Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 25 and 26. The heats and semifinals took place on May 25, the final on May 26.[1]

Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 25, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 26, 2012 (final)
Competitors42 from 24 nations
Winning time28.25
Medalists
    Spain
    Italy
    Croatia

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordZhao Jing China27.06RomeJuly 30, 2009
European recordDaniela Samulski Germany27.23RomeJuly 30, 2009
Championship recordAleksandra Gerasimenya Belarus27.64BudapestAugust 14, 2010

Results

Heats

43 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
165Aleksandra Urbanczyk Poland28.44NR
264Mercedes Peris Spain28.45Q
345Arianna Barbieri Italy28.55Q
447Carlotta Zofkova Italy28.72Q
544Jenny Mensing Germany28.75Q
656Sanja Jovanović Croatia28.81Q
753Ekaterina Avramova Bulgaria28.97Q
854Theodora Drakou Greece29.05Q
967Klaudia Nazieblo Poland29.07Q
1043Simona Baumrtová Czech Republic29.19Q
1166Lisa Graf Germany29.20Q
1262Ingibjörg Kristín Jónsdóttir Iceland29.23Q
1355Daryna Zevina Ukraine29.25Q
1457Ivana Gabrilo  Switzerland29.31Q
1558Anni Alitalo Finland29.32Q
1635Kira Toussaint Netherlands29.35Q
1761Alicja Tchórz Poland29.51
1852Hazal Sarikaya Turkey29.52Q
1941Alzbeta Rehorkova Czech Republic29.58
2046Fabienne Nadarajah Austria29.59
2137Aneta Pechancova Czech Republic29.68
2148Klára Václavíková Czech Republic29.68
2331Hanna-Maria Seppälä Finland29.75
2468Valery Svigir Croatia29.82
2524Mimosa Jallow Finland29.90
2625Katarína Milly Slovakia30.02
2634Annemarie Worst Netherlands30.02
2836Eszter Povázsay Hungary30.05
2951Therese Svendsen Sweden30.06
3022Uschi Halbreiner Austria30.09
3132Lotta Nevalainen Finland30.10
3233Desiree Felner Austria30.13
3338Gizem Cam Turkey30.23
3427Tatiana Perstniova Moldova30.38
3428Valeria Mihhailova Estonia30.38
3615Birita Debes Faroe Islands30.60NR
3626Veronica Orheim Bjørlykke Norway30.60
3823Dorina Szekeres Hungary30.69
3921Anna Volchkov Israel30.97
4014Gabriela Nikitina Latvia31.11
4113Johanna Gerda Gústafsdóttir Iceland31.48
42Katarzyna Gorniak PolandDSQ
63Elena Gemo ItalyDNS

Semifinals

The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.[3]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Arianna Barbieri Italy28.30Q
25Jenny Mensing Germany28.47Q
36Klaudia Nazieblo Poland28.72Q
43Ekaterina Avramova Bulgaria28.78Q
57Daryna Zevina Ukraine29.18
62Lisa Graf Germany29.22
78Hazal Sarikaya Turkey29.29
81Anni Alitalo Finland29.30

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Mercedes Peris Spain28.33Q
23Sanja Jovanović Croatia28.52Q
32Simona Baumrtová Czech Republic28.57Q
45Carlotta Zofkova Italy28.65Q
56Theodora Drakou Greece28.93
67Ingibjörg Kristín Jónsdóttir Iceland29.14
71Ivana Gabrilo  Switzerland29.26
88Kira Toussaint Netherlands29.40

Final

The final was held at 17:57.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Mercedes Peris Spain28.25
4Arianna Barbieri Italy28.31
6Sanja Jovanović Croatia28.31
43Jenny Mensing Germany28.36
57Carlotta Zofkova Italy28.72
62Simona Baumrtová Czech Republic28.75
71Klaudia Nazieblo Poland28.93
88Ekaterina Avramova Bulgaria29.09

References

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