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

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Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 25, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 26, 2012 (final)
Competitors42 from 24 nations
Winning time28.25
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia

The women's 50 metre backstroke 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. [1]

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Zhao Jing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China27.06RomeJuly 30, 2009
European record Daniela Samulski Flag of Germany.svg Germany27.23RomeJuly 30, 2009
Championship record Aleksandra Gerasimenya Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 27.64 Budapest August 14, 2010

Results

Heats

43 swimmers participated in 6 heats. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
165 Aleksandra Urbanczyk Flag of Poland.svg Poland28.44 NR
264 Mercedes Peris Flag of Spain.svg Spain28.45Q
345 Arianna Barbieri Flag of Italy.svg Italy28.55Q
447 Carlotta Zofkova Flag of Italy.svg Italy28.72Q
544 Jenny Mensing Flag of Germany.svg Germany28.75Q
656 Sanja Jovanović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 28.81Q
753 Ekaterina Avramova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 28.97Q
854 Theodora Drakou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 29.05Q
967 Klaudia Nazieblo Flag of Poland.svg Poland29.07Q
1043 Simona Baumrtová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 29.19Q
1166 Lisa Graf Flag of Germany.svg Germany29.20Q
1262 Ingibjörg Kristín Jónsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 29.23Q
1355 Daryna Zevina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 29.25Q
1457 Ivana Gabrilo Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland29.31Q
1558 Anni Alitalo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 29.32Q
1635 Kira Toussaint Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands29.35Q
1761 Alicja Tchórz Flag of Poland.svg Poland29.51
1852 Hazal Sarikaya Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 29.52Q
1941 Alzbeta Rehorkova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 29.58
2046 Fabienne Nadarajah Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 29.59
2137 Aneta Pechancova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 29.68
2148 Klára Václavíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 29.68
2331 Hanna-Maria Seppälä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 29.75
2468 Valery Svigir Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 29.82
2524 Mimosa Jallow Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 29.90
2625 Katarína Milly Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 30.02
2634 Annemarie Worst Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands30.02
2836 Eszter Povázsay Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 30.05
2951 Therese Svendsen Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden30.06
3022 Uschi Halbreiner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 30.09
3132 Lotta Nevalainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 30.10
3233 Desiree Felner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 30.13
3338 Gizem Cam Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 30.23
3427 Tatiana Perstniova Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 30.38
3428 Valeria Mihhailova Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 30.38
3615 Birita Debes Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 30.60 NR
3626 Veronica Orheim Bjørlykke Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 30.60
3823 Dorina Szekeres Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 30.69
3921 Anna Volchkov Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 30.97
4014 Gabriela Ņikitina Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 31.11
4113 Johanna Gerda Gústafsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 31.48
42 Katarzyna Gorniak Flag of Poland.svg PolandDSQ
63 Elena Gemo Flag of Italy.svg ItalyDNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Arianna Barbieri Flag of Italy.svg Italy28.30Q
25 Jenny Mensing Flag of Germany.svg Germany28.47Q
36 Klaudia Nazieblo Flag of Poland.svg Poland28.72Q
43 Ekaterina Avramova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 28.78Q
57 Daryna Zevina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 29.18
62 Lisa Graf Flag of Germany.svg Germany29.22
78 Hazal Sarikaya Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 29.29
81 Anni Alitalo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 29.30

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Mercedes Peris Flag of Spain.svg Spain28.33Q
23 Sanja Jovanović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 28.52Q
32 Simona Baumrtová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 28.57Q
45 Carlotta Zofkova Flag of Italy.svg Italy28.65Q
56 Theodora Drakou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 28.93
67 Ingibjörg Kristín Jónsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 29.14
71 Ivana Gabrilo Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland29.26
88 Kira Toussaint Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands29.40

Final

The final was held at 17:57. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Mercedes Peris Flag of Spain.svg Spain28.25
Silver medal icon.svg4 Arianna Barbieri Flag of Italy.svg Italy28.31
Silver medal icon.svg6 Sanja Jovanović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 28.31
43 Jenny Mensing Flag of Germany.svg Germany28.36
57 Carlotta Zofkova Flag of Italy.svg Italy28.72
62 Simona Baumrtová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 28.75
71 Klaudia Nazieblo Flag of Poland.svg Poland28.93
88 Ekaterina Avramova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 29.09

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