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

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Women's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 26, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 27, 2012 (final)
Competitors34 from 24 nations
Winning time31.25
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

The women's 50 metre breaststroke 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]

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Jessica Hardy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 29.80 Federal Way August 7, 2009
European record Yuliya Efimova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 30.09 Rome August 2, 2009
Championship record Yuliya Efimova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 30.29 Budapest August 15, 2010

Results

Heats

35 swimmers participated in 5 heats. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134 Petra Chocová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 31.38Q, NR
244 Caroline Ruhnau Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 31.44Q
355 Sycerika McMahon Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 31.65Q
453 Valentina Artemyeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 31.83Q
548 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 31.85Q, NR
643 Martina Moravciková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 31.95Q
735 Concepcion Badillo Diaz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 32.01Q
825 Erla Dogg Haraldsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 32.18Q
956 Ivana Ninković Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 32.19Q, NR
1057 Chiara Boggiatto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 32.19Q
1137 Jenna Laukkanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 32.20Q
1231 Mariya Liver Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 32.27Q
1333 Katharina Stiberg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 32.29Q
1436 Vanessa Grimberg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 32.29Q
1542 Anastasia Christoforou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 32.45Q
1632 Ana Pinho Rodrigues Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 32.49Q
1747 Ewa Scieszko Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 32.55
1852 Anna Sztankovics Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 32.56
1946 Tjasa Vozel Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 32.59
2045 Lisa Fissneider Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 32.70
2151 Dilara Buse Günaydin Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 32.78
2258 Zuzana Mimovicová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 32.81
2338 Ceren Dilek Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 33.08
2428 Maria Georgia Michalaka Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 33.14
2524 Evelina Aizpuriete Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 33.11
2623 Tatiana Chisca Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 33.18
2714 Raminta Dvariškytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 33.24
2841 Fiona Doyle Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 33.46
2913 Maria Harutjunjan Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 33.55
3022 Irina Novikova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 33.57
3127 Vangelina Draganova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 33.72
3215 Anastasiya Malyavina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 33.87
3326 Evghenia Tanasienco Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 34.71
3421 Helena Pikhartová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 35.24
54 Dorothea Brandt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Valentina Artemyeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 31.52Q
24 Caroline Ruhnau Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 31.59Q
33 Martina Moravciková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 31.96
37 Mariya Liver Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 31.96
58 Ana Pinho Rodrigues Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 31.98
66 Erla Dogg Haraldsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 32.27
71 Vanessa Grimberg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 32.41
82 Chiara Boggiatto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 32.60

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Petra Chocová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 31.44Q
25 Sycerika McMahon Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 31.51Q
36 Concepcion Badillo Diaz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 31.66Q
41 Katharina Stiberg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 31.84Q
53 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 31.95Q
68 Anastasia Christoforou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 31.98
72 Ivana Ninković Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 32.26
87 Jenna Laukkanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 32.26

Swim-off

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Martina Moravciková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 31.70Q
25 Mariya Liver Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 32.04

Final

The final was held at 17:09. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Petra Chocová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 31.25 NR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Sycerika McMahon Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 31.27 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Caroline Ruhnau Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 31.35
42 Concepcion Badillo Diaz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 31.69
53 Valentina Artemyeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 31.70
67 Katharina Stiberg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 31.95
78 Martina Moravciková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 32.05
81 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 32.25

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