Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley

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Women's 200 metre individual medley
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 23, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 24, 2012 (final)
Competitors24 from 16 nations
Winning time2:10.84
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

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. [1]

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Ariana Kukors Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:06.15 Rome July 27, 2009
European record Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:07.46 Rome July 27, 2009
Championship record Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:10.09 Budapest August 12, 2010

Results

Heats

26 swimmers participated in 4 heats. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144 Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:11.10Q
235 Evelyn Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:12.92Q
324 Zsuzsanna Jakabos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:13.20
427 Amit Ivri Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:14.69Q, NR
543 Theresa Michalak Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:14.95Q
637 Ganna Dzerkaľ Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:15.21Q
734 Sophie Allen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:15.24Q
833 Stina Gardell Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:15.43Q
945 Beatriz Gomez Cortes Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:15.54Q
1042 Sophie de Ronchi Flag of France.svg  France 2:16.02Q
1147 Stefania Pirozzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:17.00Q
1232 Alexandra Wenk Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:17.05Q
1315 Noora Laukkanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:17.06Q
1421 Kim Daniela Pavlin Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:17.13Q
1546 Lisa Zaiser Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:17.19Q
1623 Barbora Závadová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:17.23Q
1725 Lara Grangeon Flag of France.svg  France 2:17.26Q
1838 Katarina Listopadová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:17.66
1926 Kristina Kochetkova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:18.02
2022 Joerdis Steinegger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:18.43
2131 Sára Joó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:18.57
2248 Kristina Krasyukova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:19.57
2313 Johanna Gerda Gustafsdottir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2:21.88
36 Alessia Polieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF
14 Sara Nordenstam Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNS
41 Sycerika McMahon Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland DNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Evelyn Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:12.67Q
25 Theresa Michalak Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:12.76Q
33 Sophie Allen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:13.29Q
46 Beatriz Gomez Cortes Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:14.21Q
51 Lisa Zaiser Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:14.90
68 Lara Grangeon Flag of France.svg  France 2:15.79
72 Stefania Pirozzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:16.56
87 Noora Laukkanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:17.30

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:11.89Q
26 Stina Gardell Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:12.29Q, NR
35 Amit Ivri Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:13.77 NR
43 Ganna Dzerkaľ Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:14.25Q
57 Alexandra Wenk Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:14.44Q
62 Sophie de Ronchi Flag of France.svg  France 2:16.05
78 Barbora Závadová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:16.09
81 Kim Daniela Pavlin Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:16.35 NR

Final

The final was held at 17:13. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:10.84
Silver medal icon.svg2 Sophie Allen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:11.49
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Evelyn Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:11.63
46 Theresa Michalak Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:12.26
55 Stina Gardell Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:12.29=NR
61 Ganna Dzerkaľ Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:12.33
78 Alexandra Wenk Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:12.95
7 Beatriz Gomez Cortes Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DSQ

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