Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle

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Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 22, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 23, 2012 (final)
Competitors61 from 30 nations
Winning time53.61
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 22, 2012 (heats) and May 23, 2012 (final). [1]

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record
European record
Britta Steffen Flag of Germany.svg Germany52.07RomeJuly 31, 2009
Championship record Britta Steffen Flag of Germany.svg Germany53.30 Budapest August 2, 2006

Results

Heats

62 swimmers participated in 8 heats. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174 Britta Steffen Flag of Germany.svg Germany54.65Q
284 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden54.68Q
364 Daniela Schreiber Flag of Germany.svg Germany54.69Q
473 Hanna-Maria Seppälä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 55.40Q
575 Gabriella Fagundez Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden55.46Q
685 Ida Marko-Varga Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden55.52
765 Silke Lippok Flag of Germany.svg Germany55.57
863 Michelle Coleman Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden55.59
981 Birgit Koschischek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 55.63Q
1072 Alice Mizzau Flag of Italy.svg Italy55.64Q
1152 Katarína Filová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 55.66Q
1251 Nery Mantey Niangkouara Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 55.68Q
1361 Erika Ferraioli Flag of Italy.svg Italy55.69Q
1476 Burcu Dolunay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 55.84Q
1586 Hinkelien Schreuder Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands55.85Q
1644 Nastja Govejšek Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 55.92Q
1745 Eszter Dara Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 55.92Q
1854 Miroslava Najdanovski Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 55.97Q
1977 Nina Rangelova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 55.98Q
2062 Theodora Drakou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 55.99
2188 Sara Isaković Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 56.08
2267 Evelyn Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 56.10
2366 Darya Stepanyuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 56.14
2455 Erica Buratto Flag of Italy.svg Italy56.15
2471 Cecilie Johannessen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 56.15
2678 Yuliya Khitraya Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 56.18
2768 Aksana Dziamidava Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 56.19
2887 Mylène Lazare Flag of France.svg France56.23
2947 Miroslava Syllabová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 56.38
3041 Eva Hannesdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 56.42
3143 Henriette Brekke Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 56.46
3282 Ágnes Mutina Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 56.60
3334 Danielle Carmen Villars Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland56.67
3456 Maria Ugolkova Flag of Russia.svg Russia56.75
3536 Laura Kurki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 56.81
3646 Sarah Blake Bateman Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 57.03
3653 Theodora Giareni Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 57.03
3837 Bethany Carson Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 57.06
3923 Urša Bežan Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 57.15
4057 Ragnheidur Ragnarsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 57.25
4148 Anna Stylianou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 57.27
4258 Eva Chavez-Diaz Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 57.35
4327 Jūratė Ščerbinskaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 57.59
4433 Monica Johannessen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 57.60
4521 Gabriela Ņikitina Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 57.61 NR
4626 Vaiva Gimbutytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 57.69
4632 Linda Laihorinne Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 57.69
4822 Sara Joo Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 58.06
4928 Clelia Tini Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 58.12 NR
5024 Lotta Nevalainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 58.19
5135 Susann Bjørnsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 58.37
5225 Katarzyna Gorniak Flag of Poland.svg Poland58.43
5338 Valeriya Podlesna Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 58.44
5442 Yana Parakhouskaya Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 58.92
5531 Ingibjørg Kristin Jonsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 59.58
5614 Anastasia Bogdanovski Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 59.70
5716 Birita Debes Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 1:00.47
5813 Monica Ramirez Abella Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 1:01.00
5915 Milica Marković Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 1:01.10
6017 Gudrun Mortensen Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 1:01.62
6112 Cecilia Eysturdal Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 1:03.69
83 Lisa Vitting Flag of Germany.svg GermanyDNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden55.14Q
25 Hanna-Maria Seppälä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 55.40Q
31 Eszter Dara Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 55.70
42 Erika Ferraioli Flag of Italy.svg Italy55.88
58 Nina Rangelova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 55.92
66 Katarína Filová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 56.00
73 Birgit Koschischek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 56.04
87 Hinkelien Schreuder Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands56.26

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Daniela Schreiber Flag of Germany.svg Germany54.53Q
24 Britta Steffen Flag of Germany.svg Germany54.71Q
32 Nery-Mantey Niangkouara Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 54.98Q
46 Alice Mizzau Flag of Italy.svg Italy55.07Q
53 Gabriella Fagundez Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden55.57Q
68 Miroslava Najdanovski Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 55.65Q
77 Burcu Dolunay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 56.00
81 Nastja Govejšek Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 56.05

Final

The final was held at 18.13. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg2 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden53.61
Silver medal icon.svg5 Britta Steffen Flag of Germany.svg Germany54.15
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Daniela Schreiber Flag of Germany.svg Germany54.41
46 Alice Mizzau Flag of Italy.svg Italy55.03
53 Nery-Mantey Niangkouara Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 55.17
61 Gabriella Fagundez Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden55.51
77 Hanna-Maria Seppälä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 55.68
88 Miroslava Najdanovski Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 56.31

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