Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | May 22, 2012 (heats and semifinals) May 23, 2012 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 61 from 30 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 53.61 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2012 European Aquatics Championships | ||
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Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Synchronised | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Team | team | |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Individual | Solo | Duet |
Team | Team | Combination |
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]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record European record | Britta Steffen | Germany | 52.07 | Rome | July 31, 2009 |
Championship record | Britta Steffen | Germany | 53.30 | Budapest | August 2, 2006 |
62 swimmers participated in 8 heats. [2]
The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final. [3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 55.14 | Q |
2 | 5 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | 55.40 | Q |
3 | 1 | Eszter Dara | Hungary | 55.70 | |
4 | 2 | Erika Ferraioli | Italy | 55.88 | |
5 | 8 | Nina Rangelova | Bulgaria | 55.92 | |
6 | 6 | Katarína Filová | Slovakia | 56.00 | |
7 | 3 | Birgit Koschischek | Austria | 56.04 | |
8 | 7 | Hinkelien Schreuder | Netherlands | 56.26 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Daniela Schreiber | Germany | 54.53 | Q |
2 | 4 | Britta Steffen | Germany | 54.71 | Q |
3 | 2 | Nery-Mantey Niangkouara | Greece | 54.98 | Q |
4 | 6 | Alice Mizzau | Italy | 55.07 | Q |
5 | 3 | Gabriella Fagundez | Sweden | 55.57 | Q |
6 | 8 | Miroslava Najdanovski | Serbia | 55.65 | Q |
7 | 7 | Burcu Dolunay | Turkey | 56.00 | |
8 | 1 | Nastja Govejšek | Slovenia | 56.05 |
The final was held at 18.13. [4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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2 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 53.61 | ||
5 | Britta Steffen | Germany | 54.15 | ||
4 | Daniela Schreiber | Germany | 54.41 | ||
4 | 6 | Alice Mizzau | Italy | 55.03 | |
5 | 3 | Nery-Mantey Niangkouara | Greece | 55.17 | |
6 | 1 | Gabriella Fagundez | Sweden | 55.51 | |
7 | 7 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | 55.68 | |
8 | 8 | Miroslava Najdanovski | Serbia | 56.31 |
Sarah Fredrika Sjöström is a Swedish competitive swimmer specialising in the sprint freestyle and butterfly events. She is the current world record holder in the 50-meter freestyle, the 100-meter freestyle, the 50-meter butterfly, the 100-meter butterfly, and the 4×50-meter medley relay. She is a former world record holder in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter freestyle, 100-meter butterfly, and 200-meter freestyle. She is the first Swedish woman to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming. She won the Overall Swimming World Cup in 2017 and 2018. In 2022, she became the first swimmer representing a country from Europe to win 10 individual World Championships gold medals. She currently represents Energy Standard in the International Swimming League.
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The women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21 and 22. The heats and semifinals took place on May 21, the final on May 22.
The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21 and 22. The heats and semifinals took place on May 21, the final on May 22.
The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21. The heats and final took place on May 21.
The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 22 and 23. The heats and semifinals took place on May 22, the final on May 23.
The women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 22 and 23. The heats and semifinals took place on May 22, the final on May 23.
The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 22 and 23. The heats took place on May 22, the final on May 23.
The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 23 and 24. The heats and semifinals took place on May 23, the final on May 24.
The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 23 and 24. The heats and semifinals took place on May 23, the final on May 24.
The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 23 and 24. The heats took place on May 23, the final on May 24.
The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 24 and 25. The heats and semifinals took place on May 24, the final on May 25.
The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 24 and 25. The heats and semifinals took place on May 24, the final on May 25.
The men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 24 and 25. The heats took place on May 24, the final on May 25.
The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place on May 24. The heats and final took place on May 24.
The women's 200 metre freestyle 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.
The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 25 and 26. The heats took place on May 25, the final on May 26.
The men'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.
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.
The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 27. The heats and final took place on May 27.