Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke

Women's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships
VenueForo Italico
Dates16 August (heats and semifinals)
17 August (final)
Competitors33 from 21 nations
Winning time29.59
Medalists
gold medal    Lithuania
silver medal    Italy
bronze medal    Great Britain
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The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 August 2022.[1][2]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record
European record
Championship record
Benedetta Pilato  Italy 29.30 Budapest 22 May 2021

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 16 August at 09:45.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Arianna Castiglioni  Italy 29.91 Q
2 4 4 Benedetta Pilato  Italy 29.93 Q
3 3 4 Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania 30.12 Q
4 4 5 Imogen Clark  Great Britain 30.18 Q
5 3 3 Veera Kivirinta  Finland 30.34 Q
6 2 3 Lisa Angiolini  Italy 30.62
7 3 5 Sophie Hansson  Sweden 30.80 Q
8 2 5 Martina Carraro  Italy 30.90
9 4 3 Florine Gaspard  Belgium 30.94 Q
10 2 6 Ana Rodrigues  Portugal 31.04 Q, NR
10 4 6 Kotryna Teterevkova  Lithuania 31.04 Q
12 2 2 Louise Palmans  Netherlands 31.37 Q
13 3 1 Mona McSharry  Ireland 31.41 Q
14 4 2 Klara Thormalm  Sweden 31.43 Q
15 3 2 Kara Hanlon  Great Britain 31.60 Q
16 4 7 Lisa Mamié  Switzerland 31.72 Q
17 2 7 Dominika Sztandera  Poland 31.74 Q
18 3 6 Maria Drasidou  Greece 31.77 Q
19 3 0 Andrea Podmaníková  Slovakia 31.86
20 3 8 Laura Lahtinen  Finland 31.93
21 4 9 Maria Romanjuk  Estonia 31.94
22 3 7 Jessica Vall  Spain 32.07
23 4 8 Kamila Isayeva  Ukraine 32.08
24 2 8 Meri Mataja  Croatia 32.22
25 2 1 Nele Schulze  Germany 32.28
26 2 0 Cecilia Viberg  Sweden 32.30
27 4 0 Julia Månsson  Sweden 32.54
28 1 5 Nina Stanisavljević  Serbia 32.79
29 4 1 Jenna Laukkanen  Finland 32.82
30 1 3 Eleni Kontogeorgou  Greece 33.22
31 1 4 Martta Ruuska  Finland 33.54
32 1 7 Varsenik Manucharyan  Armenia 34.23
33 1 2 Amy Micallef  Malta 35.55
1 6 Defne Coşkun  Turkey Did not start
2 9 Thea Blomsterberg  Denmark
3 9 Niamh Coyne  Ireland

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 16 August at 18:31.[4]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania 29.44 Q, NR
2 1 4 Benedetta Pilato  Italy 29.85 Q
3 1 5 Imogen Clark  Great Britain 30.10 Q
4 2 4 Arianna Castiglioni  Italy 30.27 Q
5 2 3 Veera Kivirinta  Finland 30.77 q
6 2 6 Florine Gaspard  Belgium 30.86 q
7 2 7 Mona McSharry  Ireland 30.90 q
8 1 3 Sophie Hansson  Sweden 31.05 q
9 1 6 Kotryna Teterevkova  Lithuania 31.07
10 2 1 Kara Hanlon  Great Britain 31.32
11 2 2 Ana Rodrigues  Portugal 31.33
12 2 8 Dominika Sztandera  Poland 31.35
13 1 7 Klara Thormalm  Sweden 31.38
14 1 8 Maria Drasidou  Greece 31.57
15 1 2 Louise Palmans  Netherlands 31.62
16 1 1 Lisa Mamié  Switzerland 31.69

Final

The final was held on 17 August at 18:05.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania 29.59
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Benedetta Pilato  Italy 29.71
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Imogen Clark  Great Britain 30.31
4 6 Arianna Castiglioni  Italy 30.43
5 2 Veera Kivirinta  Finland 30.86
6 8 Sophie Hansson  Sweden 31.02
7 1 Mona McSharry  Ireland 31.15
8 7 Florine Gaspard  Belgium 31.46

References