Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle
| Women's 50 metre freestyle at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | May 26, 2012 (heats and semifinals) May 27, 2012 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 59 from 27 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 24.37 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2012 European Aquatics Championships | ||
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| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Team | team | |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Individual | Solo | Duet |
| Team | Team | Combination |
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]
Records[]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record and European record | Britta Steffen |  Germany |
23.73 | Rome | August 2, 2009 |
| Championship record | Marleen Veldhuis |  Netherlands |
24.09 | Eindhoven | March 24, 2008 |
Results[]
Heats[]
59 swimmers participated in 8 heats.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 4 | Britta Steffen | Germany |
24.66 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Hinkelien Schreuder | Netherlands |
24.92 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 8 | Anna Dowgiert |  Poland |
25.23 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | Aleksandra Urbanczyk | Poland |
25.30 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 3 | Nery Mantey Niangkouara |  Greece |
25.33 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Daniela Schreiber | Germany |
25.35 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | 5 | Sviatlana Khakhlova |  Belarus |
25.38 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 3 | Triin Aljand |  Estonia |
25.41 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 4 | Dorothea Brandt | Germany |
25.42 | |
| 10 | 7 | 6 | Sarah Blake Bateman |  Iceland |
25.43 | Q, NR |
| 11 | 6 | 5 | Theodora Drakou | Greece |
25.46 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä |  Finland |
25.46 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Eszter Dara |  Hungary |
25.56 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Anna Santamans |  France |
25.60 | Q |
| 15 | 8 | 7 | Nathalie Lindborg |  Sweden |
25.60 | Q |
| 16 | 8 | 6 | Burcu Dolunay |  Turkey |
25.63 | Q |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Jane Trepp | Estonia |
25.64 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | 6 | Erika Ferraioli |  Italy |
25.66 | |
| 19 | 6 | 2 | Yuliya Khitraya | Belarus |
25.68 | |
| 20 | 6 | 8 |  Norway |
25.70 | NR | |
| 21 | 8 | 8 | Miroslava Syllabová |  Slovakia |
25.70 | |
| 22 | 8 | 1 | Lisa Vitting | Germany |
27.73 | |
| 23 | 7 | 5 | Darya Stepanyuk |  Ukraine |
25.80 | |
| 24 | 7 | 1 | Ukraine |
25.86 | ||
| 25 | 8 | 2 | Jolien Sysmans |  Belgium |
25.87 | |
| 26 | 4 | 2 | Nastja Govejsek |  Slovenia |
25.88 | NR |
| 27 | 5 | 4 | Miroslava Najdanovski |  Serbia |
25.90 | |
| 28 | 4 | 1 | Martina Moravcová | Slovakia |
25.95 | |
| 29 | 5 | 3 | Erica Buratto | Italy |
25.98 | |
| 30 | 5 | 5 | Finland |
25.98 | ||
| 31 | 6 | 7 | Birgit Koschischek |  Austria |
26.10 | |
| 32 | 7 | 7 | Ragnheidur Ragnarsdottir | Iceland |
26.14 | |
| 33 | 5 | 8 | Aksana Dziamidava | Belarus |
26.15 | |
| 34 | 5 | 7 | Norway |
26.16 | ||
| 35 | 4 | 7 | Eva Hannesdóttir | Iceland |
26.22 | |
| 36 | 4 | 6 | Lotta Nevalainen | Finland |
26.24 | |
| 37 | 4 | 4 | Kristel Vourna | Greece |
26.28 | |
| 38 | 4 | 5 | Justine Bruno | France |
26.29 | |
| 39 | 2 | 7 | Slovakia |
26.36 | ||
| 40 | 5 | 1 | Louise Hansson | Sweden |
26.37 | |
| 41 | 3 | 4 | Gabriela Nikitina |  Latvia |
26.40 | |
| 42 | 4 | 8 |  Czech Republic |
26.50 | ||
| 43 | 3 | 2 | Susann Bjørnsen | Norway |
26.56 | |
| 44 | 3 | 7 | Hungary |
26.64 | ||
| 45 | 2 | 5 | Katarína Filová | Slovakia |
26.69 | |
| 46 | 3 | 1 | Austria |
26.76 | ||
| 47 | 3 | 6 | Norway |
26.76 | ||
| 48 | 3 | 5 | Sandra Kazíková | Czech Republic |
26.86 | |
| 49 | 2 | 4 | Finland |
26.88 | ||
| 50 | 2 | 2 | Clelia Tini |  San Marino |
26.94 | |
| 51 | 2 | 8 | Czech Republic |
27.05 | ||
| 52 | 2 | 3 | Poland |
27.07 | ||
| 53 | 3 | 8 |  Switzerland |
27.08 | ||
| 54 | 4 | 3 | Iceland |
27.10 | ||
| 55 | 2 | 6 | Hazal Sarikaya | Turkey |
27.11 | |
| 56 | 1 | 5 |  Faroe Islands |
27.23 | NR | |
| 57 | 2 | 1 | Anastasia Bogdanovski |  North Macedonia |
27.27 | |
| 58 | 1 | 3 |  Moldova |
27.29 | ||
| 59 | 1 | 4 | Faroe Islands |
27.94 |
Semifinals[]
The eight fastest swimmers advanced to the final.[3]
Semifinal 1[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Hinkelien Schreuder | Netherlands |
24.81 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Triin Aljand | Estonia |
25.12 | Q, =NR |
| 3 | 2 | Theodora Drakou | Greece |
25.21 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 3 | Daniela Schreiber | Germany |
25.38 | |
| 5 | 5 | Aleksandra Urbanczyk | Poland |
25.44 | |
| 6 | 8 | Jane Trepp | Estonia |
25.47 | |
| 7 | 7 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland |
25.52 | |
| 8 | 1 | Nathalie Lindborg | Sweden |
25.53 |
Semifinal 2[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Britta Steffen | Germany |
24.56 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Nery Mantey Niangkouara | Greece |
25.09 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 1 | Anna Santamans | France |
25.20 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Sviatlana Khakhlova | Belarus |
25.26 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Sarah Blake Bateman | Iceland |
25.38 | NR |
| 5 | 5 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland |
25.38 | |
| 7 | 7 | Eszter Dara | Hungary |
25.41 | |
| 8 | 8 | Burcu Dolunay | Turkey |
26.02 |
Swim-off[]
A swim-off was needed to determine the last participant in the final.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Sarah Blake Bateman | Iceland |
25.24 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 4 | Daniela Schreiber | Germany |
25.46 | |
| 3 | 3 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland |
25.54 |
Final[]
The final was held at 17:02.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Britta Steffen | Germany |
24.37 | |
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5 | Hinkelien Schreuder | Netherlands |
24.78 | |
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3 | Nery Mantey Niangkouara | Greece |
24.93 | NR |
| 4 | 6 | Triin Aljand | Estonia |
25.01 | NR |
| 5 | 7 | Theodora Drakou | Greece |
25.05 | |
| 6 | 1 | Sviatlana Khakhlova | Belarus |
25.12 | |
| 7 | 2 | Anna Santamans | France |
25.26 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sarah Blake Bateman | Iceland |
25.38 |
References[]
- ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.
- ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre freestyle Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.
- ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre freestyle Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.
- ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre freestyle Swim-off results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.
- ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre freestyle Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-27.
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