The women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 25 and 26. The heats and semifinals took place on May 25, the final on May 26.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre backstroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-25.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordZhao Jing27.06RomeJuly 30, 2009 European recordDaniela Samulski27.23RomeJuly 30, 2009Championship recordAleksandra Gerasimenya27.64BudapestAugust 14, 2010

Results

Heats 43 swimmers participated in 6 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre backstroke Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-25.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 5 Aleksandra Urbanczyk 28.44 NR 2 6 4 Mercedes Peris 28.45 Q 3 4 5 Arianna Barbieri 28.55 Q 4 4 7 Carlotta Zofkova 28.72 Q 5 4 4 Jenny Mensing 28.75 Q 6 5 6 Sanja Jovanović 28.81 Q 7 5 3 Ekaterina Avramova 28.97 Q 8 5 4 Theodora Drakou 29.05 Q 9 6 7 Klaudia Nazieblo 29.07 Q 10 4 3 Simona Baumrtová 29.19 Q 11 6 6 Lisa Graf 29.20 Q 12 6 2 Ingibjörg Kristín Jónsdóttir 29.23 Q 13 5 5 Daryna Zevina 29.25 Q 14 5 7 Ivana Gabrilo 29.31 Q 15 5 8 Anni Alitalo 29.32 Q 16 3 5 Kira Toussaint 29.35 Q 17 6 1 Alicja Tchórz 29.51 18 5 2 Hazal Sarikaya 29.52 Q 19 4 1 Alzbeta Rehorkova 29.58 20 4 6 Fabienne Nadarajah 29.59 21 3 7 Aneta Pechancova 29.68 21 4 8 Klára Václavíková 29.68 23 3 1 Hanna-Maria Seppälä 29.75 24 6 8 Valery Svigir 29.82 25 2 4 Mimosa Jallow 29.90 26 2 5 Katarína Milly 30.02 26 3 4 Annemarie Worst 30.02 28 3 6 Eszter Povázsay 30.05 29 5 1 Therese Svendsen 30.06 30 2 2 Uschi Halbreiner 30.09 31 3 2 Lotta Nevalainen 30.10 32 3 3 Desiree Felner 30.13 33 3 8 Gizem Cam 30.23 34 2 7 Tatiana Perstniova 30.38 34 2 8 Valeria Mihhailova 30.38 36 1 5 Birita Debes 30.60 NR 36 2 6 Veronica Orheim Bjørlykke 30.60 38 2 3 Dorina Szekeres 30.69 39 2 1 Anna Volchkov 30.97 40 1 4 Gabriela Ņikitina 31.11 41 1 3 Johanna Gerda Gústafsdóttir 31.48 4 2 Katarzyna Gorniak DSQ 6 3 Elena Gemo DNS

Semifinals The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre backstroke Semifinals results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-25.

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Arianna Barbieri 28.30 Q 2 5 Jenny Mensing 28.47 Q 3 6 Klaudia Nazieblo 28.72 Q 4 3 Ekaterina Avramova 28.78 Q 5 7 Daryna Zevina 29.18 6 2 Lisa Graf 29.22 7 8 Hazal Sarikaya 29.29 8 1 Anni Alitalo 29.30

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Mercedes Peris 28.33 Q 2 3 Sanja Jovanović 28.52 Q 3 2 Simona Baumrtová 28.57 Q 4 5 Carlotta Zofkova 28.65 Q 5 6 Theodora Drakou 28.93 6 7 Ingibjörg Kristín Jónsdóttir 29.14 7 1 Ivana Gabrilo 29.26 8 8 Kira Toussaint 29.40

Final The final was held at 17:57.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre backstroke Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Mercedes Peris 28.25 4 Arianna Barbieri 28.31 6 Sanja Jovanović 28.31 4 3 Jenny Mensing 28.36 5 7 Carlotta Zofkova 28.72 6 2 Simona Baumrtová 28.75 7 1 Klaudia Nazieblo 28.93 8 8 Ekaterina Avramova 29.09

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