The women's 50 metre breaststroke 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 27.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre breaststroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordJessica Hardy29.80Federal WayAugust 7, 2009European recordYuliya Efimova30.09RomeAugust 2, 2009Championship recordYuliya Efimova30.29BudapestAugust 15, 2010

Results

Heats 35 swimmers participated in 5 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre breaststroke Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Petra Chocová 31.38 Q, NR 2 4 4 Caroline Ruhnau 31.44 Q 3 5 5 Sycerika McMahon 31.65 Q 4 5 3 Valentina Artemyeva 31.83 Q 5 4 8 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir 31.85 Q, NR 6 4 3 Martina Moravciková 31.95 Q 7 3 5 Concepcion Badillo Diaz 32.01 Q 8 2 5 Erla Dogg Haraldsdóttir 32.18 Q 9 5 6 Ivana Ninković 32.19 Q, NR 10 5 7 Chiara Boggiatto 32.19 Q 11 3 7 Jenna Laukkanen 32.20 Q 12 3 1 Mariya Liver 32.27 Q 13 3 3 Katharina Stiberg 32.29 Q 14 3 6 Vanessa Grimberg 32.29 Q 15 4 2 Anastasia Christoforou 32.45 Q 16 3 2 Ana Pinho Rodrigues 32.49 Q 17 4 7 Ewa Scieszko 32.55 18 5 2 Anna Sztankovics 32.56 19 4 6 Tjasa Vozel 32.59 20 4 5 Lisa Fissneider 32.70 21 5 1 Dilara Buse Günaydin 32.78 22 5 8 Zuzana Mimovicová 32.81 23 3 8 Ceren Dilek 33.08 24 2 8 33.14 25 2 4 Evelina Aizpuriete 33.11 26 2 3 Tatiana Chisca 33.18 27 1 4 Raminta Dvariškytė 33.24 28 4 1 Fiona Doyle 33.46 29 1 3 Maria Harutjunjan 33.55 30 2 2 Irina Novikova 33.57 31 2 7 Vangelina Draganova 33.72 32 1 5 Anastasiya Malyavina 33.87 33 2 6 Evghenia Tanasienco 34.71 34 2 1 Helena Pikhartová 35.24 5 4 Dorothea Brandt DNS

Semifinals The eight fastest swimmers advanced to the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre breaststroke Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Valentina Artemyeva 31.52 Q 2 4 Caroline Ruhnau 31.59 Q 3 3 Martina Moravciková 31.96 3 7 Mariya Liver 31.96 5 8 Ana Pinho Rodrigues 31.98 6 6 Erla Dogg Haraldsdóttir 32.27 7 1 Vanessa Grimberg 32.41 8 2 Chiara Boggiatto 32.60

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Petra Chocová 31.44 Q 2 5 Sycerika McMahon 31.51 Q 3 6 Concepcion Badillo Diaz 31.66 Q 4 1 Katharina Stiberg 31.84 Q 5 3 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir 31.95 Q 6 8 Anastasia Christoforou 31.98 7 2 Ivana Ninković 32.26 8 7 Jenna Laukkanen 32.26

Swim-off A swim-off was needed to determine the last participant in the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre breaststroke Swim-off results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Martina Moravciková 31.70 Q 2 5 Mariya Liver 32.04

Final The final was held at 17:09.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre breaststroke Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-27.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Petra Chocová 31.25 NR 5 Sycerika McMahon 31.27 NR 6 Caroline Ruhnau 31.35 4 2 Concepcion Badillo Diaz 31.69 5 3 Valentina Artemyeva 31.70 6 7 Katharina Stiberg 31.95 7 8 Martina Moravciková 32.05 8 1 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir 32.25

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