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

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Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 26, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 27, 2012 (final)
Competitors59 from 27 nations
Winning time24.37
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Greece.svg  Greece

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. [1]

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record and European record Britta Steffen Flag of Germany.svg Germany23.73RomeAugust 2, 2009
Championship record Marleen Veldhuis Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands24.09 Eindhoven March 24, 2008

Results

Heats

59 swimmers participated in 8 heats. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
184 Britta Steffen Flag of Germany.svg Germany24.66Q
264 Hinkelien Schreuder Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands24.92Q
378 Anna Dowgiert Flag of Poland.svg Poland25.23Q
452 Aleksandra Urbanczyk Flag of Poland.svg Poland25.30Q
563 Nery Mantey Niangkouara Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 25.33Q
666 Daniela Schreiber Flag of Germany.svg Germany25.35Q
785 Sviatlana Khakhlova Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.38Q
883 Triin Aljand Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 25.41Q
974 Dorothea Brandt Flag of Germany.svg Germany25.42
1076 Sarah Blake Bateman Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 25.43Q, NR
1165 Theodora Drakou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 25.46Q
1261 Hanna-Maria Seppälä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 25.46Q
1333 Eszter Dara Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 25.56Q
1473 Anna Santamans Flag of France.svg France25.60Q
1587 Nathalie Lindborg Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden25.60Q
1686 Burcu Dolunay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 25.63Q
1772 Jane Trepp Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 25.64Q
1856 Erika Ferraioli Flag of Italy.svg Italy25.66
1962 Yuliya Khitraya Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.68
2068 Henriette Brekke Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 25.70 NR
2188 Miroslava Syllabová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 25.70
2281 Lisa Vitting Flag of Germany.svg Germany27.73
2375 Darya Stepanyuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 25.80
2471 Nadiya Koba Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 25.86
2582 Jolien Sysmans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium25.87
2642 Nastja Govejšek Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 25.88 NR
2754 Miroslava Najdanovski Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 25.90
2841 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 25.95
2953 Erica Buratto Flag of Italy.svg Italy25.98
3055 Laura Kurki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 25.98
3167 Birgit Koschischek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 26.10
3277 Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 26.14
3358 Aksana Dziamidava Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 26.15
3457 Cecilie Johannessen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 26.16
3547 Eva Hannesdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 26.22
3646 Lotta Nevalainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 26.24
3744 Kristel Vourna Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 26.28
3845 Justine Bruno Flag of France.svg France26.29
3927 Katarína Milly Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 26.36
4051 Louise Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden26.37
4134 Gabriela Ņikitina Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 26.40
4248 Aneta Pechancova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 26.50
4332 Susann Bjørnsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 26.56
4437 Fanni Pataki Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 26.64
4525 Katarína Filová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 26.69
4631 Eva Chavez-Diaz Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 26.76
4736 Monica Johannessen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 26.76
4835 Sandra Kazíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 26.86
4924 Linda Laihorinne Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 26.88
5022 Clelia Tini Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 26.94
5128 Klara Vaclavikova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 27.05
5223 Katarzyna Gorniak Flag of Poland.svg Poland27.07
5338 Ivana Gabrilo Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland27.08
5443 Ingibjørg Kristin Jonsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 27.10
5526 Hazal Sarikaya Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 27.11
5615 Gudrun Mortensen Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 27.23 NR
5721 Anastasia Bogdanovski Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 27.27
5813 Tatiana Perstniova Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 27.29
5914 Birita Debes Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 27.94

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Hinkelien Schreuder Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands24.81Q
26 Triin Aljand Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 25.12Q, =NR
32 Theodora Drakou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 25.21Q, NR
43 Daniela Schreiber Flag of Germany.svg Germany25.38
55 Aleksandra Urbanczyk Flag of Poland.svg Poland25.44
68 Jane Trepp Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 25.47
77 Hanna-Maria Seppälä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 25.52
81 Nathalie Lindborg Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden25.53

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Britta Steffen Flag of Germany.svg Germany24.56Q
23 Nery Mantey Niangkouara Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 25.09Q, NR
31 Anna Santamans Flag of France.svg France25.20Q
46 Sviatlana Khakhlova Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.26Q
52 Sarah Blake Bateman Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 25.38 NR
55 Anna Dowgiert Flag of Poland.svg Poland25.38
77 Eszter Dara Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 25.41
88 Burcu Dolunay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 26.02

Swim-off

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Sarah Blake Bateman Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 25.24Q, NR
24 Daniela Schreiber Flag of Germany.svg Germany25.46
33 Anna Dowgiert Flag of Poland.svg Poland25.54

Final

The final was held at 17:02. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Britta Steffen Flag of Germany.svg Germany24.37
Silver medal icon.svg5 Hinkelien Schreuder Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands24.78
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Nery Mantey Niangkouara Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 24.93 NR
46 Triin Aljand Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 25.01 NR
57 Theodora Drakou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 25.05
61 Sviatlana Khakhlova Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.12
72 Anna Santamans Flag of France.svg France25.26
88 Sarah Blake Bateman Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 25.38

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