| Men's 200 metre backstroke at the Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 22–23 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 33 from 19 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:56.02 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| ← 20122016 → | ||||||||||
| 2014 European Aquatics Championships | ||
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| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Team | team | |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Individual | Solo | Duet |
| Team | Team | Combination |
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Team | team | |
The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22–23 August.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Aaron Peirsol |  United States |
1:51.92 | Rome | 31 July 2009 |
| European record | Radosław Kawęcki |  Poland |
1:54.24 | Barcelona | 2 August 2013 |
| Championship record | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland |
1:55.28 | Debrecen | 26 May 2012 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 09:30.
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 19:05.
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Luca Mencarini |  Italy |
1:58.16 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Danas Rapšys |  Lithuania |
1:58.21 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Christian Diener |  Germany |
1:58.37 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Benjamin Stasiulis |  France |
1:58.46 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Yakov Toumarkin |  Israel |
1:58.83 | |
| 6 | 2 | Eric Ress | France |
1:59.14 | |
| 7 | 8 | Andrey Shabasov |  Russia |
2:00.05 | |
| 8 | 1 | Roman Dmytriyev |  Czech Republic |
2:01.45 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland |
1:57.35 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Péter Bernek |  Hungary |
1:57.41 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Gábor Balog | Hungary |
1:57.97 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Jan-Philip Glania | Germany |
1:58.21 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Mattias Carlsson |  Sweden |
2:00.19 | |
| 6 | 1 | Christopher Ciccarese | Italy |
2:00.20 | |
| 7 | 7 | Ivan Trofimov | Russia |
2:01.93 | |
| 8 | 8 | Axel Pettersson | Sweden |
2:01.98 |
Final
The final was held at 17:06.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland |
1:56.02 | |
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1 | Christian Diener | Germany |
1:57.16 | |
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3 | Gábor Balog | Hungary |
1:57.42 | |
| 4 | 5 | Péter Bernek | Hungary |
1:57.47 | |
| 5 | 2 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania |
1:57.68 | |
| 6 | 8 | Benjamin Stasiulis | France |
1:58.30 | |
| 7 | 7 | Jan-Philip Glania | Germany |
1:58.84 | |
| 8 | 6 | Luca Mencarini | Italy |
1:58.92 |
References
| European Champions in Men's 200 m Backstroke | |
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