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Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle

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Women's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 25, 2012 (heats)
May 26, 2012 (final)
Competitors10 from 8 nations
Winning time16:05.34
Medalists
gold medal    Spain
silver medal    Hungary
bronze medal    Spain

The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 25 and 26. The heats took place on May 25, the final on May 26.[1]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Kate Ziegler  United States 15:42.54 Mission Viejo June 17, 2007
European record Alessia Filippi  Italy 15:44.93 Rome July 28, 2009
Championship record Flavia Rigamonti  Switzerland 15:58.54 Eindhoven March 23, 2008

Results

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Heats

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12 swimmers participated in 2 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 7 Mireia Belmonte García  Spain 16:21.60 Q
2 2 4 Erika Villaécija García  Spain 16:32.69 Q
3 1 4 Éva Risztov  Hungary 16:33.56 Q
4 2 5 Camelia Potec  Romania 16:35.46 Q
5 1 3 Julia Hassler  Liechtenstein 16:37.75 Q
6 1 5 Marianna Lymperta  Greece 16:47.02 Q
7 1 6 Donata Kilijanska  Poland 16:55.08 Q
8 2 2 Theodora Giareni  Greece 17:06.85 Q
9 2 6 Nina Dittrich  Austria 17:08.49
10 1 7 Iryna Glavnyk  Ukraine 17:16.21
1 2 Nuala Murphy  Ireland DNS
2 3 Martina Grimaldi  Italy DNS

Final

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The final was held at 17:02.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Mireia Belmonte García  Spain 16:05.34
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Éva Risztov  Hungary 16:10.04 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Erika Villaécija García  Spain 16:15.85
4 6 Camelia Potec  Romania 16:17.88
5 2 Julia Hassler  Liechtenstein 16:31.66 NR
6 7 Marianna Lymperta  Greece 16:36.97
7 8 Theodora Giareni  Greece 17:01.57
8 1 Donata Kilijanska  Poland 17:08.61

References

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