Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle

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Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates3 August (heats and semifinals)
4 August (final)
Competitors55 from 29 nations
Winning time23.74
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  2016
2020  

The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 3 and 4 August 2018. [1] [2]

Contents

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record
European record
Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 23.67 Budapest 29 July 2017
Championship record Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.07 London 22 May 2016

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
3 August Semifinal Pernille Blume Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 23.85 CR
4 August Final Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 23.74 CR

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 3 August at 10:13. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24.14Q
244 Pernille Blume Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 24.27Q
365 Maria Kameneva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.39Q, NR
455 Tamara van Vliet Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.77Q
554 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.82Q
643 Kim Busch Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.93
756 Theodora Drakou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 24.98Q
866 Julie Kepp Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 25.00Q
963 Rozaliya Nasretdinova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.01Q
1038 Rūta Meilutytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 25.20Q
1147 Erika Ferraioli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.28Q
1267 Nina Kost Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 25.29Q
1362 Lidón Muñoz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25.32Q
1457 Andrea Murez Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.36Q
1541 Anika Apostalon Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 25.37Q
1659 Alexandra Touretski Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 25.47Q
1758 Anna Dowgiert Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.49QSO
1768 Lucrezia Raco Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.49QSO
1951 Anna Hopkin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 25.53
1953 Mimosa Jallow Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 25.53
2135 Gabriela Ņikitina Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 25.58
2261 Anouchka Martin Flag of France.svg  France 25.59
2348 Neža Klančar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 25.62
2460 Freya Anderson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 25.70
2552 Susann Bjørnsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 25.73
2669 Anna Kolářová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 25.77
2742 Mélanie Henique Flag of France.svg  France 25.81
2746 Yuliya Khitraya Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.81
2925 Lena Kreundl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 25.82
3050 Nastassia Karakouskaya Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.84
3137 Ieva Maļuka Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 25.88
3236 Selen Özbilen Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 25.97
3340 Iryna Pikiner Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 26.00
3433 Kalia Antoniou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 26.02
3526 Laura Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 26.16
3632 Magdalena Kuras Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26.19
3639 Janja Šegel Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 26.19
3834 Lucy Hope Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 26.22
3924 Jenna Laukkanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 26.42
4023 Arina Baikova Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 26.53
4131 Kertu Alnek Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 26.54
4249 Juliette Dumont Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 26.56
4329 Daniela Georges Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 26.74
4415 Ida Hulkko Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 26.76
4528 Cornelia Pammer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 26.77
4630 Kertu Kaare Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 26.80
4727 Laura Benková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 26.81
4821 Sezin Eliguel Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 26.93
4922 Veera Kivirinta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 27.07
5014 Nikol Merizaj Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 27.21
5117 Aleyna Özkan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 27.79
5220 Beatrice Felici Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 27.81
5312 Sara Lettoli Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 27.86
5411 Elisa Bernardi Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 28.01
5518 Fjorda Šabani Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 28.16
10 Eda Zećiri Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo Did not start
13 Fatima Alkaramova Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
16 Ani Poghosyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
19 Ekaterina Avramova Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey

Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 3 August at 11:47. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Anna Dowgiert Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.11Q
25 Lucrezia Raco Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.25

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 3 August at 17:18. [5]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Pernille Blume Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 23.85Q, CR , NR
25 Tamara van Vliet Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.70Q
36 Rozaliya Nasretdinova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.86Q
43 Theodora Drakou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 24.96Q
57 Lidón Muñoz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25.15
61 Anika Apostalon Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 25.22
78 Anna Dowgiert Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.34
82 Erika Ferraioli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.39

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 23.92Q
25 Maria Kameneva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.21Q, NR
33 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.58Q
42 Rūta Meilutytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 25.04Q, NR
56 Julie Kepp Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 25.07
67 Nina Kost Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 25.21
78 Alexandra Touretski Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 25.22
81 Andrea Murez Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.39

Final

The final was held on 4 August at 18:23. [6]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 23.74 CR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Pernille Blume Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 23.75 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.21
43 Maria Kameneva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.40
57 Rozaliya Nasretdinova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.04
62 Tamara van Vliet Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25.11
71 Theodora Drakou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 25.14
88 Rūta Meilutytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 25.16

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