200 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 1981 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Split YUG
Held 12 September 1981
Status Medal
Competitors 25
Countries 16
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Sándor Wladár HUN 2:02.08
(1 h4)		 2:00.80
(1 FA)
🥈 Vladimir Shemetov URS 2:24.64
(1 h2)		 2:01.32
(2 FA)
🥉 Frédéric Delcourt FRA 2:04.87
(2 h2)		 2:03.35
(3 FA)
4 Frank Baltrusch GDR 2:05.69
(1 h3)		 2:04.22
(4 FA)
5 Michael Söderlund SWE 2:05.59
(2 h4)		 2:04.67
(5 FA)
6 Sergey Zabolotnov URS 2:05.57
(1 h1)		 2:05.14
(6 FA)
7 Paolo Falchini ITA 2:06.44
(3 h2)		 2:05.74
(7 FA)
8 Zbigniew Januszkiewicz POL 2:06.26
(3 h4)		 2:05.91
(8 FA)
9 Dirk Richter GDR 2:06.66
(2 h1)		 2:04.76
(1 FB)
10 Francisco Benítez ESP 2:07.64
(4 h3)		 2:06.42
(2 FB)
11 Ricardo Aldabe ESP 2:06.57
(4 h4)		 2:06.83
(3 FB)
12 Zoltán Verrasztó HUN 2:06.55
(2 h3)		 2:07.68
(4 FB)
13 Miloslav Roľko TCH 2:08.30
(3 h1)		 2:07.76
(5 FB)
14 Franky De Groote BEL 2:07.55
(3 h3)		 2:07.77
(6 FB)
15 Fred Eefting NED 2:08.86
(5 h3)		 2:09.53
(7 FB)
16 Miran Kos YUG 2:09.60
(4 h1)		 2:09.95
(8 FB)
17 Thomas Lebherz GER 2:09.33
(5 h4)		 —
18 Marco Colombo ITA 2:09.64
(4 h2)		 —
19 Stefan Talgner GER 2:09.74
(5 h2)		 —
20 Leszek Górski POL 2:10.57
(6 h3)		 —
21 Petter Ulvestad NOR 2:10.96
(6 h2)		 —
22 Boris Å evo YUG 2:12.97
(5 h1)		 —
23 Emmanouil Kandris GRE 2:13.98
(7 h3)		 —
24 Patrick Dybiona NED 2:14.26
(8 h3)		 —
25 Rui de Abreu POR 2:14.43
(7 h2)		 —
DNS Jean-Philippe RibletDNS FRA —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Bengt BaronDNS SWE —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Stephen HarrisonDNS GBR —
(DNS h2)		 —
DNS Jouni MäntyläDNS FIN —
(DNS h4)		 —
DNS Branimir PopovDNS BUL —
(DNS h4)		 —
DNS Kemal Sadri ÖzünDNS TUR —
(DNS h4)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Sergey Zabolotnov URS 2:05.57
2 Dirk Richter GDR 2:06.66
3 Miloslav Roľko TCH 2:08.30
4 Miran Kos YUG 2:09.60
5 Boris Å evo YUG 2:12.97
DNS Jean-Philippe RibletDNS FRA —
DNS Bengt BaronDNS SWE —

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Vladimir Shemetov URS 2:24.64
2 Frédéric Delcourt FRA 2:04.87
3 Paolo Falchini ITA 2:06.44
4 Marco Colombo ITA 2:09.64
5 Stefan Talgner GER 2:09.74
6 Petter Ulvestad NOR 2:10.96
7 Rui de Abreu POR 2:14.43
DNS Stephen HarrisonDNS GBR —

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Frank Baltrusch GDR 2:05.69
2 Zoltán Verrasztó HUN 2:06.55
3 Franky De Groote BEL 2:07.55
4 Francisco Benítez ESP 2:07.64
5 Fred Eefting NED 2:08.86
6 Leszek Górski POL 2:10.57
7 Emmanouil Kandris GRE 2:13.98
8 Patrick Dybiona NED 2:14.26

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Sándor Wladár HUN 2:02.08
2 Michael Söderlund SWE 2:05.59
3 Zbigniew Januszkiewicz POL 2:06.26
4 Ricardo Aldabe ESP 2:06.57
5 Thomas Lebherz GER 2:09.33
DNS Jouni MäntyläDNS FIN —
DNS Branimir PopovDNS BUL —
DNS Kemal Sadri ÖzünDNS TUR —

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Sándor Wladár HUN 2:00.80
2 Vladimir Shemetov URS 2:01.32
3 Frédéric Delcourt FRA 2:03.35
4 Frank Baltrusch GDR 2:04.22
5 Michael Söderlund SWE 2:04.67
6 Sergey Zabolotnov URS 2:05.14
7 Paolo Falchini ITA 2:05.74
8 Zbigniew Januszkiewicz POL 2:05.91

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Dirk Richter GDR 2:04.76
2 Francisco Benítez ESP 2:06.42
3 Ricardo Aldabe ESP 2:06.83
4 Zoltán Verrasztó HUN 2:07.68
5 Miloslav Roľko TCH 2:07.76
6 Franky De Groote BEL 2:07.77
7 Fred Eefting NED 2:09.53
8 Miran Kos YUG 2:09.95