The women's 50 metre freestyle 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 freestyle 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 record and European recordBritta Steffen23.73RomeAugust 2, 2009Championship recordMarleen Veldhuis24.09EindhovenMarch 24, 2008
Results
Heats 59 swimmers participated in 8 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre freestyle Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 8 4 Britta Steffen 24.66 Q 2 6 4 Hinkelien Schreuder 24.92 Q 3 7 8 Anna Dowgiert 25.23 Q 4 5 2 Aleksandra Urbanczyk 25.30 Q 5 6 3 Nery Mantey Niangkouara 25.33 Q 6 6 6 Daniela Schreiber 25.35 Q 7 8 5 Sviatlana Khakhlova 25.38 Q 8 8 3 Triin Aljand 25.41 Q 9 7 4 Dorothea Brandt 25.42 10 7 6 Sarah Blake Bateman 25.43 Q, NR 11 6 5 Theodora Drakou 25.46 Q 12 6 1 Hanna-Maria Seppälä 25.46 Q 13 3 3 Eszter Dara 25.56 Q 14 7 3 Anna Santamans 25.60 Q 15 8 7 Nathalie Lindborg 25.60 Q 16 8 6 Burcu Dolunay 25.63 Q 17 7 2 Jane Trepp 25.64 Q 18 5 6 Erika Ferraioli 25.66 19 6 2 Yuliya Khitraya 25.68 20 6 8 Henriette Brekke 25.70 NR 21 8 8 Miroslava Syllabová 25.70 22 8 1 Lisa Vitting 27.73 23 7 5 Darya Stepanyuk 25.80 24 7 1 Nadiya Koba 25.86 25 8 2 Jolien Sysmans 25.87 26 4 2 Nastja Govejšek 25.88 NR 27 5 4 Miroslava Najdanovski 25.90 28 4 1 Martina Moravcová 25.95 29 5 3 Erica Buratto 25.98 30 5 5 Laura Kurki 25.98 31 6 7 Birgit Koschischek 26.10 32 7 7 Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir 26.14 33 5 8 Aksana Dziamidava 26.15 34 5 7 Cecilie Johannessen 26.16 35 4 7 Eva Hannesdóttir 26.22 36 4 6 Lotta Nevalainen 26.24 37 4 4 Kristel Vourna 26.28 38 4 5 Justine Bruno 26.29 39 2 7 Katarína Milly 26.36 40 5 1 Louise Hansson 26.37 41 3 4 Gabriela Ņikitina 26.40 42 4 8 Aneta Pechancova 26.50 43 3 2 Susann Bjørnsen 26.56 44 3 7 Fanni Pataki 26.64 45 2 5 Katarína Filová 26.69 46 3 1 Eva Chavez-Diaz 26.76 47 3 6 Monica Johannessen 26.76 48 3 5 Sandra Kazíková 26.86 49 2 4 Linda Laihorinne 26.88 50 2 2 Clelia Tini 26.94 51 2 8 Klara Vaclavikova 27.05 52 2 3 Katarzyna Gorniak 27.07 53 3 8 Ivana Gabrilo 27.08 54 4 3 Ingibjørg Kristin Jonsdóttir 27.10 55 2 6 Hazal Sarikaya 27.11 56 1 5 Gudrun Mortensen 27.23 NR 57 2 1 Anastasia Bogdanovski 27.27 58 1 3 Tatiana Perstniova 27.29 59 1 4 Birita Debes 27.94
Semifinals The eight fastest swimmers advanced to the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre freestyle Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.
Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Hinkelien Schreuder 24.81 Q 2 6 Triin Aljand 25.12 Q, =NR 3 2 Theodora Drakou 25.21 Q, NR 4 3 Daniela Schreiber 25.38 5 5 Aleksandra Urbanczyk 25.44 6 8 Jane Trepp 25.47 7 7 Hanna-Maria Seppälä 25.52 8 1 Nathalie Lindborg 25.53
Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Britta Steffen 24.56 Q 2 3 Nery Mantey Niangkouara 25.09 Q, NR 3 1 Anna Santamans 25.20 Q 4 6 Sviatlana Khakhlova 25.26 Q 5 2 Sarah Blake Bateman 25.38 NR 5 5 Anna Dowgiert 25.38 7 7 Eszter Dara 25.41 8 8 Burcu Dolunay 26.02
Swim-off A swim-off was needed to determine the last participant in the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre freestyle Swim-off results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Sarah Blake Bateman 25.24 Q, NR 2 4 Daniela Schreiber 25.46 3 3 Anna Dowgiert 25.54
Final The final was held at 17:02.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre freestyle Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-27.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Britta Steffen 24.37 5 Hinkelien Schreuder 24.78 3 Nery Mantey Niangkouara 24.93 NR 4 6 Triin Aljand 25.01 NR 5 7 Theodora Drakou 25.05 6 1 Sviatlana Khakhlova 25.12 7 2 Anna Santamans 25.26 8 8 Sarah Blake Bateman 25.38
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