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

The women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21 and 22. The heats and semifinals took place on May 21, the final on May 22.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record European record | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 25.07 | Rome | July 31, 2009 |
| Championship record | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 25.50 | Budapest | August 9, 2010 |

## Results
### Heats

47 swimmers participated in 6 heats.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 26.48 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Ingvild Snildal | Norway | 26.55 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Hinkelien Schreuder | Netherlands | 26.70 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Triin Aljand | Estonia | 26.72 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 2 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 26.72 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 6 | Kristel Vourna | Greece | 26.79 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Ilaria Bianchi | Italy | 26.80 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Silvia di Pietro | Italy | 26.80 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Sviatlana Khakhlova | Belarus | 26.92 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Nadiya Koba | Ukraine | 27.03 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 6 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | 27.07 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 4 | Eszter Dara | Hungary | 27.19 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 5 | Amit Ivri | Israel | 27.20 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 6 | Sina Sutter | Germany | 27.20 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Martina Moravcová | Slovakia | 27.21 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 8 | Danielle Carmen Villars | Switzerland | 27.30 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 5 | Daria Tcvetkova | Russia | 27.32 | |
| 18 | 1 | 7 | Annika Saarnak | Estonia | 27.35 | |
| 19 | 6 | 7 | Emilia Pikkarainen | Finland | 27.37 | |
| 20 | 2 | 5 | Orsolya Tompa | Hungary | 27.38 | |
| 21 | 5 | 2 | Datya Stepanyuk | Ukraine | 27.52 | |
| 21 | 6 | 1 | Fabienne Nadarajah | Austria | 27.52 | |
| 23 | 4 | 7 | Maria Ugolkova | Russia | 27.59 | |
| 24 | 4 | 1 | Lisa Zaiser | Austria | 27.64 | |
| 25 | 6 | 8 | Sarah Blake Bateman | Iceland | 27.67 | |
| 26 | 3 | 1 | Katarína Milly | Slovakia | 27.72 | |
| 27 | 5 | 7 | Katharina Stiberg | Norway | 27.80 | |
| 28 | 3 | 6 | Valery Svigir | Croatia | 27.81 | |
| 29 | 4 | 8 | Gabriela Ņikitina | Latvia | 27.91 | |
| 30 | 3 | 8 | Monica Johannessen | Norway | 27.95 | |
| 31 | 3 | 5 | Katarina Listopadová | Slovakia | 27.98 | |
| 32 | 5 | 1 | Sara Freitas Oliveira | Portugal | 28.18 | |
| 33 | 3 | 2 | Liliána Szilágyi | Hungary | 28.26 | |
| 34 | 3 | 3 | Ayse Ezgi Yazici | Turkey | 28.28 | |
| 35 | 3 | 7 | Eva Chavez-Diaz | Austria | 28.36 | |
| 36 | 1 | 1 | Klára Václavíková | Czech Republic | 28.41 | |
| 37 | 2 | 6 | Bethany Carson | Ireland | 28.43 | |
| 38 | 2 | 4 | Sara Joo | Hungary | 28.55 | |
| 39 | 2 | 2 | Vaiva Gimbutytė | Lithuania | 28.70 | |
| 40 | 2 | 1 | Emilie N Løvberg | Norway | 28.83 | |
| 41 | 1 | 4 | Maria Novikova | Russia | 29.02 | |
| 41 | 2 | 8 | Tatiana Perstniova | Moldova | 29.02 | |
| 43 | 2 | 7 | Aneta Pechancova | Czech Republic | 29.12 | |
| 44 | 2 | 3 | Ingibjörg Kristin Jónsdóttir | Iceland | 29.40 | |
| 45 | 1 | 5 | Desiree Felner | Austria | 29.46 | |
| 46 | 1 | 6 | Birita Debes | Faroe Islands | 29.93 | |
| 47 | 1 | 3 | Milica Marković | Montenegro | 30.35 | |

### Semifinals

The eight fastest swimmers advanced to the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Triin Aljand | Estonia | 26.20 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Ingvild Snildal | Norway | 26.39 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Silvia di Pietro | Italy | 26.61 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Kristel Vourna | Greece | 26.63 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 2 | Nadiya Koba | Ukraine | 26.92 | |
| 6 | 1 | Sina Sutter | Germany | 27.02 | |
| 7 | 7 | Eszter Dara | Hungary | 27.04 | |
| 8 | 8 | Danielle Carmen Villars | Switzerland | 27.28 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 26.22 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 26.36 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 6 | Ilaria Bianchi | Italy | 26.65 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Amit Ivri | Israel | 26.68 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | 26.72 | |
| 6 | 5 | Hinkelien Schreuder | Netherlands | 26.73 | |
| 7 | 2 | Sviatlana Khakhlova | Belarus | 26.80 | |
| 8 | 8 | Martina Moravcová | Slovakia | 27.02 | |

### Final

The final was held at 17:18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 25.64 | |
| | 4 | Triin Aljand | Estonia | 25.92 | NR |
| | 6 | Ingvild Snildal | Norway | 26.12 | |
| 4 | 3 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 26.38 | |
| 5 | 2 | Silvia di Pietro | Italy | 26.44 | |
| 6 | 7 | Kristel Vourna | Greece | 26.52 | NR |
| 7 | 1 | Ilaria Bianchi | Italy | 26.55 | |
| 8 | 8 | Amit Ivri | Israel | 26.77 | |