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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    Spain
silver medal    Italy
silver medal    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]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Zhao Jing  China 27.06 Rome July 30, 2009
European record Daniela Samulski  Germany 27.23 Rome July 30, 2009
Championship record Aleksandra Gerasimenya  Belarus 27.64 Budapest August 14, 2010

Results

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Heats

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43 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 5 Aleksandra Urbanczyk  Poland 28.44 NR
2 6 4 Mercedes Peris  Spain 28.45 Q
3 4 5 Arianna Barbieri  Italy 28.55 Q
4 4 7 Carlotta Zofkova  Italy 28.72 Q
5 4 4 Jenny Mensing  Germany 28.75 Q
6 5 6 Sanja Jovanović  Croatia 28.81 Q
7 5 3 Ekaterina Avramova  Bulgaria 28.97 Q
8 5 4 Theodora Drakou  Greece 29.05 Q
9 6 7 Klaudia Nazieblo  Poland 29.07 Q
10 4 3 Simona Baumrtová  Czech Republic 29.19 Q
11 6 6 Lisa Graf  Germany 29.20 Q
12 6 2 Ingibjörg Kristín Jónsdóttir  Iceland 29.23 Q
13 5 5 Daryna Zevina  Ukraine 29.25 Q
14 5 7 Ivana Gabrilo   Switzerland 29.31 Q
15 5 8 Anni Alitalo  Finland 29.32 Q
16 3 5 Kira Toussaint  Netherlands 29.35 Q
17 6 1 Alicja Tchórz  Poland 29.51
18 5 2 Hazal Sarikaya  Turkey 29.52 Q
19 4 1 Alzbeta Rehorkova  Czech Republic 29.58
20 4 6 Fabienne Nadarajah  Austria 29.59
21 3 7 Aneta Pechancova  Czech Republic 29.68
21 4 8 Klára Václavíková  Czech Republic 29.68
23 3 1 Hanna-Maria Seppälä  Finland 29.75
24 6 8 Valery Svigir  Croatia 29.82
25 2 4 Mimosa Jallow  Finland 29.90
26 2 5 Katarína Milly  Slovakia 30.02
26 3 4 Annemarie Worst  Netherlands 30.02
28 3 6 Eszter Povázsay  Hungary 30.05
29 5 1 Therese Svendsen  Sweden 30.06
30 2 2 Uschi Halbreiner  Austria 30.09
31 3 2 Lotta Nevalainen  Finland 30.10
32 3 3 Desiree Felner  Austria 30.13
33 3 8 Gizem Cam  Turkey 30.23
34 2 7 Tatiana Perstniova  Moldova 30.38
34 2 8 Valeria Mihhailova  Estonia 30.38
36 1 5 Birita Debes  Faroe Islands 30.60 NR
36 2 6 Veronica Orheim Bjørlykke  Norway 30.60
38 2 3 Dorina Szekeres  Hungary 30.69
39 2 1 Anna Volchkov  Israel 30.97
40 1 4 Gabriela Ņikitina  Latvia 31.11
41 1 3 Johanna Gerda Gústafsdóttir  Iceland 31.48
4 2 Katarzyna Gorniak  Poland DSQ
6 3 Elena Gemo  Italy DNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Arianna Barbieri  Italy 28.30 Q
2 5 Jenny Mensing  Germany 28.47 Q
3 6 Klaudia Nazieblo  Poland 28.72 Q
4 3 Ekaterina Avramova  Bulgaria 28.78 Q
5 7 Daryna Zevina  Ukraine 29.18
6 2 Lisa Graf  Germany 29.22
7 8 Hazal Sarikaya  Turkey 29.29
8 1 Anni Alitalo  Finland 29.30

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Mercedes Peris  Spain 28.33 Q
2 3 Sanja Jovanović  Croatia 28.52 Q
3 2 Simona Baumrtová  Czech Republic 28.57 Q
4 5 Carlotta Zofkova  Italy 28.65 Q
5 6 Theodora Drakou  Greece 28.93
6 7 Ingibjörg Kristín Jónsdóttir  Iceland 29.14
7 1 Ivana Gabrilo   Switzerland 29.26
8 8 Kira Toussaint  Netherlands 29.40

Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Mercedes Peris  Spain 28.25
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Arianna Barbieri  Italy 28.31
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Sanja Jovanović  Croatia 28.31
4 3 Jenny Mensing  Germany 28.36
5 7 Carlotta Zofkova  Italy 28.72
6 2 Simona Baumrtová  Czech Republic 28.75
7 1 Klaudia Nazieblo  Poland 28.93
8 8 Ekaterina Avramova  Bulgaria 29.09

References

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