Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly

Women's 50 metre butterfly
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 21, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 22, 2012 (final)
Competitors47 from 28 nations
Winning time25.64
Medalists
gold medal    Sweden
silver medal    Estonia
bronze medal    Norway

The women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21 and 22. The heats and semifinals took place on May 21, the final on May 22.[1]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record
European record
Therese Alshammar  Sweden 25.07 Rome July 31, 2009
Championship record Therese Alshammar  Sweden 25.50 Budapest August 9, 2010

Results

Heats

47 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 26.48 Q
2 4 5 Ingvild Snildal  Norway 26.55 Q
3 5 4 Hinkelien Schreuder  Netherlands 26.70 Q
4 4 4 Triin Aljand  Estonia 26.72 Q
4 6 2 Anna Dowgiert  Poland 26.72 Q
6 4 6 Kristel Vourna  Greece 26.79 Q
7 4 2 Ilaria Bianchi  Italy 26.80 Q
7 5 3 Silvia di Pietro  Italy 26.80 Q
9 4 3 Sviatlana Khakhlova  Belarus 26.92 Q
10 6 3 Nadiya Koba  Ukraine 27.03 Q
11 5 6 Louise Hansson  Sweden 27.07 Q
12 3 4 Eszter Dara  Hungary 27.19 Q
13 6 5 Amit Ivri  Israel 27.20 Q
13 6 6 Sina Sutter  Germany 27.20 Q
15 1 2 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 27.21 Q
16 5 8 Danielle Carmen Villars  Switzerland 27.30 Q
17 5 5 Daria Tcvetkova  Russia 27.32
18 1 7 Annika Saarnak  Estonia 27.35
19 6 7 Emilia Pikkarainen  Finland 27.37
20 2 5 Orsolya Tompa  Hungary 27.38
21 5 2 Datya Stepanyuk  Ukraine 27.52
21 6 1 Fabienne Nadarajah  Austria 27.52
23 4 7 Maria Ugolkova  Russia 27.59
24 4 1 Lisa Zaiser  Austria 27.64
25 6 8 Sarah Blake Bateman  Iceland 27.67
26 3 1 Katarína Milly  Slovakia 27.72
27 5 7 Katharina Stiberg  Norway 27.80
28 3 6 Valery Svigir  Croatia 27.81
29 4 8 Gabriela Ņikitina  Latvia 27.91
30 3 8 Monica Johannessen  Norway 27.95
31 3 5 Katarina Listopadová  Slovakia 27.98
32 5 1 Sara Freitas Oliveira  Portugal 28.18
33 3 2 Liliána Szilágyi  Hungary 28.26
34 3 3 Ayse Ezgi Yazici  Turkey 28.28
35 3 7 Eva Chavez-Diaz  Austria 28.36
36 1 1 Klára Václavíková  Czech Republic 28.41
37 2 6 Bethany Carson  Ireland 28.43
38 2 4 Sara Joo  Hungary 28.55
39 2 2 Vaiva Gimbutytė  Lithuania 28.70
40 2 1 Emilie N Løvberg  Norway 28.83
41 1 4 Maria Novikova  Russia 29.02
41 2 8 Tatiana Perstniova  Moldova 29.02
43 2 7 Aneta Pechancova  Czech Republic 29.12
44 2 3 Ingibjörg Kristin Jónsdóttir  Iceland 29.40
45 1 5 Desiree Felner  Austria 29.46
46 1 6 Birita Debes  Faroe Islands 29.93
47 1 3 Milica Marković  Montenegro 30.35

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Triin Aljand  Estonia 26.20 Q
2 4 Ingvild Snildal  Norway 26.39 Q
3 6 Silvia di Pietro  Italy 26.61 Q
4 3 Kristel Vourna  Greece 26.63 Q, NR
5 2 Nadiya Koba  Ukraine 26.92
6 1 Sina Sutter  Germany 27.02
7 7 Eszter Dara  Hungary 27.04
8 8 Danielle Carmen Villars  Switzerland 27.28

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 26.22 Q
2 3 Anna Dowgiert  Poland 26.36 Q, NR
3 6 Ilaria Bianchi  Italy 26.65 Q
4 1 Amit Ivri  Israel 26.68 Q
5 7 Louise Hansson  Sweden 26.72
6 5 Hinkelien Schreuder  Netherlands 26.73
7 2 Sviatlana Khakhlova  Belarus 26.80
8 8 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 27.02

Final

The final was held at 17:18.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 25.64
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Triin Aljand  Estonia 25.92 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Ingvild Snildal  Norway 26.12
4 3 Anna Dowgiert  Poland 26.38
5 2 Silvia di Pietro  Italy 26.44
6 7 Kristel Vourna  Greece 26.52 NR
7 1 Ilaria Bianchi  Italy 26.55
8 8 Amit Ivri  Israel 26.77

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