# Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22–23 August.

## 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 | 30 July 2009 |
| European record | Daniela Samulski | Germany | 27.23 | Rome | 30 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Aleksandra Gerasimenya | Belarus | 27.64 | Budapest | 14 August 2010 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:14.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 27.93 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 28.05 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Mercedes Peris | Spain | 28.24 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 28.25 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | Arianna Barbieri | Italy | 28.32 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Aleksandra Gerasimenya | Belarus | 28.34 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Aleksandra Urbanczyk | Poland | 28.40 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 28.43 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 28.79 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 28.81 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 7 | Elena Gemo | Italy | 28.83 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Sanja Jovanović | Croatia | 28.86 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Elizabeth Simmonds | Great Britain | 28.88 | |
| 14 | 3 | 1 | Mathilde Cini | France | 28.89 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 0 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 28.91 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 0 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 28.91 | |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | Duane Da Rocha | Spain | 28.91 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | Anni Alitalo | Finland | 29.05 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Ida Lindborg | Sweden | 29.06 | |
| 20 | 2 | 3 | Justine Ress | France | 29.15 | |
| 21 | 5 | 8 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 29.17 | |
| 22 | 5 | 1 | Klaudia Nazieblo | Poland | 29.20 | |
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Sviatlana Khakhlova | Belarus | 29.21 | |
| 24 | 3 | 6 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 29.24 | |
| 25 | 5 | 2 | Amit Ivry | Israel | 29.25 | |
| 26 | 2 | 5 | Ekaterina Tomashevskaya | Russia | 29.28 | |
| 27 | 2 | 1 | Caroline Pilhatsch | Austria | 29.46 | |
| 27 | 2 | 4 | Ava Schollmayer | Slovenia | 29.46 | |
| 29 | 4 | 8 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 29.47 | |
| 30 | 5 | 9 | Camille Gheorghiu | France | 29.50 | |
| 31 | 3 | 7 | Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir | Iceland | 29.52 | |
| 32 | 2 | 6 | Desiree Felner | Austria | 29.71 | |
| 33 | 2 | 2 | Alina Vats | Ukraine | 29.72 | |
| 34 | 2 | 0 | Patricia Hais | Austria | 29.81 | |
| 35 | 3 | 9 | Magdalena Kuras | Sweden | 29.92 | |
| 36 | 2 | 8 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | 29.96 | |
| 37 | 4 | 9 | Aliaksandra Kavaleva | Belarus | 30.01 | |
| 38 | 1 | 5 | Sigrid Sepp | Estonia | 30.11 | |
| 39 | 2 | 7 | Karin Tomecková | Slovakia | 30.14 | |
| 40 | 1 | 4 | Susanne Hirvonen | Finland | 30.16 | |
| 41 | 2 | 9 | Julia Kukla | Austria | 30.61 | |
| 42 | 1 | 2 | Kätlin Sepp | Estonia | 30.72 | |
| 43 | 1 | 3 | Eva Gliožerytė | Lithuania | 31.01 | |
| 44 | 1 | 6 | Amina Kajtaz | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31.54 | |
| — | 4 | 0 | Katarína Listopadová | Slovakia | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:51.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 28.13 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 28.19 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Aleksandra Gerasimenya | Belarus | 28.46 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 28.48 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Sanja Jovanović | Croatia | 28.50 | |
| 6 | 1 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 28.71 | |
| 7 | 2 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 28.86 | |
| 8 | 8 | Anni Alitalo | Finland | 28.94 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 27.78 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Mercedes Peris | Spain | 27.91 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Arianna Barbieri | Italy | 28.30 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Elena Gemo | Italy | 28.44 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Aleksandra Urbanczyk | Poland | 28.49 | |
| 6 | 1 | Mathilde Cini | France | 28.55 | |
| 7 | 2 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 28.64 | |
| 8 | 8 | Duane Da Rocha | Spain | 28.81 | |

### Final

The final was held at 16:57.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 27.81 |
| | 3 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 27.82 |
| | 4 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 27.87 |
| 4 | 5 | Mercedes Peris | Spain | 27.98 |
| 5 | 2 | Arianna Barbieri | Italy | 28.36 |
| 6 | 1 | Aleksandra Gerasimenya | Belarus | 28.37 |
| 7 | 7 | Elena Gemo | Italy | 28.59 |
| 8 | 8 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 28.63 |