Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre butterfly
Competition:	2012 European Aquatics Championships
Dates:	May 24, 2012 (heats and semifinals) May 25, 2012 (final)
Competitors:	39
Nations:	20
Win Value:	58.04
Gold:	Ingvild Snildal
Goldnoc:	NOR
Silver:	Martina Granström
Silvernoc:	SWE
Bronze:	Amit Ivri
Bronzenoc:	ISR

The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 24 and 25. The heats and semifinals took place on May 24, the final on May 25.^[1]

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record European record	Sarah Sjöström		align=left	56.06	Rome	July 27, 2009
Championship record	Martina Moravcová		align=left	57.20	Berlin	August 2, 2002

Results

Heats

39 swimmers participated in 5 heats.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4			58.31	Q
2	5	4			58.41	Q
3	5	3			58.64	Q
4	5	5			58.84	Q
5	5	7			58.86	Q
6	4	4			58.96	Q
7	2	5			59.07	Q
8	2	3			59.14	Q
9	4	3			59.18	Q
10	4	2			59.39
11	4	6			59.43
12	3	8			59.57	Q, NR
13	5	6			59.61	Q
14	3	3			59.62	Q
15	3	5			59.64	Q
16	3	7			59.75
17	5	1			59.78
18	4	5			1:00.08
19	3	6			1:00.11	Q
20	5	8			1:00.12
21	4	1			1:00.25
22	5	2			1:00.41	Q
23	3	1			1:00.48	Q
24	2	6			1:00.55
25	3	2			1:00.75
26	4	8			1:00.96
27	4	7			1:01.00
28	2	4			1:01.01
29	2	1			1:01.52
30	1	3			1:02.10
31	2	7			1:02.20
32	2	8			1:02.24
33	1	5			1:02.83
34	1	4			1:03.81
35	1	7			1:03.87
36	1	2			1:04.03
37	1	6			1:04.08
38	1	1			1:05.65
	2	2			DNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
2	4			58.07	Q
2	5			58.39	Q
3	3			58.79	Q
4	6			59.18	Q
5	7			59.52
6	1			59.79
7	8			1:00.09
8	2			1:00.14

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			58.84	Q
2	2			58.90	Q
3	5			59.01	Q
4	6			59.49	Q
5	1			59.70
6	7			59.71
7	8			1:00.12
	4			58.28	DSQ^[4]

Final

The final was held at 18:10.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			58.04
	5			58.07
	7			58.78
4	6			58.95
5	3			58.98
6	2			59.06
7	1			59.24
8	8			59.76

Notes and References

1. http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2012/Debrecen/C51A1_Start%20List%20%28Heats%20Individual%29_23_Women_100_Fly.pdf 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 100 metre butterfly entry list
2. http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2012/Debrecen/C74A_Results%20%28Summary%20-%20Individual%29_23_Women_100_Fly.pdf 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 100 metre butterfly Heats results
3. http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2012/Debrecen/C74A_Results%20%28Summary%20-%20Individual%29_223_Women_100_Fly.pdf 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 100 metre butterfly Semifinals results
4. Cause she was extended by 15 cm from the exit underwater.
5. http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2012/Debrecen/C73A1_Results%20%28One%20Heat%20-%20Individual%29_123_Heat1_Women_100_Fly.pdf 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 100 metre butterfly Final results