# Swimming at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 June 2024.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 26.86 | Budapest | 20 October 2023 |
| 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 19 June at 10:04. Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Danielle Hill | Ireland | 27.98 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 28.11 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Adela Piskorska | Poland | 28.16 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Finland | 28.35 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Lora Komoróczy | Hungary | 28.47 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Nika Sharafutdinova | Ukraine | 28.65 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Paulina Peda | Poland | 28.66 | Q |
| =8 | 2 | 5 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 28.95 | Q |
| =8 | 3 | 7 | Justine Murdock | Lithuania | 28.95 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Barbora Janíčková | Czech Republic | 29.00 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Katarina Milutinović | Serbia | 29.05 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Katalin Burian | Hungary | 29.13 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Tamara Potocká | Slovakia | 29.16 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Nina Stanisavljević | Serbia | 29.17 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 6 | Mia Pentti | Finland | 29.29 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Lottie Cullen | Ireland | 29.30 | Q |
| =17 | 1 | 1 | Gabriela Georgieva | Bulgaria | 29.62 | |
| =17 | 3 | 2 | Teresa Ivan | Slovakia | 29.62 | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Tom Mienis | Israel | 29.73 | |
| 20 | 1 | 2 | Jana Marković | Serbia | 29.80 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Laura Bernat | Poland | 29.90 | |
| 22 | 1 | 7 | Mariangela Boitsuk | Estonia | 29.91 | |
| 23 | 1 | 8 | Tatiana Salcuțan | Moldova | 29.93 | |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Elisabeth Erlendsdóttir | Faroe Islands | 30.09 | |
| 25 | 2 | 0 | Diana Musayelyan | Armenia | 31.87 | |
| | 3 | 1 | Aviv Barzelay | Israel | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinal were started on 19 June at 19:27. Qualification Rules: The first 2 competitors of each semifinal and the remaining fastest (up to a total of 8 qualified competitors) from the semifinals advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Danielle Hill | Ireland | 27.67 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 27.99 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Finland | 28.08 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | Adela Piskorska | Poland | 28.16 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 28.19 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Lora Komoróczy | Hungary | 28.30 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Nika Sharafutdinova | Ukraine | 28.64 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Paulina Peda | Poland | 28.65 | Q |
| =9 | 2 | 6 | Justine Murdock | Lithuania | 28.75 | NR |
| =9 | 1 | 6 | Katarina Milutinović | Serbia | 28.75 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Katalin Burian | Hungary | 28.91 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Barbora Janíčková | Czech Republic | 28.96 | |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Lottie Cullen | Ireland | 28.97 | |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Nina Stanisavljević | Serbia | 29.20 | |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Mia Pentti | Finland | 29.26 | |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | Tamara Potocká | Slovakia | 29.43 | |

### Final

The final was held on 20 June at 18:36.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Danielle Hill | Ireland | 27.73 |
| | 5 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 27.87 |
| | 6 | Adela Piskorska | Poland | 28.00 |
| 4 | 7 | Lora Komoróczy | Hungary | 28.02 |
| 5 | 2 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 28.34 |
| 6 | 3 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Finland | 28.36 |
| 7 | 1 | Nika Sharafutdinova | Ukraine | 28.82 |
| 8 | 8 | Justine Murdock | Lithuania | 28.86 |