Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke

Women's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates8 August (heats and semifinals)
9 August (final)
Competitors43 from 25 nations
Winning time29.81
Medalists
gold medal    Russia
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    Italy
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The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 8 and 9 August 2018.[1][2]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Lilly King  United States 29.40 Budapest 25 July 2017
European record Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania 29.48 Barcelona 3 August 2013
Championship record Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania 29.88 Berlin 23 August 2014

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
8 August Semifinal Yuliya Yefimova  Russia 29.66 CR

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 8 August at 09:51.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Yuliya Yefimova  Russia 30.20 Q
2 5 5 Arianna Castiglioni  Italy 30.30 Q
3 3 4 Imogen Clark  Great Britain 30.40 Q
4 3 5 Natalia Ivaneeva  Russia 30.60 Q
5 4 4 Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania 30.73 Q
5 4 5 Sarah Vasey  Great Britain 30.73 Q
7 3 6 Sophie Hansson  Sweden 30.79 Q
8 3 3 Martina Carraro  Italy 30.87 Q
9 4 3 Jenna Laukkanen  Finland 31.03 Q
10 5 6 Mona McSharry  Ireland 31.09 Q
11 5 3 Ida Hulkko  Finland 31.11 Q
12 5 2 Anna Sztankovics  Hungary 31.15 Q
13 4 6 Veera Kivirinta  Finland 31.26
14 4 7 Matilde Schrøder  Denmark 31.32 Q
15 4 8 Tatiana Chișca  Moldova 31.40 Q
16 5 7 Fanny Lecluyse  Belgium 31.43 Q
17 3 7 Rikke Møller Pedersen  Denmark 31.44 Q
18 3 8 Jessica Eriksson  Sweden 31.77
19 5 8 Fanny Deberghes  France 31.80
20 4 2 Jessica Vall  Spain 31.86
21 3 9 Maria Romanjuk  Estonia 32.00
22 5 9 Kotryna Teterevkova  Lithuania 32.01
23 2 6 Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş  Turkey 32.05
24 5 1 Weronika Hallmann  Poland 32.08
25 2 5 Elena Guttmann  Austria 32.11
25 3 2 Tes Schouten  Netherlands 32.11
27 2 7 Anna Wermuth  Denmark 32.26
28 3 1 Susann Bjørnsen  Norway 32.30
29 4 1 Alina Zmushka  Belarus 32.32
30 5 0 Petra Chocová  Czech Republic 32.35
31 2 3 Lisa Mamie  Switzerland 32.48
31 1 3 Cornelia Pammer  Austria 32.48
33 4 0 Tina Čelik  Slovenia 32.65
34 2 4 Tjaša Vozel  Slovenia 32.70
35 4 9 Vitalina Simonova  Russia 32.77
36 2 8 Alina Bulmag  Moldova 32.80
37 1 4 Sara Staudinger  Switzerland 32.89
38 1 5 Nikoleta Trníková  Slovakia 32.98
39 2 1 Maria Harutjunjan  Estonia 33.04
40 2 2 Nikoletta Pavlopoulou  Greece 33.08
41 3 0 Andrea Podmaníková  Slovakia 33.32
42 2 9 Stina Colleou  Norway 33.62
43 2 0 Thea Blomsterberg  Denmark 33.74

Semifinals

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The semifinals were started on 8 August at 17:25.[4]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania 30.38 Q
2 4 Arianna Castiglioni  Italy 30.40 Q
3 5 Natalia Ivaneeva  Russia 30.56 Q
4 6 Martina Carraro  Italy 30.70 Q
5 7 Anna Sztankovics  Hungary 31.34
6 2 Mona McSharry  Ireland 31.45
7 1 Tatiana Chișca  Moldova 31.51
8 8 Rikke Møller Pedersen  Denmark 31.70

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Yuliya Yefimova  Russia 29.66 Q, CR
2 5 Imogen Clark  Great Britain 30.04 Q
3 7 Ida Hulkko  Finland 30.53 Q
4 6 Sophie Hansson  Sweden 30.72 Q
5 3 Sarah Vasey  Great Britain 31.02
6 2 Jenna Laukkanen  Finland 31.18
7 1 Matilde Schrøder  Denmark 31.55
8 8 Fanny Lecluyse  Belgium 31.57

Final

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The final was started on 9 August at 16:55.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Yuliya Yefimova  Russia 29.81
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Imogen Clark  Great Britain 30.34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Arianna Castiglioni  Italy 30.41
4 3 Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania 30.46
5 2 Ida Hulkko  Finland 31.02
6 1 Martina Carraro  Italy 31.11
7 7 Natalia Ivaneeva  Russia 31.19
8 8 Sophie Hansson  Sweden 31.23

References

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