ISTANBUL – Five new world records and two European marks fell on the third day of the European short-course championships in Istanbul Saturday night.

World record perfomances:

• Men’s 100 individual medley
  50.76 Peter Mankoc SLO semi-finals
• Men’s 100 backstroke
  49.17 Arkady Vyatchanin RUS semi-finals
• Women’s 100 butterfly
  55.05 Diane Bui Duyet FRA semi-finals
• Women’s 50 backstroke
  25.70 Sanja Jovanovic CRO
• Women’s 4x50 medley relay
  1:42.69 Netherlands NED (Hhinkelien Schreuder, Moniek Nijhuis, Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo)

The new European standards:

• Men’s 50 breaststroke
  26.14 Alessandro Terrin ITA semi-finals
• Men’s 200 butterfly
  1:49.46 Nikolay Skvortsov RUS