The women's 200 metre backstroke 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 200 metre backstroke 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 recordKirsty Coventry2:04.81RomeAugust 1, 2009European recordAnastasia Zuyeva2:04.94RomeAugust 1, 2009Championship recordKrisztina Egerszegi2:06.62AthensAugust 22, 1991
Results
Heats 29 swimmers participated in 4 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre backstroke Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Alexianne Castel 2:10.04 Q 2 3 5 Jenny Mensing 2:11.05 Q 3 4 4 Daryna Zevina 2:11.31 Q 4 4 6 Anja Čarman 2:12.55 Q 5 2 3 Simona Baumrtová 2:12.66 Q 6 4 5 Duane da Rocha Marce 2:12.73 Q 7 2 4 Alessia Filippi 2:12.89 Q 8 3 6 Melanie Nocher 2:13.09 Q 9 3 3 Alicja Tchórz 2:13.40 Q 10 3 2 Kira Toussaint 2:13.67 Q 11 2 5 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir 2:13.81 Q, NR 12 2 6 Marie Jugnet 2:14.14 Q 13 2 1 Kim Daniela Pavlin 2:14.25 Q 14 3 1 Uschi Halbreiner 2:14.40 Q, NR 15 4 2 Annemarie Worst 2:14.82 Q 16 4 1 Klaudia Nazieblo 2:15.72 Q 17 2 7 Dorina Szekeres 2:16.67 18 3 8 Eszter Povázsay 2:17.05 19 4 3 Ekaterina Avramova 2:17.11 20 1 4 Martina van Berkel 2:17.94 21 3 7 Camille Gheorghiu 2:18.08 22 4 7 Anna Volchkov 2:18.18 23 2 2 Therese Svendsen 2:18.28 24 1 6 Veronica Orheim Bjørlykke 2:19.37 25 1 3 Alzbeta Rehorkova 2:19.47 26 2 8 Boglárka Kapás 2:19.56 27 1 5 Karin Tomecková 2:21.37 28 4 8 Hazal Sarikaya 2:22.28 29 1 2 Monica Ramirez Abella 2:24.65
Semifinals The eight fastest swimmers advanced to the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre backstroke Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Jenny Mensing 2:09.49 Q 2 6 Melanie Nocher 2:11.68 Q 3 3 Duane da Rocha Marce 2:11.86 Q 4 5 Anja Čarman 2:12.10 Q 5 2 Kira Toussaint 2:13.09 6 7 Marie Jugnet 2:14.41 7 8 Klaudia Nazieblo 2:17.22 8 1 Uschi Halbreiner 2:17.77
Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Alexianne Castel 2:09.03 Q 2 5 Daryna Zevina 2:10.17 Q 3 6 Alessia Filippi 2:10.89 Q 4 3 Simona Baumrtová 2:11.20 Q 5 1 Kim Daniela Pavlin 2:12.79 6 7 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir 2:13.77 NR 7 8 Annemarie Worst 2:13.92 8 2 Alicja Tchórz 2:13.95
Final The final was held at 17:58.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 200 metre backstroke Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-22.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Alexianne Castel 2:08.41 5 Jenny Mensing 2:09.55 1 Duane Da Rocha Marce 2:09.56 4 3 Daryna Zevina 2:09.57 5 7 Melanie Nocher 2:10.75 NR 6 2 Simona Baumrtová 2:10.85 7 6 Alessia Filippi 2:11.20 8 8 Anja Čarman 2:12.51
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