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

The Women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18–19 August.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.43 | Borås | 5 July 2014 |
| European record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.43 | Borås | 5 July 2014 |
| Championship record | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 25.50 | Budapest | 9 August 2010 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:04.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 25.12 | Q,CR |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 25.64 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Inge Dekker | Netherlands | 25.71 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 26.06 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Kimberly Buys | Belgium | 26.10 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 26.13 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 26.15 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Elena Gemo | Italy | 26.28 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | Mélanie Henique | France | 26.36 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Marie Wattel | France | 26.52 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Amit Ivry | Israel | 26.54 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Anna Santamans | France | 26.55 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 26.60 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Aleksandra Urbanczyk | Poland | 26.85 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | Svetlana Chimrova | Russia | 26.88 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 6 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 26.93 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | Katarína Listopadová | Slovakia | 26.95 | |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | Ilaria Bianchi | Italy | 27.01 | |
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Sviatlana Khakhlova | Belarus | 27.03 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Kristel Vourna | Greece | 27.07 | |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Elena di Liddo | Italy | 27.09 | |
| 22 | 3 | 1 | Jemma Lowe | Great Britain | 27.21 | |
| 23 | 4 | 0 | Danielle Villars | Switzerland | 27.23 | |
| 24 | 1 | 8 | Darya Stepanyuk | Ukraine | 27.27 | |
| 25 | 3 | 0 | Lisa Zaiser | Austria | 27.29 | |
| 26 | 2 | 0 | Anna Kolárová | Czech Republic | 27.52 | |
| 27 | 4 | 8 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 27.54 | |
| 28 | 1 | 4 | Keren Siebner | Israel | 27.60 | |
| 29 | 3 | 9 | Lyubov Korol | Ukraine | 27.63 | |
| 30 | 1 | 5 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 27.65 | |
| 31 | 2 | 9 | Johanna Silventoinen | Finland | 27.67 | |
| 32 | 1 | 3 | Tess Grossmann | Estonia | 27.95 | |
| 33 | 1 | 2 | Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir | Iceland | 28.12 | |
| 34 | 2 | 8 | Ezgi Yazici | Turkey | 28.17 | |
| 35 | 1 | 7 | Amina Kajtaz | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28.57 | |
| 36 | 4 | 9 | Caroline Pilhatsch | Austria | 28.80 | |
| 37 | 1 | 6 | Katarina Simonović | Serbia | 28.81 | |
| 38 | 1 | 1 | Katharina Egger | Austria | 29.05 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:14.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 25.43 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 25.67 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 25.90 | q |
| 4 | 6 | Elena Gemo | Italy | 26.39 | |
| 5 | 1 | Svetlana Chimrova | Russia | 26.62 | |
| 6 | 2 | Marie Wattel | France | 26.68 | |
| 7 | 7 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 26.78 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sviatlana Khakhlova | Belarus | 26.99 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.87 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 5 | Inge Dekker | Netherlands | 25.84 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Kimberly Buys | Belgium | 26.16 | q |
| 4 | 6 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 26.17 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Mélanie Henique | France | 26.31 | q |
| 6 | 7 | Amit Ivry | Israel | 26.39 | |
| 7 | 1 | Aleksandra Urbanczyk | Poland | 26.75 | |
| 8 | 8 | Katarína Listopadová | Slovakia | 26.83 | |

### Swim-off

The Swim-off was held at 19:46.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Amit Ivry | Israel | 26.13 | q |
| 2 | 5 | Elena Gemo | Italy | 26.48 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:23.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.98 |
| | 5 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 25.34 |
| | 3 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 25.39 |
| 4 | 6 | Inge Dekker | Netherlands | 25.75 |
| 5 | 2 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 25.78 |
| 6 | 1 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 26.10 |
| 7 | 8 | Mélanie Henique | France | 26.25 |
| 8 | 7 | Kimberly Buys | Belgium | 26.29 |