The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 23 and 24. The heats and semifinals took place on May 23, the final on May 24.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 100 metre backstroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-22.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordEuropean recordGemma Spofforth58.12RomeJuly 28, 2009Championship recordAnastasia Zuyeva59.41EindhovenMarch 21, 2008

Results

Heats 45 swimmers participated in 6 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 100 metre backstroke Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 5 Arianna Barbieri 1:00.26 Q, NR 2 5 6 Carlotta Zofkova 1:00.76 Q 3 6 4 Daryna Zevina 1:00.98 Q 4 6 5 Jenny Mensing 1:01.23 Q 5 4 4 Duane da Rocha Marce 1:01.28 Q 6 4 3 Ekaterina Avramova 1:01.38 Q 7 5 3 Elena Gemo 1:01.43 8 4 6 Simona Baumrtová 1:01.44 Q, NR 9 6 3 Cloe Credeville 1:01.49 Q 10 6 7 Lisa Graf 1:01.61 Q 11 5 4 Alexianne Castel 1:01.65 Q 12 5 5 Mercedes Peris 1:01.78 Q 13 5 2 Alicja Tchorz 1:02.27 Q 14 5 1 Eszter Povázsay 1:02.38 Q 15 6 1 Klaudia Nazieblo 1:02.64 Q 16 5 8 Sanja Jovanović 1:02.75 Q 17 4 1 Hazal Sarikaya 1:02.82 Q 18 3 6 Uschi Halbreiner 1:02.97 19 3 4 Iryna Glavnyk 1:03.10 20 5 7 Annemarie Worst 1:03.12 21 4 7 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir 1:03.30 NR 22 4 2 Melanie Nocher 1:03.42 23 2 5 Alzbeta Rehorková 1:03.58 23 6 8 Ivana Gabrilo 1:03.58 25 6 2 Therese Svendsen 1:03.80 26 3 3 Klára Václavíková 1:03.95 27 2 3 Anni Alitalo 1:04.14 28 3 5 Anna Volchkov 1:04.20 29 3 2 Fabienne Nadarajah 1:04.50 30 2 6 Lotta Nevalainen 1:04.51 31 2 1 Gizem Cam 1:04.68 32 3 1 Katarína Milly 1:04.69 33 2 8 Tatiana Perstniova 1:04.71 34 2 7 Mimosa Jallow 1:04.85 35 2 4 Veronica Orheim Bjørlykke 1:04.99 36 3 8 Dorina Szekeres 1:05.02 37 1 2 Johanna Gerda Gustafsdottir 1:05.38 38 2 2 Desiree Felner 1:05.50 39 1 5 Mònica Ramirez Abella 1:05.77 40 1 3 Valeria Mihhailova 1:06.47 41 1 4 Karin Tomecková 1:06.89 42 1 6 Birita Debes 1:07.21 3 7 Katarzyna Gorniak DSQ 4 8 Michelle Coleman DSQ 6 6 Kira Toussaint DSQ

Semifinals The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 100 metre backstroke Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Alexianne Castel 1:00.48 2 5 Jenny Mensing 1:00.58 Q 3 4 Carlotta Zofkova 1:01.00 Q 4 6 Cloe Credeville 1:01.44 Q 5 3 Ekaterina Avramova 1:01.48 Q 6 7 Alicja Tchorz 1:02.33 7 1 Klaudia Nazieblo 1:02.51 8 8 Hazal Sarikaya 1:02.98

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Daryna Zevina 1:00.45 Q 2 4 Arianna Barbieri 1:00.52 Q 3 3 Duane da Rocha Marce 1:00.56 Q 4 6 Simona Baumrtová 1:00.88 Q, NR 5 7 Mercedes Peris 1:01.71 6 2 Lisa Graf 1:02.05 7 8 Sanja Jovanović 1:02.47 8 1 Eszter Povázsay 1:02.74

Final The final was held at 17:53.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 100 metre backstroke Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-24.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Jenny Mensing 1:00.08 5 Arianna Barbieri 1:00.54 2 Simona Baumrtová 1:00.57 NR 4 4 Daryna Zevina 1:00.59 5 3 Duane da Rocha Marce 1:00.89 6 7 Carlotta Zofkova 1:01.01 7 8 Ekaterina Avramova 1:01.48 8 1 Cloe Credeville 1:01.54

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