Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships
Dates18–19 May
Competitors47 from 28 nations
Winning time58.73
Medalists
gold medal    Denmark
silver medal    Hungary
bronze medal    Great Britain
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The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 May 2016.[1][2]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Gemma Spofforth  Great Britain 58.12 Rome 28 July 2009
European record
Championship record Anastasia Zuyeva  Russia 59.41 Eindhoven 21 March 2008

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 18 May at 10:49.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Mie Østergaard Nielsen  Denmark 59.26 Q, CR
2 6 4 Katinka Hosszú  Hungary 59.38 Q
3 5 2 Kathleen Dawson  Great Britain 1:00.60 Q
4 6 2 Katarína Listopadová  Slovakia 1:00.78 Q
5 3 4 Ekaterina Avramova  Turkey 1:00.82 Q
6 4 4 Georgia Davies  Great Britain 1:00.84 Q
7 6 7 Carlotta Zofkova  Italy 1:00.88 Q
8 6 6 Alicja Tchórz  Poland 1:00.89 Q
9 6 5 Daryna Zevina  Ukraine 1:00.98 Q
10 5 3 Matea Samardžić  Croatia 1:01.27 Q
10 4 1 Theodora Drakou  Greece 1:01.27 Q
12 4 5 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir  Iceland 1:01.44 Q
12 5 5 Elena Gemo  Italy 1:01.44 Q
14 5 7 Margherita Panziera  Italy 1:01.45
15 4 6 Irina Prikhodko  Russia 1:01.47 Q
16 5 6 Mimosa Jallow  Finland 1:01.49 Q
17 4 3 Simona Baumrtová  Czech Republic 1:01.67 Q
18 4 7 Harriet Cooper  Great Britain 1:01.88
19 5 1 Kristīna Šteins  Latvia 1:01.93
20 4 2 Camille Gheorghiu  France 1:02.11
21 4 8 Maaike de Waard  Netherlands 1:02.13
22 4 0 Charlotte Evans  Great Britain 1:02.35
23 6 9 Kata Burián  Hungary 1:02.38
24 3 5 Halime Zülal Zeren  Turkey 1:02.41
25 5 8 Caroline Pilhatsch  Austria 1:02.52
26 6 0 Tereza Grusová  Czech Republic 1:02.61
27 3 6 Ugnė Mažutaitytė  Lithuania 1:02.66
28 6 8 Ida Lindborg  Sweden 1:02.70
29 3 2 Alina Kendzior  Estonia 1:02.75
30 5 9 Ludwika Szynal  Poland 1:02.94
31 3 7 Karolina Hájková  Slovakia 1:03.00
32 2 2 Henriette Stenkvist  Sweden 1:03.02
33 2 8 Věra Kopřivová  Czech Republic 1:03.34
34 3 3 Karin Tomečková  Slovakia 1:03.44
35 5 0 Réka György  Hungary 1:03.53
35 3 1 Danielle Hill  Ireland 1:03.53
37 2 5 Jade Smits  Belgium 1:03.62
38 3 8 Ema Šarar  Croatia 1:03.95
39 6 1 Mathilde Cini  France 1:04.08
40 2 6 Sigrid Sepp  Estonia 1:04.55
41 3 9 Ana Leite  Portugal 1:04.68
42 1 4 Signhild Joensen  Faroe Islands 1:04.84
43 2 3 Kätlin Sepp  Estonia 1:05.18
44 3 0 Tatiana Salcutan  Moldova 1:05.65
45 2 1 Francisca Azevedo  Portugal 1:05.68
46 1 5 Desiree Felner  Austria 1:06.07
47 1 3 Rita Zeqiri  Kosovo 1:12.67
2 0 Keren Siebner  Israel DNS
2 4 Sanja Jovanović  Croatia DNS
2 7 Magdalena Kuras  Sweden DNS
4 9 Andrea Murez  Israel DNS
6 3 Kira Toussaint  Netherlands DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 18 May at 19:41.[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Katinka Hosszú  Hungary 1:00.03 Q
2 3 Georgia Davies  Great Britain 1:00.58 Q
3 8 Simona Baumrtová  Czech Republic 1:00.83
4 1 Irina Prikhodko  Russia 1:01.09
5 6 Alicja Tchórz  Poland 1:01.19
6 5 Katarína Listopadová  Slovakia 1:01.33
7 7 Elena Gemo  Italy 1:01.70
8 2 Theodora Drakou  Greece 1:02.06

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Mie Østergaard Nielsen  Denmark 59.16 Q, CR
2 5 Kathleen Dawson  Great Britain 59.83 Q
3 2 Daryna Zevina  Ukraine 1:00.31 Q
4 1 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir  Iceland 1:00.46 Q
5 3 Ekaterina Avramova  Turkey 1:00.52 Q
6 6 Carlotta Zofkova  Italy 1:00.81 Q
7 8 Mimosa Jallow  Finland 1:01.16
8 7 Matea Samardžić  Croatia 1:01.80

Final

The final was held on 19 May at 19:00.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Mie Østergaard Nielsen  Denmark 58.73 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Katinka Hosszú  Hungary 58.94
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Kathleen Dawson  Great Britain 59.68
4 6 Daryna Zevina  Ukraine 59.97
5 1 Georgia Davies  Great Britain 59.99
6 2 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir  Iceland 1:00.98
6 8 Carlotta Zofkova  Italy 1:00.98
8 7 Ekaterina Avramova  Turkey 1:01.10

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