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

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Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 26, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 27, 2012 (final)
Competitors59 from 27 nations
Winning time24.37
Medalists
gold medal    Germany
silver medal    Netherlands
bronze medal    Greece

The women's 50 metre freestyle 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.[1]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record and European record Britta Steffen  Germany 23.73 Rome August 2, 2009
Championship record Marleen Veldhuis  Netherlands 24.09 Eindhoven March 24, 2008

Results

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Heats

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59 swimmers participated in 8 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 4 Britta Steffen  Germany 24.66 Q
2 6 4 Hinkelien Schreuder  Netherlands 24.92 Q
3 7 8 Anna Dowgiert  Poland 25.23 Q
4 5 2 Aleksandra Urbanczyk  Poland 25.30 Q
5 6 3 Nery Mantey Niangkouara  Greece 25.33 Q
6 6 6 Daniela Schreiber  Germany 25.35 Q
7 8 5 Sviatlana Khakhlova  Belarus 25.38 Q
8 8 3 Triin Aljand  Estonia 25.41 Q
9 7 4 Dorothea Brandt  Germany 25.42
10 7 6 Sarah Blake Bateman  Iceland 25.43 Q, NR
11 6 5 Theodora Drakou  Greece 25.46 Q
12 6 1 Hanna-Maria Seppälä  Finland 25.46 Q
13 3 3 Eszter Dara  Hungary 25.56 Q
14 7 3 Anna Santamans  France 25.60 Q
15 8 7 Nathalie Lindborg  Sweden 25.60 Q
16 8 6 Burcu Dolunay  Turkey 25.63 Q
17 7 2 Jane Trepp  Estonia 25.64 Q
18 5 6 Erika Ferraioli  Italy 25.66
19 6 2 Yuliya Khitraya  Belarus 25.68
20 6 8 Henriette Brekke  Norway 25.70 NR
21 8 8 Miroslava Syllabová  Slovakia 25.70
22 8 1 Lisa Vitting  Germany 27.73
23 7 5 Darya Stepanyuk  Ukraine 25.80
24 7 1 Nadiya Koba  Ukraine 25.86
25 8 2 Jolien Sysmans  Belgium 25.87
26 4 2 Nastja Govejšek  Slovenia 25.88 NR
27 5 4 Miroslava Najdanovski  Serbia 25.90
28 4 1 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 25.95
29 5 3 Erica Buratto  Italy 25.98
30 5 5 Laura Kurki  Finland 25.98
31 6 7 Birgit Koschischek  Austria 26.10
32 7 7 Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir  Iceland 26.14
33 5 8 Aksana Dziamidava  Belarus 26.15
34 5 7 Cecilie Johannessen  Norway 26.16
35 4 7 Eva Hannesdóttir  Iceland 26.22
36 4 6 Lotta Nevalainen  Finland 26.24
37 4 4 Kristel Vourna  Greece 26.28
38 4 5 Justine Bruno  France 26.29
39 2 7 Katarína Milly  Slovakia 26.36
40 5 1 Louise Hansson  Sweden 26.37
41 3 4 Gabriela Ņikitina  Latvia 26.40
42 4 8 Aneta Pechancova  Czech Republic 26.50
43 3 2 Susann Bjørnsen  Norway 26.56
44 3 7 Fanni Pataki  Hungary 26.64
45 2 5 Katarína Filová  Slovakia 26.69
46 3 1 Eva Chavez-Diaz  Austria 26.76
47 3 6 Monica Johannessen  Norway 26.76
48 3 5 Sandra Kazíková  Czech Republic 26.86
49 2 4 Linda Laihorinne  Finland 26.88
50 2 2 Clelia Tini  San Marino 26.94
51 2 8 Klara Vaclavikova  Czech Republic 27.05
52 2 3 Katarzyna Gorniak  Poland 27.07
53 3 8 Ivana Gabrilo   Switzerland 27.08
54 4 3 Ingibjørg Kristin Jonsdóttir  Iceland 27.10
55 2 6 Hazal Sarikaya  Turkey 27.11
56 1 5 Gudrun Mortensen  Faroe Islands 27.23 NR
57 2 1 Anastasia Bogdanovski  Macedonia 27.27
58 1 3 Tatiana Perstniova  Moldova 27.29
59 1 4 Birita Debes  Faroe Islands 27.94

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Hinkelien Schreuder  Netherlands 24.81 Q
2 6 Triin Aljand  Estonia 25.12 Q, =NR
3 2 Theodora Drakou  Greece 25.21 Q, NR
4 3 Daniela Schreiber  Germany 25.38
5 5 Aleksandra Urbanczyk  Poland 25.44
6 8 Jane Trepp  Estonia 25.47
7 7 Hanna-Maria Seppälä  Finland 25.52
8 1 Nathalie Lindborg  Sweden 25.53

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Britta Steffen  Germany 24.56 Q
2 3 Nery Mantey Niangkouara  Greece 25.09 Q, NR
3 1 Anna Santamans  France 25.20 Q
4 6 Sviatlana Khakhlova  Belarus 25.26 Q
5 2 Sarah Blake Bateman  Iceland 25.38 NR
5 5 Anna Dowgiert  Poland 25.38
7 7 Eszter Dara  Hungary 25.41
8 8 Burcu Dolunay  Turkey 26.02

Swim-off

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A swim-off was needed to determine the last participant in the final.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Sarah Blake Bateman  Iceland 25.24 Q, NR
2 4 Daniela Schreiber  Germany 25.46
3 3 Anna Dowgiert  Poland 25.54

Final

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The final was held at 17:02.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Britta Steffen  Germany 24.37
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Hinkelien Schreuder  Netherlands 24.78
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Nery Mantey Niangkouara  Greece 24.93 NR
4 6 Triin Aljand  Estonia 25.01 NR
5 7 Theodora Drakou  Greece 25.05
6 1 Sviatlana Khakhlova  Belarus 25.12
7 2 Anna Santamans  France 25.26
8 8 Sarah Blake Bateman  Iceland 25.38

References

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