Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 4 and 5 August 2018.[1][2]

Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates4 August (heats and semifinals)
5 August (final)
Competitors51 from 25 nations
Winning time27.23
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    Russia
bronze medal    Finland
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Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world 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
Aliaksandra Herasimenia
  Germany
  Belarus
27.23 Rome
Budapest
30 July 2009
27 July 2017
Championship record Francesca Halsall   Great Britain 27.57 London 21 May 2016

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
4 August Heat Georgia Davies   Great Britain 27.21 CR, ER

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 4 August at 10:17.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Georgia Davies   Great Britain 27.21 Q, ER, CR
2 6 4 Anastasia Fesikova   Russia 27.23 Q, NR
3 5 5 Mimosa Jallow   Finland 27.42 Q, NR
4 6 5 Maria Kameneva   Russia 27.70 Q, WD
5 4 5 Simona Baumrtová   Czech Republic 27.78 Q, NR
6 4 6 Kathleen Dawson   Great Britain 27.92 Q
7 4 4 Mie Nielsen   Denmark 27.97 Q
8 5 6 Kira Toussaint   Netherlands 28.04 Q
9 6 3 Béryl Gastaldello   France 28.19 Q
10 6 6 Ida Lindborg   Sweden 28.23 Q
11 4 3 Maaike de Waard   Netherlands 28.30 Q
11 5 7 Cassie Wild   Great Britain 28.30
13 4 2 Alicja Tchórz   Poland 28.33 Q
14 6 8 Tessa Vermeulen   Netherlands 28.35
15 5 3 Silvia Scalia   Italy 28.37 Q
15 6 2 Julie Kepp Jensen   Denmark 28.37 Q
17 3 4 Sasha Touretski   Switzerland 28.46 Q, NR
18 5 1 Carlotta Zofkova   Italy 28.48 Q
19 5 2 Theodora Drakou   Greece 28.53 Q
20 4 7 Lucy Hope   Great Britain 28.61
21 4 1 Polina Egorova   Russia 28.65
22 6 1 Mathilde Cini   France 28.66
23 5 9 Nina Kost   Switzerland 28.72
24 5 8 Jenna Laukkanen   Finland 28.85
25 6 9 Katalin Burián   Hungary 28.94
26 3 5 Victoria Bierre   Denmark 29.04
27 6 0 Anastasiia Abdeeva   Russia 29.08
28 4 9 Anika Apostalon   Czech Republic 29.22
29 4 0 Ekaterina Avramova   Turkey 29.27
30 4 8 Agata Naskręt   Poland 29.38
31 2 4 Signhild Joensen   Faroe Islands 29.54
32 3 6 Gabriela Georgieva   Bulgaria 29.58
33 5 0 Karolina Hájková   Slovakia 29.61
34 3 3 Shahar Menahem   Israel 29.66
35 2 5 Elçin Türkmenoğlu   Turkey 29.71
36 3 8 Magdalena Kuras   Sweden 29.91
37 3 7 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir   Iceland 29.93
38 3 0 Ieva Maļuka   Latvia 29.94
39 3 9 Margaret Markvardt   Estonia 29.96
40 2 7 Aviv Barzelay   Israel 30.01
41 3 2 Arina Baikova   Latvia 30.02
42 2 6 Lena Grabowski   Austria 30.03
43 2 8 Vilma Ruotsalainen   Finland 30.04
44 2 2 Kertu Kaare   Estonia 30.23
45 3 1 Sezin Eliguel   Turkey 30.25
46 2 1 Weronika Górecka   Poland 30.60
47 1 5 Eda Zećiri   Kosovo 30.95
48 1 4 Fjorda Šabani   Kosovo 31.17
49 1 3 Ani Poghosyan   Armenia 33.05
2 3 Kalia Antoniou   Cyprus Disqualified
6 7 Caroline Pilhatsch   Austria

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 4 August at 17:49.[4]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Anastasia Fesikova   Russia 27.49 Q
2 6 Béryl Gastaldello   France 27.86 Q, NR
3 5 Simona Baumrtová   Czech Republic 27.91 Q
4 7 Silvia Scalia   Italy 27.96
5 8 Theodora Drakou   Greece 28.08
6 2 Maaike de Waard   Netherlands 28.09
7 3 Mie Nielsen   Denmark 28.14
8 1 Sasha Touretski   Switzerland 28.70

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Georgia Davies   Great Britain 27.46 Q
2 5 Mimosa Jallow   Finland 27.62 Q
3 7 Alicja Tchórz   Poland 27.72 Q, NR
4 6 Kira Toussaint   Netherlands 27.92 Q
5 8 Carlotta Zofkova   Italy 27.94 Q, NR
6 3 Kathleen Dawson   Great Britain 28.11
7 1 Julie Kepp Jensen   Denmark 28.32
8 2 Ida Lindborg   Sweden 28.77

Final

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The final was held on 5 August at 18:21.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Georgia Davies   Great Britain 27.23
  5 Anastasia Fesikova   Russia 27.31
  3 Mimosa Jallow   Finland 27.70
4 6 Alicja Tchórz   Poland 27.74
5 2 Béryl Gastaldello   France 28.10
6 8 Carlotta Zofkova   Italy 28.31
7 7 Simona Baumrtová   Czech Republic 28.38
8 1 Kira Toussaint   Netherlands 28.80

References

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