Swimming European Championships 1999 at Istanbul (tur) Men: 200 m Backstroke July 31: Final: 1. Ralf Braun (ger) 1:59.74 2. Gordan Kozulj (cro) 2:00.07 3. Emanuele Merisi (ita) 2:00.50 4. Yoab Gath (isr) 2:00.72 5. Volodymyr Nikolavchuk (ukr) 2:01.18 6. Razvan Florea (rom) 2:01.28 7. Klaas-Erik Zwering (net) 2:02.15 8. Mirko Mazzari (ita) 2:03.17