Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21. The heats and final took place on May 21.[1]

Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 21, 2012 (heats and final)
Competitors19 from 15 nations
Winning time4:33.76
Medalists
gold medal    Hungary
silver medal    Hungary
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 Stephanie Rice   Australia 4:29.45 Beijing August 10, 2008
European record Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 4:30.31 Rome August 2, 2009
Championship record Hannah Miley   Great Britain 4:33.09 Budapest August 9, 2010

Results

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Heats

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19 swimmers participated in 3 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 5 Stina Gardell   Sweden 4:39.48 Q, NR
2 3 4 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 4:40.55 Q
3 2 4 Barbora Závadová   Czech Republic 4:40.85 Q
4 1 4 Zsuzsanna Jakabos   Hungary 4:41.31 Q
5 2 5 Anja Klinar   Slovenia 4:41.82 Q
6 3 3 Stefania Pirozzi   Italy 4:46.74 Q
7 1 3 Alessia Polieri   Italy 4:48.23 Q
8 3 5 Lara Grangeon   France 4:49.31 Q
9 3 7 Noora Laukkanen   Finland 4:50.08
10 2 6 Sara Nordenstam   Norway 4:50.09
11 2 3 Jördis Steinegger   Austria 4:50.94
12 2 2 Iryna Glavnyk   Ukraine 4:52.31
13 3 2 Kristina Kochetkova   Russia 4:52.83
14 1 2 Karolina Szczepaniak   Poland 4:53.45
15 1 6 Kristina Krasyukova   Russia 4:55.28
16 2 7 Nuala Murphy   Ireland 4:58.05
17 1 7 Johanna Gerda Gustafsdottir   Iceland 5:00.99
18 3 1 Neza Marcun   Slovenia 5:04.00
3 6 Beatriz Gómez Cortés   Spain DNF

Final

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The final was held at 17:31.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 4:33.76
  6 Zsuzsanna Jakabos   Hungary 4:35.68
  3 Barbora Závadová   Czech Republic 4:38.07
4 4 Stina Gardell   Sweden 4:38.46 NR
5 2 Anja Klinar   Slovenia 4:42.00
6 7 Stefania Pirozzi   Italy 4:42.72
7 1 Alessia Polieri   Italy 4:48.72
8 8 Lara Grangeon   France 4:53.98

References

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