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

Women's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
Dates	May 26, 2012 (heats and semifinals) May 27, 2012 (final)
Competitors	34 from 24 nations
Winning time	31.25
Medalists
Petra Chocová   Tschechische Republik   Sycerika McMahon   Irland   Caroline Ruhnau   Deutschland

The women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 26 and 27. The heats and semifinals took place on May 26, the final on May 27.

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Zeit	Standort	Date
World record	Jessica Hardy	Vereinigte Staaten	29.80	Federal Way	August 7, 2009
European record	Yuliya Efimova	Russland	30.09	Rome	August 2, 2009
Championship record	Yuliya Efimova	Russland	30.29	Budapest	August 15, 2010

Results

Heats

35 swimmers participated in 5 heats.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Notes
1	3	4	Petra Chocová	Tschechische Republik	31.38	Q, NR
2	4	4	Caroline Ruhnau	Deutschland	31.44	Q
3	5	5	Sycerika McMahon	Irland	31.65	Q
4	5	3	Valentina Artemyeva	Russland	31.83	Q
5	4	8	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	Island	31.85	Q, NR
6	4	3	Martina Moravciková	Tschechische Republik	31.95	Q
7	3	5	Concepcion Badillo Diaz	Spanien	32.01	Q
8	2	5	Erla Dogg Haraldsdóttir	Island	32.18	Q
9	5	6	Ivana Ninković	Bosnien und Herzegowina	32.19	Q, NR
10	5	7	Chiara Boggiatto	Italien	32.19	Q
11	3	7	Jenna Laukkanen	Finnland	32.20	Q
12	3	1	Mariya Liver	Ukraine	32.27	Q
13	3	3	Katharina Stiberg	Norwegen	32.29	Q
14	3	6	Vanessa Grimberg	Deutschland	32.29	Q
15	4	2	Anastasia Christoforou	Zypern	32.45	Q
16	3	2	Ana Pinho Rodrigues	Portugal	32.49	Q
17	4	7	Ewa Scieszko	Polen	32.55
18	5	2	Anna Sztankovics	Ungarn	32.56
19	4	6	Tjasa Vozel	Slowenien	32.59
20	4	5	Lisa Fissneider	Italien	32.70
21	5	1	Dilara Buse Günaydin	Türkei	32.78
22	5	8	Zuzana Mimovicová	Slowakei	32.81
23	3	8	Ceren Dilek	Türkei	33.08
24	2	8	Maria Georgia Michalaka	Griechenland	33.14
25	2	4	Evelina Aizpuriete	Lettland	33.11
26	2	3	Tatiana Chisca	Moldawien	33.18
27	1	4	Raminta Dvariškytė	Litauen	33.24
28	4	1	Fiona Doyle	Irland	33.46
29	1	3	Maria Harutjunjan	Estland	33.55
30	2	2	Irina Novikova	Russland	33.57
31	2	7	Vangelina Draganova	Bulgarien	33.72
32	1	5	Anastasiya Malyavina	Ukraine	33.87
33	2	6	Evghenia Tanasienco	Moldawien	34.71
34	2	1	Helena Pikhartová	Tschechische Republik	35.24
	5	4	Dorothea Brandt	Deutschland	DNS

Semifinals

The eight fastest swimmers advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Notes
1	5	Valentina Artemyeva	Russland	31.52	Q
2	4	Caroline Ruhnau	Deutschland	31.59	Q
3	3	Martina Moravciková	Tschechische Republik	31.96
3	7	Mariya Liver	Ukraine	31.96
5	8	Ana Pinho Rodrigues	Portugal	31.98
6	6	Erla Dogg Haraldsdóttir	Island	32.27
7	1	Vanessa Grimberg	Deutschland	32.41
8	2	Chiara Boggiatto	Italien	32.60

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Notes
1	4	Petra Chocová	Tschechische Republik	31.44	Q
2	5	Sycerika McMahon	Irland	31.51	Q
3	6	Concepcion Badillo Diaz	Spanien	31.66	Q
4	1	Katharina Stiberg	Norwegen	31.84	Q
5	3	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	Island	31.95	Q
6	8	Anastasia Christoforou	Zypern	31.98
7	2	Ivana Ninković	Bosnien und Herzegowina	32.26
8	7	Jenna Laukkanen	Finnland	32.26

Swim-off

A swim-off was needed to determine the last participant in the final.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Notes
1	4	Martina Moravciková	Tschechische Republik	31.70	Q
2	5	Mariya Liver	Ukraine	32.04

Final

The final was held at 17:09.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Notes
	4	Petra Chocová	Tschechische Republik	31.25	NR
	5	Sycerika McMahon	Irland	31.27	NR
	6	Caroline Ruhnau	Deutschland	31.35
4	2	Concepcion Badillo Diaz	Spanien	31.69
5	3	Valentina Artemyeva	Russland	31.70
6	7	Katharina Stiberg	Norwegen	31.95
7	8	Martina Moravciková	Tschechische Republik	32.05
8	1	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	Island	32.25