BERLIN - Stanislav Lakhtyukhov of Russia has broken the short course 100 metres breaststroke European record, setting a time of 57.16 seconds at a World Cup meet in Berlin on Sunday, the final day of the meeting.

During the preliminaries, Lakhtyukhov, 21, shaved 0.05 seconds off the previous mark set by Igor Borysik od Ukraine during the Swedish leg of the tournament.

Following, the European record evolution:

57.16 Stanislav Lakhtyukhov RUS Berlin 15.11.09
57.21 Igor Borysik UKR Stockholm 11.11.09
57.33 Igor Borysik UKR Rijeka 12.12.08
57.67 Oleg Lisogor UKR Berlin 22.01.06
57.73 Roman Sloudnov RUS Stockholm 23.01.02

Also see:

Fina World Cup, 4 WR and 5 ER in Stockholm day 2
Nov 11, 2009