Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 23 and 24. The heats and semifinals took place on May 23, the final on May 24.[1]

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 23, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 24, 2012 (final)
Competitors45 from 25 nations
Winning time1:00.08
Medalists
gold medal    Germany
silver medal    Italy
bronze medal    Czech Republic

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record
European record
Gemma Spofforth   Great Britain 58.12 Rome July 28, 2009
Championship record Anastasia Zuyeva   Russia 59.41 Eindhoven March 21, 2008

Results

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Heats

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45 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 5 Arianna Barbieri   Italy 1:00.26 Q, NR
2 5 6 Carlotta Zofkova   Italy 1:00.76 Q
3 6 4 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 1:00.98 Q
4 6 5 Jenny Mensing   Germany 1:01.23 Q
5 4 4 Duane da Rocha Marce   Spain 1:01.28 Q
6 4 3 Ekaterina Avramova   Bulgaria 1:01.38 Q
7 5 3 Elena Gemo   Italy 1:01.43
8 4 6 Simona Baumrtová   Czech Republic 1:01.44 Q, NR
9 6 3 Cloe Credeville   France 1:01.49 Q
10 6 7 Lisa Graf   Germany 1:01.61 Q
11 5 4 Alexianne Castel   France 1:01.65 Q
12 5 5 Mercedes Peris   Spain 1:01.78 Q
13 5 2 Alicja Tchorz   Poland 1:02.27 Q
14 5 1 Eszter Povázsay   Hungary 1:02.38 Q
15 6 1 Klaudia Nazieblo   Poland 1:02.64 Q
16 5 8 Sanja Jovanović   Croatia 1:02.75 Q
17 4 1 Hazal Sarikaya   Turkey 1:02.82 Q
18 3 6 Uschi Halbreiner   Austria 1:02.97
19 3 4 Iryna Glavnyk   Ukraine 1:03.10
20 5 7 Annemarie Worst   Netherlands 1:03.12
21 4 7 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir   Iceland 1:03.30 NR
22 4 2 Melanie Nocher   Ireland 1:03.42
23 2 5 Alzbeta Rehorková   Czech Republic 1:03.58
23 6 8 Ivana Gabrilo   Switzerland 1:03.58
25 6 2 Therese Svendsen   Sweden 1:03.80
26 3 3 Klára Václavíková   Czech Republic 1:03.95
27 2 3 Anni Alitalo   Finland 1:04.14
28 3 5 Anna Volchkov   Israel 1:04.20
29 3 2 Fabienne Nadarajah   Austria 1:04.50
30 2 6 Lotta Nevalainen   Finland 1:04.51
31 2 1 Gizem Cam   Turkey 1:04.68
32 3 1 Katarína Milly   Slovakia 1:04.69
33 2 8 Tatiana Perstniova   Moldova 1:04.71
34 2 7 Mimosa Jallow   Finland 1:04.85
35 2 4 Veronica Orheim Bjørlykke   Norway 1:04.99
36 3 8 Dorina Szekeres   Hungary 1:05.02
37 1 2 Johanna Gerda Gustafsdottir   Iceland 1:05.38
38 2 2 Desiree Felner   Austria 1:05.50
39 1 5 Mònica Ramirez Abella   Andorra 1:05.77
40 1 3 Valeria Mihhailova   Estonia 1:06.47
41 1 4 Karin Tomecková   Slovakia 1:06.89
42 1 6 Birita Debes   Faroe Islands 1:07.21
3 7 Katarzyna Gorniak   Poland DSQ
4 8 Michelle Coleman   Sweden DSQ
6 6 Kira Toussaint   Netherlands DSQ

Semifinals

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The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.[3]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Alexianne Castel   France 1:00.48
2 5 Jenny Mensing   Germany 1:00.58 Q
3 4 Carlotta Zofkova   Italy 1:01.00 Q
4 6 Cloe Credeville   France 1:01.44 Q
5 3 Ekaterina Avramova   Bulgaria 1:01.48 Q
6 7 Alicja Tchorz   Poland 1:02.33
7 1 Klaudia Nazieblo   Poland 1:02.51
8 8 Hazal Sarikaya   Turkey 1:02.98

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 1:00.45 Q
2 4 Arianna Barbieri   Italy 1:00.52 Q
3 3 Duane da Rocha Marce   Spain 1:00.56 Q
4 6 Simona Baumrtová   Czech Republic 1:00.88 Q, NR
5 7 Mercedes Peris   Spain 1:01.71
6 2 Lisa Graf   Germany 1:02.05
7 8 Sanja Jovanović   Croatia 1:02.47
8 1 Eszter Povázsay   Hungary 1:02.74

Final

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The final was held at 17:53.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  6 Jenny Mensing   Germany 1:00.08
  5 Arianna Barbieri   Italy 1:00.54
  2 Simona Baumrtová   Czech Republic 1:00.57 NR
4 4 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 1:00.59
5 3 Duane da Rocha Marce   Spain 1:00.89
6 7 Carlotta Zofkova   Italy 1:01.01
7 8 Ekaterina Avramova   Bulgaria 1:01.48
8 1 Cloe Credeville   France 1:01.54

References

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