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Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

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Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 21, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 22, 2012 (final)
Competitors29 from 22 nations
Winning time2:08.41
Medalists
gold medal    France
silver medal    Germany
bronze medal    Spain

The women's 200 metre backstroke 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

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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 Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 2:04.81 Rome August 1, 2009
European record Anastasia Zuyeva  Russia 2:04.94 Rome August 1, 2009
Championship record Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary 2:06.62 Athens August 22, 1991

Results

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Heats

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29 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Alexianne Castel  France 2:10.04 Q
2 3 5 Jenny Mensing  Germany 2:11.05 Q
3 4 4 Daryna Zevina  Ukraine 2:11.31 Q
4 4 6 Anja Čarman  Slovenia 2:12.55 Q
5 2 3 Simona Baumrtová  Czech Republic 2:12.66 Q
6 4 5 Duane da Rocha Marce  Spain 2:12.73 Q
7 2 4 Alessia Filippi  Italy 2:12.89 Q
8 3 6 Melanie Nocher  Ireland 2:13.09 Q
9 3 3 Alicja Tchórz  Poland 2:13.40 Q
10 3 2 Kira Toussaint  Netherlands 2:13.67 Q
11 2 5 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir  Iceland 2:13.81 Q, NR
12 2 6 Marie Jugnet  France 2:14.14 Q
13 2 1 Kim Daniela Pavlin  Croatia 2:14.25 Q
14 3 1 Uschi Halbreiner  Austria 2:14.40 Q, NR
15 4 2 Annemarie Worst  Netherlands 2:14.82 Q
16 4 1 Klaudia Nazieblo  Poland 2:15.72 Q
17 2 7 Dorina Szekeres  Hungary 2:16.67
18 3 8 Eszter Povázsay  Hungary 2:17.05
19 4 3 Ekaterina Avramova  Bulgaria 2:17.11
20 1 4 Martina van Berkel  Switzerland 2:17.94
21 3 7 Camille Gheorghiu  France 2:18.08
22 4 7 Anna Volchkov  Israel 2:18.18
23 2 2 Therese Svendsen  Sweden 2:18.28
24 1 6 Veronica Orheim Bjørlykke  Norway 2:19.37
25 1 3 Alzbeta Rehorkova  Czech Republic 2:19.47
26 2 8 Boglárka Kapás  Hungary 2:19.56
27 1 5 Karin Tomecková  Slovakia 2:21.37
28 4 8 Hazal Sarikaya  Turkey 2:22.28
29 1 2 Monica Ramirez Abella  Andorra 2:24.65

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jenny Mensing  Germany 2:09.49 Q
2 6 Melanie Nocher  Ireland 2:11.68 Q
3 3 Duane da Rocha Marce  Spain 2:11.86 Q
4 5 Anja Čarman  Slovenia 2:12.10 Q
5 2 Kira Toussaint  Netherlands 2:13.09
6 7 Marie Jugnet  France 2:14.41
7 8 Klaudia Nazieblo  Poland 2:17.22
8 1 Uschi Halbreiner  Austria 2:17.77

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Alexianne Castel  France 2:09.03 Q
2 5 Daryna Zevina  Ukraine 2:10.17 Q
3 6 Alessia Filippi  Italy 2:10.89 Q
4 3 Simona Baumrtová  Czech Republic 2:11.20 Q
5 1 Kim Daniela Pavlin  Croatia 2:12.79
6 7 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir  Iceland 2:13.77 NR
7 8 Annemarie Worst  Netherlands 2:13.92
8 2 Alicja Tchórz  Poland 2:13.95

Final

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The final was held at 17:58.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Alexianne Castel  France 2:08.41
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Jenny Mensing  Germany 2:09.55
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 Duane Da Rocha Marce  Spain 2:09.56
4 3 Daryna Zevina  Ukraine 2:09.57
5 7 Melanie Nocher  Ireland 2:10.75 NR
6 2 Simona Baumrtová  Czech Republic 2:10.85
7 6 Alessia Filippi  Italy 2:11.20
8 8 Anja Čarman  Slovenia 2:12.51

References

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