Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 May 2016.[1][2]

Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships
Dates20–21 May
Competitors42 from 26 nations
Winning time27.57
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    Denmark
bronze medal    Great Britain
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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 on 20 May at 10:57.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Georgia Davies   Great Britain 27.87 Q
2 5 4 Mie Østergaard Nielsen   Denmark 28.02 Q
3 3 5 Francesca Halsall   Great Britain 28.12 Q
4 4 4 Maaike de Waard   Netherlands 28.17 Q
5 5 3 Mimosa Jallow   Finland 28.31 Q
6 5 1 Kathleen Dawson   Great Britain 28.55
6 5 7 Katarína Listopadová   Slovakia 28.55 Q
8 3 2 Caroline Pilhatsch   Austria 28.57 Q
8 5 5 Theodora Drakou   Greece 28.57 Q
10 4 5 Elena Gemo   Italy 28.67 Q
11 3 3 Ida Lindborg   Sweden 28.68 Q
12 5 9 Ekaterina Avramova   Turkey 28.70 Q
13 5 6 Sanja Jovanović   Croatia 28.81 Q
14 4 2 Alicja Tchórz   Poland 28.82 Q
15 4 6 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 28.86 Q
16 5 8 Karolina Hájková   Slovakia 29.01 Q
17 4 1 Carlotta Zofkova   Italy 29.08 Q
18 3 9 Fanny Teijonsalo   Finland 29.17
19 3 0 Margherita Panziera   Italy 29.21
20 4 8 Desiree Felner   Austria 29.26
21 4 3 Sviatlana Khakhlova   Belarus 29.35
22 3 7 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir   Iceland 29.40
23 4 7 Camille Gheorghiu   France 29.45
24 3 8 Harriet Cooper   Great Britain 29.60
24 2 4 Kristīna Šteins   Latvia 29.60
26 2 7 Alina Kendzior   Estonia 29.63
27 4 0 Tereza Grusová   Czech Republic 29.71
28 2 2 Ema Šarar   Croatia 29.79
28 4 9 Danielle Hill   Ireland 29.79
30 2 8 Lotta Nevalainen   Finland 29.84
31 1 3 Halime Zülal Zeren   Turkey 29.88
32 2 5 Ana Leite   Portugal 29.98
33 2 3 Sigrid Sepp   Estonia 29.99
34 2 0 Ugnė Mažutaitytė   Lithuania 30.00
35 2 9 Margaret Markvardt   Estonia 30.10
36 2 6 Hanna-Maria Seppälä   Finland 30.24
37 1 4 Signhild Joensen   Faroe Islands 30.36
38 1 2 Kätlin Sepp   Estonia 30.64
39 2 1 Réka György   Hungary 30.66
40 1 5 Tatiana Salcutan   Moldova 30.76
41 1 6 Francisca Azevedo   Portugal 31.00
42 1 7 Rita Zeqiri   Kosovo 33.57
3 1 Kira Toussaint   Netherlands DNS
3 8 Magdalena Kuras   Sweden DNS
5 0 Matea Samardžić   Croatia DNS
5 2 Simona Baumrtová   Czech Republic DNS

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 20 May at 18:53.[4]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Mie Østergaard Nielsen   Denmark 27.73 Q
2 5 Maaike de Waard   Netherlands 28.11 Q
3 1 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 28.32 Q
4 6 Caroline Pilhatsch   Austria 28.51
5 3 Katarína Listopadová   Slovakia 28.63
6 2 Ida Lindborg   Sweden 28.75
7 7 Sanja Jovanović   Croatia 28.85
8 8 Carlotta Zofkova   Italy 28.92

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Francesca Halsall   Great Britain 27.80 Q
2 4 Georgia Davies   Great Britain 27.91 Q
3 6 Theodora Drakou   Greece 28.08 Q
4 3 Mimosa Jallow   Finland 28.34 Q
5 7 Ekaterina Avramova   Turkey 28.49 Q
6 1 Alicja Tchórz   Poland 28.93
7 8 Karolina Hájková   Slovakia 28.94
2 Elena Gemo   Italy DSQ

Final

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The final was on 21 May at 17:05.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Francesca Halsall   Great Britain 27.57 CR
  4 Mie Østergaard Nielsen   Denmark 27.77
  3 Georgia Davies   Great Britain 27.87
4 6 Theodora Drakou   Greece 28.00
5 2 Maaike de Waard   Netherlands 28.14
6 1 Mimosa Jallow   Finland 28.15
7 8 Ekaterina Avramova   Turkey 28.60
8 7 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 28.61

References

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