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

The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 13 and 14 August 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Liu Xiang | China | 26.98 | Jakarta | 21 August 2018 |
| European record | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 27.10 | Eindhoven | 10 April 2021 |
| Championship record | Kathleen Dawson | Great Britain | 27.19 | Budapest | 18 May 2021 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 13 August at 09:32.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Analia Pigrée | France | 27.53 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Silvia Scalia | Italy | 27.71 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 27.87 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Medi Harris | Great Britain | 27.92 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Mary-Ambre Moluh | France | 27.96 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 28.10 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 8 | Simona Kubová | Czech Republic | 28.17 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 28.18 | |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Anastasya Gorbenko | Israel | 28.18 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 8 | Johanna Roas | Germany | 28.29 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Pauline Mahieu | France | 28.39 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Costanza Cocconcelli | Italy | 28.42 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | Caroline Pilhatsch | Austria | 28.43 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 28.50 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 28.54 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Danielle Hill | Ireland | 28.54 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 3 | Federica Toma | Italy | 28.56 | |
| 18 | 3 | 3 | Lauren Cox | Great Britain | 28.70 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | 0 | Hanna Rosvall | Sweden | 28.73 | Q |
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Rafaela Azevedo | Portugal | 28.78 | |
| 21 | 2 | 0 | Nina Stanisavljević | Serbia | 28.82 | |
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Carmen Weiler | Spain | 28.83 | |
| 23 | 4 | 9 | Camila Rebelo | Portugal | 28.89 | |
| 24 | 2 | 9 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 29.03 | |
| 25 | 1 | 7 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 29.13 | |
| 25 | 2 | 2 | Ingeborg Løyning | Norway | 29.13 | |
| 27 | 2 | 1 | Nina Kost | Switzerland | 29.23 | |
| 28 | 4 | 0 | Roos Vanotterdijk | Belgium | 29.27 | |
| 29 | 1 | 6 | Tamara Potocká | Slovakia | 29.67 | |
| 30 | 1 | 2 | Gabriela Georgieva | Bulgaria | 29.69 | |
| 31 | 3 | 9 | Nika Sharafutdinova | Ukraine | 29.70 | |
| 32 | 1 | 5 | Lena Grabowski | Austria | 29.77 | |
| 33 | 1 | 3 | Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy | Hungary | 29.96 | |
| 34 | 1 | 4 | Laura Bernat | Poland | 30.04 | |
| 35 | 1 | 1 | Laura Lahtinen | Finland | 31.36 | |
| | 4 | 6 | Tessa Giele | Netherlands | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 4 | 7 | Paulina Peda | Poland | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 13 August at 18:57.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Silvia Scalia | Italy | 27.39 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Medi Harris | Great Britain | 27.68 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Analia Pigrée | France | 27.68 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 27.84 | q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Mary-Ambre Moluh | France | 27.86 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 28.00 | q |
| 7 | 1 | 7 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 28.16 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 28.18 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 8 | Lauren Cox | Great Britain | 28.19 | |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Anastasya Gorbenko | Israel | 28.19 | |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Simona Kubová | Czech Republic | 28.21 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Costanza Cocconcelli | Italy | 28.22 | |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Hanna Rosvall | Sweden | 28.49 | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Danielle Hill | Ireland | 28.54 | |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Johanna Roas | Germany | 28.55 | |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Caroline Pilhatsch | Austria | 28.56 | |

### Final

The final was held on 14 August at 18:06.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Analia Pigrée | France | 27.27 | NR |
| | 4 | Silvia Scalia | Italy | 27.53 | |
| | 7 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 27.54 | |
| 4 | 6 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 27.73 | |
| 5 | 3 | Medi Harris | Great Britain | 27.90 | |
| 6 | 2 | Mary-Ambre Moluh | France | 27.95 | |
| 7 | 8 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 28.11 | |
| 8 | 1 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 28.54 | |