200 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 1974 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Wien AUT
Held
Status Medal
Competitors 24
Countries 17
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Roland Matthes GDR 2:08.92
(1 h4)
2:04.64
(1 F)
🥈 Zoltán Verrasztó HUN 2:07.60
(1 h3)
2:04.96
(2 F)
🥉 Róbert Rudolf HUN 2:09.94
(2 h3)
2:07.52
(3 F)
4 Colin Cunningham GBR 2:10.68
(2 h4)
2:08.25
(4 F)
5 Santiago Esteva ESP 2:09.24
(1 h2)
2:08.87
(5 F)
6 Thomas Luckau GDR 2:10.00
(2 h2)
2:09.12
(6 F)
7 Karim Ressang NED 2:11.22
(3 h2)
2:11.22
(7 F)
8 Igor Potyakin URS 2:11.25
(3 h3)
2:11.84
(8 F)
9 Massimo Nistri ITA 2:11.31
(4 h2)
10 Predrag Miloš YUG 2:11.52
(1 h1)
11 Anders Sandberg SWE 2:11.66
(2 h1)
12 Ejvind Pedersen DEN 2:13.12
(4 h3)
13 Leif Ericsson SWE 2:13.34
(3 h4)
14 Bodo Schlag GER 2:14.17
(4 h4)
15 Lapo Cianchi ITA 2:14.32
(5 h2)
16 Nenad Miloš YUG 2:14.38
(3 h1)
17 Atle Melberg NOR 2:14.59
(5 h3)
18 Franck Meslier FRA 2:15.18
(4 h1)
19 Francisco Santos ESP 2:15.72
(5 h1)
20 Günter Neubert GER 2:16.41
(5 h4)
21 Josy Wilwert LUX 2:20.01
(6 h4)
22 Lars Finer FIN 2:20.59
(6 h2)
23 Rob Howard IRL 2:20.64
(6 h3)
24 Vangelis Koskinas GRE 2:23.44
(6 h1)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Predrag Miloš YUG 2:11.52
2 Anders Sandberg SWE 2:11.66
3 Nenad Miloš YUG 2:14.38
4 Franck Meslier FRA 2:15.18
5 Francisco Santos ESP 2:15.72
6 Vangelis Koskinas GRE 2:23.44

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Santiago Esteva ESP 2:09.24
2 Thomas Luckau GDR 2:10.00
3 Karim Ressang NED 2:11.22
4 Massimo Nistri ITA 2:11.31
5 Lapo Cianchi ITA 2:14.32
6 Lars Finer FIN 2:20.59

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Zoltán Verrasztó HUN 2:07.60
2 Róbert Rudolf HUN 2:09.94
3 Igor Potyakin URS 2:11.25
4 Ejvind Pedersen DEN 2:13.12
5 Atle Melberg NOR 2:14.59
6 Rob Howard IRL 2:20.64

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Roland Matthes GDR 2:08.92
2 Colin Cunningham GBR 2:10.68
3 Leif Ericsson SWE 2:13.34
4 Bodo Schlag GER 2:14.17
5 Günter Neubert GER 2:16.41
6 Josy Wilwert LUX 2:20.01

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Roland Matthes GDR 2:04.64
2 Zoltán Verrasztó HUN 2:04.96
3 Róbert Rudolf HUN 2:07.52
4 Colin Cunningham GBR 2:08.25
5 Santiago Esteva ESP 2:08.87
6 Thomas Luckau GDR 2:09.12
7 Karim Ressang NED 2:11.22
8 Igor Potyakin URS 2:11.84