Gold medalist Sandra Voelker of Germany swims during the womens 100-metre backstroke event July 30, in the European Swimming championship in Istanbul. Voelker took gold in a time of 1:01.39. Zhivanevskaya of Spain took silver in a time of 1:01.98 and Romanian-born Maracineanu of France took bronze in a time of 1:02.47.

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