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

The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 8 and 9 August 2018.[1][2]

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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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
  4 Yuliya Yefimova   Russia 29.81
  5 Imogen Clark   Great Britain 30.34
  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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