3			28.07
5	8			28.08
6	2			28.13
7	1			28.26
7	7			28.26

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			27.60	Q
2	5			27.63	Q
3	1			27.89	Q
4	3			27.92	Q
5	6			27.99
5	7			27.99
7	2			28.04
8	8			28.25

Swim-off

A swim-off was needed to determine the last participant in the final.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			28.14	Q
2	5			28.26

Final

The final was held at 18:30.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			27.32
	2			27.49
	1			27.64
4	3			27.65
5	4			27.67
6	6			27.82
7	8			27.84
8	7			27.89

Notes and References

1. http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2012/Debrecen/C51A1_Start%20List%20%28Heats%20Individual%29_30_Men_50_Breast.pdf 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre breaststroke entry list
2. http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2012/Debrecen/C74A_Results%20%28Summary%20-%20Individual%29_30_Men_50_Breast.pdf 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre breaststroke Heats results
3. http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2012/Debrecen/C74A_Results%20%28Summary%20-%20Individual%29_230_Men_50_Breast.pdf 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre breaststroke Semifinals results
4. http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2012/Debrecen/C73A1_Results%20%28One%20Heat%20-%20Individual%29_430_Heat1_Men_50_Breast.pdf 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre breaststroke Swimm-off results
5. http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2012/Debrecen/C73A1_Results%20%28One%20Heat%20-%20Individual%29_130_Heat1_Men_50_Breast.pdf 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre breaststroke Final results