Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke
| Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships |
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| Dates | May 21, 2012 (heats and semifinals) May 22, 2012 (final) |
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| Competitors | 43 from 24 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 53.86 | |||||||||
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The men's 100 metre backstroke 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.
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
43 swimmers participated in 6 heats.
The swim-off took place to determine the last semifinal participant.
The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.
The final was held at 17:14.
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