# Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

The men's 100 metre breaststroke 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.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Brenton Rickard | Australia | 58.58 | Rome | July 27, 2009 |
| European record | Hugues Duboscq | France | 58.64 | Rome | July 27, 2009 |
| Championship record | Alexander Dale Oen | Norway | 59.20 | Budapest | August 10, 2010 |

## Results
### Heats

59 swimmers participated in 8 heats.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Imri Ganiel | Israel | 1:00.96 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 8 | 5 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 1:01.13 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 4 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 1:01.14 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 5 | Mattia Pesce | Italy | 1:01.21 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Valeriy Dymo | Ukraine | 1:01.28 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | 2 | Kirill Strelnikov | Russia | 1:01.40 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | 7 | Flavio Bizzarri | Italy | 1:01.46 | |
| 8 | 7 | 4 | Hugues Duboscq | France | 1:01.54 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 4 | Christian vom Lehn | Germany | 1:01.55 | Q |
| 10 | 8 | 1 | Martin Liivamägi | Estonia | 1:01.63 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | 6 | Igor Borysik | Ukraine | 1:01.67 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Carlos Esteves Almeida | Portugal | 1:01.72 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 7 | Laurent Carnol | Luxembourg | 1:01.75 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Andriy Kovalenko | Ukraine | 1:01.80 | |
| 15 | 8 | 6 | Marco Koch | Germany | 1:01.81 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 4 | Martti Aljand | Estonia | 1:01.85 | Q |
| 17 | 7 | 8 | Petr Bartůněk | Czech Republic | 1:01.89 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | 8 | Hunor Mate | Austria | 1:01.89 | Q |
| 19 | 6 | 5 | Anton Lobanov | Russia | 1:01.90 | |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 1:01.90 | |
| 19 | 8 | 3 | Panagiotis Samilidis | Greece | 1:01.90 | |
| 22 | 5 | 2 | Gal Nevo | Israel | 1:01.95 | |
| 23 | 6 | 3 | Dawid Szulich | Poland | 1:01.99 | |
| 24 | 4 | 2 | Eetu Karvonen | Finland | 1:02.09 | |
| 25 | 4 | 3 | Tomáš Klobučník | Slovakia | 1:02.16 | NR |
| 26 | 3 | 1 | Aleksander Hetland | Norway | 1:02.17 | |
| 27 | 3 | 5 | Matti Mattsson | Finland | 1:02.18 | |
| 28 | 7 | 7 | Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson | Iceland | 1:02.19 | |
| 29 | 5 | 5 | Yannick Käser | Switzerland | 1:02.20 | |
| 30 | 6 | 2 | Matjaž Markič | Slovenia | 1:02.23 | |
| 31 | 6 | 8 | Gábor Financsek | Hungary | 1:02.32 | |
| 32 | 4 | 8 | Emil Tahirovič | Slovenia | 1:02.41 | |
| 33 | 5 | 6 | Danila Artiomov | Moldova | 1:02.47 | |
| 34 | 7 | 3 | Dragos Agache | Romania | 1:02.51 | |
| 35 | 4 | 1 | Viktar Vabishchevich | Belarus | 1:02.61 | |
| 35 | 4 | 5 | Johannes Skagius | Sweden | 1:02.61 | |
| 37 | 4 | 6 | Martin Schweizer | Switzerland | 1:02.74 | |
| 38 | 3 | 2 | Filipp Provorkov | Estonia | 1:02.82 | |
| 39 | 5 | 8 | Árni Már Árnason | Iceland | 1:02.96 | |
| 40 | 5 | 7 | Ömer Aslanoğlu | Turkey | 1:03.04 | |
| 41 | 3 | 6 | Sławomir Kuczko | Poland | 1:03.08 | |
| 42 | 3 | 8 | Oleg Kostin | Russia | 1:03.23 | |
| 43 | 3 | 4 | Robert Vovk | Slovenia | 1:03.30 | |
| 44 | 3 | 3 | Yaron Shagalov | Israel | 1:03.34 | |
| 45 | 2 | 3 | Sverre Næss | Norway | 1:03.44 | |
| 46 | 2 | 7 | Vadim Romanov | Estonia | 1:03.61 | |
| 47 | 2 | 1 | Filip Wypych | Poland | 1:03.62 | |
| 48 | 1 | 3 | Tomáš Fučík | Czech Republic | 1:03.71 | |
| 49 | 2 | 5 | Vaidotas Blažys | Lithuania | 1:03.72 | |
| 50 | 5 | 3 | Olexiy Rozhkov | Ukraine | 1:03.74 | |
| 51 | 2 | 2 | Ante Krizan | Croatia | 1:04.12 | |
| 52 | 3 | 7 | Sasa Gerbec | Slovenia | 1:04.14 | |
| 53 | 2 | 4 | Lachezar Shumkov | Bulgaria | 1:04.53 | |
| 54 | 4 | 7 | Maxim Podoprigora | Austria | 1:04.62 | |
| 55 | 1 | 4 | Marius Mikalauskas | Lithuania | 1:05.01 | |
| 56 | 1 | 5 | Marek Botik | Slovakia | 1:05.05 | |
| 57 | 2 | 6 | Uldis Tazans | Latvia | 1:05.15 | |
| 58 | 2 | 8 | Daniel Vacval | Slovakia | 1:05.23 | |
| | 5 | 1 | Jowan Qupty | Israel | DSQ | |

### Semifinals

The eight fastest riders advanced to the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 1:00.64 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Mattia Pesce | Italy | 1:00.72 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Kirill Strelnikov | Russia | 1:01.29 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Igor Borysik | Ukraine | 1:01.34 | |
| 5 | 6 | Christian vom Lehn | Germany | 1:01.50 | |
| 6 | 7 | Laurent Carnol | Luxembourg | 1:01.68 | |
| 7 | 1 | Martti Aljand | Estonia | 1:01.79 | |
| 8 | 8 | Hunor Mate | Austria | 1:02.25 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 1:00.90 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Imri Ganiel | Israel | 1:01.01 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Marco Koch | Germany | 1:01.19 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Carlos Esteves Almeida | Portugal | 1:01.19 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 3 | Valeriy Dymo | Ukraine | 1:01.29 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Hugues Duboscq | France | 1:01.35 | |
| 7 | 2 | Martin Liivamägi | Estonia | 1:01.66 | |
| 8 | 8 | Petr Bartůněk | Czech Republic | 1:01.68 | |

### Final

The final was held at 17:29.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 3 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 1:00.55 |
| | 8 | Valeriy Dymo | Ukraine | 1:00.68 |
| | 5 | Mattia Pesce | Italy | 1:00.93 |
| 4 | 2 | Marco Koch | Germany | 1:00.99 |
| 5 | 1 | Kirill Strelnikov | Russia | 1:01.12 |
| 6 | 6 | Imri Ganiel | Israel | 1:01.33 |
| 7 | 4 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 1:01.51 |
| 8 | 7 | Carlos Esteves Almeida | Portugal | 1:01.57 |