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

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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

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]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 53.61
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Britta Steffen  Germany 54.15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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