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

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 22, 2012 (heats) and May 23, 2012 (final).[1]

Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 22, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 23, 2012 (final)
Competitors61 from 30 nations
Winning time53.61
Medalists
gold medal    Sweden
silver medal    Germany
bronze medal    Germany

Records edit

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record
European record
Britta Steffen   Germany 52.07 Rome July 31, 2009
Championship record Britta Steffen   Germany 53.30 Budapest August 2, 2006

Results edit

Heats edit

62 swimmers participated in 8 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 4 Britta Steffen   Germany 54.65 Q
2 8 4 Sarah Sjöström   Sweden 54.68 Q
3 6 4 Daniela Schreiber   Germany 54.69 Q
4 7 3 Hanna-Maria Seppälä   Finland 55.40 Q
5 7 5 Gabriella Fagundez   Sweden 55.46 Q
6 8 5 Ida Marko-Varga   Sweden 55.52
7 6 5 Silke Lippok   Germany 55.57
8 6 3 Michelle Coleman   Sweden 55.59
9 8 1 Birgit Koschischek   Austria 55.63 Q
10 7 2 Alice Mizzau   Italy 55.64 Q
11 5 2 Katarína Filová   Slovakia 55.66 Q
12 5 1 Nery Mantey Niangkouara   Greece 55.68 Q
13 6 1 Erika Ferraioli   Italy 55.69 Q
14 7 6 Burcu Dolunay   Turkey 55.84 Q
15 8 6 Hinkelien Schreuder   Netherlands 55.85 Q
16 4 4 Nastja Govejšek   Slovenia 55.92 Q
17 4 5 Eszter Dara   Hungary 55.92 Q
18 5 4 Miroslava Najdanovski   Serbia 55.97 Q
19 7 7 Nina Rangelova   Bulgaria 55.98 Q
20 6 2 Theodora Drakou   Greece 55.99
21 8 8 Sara Isaković   Slovenia 56.08
22 6 7 Evelyn Verrasztó   Hungary 56.10
23 6 6 Darya Stepanyuk   Ukraine 56.14
24 5 5 Erica Buratto   Italy 56.15
24 7 1 Cecilie Johannessen   Norway 56.15
26 7 8 Yuliya Khitraya   Belarus 56.18
27 6 8 Aksana Dziamidava   Belarus 56.19
28 8 7 Mylène Lazare   France 56.23
29 4 7 Miroslava Syllabová   Slovakia 56.38
30 4 1 Eva Hannesdóttir   Iceland 56.42
31 4 3 Henriette Brekke   Norway 56.46
32 8 2 Ágnes Mutina   Hungary 56.60
33 3 4 Danielle Carmen Villars    Switzerland 56.67
34 5 6 Maria Ugolkova   Russia 56.75
35 3 6 Laura Kurki   Finland 56.81
36 4 6 Sarah Blake Bateman   Iceland 57.03
36 5 3 Theodora Giareni   Greece 57.03
38 3 7 Bethany Carson   Ireland 57.06
39 2 3 Urša Bežan   Slovenia 57.15
40 5 7 Ragnheidur Ragnarsdóttir   Iceland 57.25
41 4 8 Anna Stylianou   Cyprus 57.27
42 5 8 Eva Chavez-Diaz   Austria 57.35
43 2 7 Jūratė Ščerbinskaitė   Lithuania 57.59
44 3 3 Monica Johannessen   Norway 57.60
45 2 1 Gabriela Ņikitina   Latvia 57.61 NR
46 2 6 Vaiva Gimbutytė   Lithuania 57.69
46 3 2 Linda Laihorinne   Finland 57.69
48 2 2 Sara Joo   Hungary 58.06
49 2 8 Clelia Tini   San Marino 58.12 NR
50 2 4 Lotta Nevalainen   Finland 58.19
51 3 5 Susann Bjørnsen   Norway 58.37
52 2 5 Katarzyna Gorniak   Poland 58.43
53 3 8 Valeriya Podlesna   Ukraine 58.44
54 4 2 Yana Parakhouskaya   Belarus 58.92
55 3 1 Ingibjørg Kristin Jonsdóttir   Iceland 59.58
56 1 4 Anastasia Bogdanovski   Macedonia 59.70
57 1 6 Birita Debes   Faroe Islands 1:00.47
58 1 3 Monica Ramirez Abella   Andorra 1:01.00
59 1 5 Milica Marković   Montenegro 1:01.10
60 1 7 Gudrun Mortensen   Faroe Islands 1:01.62
61 1 2 Cecilia Eysturdal   Faroe Islands 1:03.69
8 3 Lisa Vitting   Germany DNS

Semifinals edit

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

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Sarah Sjöström   Sweden 55.14 Q
2 5 Hanna-Maria Seppälä   Finland 55.40 Q
3 1 Eszter Dara   Hungary 55.70
4 2 Erika Ferraioli   Italy 55.88
5 8 Nina Rangelova   Bulgaria 55.92
6 6 Katarína Filová   Slovakia 56.00
7 3 Birgit Koschischek   Austria 56.04
8 7 Hinkelien Schreuder   Netherlands 56.26

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Daniela Schreiber   Germany 54.53 Q
2 4 Britta Steffen   Germany 54.71 Q
3 2 Nery-Mantey Niangkouara   Greece 54.98 Q
4 6 Alice Mizzau   Italy 55.07 Q
5 3 Gabriella Fagundez   Sweden 55.57 Q
6 8 Miroslava Najdanovski   Serbia 55.65 Q
7 7 Burcu Dolunay   Turkey 56.00
8 1 Nastja Govejšek   Slovenia 56.05

Final edit

The final was held at 18.13.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  2 Sarah Sjöström   Sweden 53.61
  5 Britta Steffen   Germany 54.15
  4 Daniela Schreiber   Germany 54.41
4 6 Alice Mizzau   Italy 55.03
5 3 Nery-Mantey Niangkouara   Greece 55.17
6 1 Gabriella Fagundez   Sweden 55.51
7 7 Hanna-Maria Seppälä   Finland 55.68
8 8 Miroslava Najdanovski   Serbia 56.31

References edit