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

The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 15 and 16 August 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World recordEuropean record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 23.67 | Budapest | 29 July 2017 |
| Championship record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 23.74 | Glasgow | 4 August 2018 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 15 August at 09:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.50 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | 24.61 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Valerie van Roon | Netherlands | 24.86 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 24.87 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 25.00 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 6 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 25.11 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 25.11 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Tessa Giele | Netherlands | 25.14 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | 25.22 | |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | Petra Senánszky | Hungary | 25.26 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 8 | Chiara Tarantino | Italy | 25.28 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 7 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 25.29 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Lidón Muñoz | Spain | 25.31 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 6 | Costanza Cocconcelli | Italy | 25.37 | |
| 14 | 5 | 8 | Sam van Nunen | Netherlands | 25.37 | |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | Alexandra Touretski | Switzerland | 25.51 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 9 | Anna Hadjiloizou | Cyprus | 25.55 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | 7 | Elisabeth Sabro Ebbesen | Denmark | 25.57 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | 9 | Sara Junevik | Sweden | 25.63 | Q |
| 20 | 5 | 0 | Julie Meynen | Luxembourg | 25.65 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 25.67 | |
| 22 | 4 | 1 | Danielle Hill | Ireland | 25.77 | |
| 23 | 2 | 4 | Julia Maik | Poland | 25.83 | |
| 24 | 2 | 5 | Maria Drasidou | Greece | 25.97 | |
| 25 | 3 | 1 | Nina Stanisavljević | Serbia | 25.99 | |
| 26 | 4 | 0 | Sofia Åstedt | Sweden | 26.12 | |
| 26 | 2 | 6 | Ieva Maļuka | Latvia | 26.12 | |
| 28 | 2 | 3 | Tjaša Pintar | Slovenia | 26.17 | |
| 29 | 2 | 7 | Marina Jehl | France | 26.21 | |
| 30 | 2 | 2 | Jóhanna Elín Guðmundsdóttir | Iceland | 26.29 | |
| 31 | 3 | 2 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 26.38 | |
| 32 | 3 | 0 | Daria Golovati | Israel | 26.41 | |
| 33 | 2 | 1 | Nikol Merizaj | Albania | 26.70 | |
| 34 | 2 | 8 | Veera Kivirinta | Finland | 26.79 | |
| 35 | 2 | 0 | Varsenik Manucharyan | Armenia | 27.18 | |
| 36 | 1 | 5 | Ani Poghosyan | Armenia | 27.66 | |
| 37 | 2 | 9 | Alisa Vestergård | Faroe Islands | 27.67 | |
| 38 | 1 | 3 | Hana Beiqi | Kosovo | 27.82 | |
| 39 | 1 | 4 | Jovana Kuljača | Montenegro | 28.01 | |
| | 4 | 7 | Isabella Hindley | Great Britain | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 5 | 9 | Lucy Hope | Great Britain | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 5 | 1 | Nina Kost | Switzerland | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 5 | 5 | Marie Wattel | France | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started at 18:50.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.27 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | 24.36 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 24.72 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Valerie van Roon | Netherlands | 24.75 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 24.80 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 24.89 | q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 24.98 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Tessa Giele | Netherlands | 24.99 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Petra Senánszky | Hungary | 25.10 | |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Lidón Muñoz | Spain | 25.18 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 25.20 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Anna Hadjiloizou | Cyprus | 25.48 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Alexandra Touretski | Switzerland | 25.49 | |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Chiara Tarantino | Italy | 25.53 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Sara Junevik | Sweden | 25.55 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Elisabeth Sabro Ebbesen | Denmark | 26.04 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:07.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 23.91 |
| | 5 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | 24.20 |
| | 6 | Valerie van Roon | Netherlands | 24.64 |
| 4 | 8 | Tessa Giele | Netherlands | 24.74 |
| 5 | 3 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 24.77 |
| 6 | 7 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 24.82 |
| 7 | 2 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 24.87 |
| 8 | 1 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 25.18 |