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

The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 23–24 August.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 29.48 | Barcelona | 3 August 2013 |
| European record | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 29.48 | Barcelona | 3 August 2013 |
| Championship record | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 30.29 | Budapest | 15 August 2010 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 09:30.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 30.73 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Moniek Nijhuis | Netherlands | 30.75 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Jennie Johansson | Sweden | 30.79 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Dorothea Brandt | Germany | 30.82 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | Sycerika McMahon | Ireland | 31.02 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Mariya Liver | Ukraine | 31.13 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 31.21 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 7 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 31.21 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Petra Chocová | Czech Republic | 31.25 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Arianna Castigloni | Italy | 31.36 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 8 | Martina Moravčíková | Czech Republic | 31.45 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 7 | Amit Ivry | Israel | 31.50 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Fiona Doyle | Ireland | 31.63 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Veera Kivrina | Finland | 31.71 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 31.84 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 6 | Caroline Ruhnau | Germany | 31.85 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Louise Dalgaard | Denmark | 31.90 | |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 31.91 | |
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 31.99 | |
| 20 | 5 | 0 | Maria Astashkina | Russia | 32.01 | |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | Vitalina Simonova | Russia | 32.03 | |
| 22 | 4 | 9 | Jessica Eriksson | Sweden | 32.13 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Tjaša Vozel | Slovenia | 32.20 | |
| 24 | 5 | 2 | Marina García Urzainqui | Spain | 32.43 | |
| 25 | 2 | 3 | Olga Tovstogan | Ukraine | 32.45 | |
| 26 | 2 | 5 | Coralie Dobral | France | 32.53 | |
| 27 | 4 | 0 | Giulia De Ascentis | Italy | 32.54 | |
| 28 | 3 | 0 | Anna Mäkinen | Finland | 32.64 | |
| 29 | 3 | 9 | Gizem Bozkurt | Turkey | 32.68 | |
| 30 | 2 | 0 | Vilma Ekström | Sweden | 32.78 | |
| 31 | 2 | 8 | Eva Jordová | Czech Republic | 32.79 | |
| 32 | 5 | 8 | Ivana Ninković | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 32.82 | |
| 33 | 2 | 6 | Claire Polit | France | 32.83 | |
| 34 | 1 | 3 | Andrea Podmaníková | Slovakia | 32.87 | |
| 35 | 2 | 7 | Christina Nothdurfter | Austria | 32.90 | |
| 36 | 1 | 8 | Maria Harutjunjan | Estonia | 32.91 | |
| 37 | 2 | 9 | Alona Ribakova | Latvia | 32.94 | |
| 38 | 1 | 5 | Maria Romanjuk | Estonia | 33.14 | |
| 39 | 2 | 1 | Tatiana Chişca | Moldova | 33.15 | |
| 40 | 1 | 7 | Stina Colleou | Norway | 33.22 | |
| 41 | 2 | 4 | Lisa Zaiser | Austria | 33.23 | |
| 42 | 1 | 0 | Alina Bulmag | Moldova | 33.55 | |
| 43 | 1 | 1 | Ana Radič | Croatia | 33.72 | |
| 44 | 1 | 4 | Anastasia Korotkov | Israel | 33.73 | |
| 45 | 1 | 2 | Julia Kukla | Austria | 34.05 | |
| 46 | 1 | 6 | Edita Chrápavá | Czech Republic | 34.16 | |
| — | 5 | 6 | Lisa Fissneider | Italy | | DSQ |
| — | 5 | 5 | Sophie Taylor | Great Britain | | DNS |
| — | 5 | 9 | Birgit Koschischek | Austria | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 16:20.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Dorothea Brandt | Germany | 30.83 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Moniek Nijhuis | Netherlands | 30.98 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 31.31 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Mariya Liver | Ukraine | 31.32 | q,swim-off |
| 5 | 7 | Amit Ivry | Israel | 31.42 | |
| 6 | 2 | Arianna Castigloni | Italy | 31.53 | |
| 7 | 1 | Veera Kivrina | Finland | 31.67 | |
| 8 | 8 | Caroline Ruhnau | Germany | 31.79 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 29.88 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 5 | Jennie Johansson | Sweden | 30.74 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Petra Chocová | Czech Republic | 31.09 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Fiona Doyle | Ireland | 31.30 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 31.32 | q,swim-off |
| 6 | 3 | Sycerika McMahon | Ireland | 31.50 | |
| 7 | 7 | Martina Moravčíková | Czech Republic | 31.80 | |
| 8 | 8 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 32.25 | |

#### Swim-off

The swim-off was held at 18:19.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Mariya Liver | Ukraine | 31.23 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 31.40 | |

### Final

The final was held at 16:09.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 29.89 |
| | 5 | Jennie Johansson | Sweden | 30.52 |
| | 6 | Moniek Nijhuis | Netherlands | 30.64 |
| 4 | 8 | Mariya Liver | Ukraine | 30.68 |
| 5 | 3 | Dorothea Brandt | Germany | 30.82 |
| 6 | 2 | Petra Chocová | Czech Republic | 31.13 |
| 7 | 7 | Fiona Doyle | Ireland | 31.37 |
| 8 | 1 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 31.53 |