Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22–23 August.[1]

Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships
Dates22–23 August
Competitors44 from 22 nations
Winning time27.81
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    Denmark

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 Zhao Jing   China 27.06 Rome 30 July 2009
European record Daniela Samulski   Germany 27.23 Rome 30 July 2009
Championship record Aleksandra Gerasimenya   Belarus 27.64 Budapest 14 August 2010

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held at 10:14.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Mie Nielsen   Denmark 27.93 Q
2 5 4 Georgia Davies   Great Britain 28.05 Q
3 4 4 Mercedes Peris   Spain 28.24 Q
4 4 5 Francesca Halsall   Great Britain 28.25 Q
5 5 6 Arianna Barbieri   Italy 28.32 Q
6 5 5 Aleksandra Gerasimenya   Belarus 28.34 Q
7 4 3 Aleksandra Urbanczyk   Poland 28.40 Q
8 3 5 Daria Ustinova   Russia 28.43 Q
9 5 3 Simona Baumrtová   Czech Republic 28.79 Q
10 4 2 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 28.81 Q
11 5 7 Elena Gemo   Italy 28.83 Q
12 4 6 Sanja Jovanović   Croatia 28.86 Q
13 3 2 Elizabeth Simmonds   Great Britain 28.88
14 3 1 Mathilde Cini   France 28.89 Q
15 3 0 Mimosa Jallow   Finland 28.91 Q
15 5 0 Carlotta Zofkova   Italy 28.91
15 3 3 Duane Da Rocha   Spain 28.91 Q
18 4 7 Anni Alitalo   Finland 29.05 Q
19 3 8 Ida Lindborg   Sweden 29.06
20 2 3 Justine Ress   France 29.15
21 5 8 Béryl Gastaldello   France 29.17
22 5 1 Klaudia Nazieblo   Poland 29.20
23 4 1 Sviatlana Khakhlova   Belarus 29.21
24 3 6 Maria Kameneva   Russia 29.24
25 5 2 Amit Ivry   Israel 29.25
26 2 5 Ekaterina Tomashevskaya   Russia 29.28
27 2 1 Caroline Pilhatsch   Austria 29.46
27 2 4 Ava Schollmayer   Slovenia 29.46
29 4 8 Alicja Tchórz   Poland 29.47
30 5 9 Camille Gheorghiu   France 29.50
31 3 7 Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir   Iceland 29.52
32 2 6 Desiree Felner   Austria 29.71
33 2 2 Alina Vats   Ukraine 29.72
34 2 0 Patricia Hais   Austria 29.81
35 3 9 Magdalena Kuras   Sweden 29.92
36 2 8 Hanna-Maria Seppälä   Finland 29.96
37 4 9 Aliaksandra Kavaleva   Belarus 30.01
38 1 5 Sigrid Sepp   Estonia 30.11
39 2 7 Karin Tomecková   Slovakia 30.14
40 1 4 Susanne Hirvonen   Finland 30.16
41 2 9 Julia Kukla   Austria 30.61
42 1 2 Kätlin Sepp   Estonia 30.72
43 1 3 Eva Gliožerytė   Lithuania 31.01
44 1 6 Amina Kajtaz   Bosnia and Herzegovina 31.54
4 0 Katarína Listopadová   Slovakia DNS

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held at 18:51.[3]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Georgia Davies   Great Britain 28.13 Q
2 5 Francesca Halsall   Great Britain 28.19 Q
3 3 Aleksandra Gerasimenya   Belarus 28.46 Q
4 6 Daria Ustinova   Russia 28.48 Q
5 7 Sanja Jovanović   Croatia 28.50
6 1 Mimosa Jallow   Finland 28.71
7 2 Katinka Hosszú   Hungary 28.86
8 8 Anni Alitalo   Finland 28.94

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Mie Nielsen   Denmark 27.78 Q
2 5 Mercedes Peris   Spain 27.91 Q
3 3 Arianna Barbieri   Italy 28.30 Q
4 7 Elena Gemo   Italy 28.44 Q
5 6 Aleksandra Urbanczyk   Poland 28.49
6 1 Mathilde Cini   France 28.55
7 2 Simona Baumrtová   Czech Republic 28.64
8 8 Duane Da Rocha   Spain 28.81

Final

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The final was held at 16:57.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  6 Francesca Halsall   Great Britain 27.81
  3 Georgia Davies   Great Britain 27.82
  4 Mie Nielsen   Denmark 27.87
4 5 Mercedes Peris   Spain 27.98
5 2 Arianna Barbieri   Italy 28.36
6 1 Aleksandra Gerasimenya   Belarus 28.37
7 7 Elena Gemo   Italy 28.59
8 8 Daria Ustinova   Russia 28.63

References

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