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

The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 4 and 5 August 2018.[1][2]

Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates4 August (heats and semifinals)
5 August (final)
Competitors51 from 25 nations
Winning time27.23
Medalists
    Great Britain
    Russia
    Finland

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordZhao Jing China27.06Rome30 July 2009
European recordDaniela Samulski
Aliaksandra Herasimenia
 Germany
 Belarus
27.23Rome
Budapest
30 July 2009
27 July 2017
Championship recordFrancesca Halsall Great Britain27.57London21 May 2016

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
4 AugustHeatGeorgia Davies Great Britain27.21CR, ER

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 4 August at 10:17.[3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Georgia Davies Great Britain27.21Q, ER, CR
264Anastasia Fesikova Russia27.23Q, NR
355Mimosa Jallow Finland27.42Q, NR
465Maria Kameneva Russia27.70Q, WD
545Simona Baumrtová Czech Republic27.78Q, NR
646Kathleen Dawson Great Britain27.92Q
744Mie Nielsen Denmark27.97Q
856Kira Toussaint Netherlands28.04Q
963Béryl Gastaldello France28.19Q
1066Ida Lindborg Sweden28.23Q
1143Maaike de Waard Netherlands28.30Q
1157Cassie Wild Great Britain28.30
1342Alicja Tchórz Poland28.33Q
1468Tessa Vermeulen Netherlands28.35
1553Silvia Scalia Italy28.37Q
1562Julie Kepp Jensen Denmark28.37Q
1734Sasha Touretski  Switzerland28.46Q, NR
1851Carlotta Zofkova Italy28.48Q
1952Theodora Drakou Greece28.53Q
2047Lucy Hope Great Britain28.61
2141Polina Egorova Russia28.65
2261Mathilde Cini France28.66
2359Nina Kost  Switzerland28.72
2458Jenna Laukkanen Finland28.85
2569Katalin Burián Hungary28.94
2635Victoria Bierre Denmark29.04
2760Anastasiia Abdeeva Russia29.08
2849Anika Apostalon Czech Republic29.22
2940Ekaterina Avramova Turkey29.27
3048Agata Naskręt Poland29.38
3124Signhild Joensen Faroe Islands29.54
3236Gabriela Georgieva Bulgaria29.58
3350Karolina Hájková Slovakia29.61
3433Shahar Menahem Israel29.66
3525Elçin Türkmenoğlu Turkey29.71
3638Magdalena Kuras Sweden29.91
3737Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir Iceland29.93
3830Ieva Maļuka Latvia29.94
3939Margaret Markvardt Estonia29.96
4027Aviv Barzelay Israel30.01
4132Arina Baikova Latvia30.02
4226Lena Grabowski Austria30.03
4328Vilma Ruotsalainen Finland30.04
4422Kertu Kaare Estonia30.23
4531Sezin Eliguel Turkey30.25
4621Weronika Górecka Poland30.60
4715Eda Zećiri Kosovo30.95
4814Fjorda Šabani Kosovo31.17
4913Ani Poghosyan Armenia33.05
23Kalia Antoniou CyprusDisqualified
67Caroline Pilhatsch Austria

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 4 August at 17:49.[4]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Anastasia Fesikova Russia27.49Q
26Béryl Gastaldello France27.86Q, NR
35Simona Baumrtová Czech Republic27.91Q
47Silvia Scalia Italy27.96
58Theodora Drakou Greece28.08
62Maaike de Waard Netherlands28.09
73Mie Nielsen Denmark28.14
81Sasha Touretski  Switzerland28.70

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Georgia Davies Great Britain27.46Q
25Mimosa Jallow Finland27.62Q
37Alicja Tchórz Poland27.72Q, NR
46Kira Toussaint Netherlands27.92Q
58Carlotta Zofkova Italy27.94Q, NR
63Kathleen Dawson Great Britain28.11
71Julie Kepp Jensen Denmark28.32
82Ida Lindborg Sweden28.77

Final

The final was held on 5 August at 18:21.[5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Georgia Davies Great Britain27.23
5Anastasia Fesikova Russia27.31
3Mimosa Jallow Finland27.70
46Alicja Tchórz Poland27.74
52Béryl Gastaldello France28.10
68Carlotta Zofkova Italy28.31
77Simona Baumrtová Czech Republic28.38
81Kira Toussaint Netherlands28.80

References

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