# Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 May 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Britta Steffen | Germany | 23.73 | Rome | 2 August 2009 |
| European record | Britta Steffen | Germany | 23.73 | Rome | 2 August 2009 |
| Championship record | Marleen Veldhuis | Netherlands | 24.09 | Eindhoven | 24 March 2008 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 21 May at 09:35.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 24.80 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 24.98 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 5 | Anna Santamans | France | 25.00 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | Aleksandra Urbańczyk | Poland | 25.10 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 4 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 25.11 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | Yuliya Khitraya | Belarus | 25.16 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 2 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | 25.33 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | Erika Ferraioli | Italy | 25.35 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 25.35 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 3 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 25.35 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Birgit Koschischek | Austria | 25.41 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Darya Stepanyuk | Ukraine | 25.45 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 7 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 25.46 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 7 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 25.49 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | 5 | Tamara van Vliet | Netherlands | 25.49 | |
| 16 | 7 | 6 | Andrea Murez | Israel | 25.52 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 5 | Susann Bjørnsen | Norway | 25.52 | Q |
| 18 | 7 | 7 | Mie Østergaard Nielsen | Denmark | 25.55 | |
| 19 | 5 | 6 | Mélanie Henique | France | 25.64 | |
| 20 | 6 | 8 | Julie-Marie Meynen | Luxembourg | 25.69 | |
| 21 | 5 | 2 | Zohar Shikler | Israel | 25.70 | |
| 22 | 4 | 3 | Miroslava Syllabová | Slovakia | 25.78 | |
| 23 | 7 | 9 | Cecilie Johannessen | Norway | 25.82 | |
| 24 | 5 | 0 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 25.84 | |
| 25 | 6 | 9 | Aglaia Pezzato | Italy | 25.85 | |
| 26 | 7 | 1 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 25.90 | |
| 26 | 2 | 6 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 25.90 | |
| 28 | 6 | 1 | Sasha Touretski | Switzerland | 25.97 | |
| 29 | 3 | 2 | Nastja Govejšek | Slovenia | 26.01 | |
| 30 | 5 | 8 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | 26.04 | |
| 31 | 4 | 6 | Harriet Cooper | Great Britain | 26.05 | |
| 32 | 7 | 0 | Anna Kolářová | Czech Republic | 26.10 | |
| 33 | 6 | 0 | Tessa Nurminen | Finland | 26.14 | |
| 34 | 4 | 0 | Lucy Hope | Great Britain | 26.18 | |
| 35 | 3 | 5 | Marte Løvberg | Norway | 26.29 | |
| 35 | 5 | 9 | Fatima Gallardo | Spain | 26.29 | |
| 37 | 4 | 7 | Nathalie Lindborg | Sweden | 26.32 | |
| 38 | 2 | 3 | Kristel Vourna | Greece | 26.40 | |
| 39 | 3 | 3 | Bryndis Hansen | Iceland | 26.41 | |
| 40 | 3 | 6 | İlknur Çakıcı | Turkey | 26.43 | |
| 41 | 4 | 1 | Nina Rangelova | Bulgaria | 26.47 | |
| 42 | 3 | 1 | Juliette Casini | Belgium | 26.49 | |
| 42 | 3 | 8 | Barbora Mišendová | Slovakia | 26.49 | |
| 44 | 2 | 7 | Kristīna Šteins | Latvia | 26.51 | |
| 45 | 4 | 2 | Gabriela Ņikitina | Latvia | 26.53 | |
| 46 | 3 | 7 | Jessica Jackson | Great Britain | 26.59 | |
| 47 | 2 | 5 | Tess Grossmann | Estonia | 26.69 | |
| 48 | 4 | 8 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Finland | 26.71 | |
| 49 | 3 | 4 | Sanja Jovanović | Croatia | 26.90 | |
| 50 | 3 | 0 | Danielle Hill | Ireland | 26.91 | |
| 51 | 3 | 9 | Svenja Stoffel | Switzerland | 26.92 | |
| 52 | 2 | 4 | Nichola Muscat | Malta | 27.00 | |
| 53 | 2 | 2 | Ema Šarar | Croatia | 27.04 | |
| 54 | 4 | 9 | Ana Pinho Rodrigues | Portugal | 27.07 | |
| 55 | 2 | 8 | Monika Vasilyan | Armenia | 27.25 | |
| 56 | 2 | 1 | Esra Kaçmaz | Turkey | 27.30 | |
| 57 | 2 | 9 | Monica Ramírez | Andorra | 27.51 | |
| 58 | 1 | 5 | Ana-Maria Damjanovska | Macedonia | 27.58 | |
| 59 | 1 | 6 | Nikol Merizaj | Albania | 27.86 | |
| 60 | 2 | 0 | Signhild Joensen | Faroe Islands | 27.88 | |
| 61 | 1 | 3 | Emina Pašukan | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28.05 | |
| 62 | 1 | 4 | Nadia Tudo | Andorra | 28.16 | |
| | 4 | 4 | Magdalena Kuras | Sweden | DNS | DNS |
| | 7 | 8 | Sviatlana Khakhlova | Belarus | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 21 May at 17:48.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 24.93 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Yuliya Khitraya | Belarus | 25.05 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 25.06 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 25.09 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Darya Stepanyuk | Ukraine | 25.19 | |
| 6 | 6 | Erika Ferraioli | Italy | 25.21 | |
| 7 | 8 | Susann Bjørnsen | Norway | 25.22 | |
| 8 | 5 | Aleksandra Urbańczyk | Poland | 25.27 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 24.21 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 24.37 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Anna Santamans | France | 24.83 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 25.05 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | 25.18 | |
| 6 | 1 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 25.41 | |
| 7 | 8 | Andrea Murez | Israel | 25.56 | |
| 8 | 7 | Birgit Koschischek | Austria | 25.63 | |

### Final

The final was held on 22 May at 16:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 24.07 | CR |
| | 4 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 24.44 | |
| | 6 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 24.61 | |
| 4 | 3 | Anna Santamans | France | 24.81 | |
| 5 | 1 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 25.04 | |
| 6 | 8 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 25.08 | |
| 7 | 7 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 25.12 | |
| 8 | 2 | Yuliya Khitraya | Belarus | 25.15 | |