# Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 25 and 26. The heats and semifinals took place on May 25, the final on May 26.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Zhao Jing | China | 27.06 | Rome | July 30, 2009 |
| European record | Daniela Samulski | Germany | 27.23 | Rome | July 30, 2009 |
| Championship record | Aleksandra Gerasimenya | Belarus | 27.64 | Budapest | August 14, 2010 |

## Results
### Heats

43 swimmers participated in 6 heats.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 5 | Aleksandra Urbanczyk | Poland | 28.44 | NR |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Mercedes Peris | Spain | 28.45 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Arianna Barbieri | Italy | 28.55 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 28.72 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 28.75 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 6 | Sanja Jovanović | Croatia | 28.81 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Ekaterina Avramova | Bulgaria | 28.97 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 29.05 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 7 | Klaudia Nazieblo | Poland | 29.07 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 29.19 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 6 | Lisa Graf | Germany | 29.20 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Ingibjörg Kristín Jónsdóttir | Iceland | 29.23 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 5 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 29.25 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 7 | Ivana Gabrilo | Switzerland | 29.31 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 8 | Anni Alitalo | Finland | 29.32 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 5 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 29.35 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 29.51 | |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | Hazal Sarikaya | Turkey | 29.52 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | 1 | Alzbeta Rehorkova | Czech Republic | 29.58 | |
| 20 | 4 | 6 | Fabienne Nadarajah | Austria | 29.59 | |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Aneta Pechancova | Czech Republic | 29.68 | |
| 21 | 4 | 8 | Klára Václavíková | Czech Republic | 29.68 | |
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | 29.75 | |
| 24 | 6 | 8 | Valery Svigir | Croatia | 29.82 | |
| 25 | 2 | 4 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 29.90 | |
| 26 | 2 | 5 | Katarína Milly | Slovakia | 30.02 | |
| 26 | 3 | 4 | Annemarie Worst | Netherlands | 30.02 | |
| 28 | 3 | 6 | Eszter Povázsay | Hungary | 30.05 | |
| 29 | 5 | 1 | Therese Svendsen | Sweden | 30.06 | |
| 30 | 2 | 2 | Uschi Halbreiner | Austria | 30.09 | |
| 31 | 3 | 2 | Lotta Nevalainen | Finland | 30.10 | |
| 32 | 3 | 3 | Desiree Felner | Austria | 30.13 | |
| 33 | 3 | 8 | Gizem Cam | Turkey | 30.23 | |
| 34 | 2 | 7 | Tatiana Perstniova | Moldova | 30.38 | |
| 34 | 2 | 8 | Valeria Mihhailova | Estonia | 30.38 | |
| 36 | 1 | 5 | Birita Debes | Faroe Islands | 30.60 | NR |
| 36 | 2 | 6 | Veronica Orheim Bjørlykke | Norway | 30.60 | |
| 38 | 2 | 3 | Dorina Szekeres | Hungary | 30.69 | |
| 39 | 2 | 1 | Anna Volchkov | Israel | 30.97 | |
| 40 | 1 | 4 | Gabriela Ņikitina | Latvia | 31.11 | |
| 41 | 1 | 3 | Johanna Gerda Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | 31.48 | |
| | 4 | 2 | Katarzyna Gorniak | Poland | DSQ | |
| | 6 | 3 | Elena Gemo | Italy | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Arianna Barbieri | Italy | 28.30 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 28.47 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Klaudia Nazieblo | Poland | 28.72 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Ekaterina Avramova | Bulgaria | 28.78 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 29.18 | |
| 6 | 2 | Lisa Graf | Germany | 29.22 | |
| 7 | 8 | Hazal Sarikaya | Turkey | 29.29 | |
| 8 | 1 | Anni Alitalo | Finland | 29.30 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Mercedes Peris | Spain | 28.33 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Sanja Jovanović | Croatia | 28.52 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 28.57 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 28.65 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 28.93 | |
| 6 | 7 | Ingibjörg Kristín Jónsdóttir | Iceland | 29.14 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ivana Gabrilo | Switzerland | 29.26 | |
| 8 | 8 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 29.40 | |

### Final

The final was held at 17:57.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Mercedes Peris | Spain | 28.25 |
| | 4 | Arianna Barbieri | Italy | 28.31 |
| | 6 | Sanja Jovanović | Croatia | 28.31 |
| 4 | 3 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 28.36 |
| 5 | 7 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 28.72 |
| 6 | 2 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 28.75 |
| 7 | 1 | Klaudia Nazieblo | Poland | 28.93 |
| 8 | 8 | Ekaterina Avramova | Bulgaria | 29.09 |