BUDAPEST - France's Camille Lacourt broke the European record in the men's 100m backstroke at the European championships with a time of 52.11.

The previouis record for this event was set by Germany's Helge Meeuw at last year's Worlds in Rome, swimming the first leg of the 400m medley relay in 52.27.

Following, the 100 backstroke European record evolution:

52.11 Camille Lacourt FRA Budapest 10.08.10
52.27 Helge Meeuw GER Rome 02.08.09
52.38 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP Pescara 01.07.09
52.87 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP Pescara 30.06.09
52.93 Aschwin Wildeboer ESP Malaga 05.04.09
53.06 Arkady Viatchanin RUS Beijing 11.08.08

Also see:

World Champs, Meeuw leads Germany at European record performance
Aug 2, 2009