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

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 25, 2012 (heats and semifinals)
May 26, 2012 (final)
Competitors41 from 25 nations
Winning time1:56.76
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    Germany
bronze medal    France

The women's 200 metre freestyle 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.[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
European record
Federica Pellegrini  Italy 1:52.98 Rome July 29, 2009
Championship record Federica Pellegrini  Italy 1:55.45 Budapest August 14, 2010

Results

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Heats

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47 swimmers participated in 6 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Federica Pellegrini  Italy 1:59.07 Q
2 5 4 Silke Lippok  Germany 1:59.96 Q
3 5 3 Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne  France 2:00.05 Q
4 5 5 Sara Isaković  Slovenia 2:00.12 Q
5 4 3 Alice Mizzau  Italy 2:00.31 Q
6 6 7 Cecilie Johannessen  Norway 2:00.48 Q
7 6 3 Patricia Castro Ortega  Spain 2:00.61 Q
8 4 5 Evelyn Verrasztó  Hungary 2:00.85 Q
9 4 4 Ágnes Mutina  Hungary 2:00.88 Q
10 4 6 Nina Rangelova  Bulgaria 2:01.04 Q
11 5 7 Lydia Morant Varo  Spain 2:01.19 Q
12 6 8 Katarina Filová  Slovakia 2:01.32 Q
13 6 6 Mylène Lazare  France 2:01.46 Q
14 4 1 Camelia Potec  Romania 2:01.58 Q
15 6 2 Diletta Carli  Italy 2:01.61
16 4 2 Alice Nesti  Italy 2:01.74
17 5 1 Anna Stylianou  Cyprus 2:01.94 Q
18 5 2 Lisa Vitting  Germany 2:02.09 Q
19 6 1 Sycerika McMahon  Ireland 2:02.17
20 3 5 Urša Bežan  Slovenia 2:02.31
21 4 7 Melanie Nocher  Ireland 2:03.21
22 2 4 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir  Iceland 2:03.31 NR
23 2 5 Nastja Govejšek  Slovenia 2:03.36
24 4 8 Karolina Szczepaniak  Poland 2:03.49
25 3 4 Danielle Carmen Villars   Switzerland 2:03.57
26 2 2 Eva Hannesdóttir  Iceland 2:03.58
27 3 2 Bethany Carson  Ireland 2:03.63
28 6 5 Gabriella Fagundez  Sweden 2:03.68
29 3 6 Sára Joó  Hungary 2:03.98
30 1 7 Kristina Krasyukova  Russia 2:04.07
31 2 6 Jūratė Ščerbinskaitė  Lithuania 2:04.24
32 3 8 Aksana Dziamidava  Belarus 2:04.28
33 5 8 Eva Chavez-Diaz  Austria 2:04.81
34 1 2 Kristina Kochetkova  Russia 2:05.15
35 2 1 Veronica Orheim Bjørlykke  Norway 2:05.28
36 3 7 Valeriya Podlesna  Ukraine 2:06.59
37 1 1 Alona Ribakova  Latvia 2:06.64
38 1 3 Anastasia Bogdanovski  Macedonia 2:09.40
39 2 8 Susann Bjoernsen  Norway 2:09.55
40 1 5 Emilie Loevberg  Norway 2:09.89
41 1 6 Cecilia Eysturdal  Faroe Islands 2:15.41
1 4 Johanna Gerda Gustafsdottir  Iceland DNS
2 3 Nuala Murphy  Ireland DNS
2 7 Burcu Dolunay  Turkey DNS
3 1 Julia Hassler  Liechtenstein DNS
3 3 Stina Gardell  Sweden DNS
5 6 Daniela Schreiber  Germany DNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Silke Lippok  Germany 1:59.07 Q
2 5 Sara Isaković  Slovenia 1:59.55 Q
3 6 Evelyn Verrasztó  Hungary 1:59.72 Q
4 1 Camelia Potec  Romania 2:00.23
5 3 Cecilie Johannessen  Norway 2:00.26
6 2 Nina Rangelova  Bulgaria 2:00.47
7 7 Katarina Filová  Slovakia 2:01.31
8 8 Lisa Vitting  Germany 2:01.82

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Federica Pellegrini  Italy 1:57.81 Q
2 3 Alice Mizzau  Italy 1:58.55 Q
3 6 Patricia Castro Ortega  Spain 1:58.95 Q
4 5 Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne  France 1:59.66 Q
5 2 Ágnes Mutina  Hungary 2:00.15 Q
6 1 Mylène Lazare  France 2:00.21
7 7 Lydia Morant Varo  Spain 2:00.41
8 8 Anna Stylianou  Cyprus 2:01.53

Final

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The final was held at 17:31.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Federica Pellegrini  Italy 1:56.76
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Silke Lippok  Germany 1:58.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne  France 1:58.23
4 5 Alice Mizzau  Italy 1:58.39
5 2 Sara Isaković  Slovenia 1:58.90
6 3 Patricia Castro Ortega  Spain 1:59.39
7 8 Ágnes Mutina  Hungary 1:59.87
8 1 Evelyn Verrasztó  Hungary 2:00.06

References

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