# Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The Women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 11 and 12 August 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record European record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 51.71 | Budapest | 23 July 2017 |
| Championship record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 52.67 | Berlin | 20 August 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 11 August at 09:15.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 53.92 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 54.22 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 54.40 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 54.54 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 54.64 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 54.73 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | Chiara Tarantino | Italy | 54.94 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 55.09 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 55.18 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 7 | Sofia Morini | Italy | 55.21 | |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Costanza Cocconcelli | Italy | 55.25 | |
| 12 | 4 | 5 | Lucy Hope | Great Britain | 55.57 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | Nikolett Pádár | Hungary | 55.66 | Q, WD |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Lidón Muñoz | Spain | 55.69 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Sofia Åstedt | Sweden | 55.76 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 8 | Tjaša Pintar | Slovenia | 55.84 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 0 | Sara Junevik | Sweden | 55.87 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | 8 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 55.94 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Roos Vanotterdijk | Belgium | 55.95 | Q |
| 20 | 3 | 3 | Tessa Giele | Netherlands | 55.96 | |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Nina Stanisavljević | Serbia | 56.20 | |
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Victoria Catterson | Ireland | 56.39 | |
| 22 | 4 | 2 | Danielle Hill | Ireland | 56.39 | |
| 24 | 3 | 0 | Ainhoa Campabadal | Spain | 56.43 | |
| 25 | 3 | 9 | Ieva Maļuka | Latvia | 56.48 | |
| 26 | 4 | 9 | Elisabeth Sabroe Ebbesen | Denmark | 56.53 | |
| 27 | 4 | 1 | Daria Golovati | Israel | 56.71 | |
| 28 | 1 | 5 | Jóhanna Elín Guðmundsdóttir | Iceland | 56.79 | |
| 29 | 2 | 9 | Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir | Iceland | 56.81 | |
| 30 | 1 | 4 | Anna Hadjiloizou | Cyprus | 56.86 | |
| 31 | 1 | 6 | Karyna Snitko | Ukraine | 57.13 | |
| 32 | 1 | 3 | Monique Olivier | Luxembourg | 57.84 | |
| 33 | 1 | 7 | Ani Poghosyan | Armenia | 58.58 | |
| 34 | 1 | 8 | Mariam Sheikhalizadeh | Azerbaijan | 59.67 | |
| 34 | 1 | 2 | Alisa Vestergård | Faroe Islands | 59.67 | |
| 36 | 1 | 1 | Hana Beiqi | Kosovo | 1:03.06 | |
| | 4 | 0 | Aleksa Gold | Estonia | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 2 | 7 | Isabella Hindley | Great Britain | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 11 August at 18:07.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 53.56 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 53.80 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 54.13 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 54.33 | q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 54.36 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Chiara Tarantino | Italy | 54.40 | q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 54.57 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 54.79 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Lucy Hope | Great Britain | 55.15 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 55.24 | |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Tjaša Pintar | Slovenia | 55.58 | |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 55.65 | |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Roos Vanotterdijk | Belgium | 55.68 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Sofia Åstedt | Sweden | 55.79 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Sara Junevik | Sweden | 55.79 | |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Lidón Muñoz | Spain | 55.81 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:12.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 53.24 |
| | 4 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 53.62 |
| | 6 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 53.63 |
| 4 | 7 | Chiara Tarantino | Italy | 54.13 |
| 5 | 3 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 54.18 |
| 6 | 1 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 54.48 |
| 7 | 2 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 54.83 |
| 8 | 8 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 54.92 |