Swimming European Championships 2000 at Helsinki (fin) Men: 200 m Backstroke July 8: Final: 1. Gordan Kozulj (cro) 1:58.62 2. Emanuele Merisi (ita) 2:00.02 3. Yoab Gath (isr) 2:00.32 4. Volodymyr Nikolaychuk (ukr) 2:00.93 5. Razvan Florea (rom) 2:01.11 6. Marko Strahija (cro) 2:01.15 7. Mirko Mazzari (ita) 2:01.39 8. Miroslav Machovic (svk) 2:02.77