Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly

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Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 26, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 27, 2012 (final)
Competitors18 from 14 nations
Winning time2:07.28
Medalists
gold medal    Hungary
silver medal    Hungary
bronze medal    Sweden

The women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 26 and 27. The heats and semifinals took place on May 26, the final on May 27.[1]

Records[edit]

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Liu Zige  China 2:01.81 Ji Nan October 21, 2009
European record Katinka Hosszú  Hungary 2:04.27 Rome July 29, 2009
Championship record Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland 2:05.78 Berlin August 4, 2002

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

19 swimmers participated in 3 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 4 Katinka Hosszú  Hungary 2:07.79 Q
2 2 4 Zsuzsanna Jakabos  Hungary 2:09.17 Q
3 2 5 Martina Granström  Sweden 2:10.35 Q
4 3 4 Mireia Belmonte García  Spain 2:11.10 Q
5 3 2 Denisa Smolenová  Slovakia 2:12.14 Q
6 1 6 Sara Freitas Oliveira  Portugal 2:12.23 Q
7 1 3 Franziska Hentke  Germany 2:12.65 Q
8 2 6 Liliána Szilágyi  Hungary 2:12.84
9 2 2 Ingvild Snildal  Norway 2:13.09 Q, NR
10 3 3 Alessia Polieri  Italy 2:13.57 Q
11 2 3 Martina van Berkel  Switzerland 2:13.81 Q
12 1 2 Maria Novikova  Russia 2:15.23 Q
13 3 6 Emilia Pikkarainen  Finland 2:15.56 Q
14 3 5 Judit Ignacio Sorribes  Spain 2:15.61 Q
15 3 7 Jasmin Rosenberger  Turkey 2:17.01 Q
16 2 7 Simona Muccioli  San Marino 2:19.85 Q
17 1 7 Vaiva Gimbutytė  Lithuania 2:21.59 Q
18 3 1 Emilie Loevberg  Norway 2:29.22
1 5 Anja Klinar  Slovenia DNS

Semifinals[edit]

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

Semifinal 1[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Zsuzsanna Jakabos  Hungary 2:09.09 Q
2 5 Mireia Belmonte García  Spain 2:09.14 Q
3 2 Martina van Berkel  Switzerland 2:11.31 Q
4 6 Ingvild Snildal  Norway 2:11.47 NR
5 3 Sara Freitas Oliveira  Portugal 2:11.98
6 7 Emilia Pikkarainen  Finland 2:14.75
7 1 Jasmin Rosenberger  Turkey 2:16.44
8 8 Vaiva Gimbutytė  Lithuania 2:24.83

Semifinal 2[edit]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Katinka Hosszú  Hungary 2:07.03 Q
2 5 Martina Granström  Sweden 2:08.65 Q
3 6 Franziska Hentke  Germany 2:09.40 Q
4 1 Judit Ignacio Sorribes  Spain 2:10.47 Q
5 3 Denisa Smolenová  Slovakia 2:11.08 Q, NR
6 2 Alessia Polieri  Italy 2:11.46
7 7 Maria Novikova  Russia 2:16.42
8 8 Simona Muccioli  San Marino 2:19.70

Final[edit]

The final was held at 17:20.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Katinka Hosszú  Hungary 2:07.28
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Zsuzsanna Jakabos  Hungary 2:07.86
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Martina Granström  Sweden 2:08.22
4 6 Mireia Belmonte García  Spain 2:08.91
5 2 Franziska Hentke  Germany 2:09.01
6 7 Judit Ignacio Sorribes  Spain 2:09.14
7 1 Denisa Smolenová  Slovakia 2:10.70 NR
8 8 Martina van Berkel  Switzerland 2:11.69

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