The women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21 and 22. The heats and semifinals took place on May 21, the final on May 22.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre butterfly entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-20.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld record European recordTherese Alshammar25.07RomeJuly 31, 2009Championship recordTherese Alshammar25.50BudapestAugust 9, 2010

Results

Heats 47 swimmers participated in 6 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre butterfly Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 4 Sarah Sjöström 26.48 Q 2 4 5 Ingvild Snildal 26.55 Q 3 5 4 Hinkelien Schreuder 26.70 Q 4 4 4 Triin Aljand 26.72 Q 4 6 2 Anna Dowgiert 26.72 Q 6 4 6 Kristel Vourna 26.79 Q 7 4 2 Ilaria Bianchi 26.80 Q 7 5 3 Silvia di Pietro 26.80 Q 9 4 3 Sviatlana Khakhlova 26.92 Q 10 6 3 Nadiya Koba 27.03 Q 11 5 6 Louise Hansson 27.07 Q 12 3 4 Eszter Dara 27.19 Q 13 6 5 Amit Ivri 27.20 Q 13 6 6 Sina Sutter 27.20 Q 15 1 2 Martina Moravcová 27.21 Q 16 5 8 Danielle Carmen Villars 27.30 Q 17 5 5 Daria Tcvetkova 27.32 18 1 7 Annika Saarnak 27.35 19 6 7 Emilia Pikkarainen 27.37 20 2 5 Orsolya Tompa 27.38 21 5 2 Datya Stepanyuk 27.52 21 6 1 Fabienne Nadarajah 27.52 23 4 7 Maria Ugolkova 27.59 24 4 1 Lisa Zaiser 27.64 25 6 8 Sarah Blake Bateman 27.67 26 3 1 Katarína Milly 27.72 27 5 7 Katharina Stiberg 27.80 28 3 6 Valery Svigir 27.81 29 4 8 Gabriela Ņikitina 27.91 30 3 8 Monica Johannessen 27.95 31 3 5 Katarina Listopadová 27.98 32 5 1 Sara Freitas Oliveira 28.18 33 3 2 Liliána Szilágyi 28.26 34 3 3 Ayse Ezgi Yazici 28.28 35 3 7 Eva Chavez-Diaz 28.36 36 1 1 Klára Václavíková 28.41 37 2 6 Bethany Carson 28.43 38 2 4 Sara Joo 28.55 39 2 2 Vaiva Gimbutytė 28.70 40 2 1 Emilie N Løvberg 28.83 41 1 4 Maria Novikova 29.02 41 2 8 Tatiana Perstniova 29.02 43 2 7 Aneta Pechancova 29.12 44 2 3 Ingibjörg Kristin Jónsdóttir 29.40 45 1 5 Desiree Felner 29.46 46 1 6 Birita Debes 29.93 47 1 3 Milica Marković 30.35

Semifinals The eight fastest swimmers advanced to the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre butterfly Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Triin Aljand 26.20 Q 2 4 Ingvild Snildal 26.39 Q 3 6 Silvia di Pietro 26.61 Q 4 3 Kristel Vourna 26.63 Q, NR 5 2 Nadiya Koba 26.92 6 1 Sina Sutter 27.02 7 7 Eszter Dara 27.04 8 8 Danielle Carmen Villars 27.28

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Sarah Sjöström 26.22 Q 2 3 Anna Dowgiert 26.36 Q, NR 3 6 Ilaria Bianchi 26.65 Q 4 1 Amit Ivri 26.68 Q 5 7 Louise Hansson 26.72 6 5 Hinkelien Schreuder 26.73 7 2 Sviatlana Khakhlova 26.80 8 8 Martina Moravcová 27.02

Final The final was held at 17:18.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre butterfly Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-22.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Sarah Sjöström 25.64 4 Triin Aljand 25.92 NR 6 Ingvild Snildal 26.12 4 3 Anna Dowgiert 26.38 5 2 Silvia di Pietro 26.44 6 7 Kristel Vourna 26.52 NR 7 1 Ilaria Bianchi 26.55 8 8 Amit Ivri 26.77

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