The women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 22 and 23. The heats and semifinals took place on May 22, the final on May 23.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 100 metre breaststroke 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 recordJessica Hardy1:04.45Federal WayAugust 7, 2009European recordYuliya Efimova1:05.41RomeJuly 28, 2009Championship recordYuliya Efimova1:06.32BudapestAugust 11, 2010

Results

Heats 49 swimmers participated in 7 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 100 metre breaststroke Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-22.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 3 Caroline Ruhnau 1:07.85 Q 2 6 4 Sarah Poewe 1:08.05 Q 3 6 6 Sycerika McMahon 1:08.37 Q, NR 4 7 4 Jennie Johansson 1:08.38 Q 5 6 3 Petra Chocová 1:08.58 Q 6 7 5 Concepcion Badillo Diaz 1:08.75 Q 7 5 7 Martina Moravciková 1:08.92 Q 8 5 5 Marina Garcia Urzainqui 1:09.17 Q 9 7 6 Valentina Artemyeva 1:09.35 Q 10 4 5 Katharina Stiberg 1:09.65 Q 11 6 8 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir 1:09.66 Q 12 5 2 Chiara Boggiatto 1:09.67 Q 13 7 7 Dilara Buse Günaydin 1:09.67 Q 14 5 8 Tanja Šmid 1:09.98 Q 15 5 6 Fiona Doyle 1:10.16 Q 16 4 6 Mariya Liver 1:10.21 Q 17 6 5 Joline Höstman 1:10.23 18 7 1 Anna Sztankovics 1:10.37 19 4 3 Sara Nordenstam 1:10.39 20 7 2 Vanessa Grimberg 1:10.46 21 5 3 Sophie Allen 1:10.56 22 2 2 Brigitta Gregus 1:10.59 23 6 2 Irina Novikova 1:10.61 24 5 4 Lisa Fissneider 1:10.69 25 5 1 Fanny Lecluyse 1:10.82 26 2 5 Alona Ribakova 1:10.83 NR 26 3 4 Ganna Dzerkal 1:10.83 28 7 8 Fanny Babou 1:10.88 29 4 4 Ana Pinho Rodrigues 1:10.91 30 6 7 Tjasa Vozel 1:10.93 31 3 6 Raminta Dvariškytė 1:11.07 32 1 5 Ivana Ninković 1:11.19 NR 33 3 8 Anastasia Christoforou 1:11.34 34 4 8 Zuzana Mimovicová 1:11.65 35 2 4 Anastasiya Malyavina 1:11.94 35 3 3 Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir 1:11.94 37 4 2 1:11.98 38 4 1 Ewa Scieszko 1:12.12 39 3 7 Shani Stallard 1:12.28 40 4 7 Tatiana Chisca 1:12.30 41 3 5 Evghenia Tanasienco 1:12.33 42 2 7 Dorottya Bíró 1:12.70 43 3 2 Helena Pikhartová 1:12.84 44 2 6 Sandra Swierczewska 1:13.14 45 2 3 Evelina Aizpuriete 1:13.23 46 1 4 Vangelina Draganova 1:13.89 47 1 3 Maria Harutjunjan 1:14.22 6 1 Jenna Laukkanen DSQ 3 1 Ceren Dilek DSQ

Semifinals The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 100 metre breaststroke Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-22.

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Jennie Johansson 1:07.65 Q 2 4 Sarah Poewe 1:07.70 Q 3 6 Marina Garcia Urzainqui 1:08.08 Q 4 3 Concepcion Badilla Diaz 1:08.40 Q 5 7 Chiara Boggiatto 1:08.87 Q 6 8 Mariya Liver 1:09.22 7 1 Katharina Stiberg 1:09.44 2 Tanja Šmid DSQ

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Caroline Ruhnau 1:08.01 Q 2 5 Sycerika McMahon 1:08.37 Q, NR 3 6 Martina Moravciková 1:08.93 Q 4 3 Petra Chocová 1:09.00 5 8 Fiona Doyle 1:09.68 6 2 Valentina Artemyeva 1:09.76 7 7 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir 1:10.06 8 1 Dilara Buse Günaydin 1:10.32

Final The final was held at 17.52.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 100 metre breaststroke Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Sarah Poewe 1:07.33 4 Jennie Johansson 1:07.85 6 Marina Garcia Urzainqui 1:07.91 4 3 Caroline Ruhnau 1:07.95 5 2 Sycerika McMahon 1:08.72 6 7 Concepcion Badilla Diaz 1:08.76 7 1 Chiara Boggiatto 1:08.82 8 8 Martina Moravciková 1:08.87

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