European Junior Championships, day 5
2012-07-08
Fabio Terrone
Nielsen set 100 backstroke new mark on final day at European Junior Championships in Antwerp. Germany wins team title

ANTWERP - Mie Oe. Nielsen sets the new women's 100 metres backstroke competition record winning gold in 1:00.87 at the European Junior Championships on Sunday, the final day of the five-day event.

Germany has won the team title ahead of Russia and Greeat Britain.

FINAL TEAM SCORES (Top ten)

1 Germany 258 
2 Russia 228 
3 Great Britain 207 
4 Italy 168
5 Hungary 101
6 Spain 78
7 Poland  61
8 Denmark  56
9 Ukraine 54
10 Sweden  49

Leading results on Sunday:

WOMEN

100 BACKSTROKE
1. Mie Oe. Nielsen DEN 1:00.87 CR
2. Jessica fullalove GBR 1:01.72
3. Ambra Esposito ITA 1:02.57

100 BREASTSTROKE
1. Anna Sztankovics HUN 1:08.43
2. Margarethe Hummel GER 1:09.33
3. Julia Willers GER 1:10.02

200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
1. Dalma Sebestyen HUN 2:16.09
2. Iryna Glavnyk UKR 2:17.06
3. Reka Gyorgy HUN 2:17.20

50 BUTTERFLY
1. Louise Hansson SWE 26.53
2. Svetlana chimrova RUS 26.62
3. Elena Czeschner GER 27.14

4x200 FREESTYLE
1. Russia RUS 8:06.85
2. Italy ITA 8:11.56
3. Spain ESP 8:11.94

MEN

400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
1. Matthew Johnson GBR 4:17.26
2. Kevin Wedel GER 4:21.50
3. Semen Makovich RUS 4:21.86

100 BREASTSTROKE
1. Danila Artiomov MLD 1:01.60
2. Johannes Skagius SWE 1:01.61
3. Craig Benson GBR 1:01.64

200 FREESTYLE
1. Riccardo Maestri ITA 1:48.62
2. Maximilian Oswald GER 1:49.55
3. Christian Scheruebl AUT 1:49.67

100 BUTTERFLY
1. Andreas Vazaios GRE 53:43
2. Michal Poprawa POL 53:48
3. Albert Puig Garrich ESP 53.77

50 FREESTYLE
1. Maximilian Oswald GER 22.28
2. Volodymyr Suschyk UKR 22.60
3. Bogdan Plavin UKR 22.63

4x100 MEDLEY RELAY
1. Italy ITA 3:41.36
2. Russia RUS 3:41.49
3. Great Britain GBR 3:42.84

MEDAL TALLY

NAT G S B
RUS 12 6 3
ITA 7 4 3
GER 6 10 7
GBR 4 8 7
HUN 3 3 3
ESP 2 2 4
DEN 2 - 2
GRE 1 1 -
SWE 1 - 3
CRO 1 - -
MLD 1 - -
UKR - 3 1
POL - 1 2
ISR - 1 -
AUT - - 1
BLR - - 1
FRA - - 1
GEO - - 1

LTU

- - 1
NED - - 1
SLO - - 1

NOTE: two bronze medals were awarded in the men’s 50m backstroke.