# Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 3 and 4 August 2018.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record European record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 23.67 | Budapest | 29 July 2017 |
| Championship record | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 24.07 | London | 22 May 2016 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 3 August | Semifinal | Pernille Blume | Denmark | 23.85 | CR |
| 4 August | Final | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 23.74 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 3 August at 10:13.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.14 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Pernille Blume | Denmark | 24.27 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 24.39 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Tamara van Vliet | Netherlands | 24.77 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 24.82 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | 24.93 | |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 24.98 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 25.00 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Rozaliya Nasretdinova | Russia | 25.01 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 8 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 25.20 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 7 | Erika Ferraioli | Italy | 25.28 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 7 | Nina Kost | Switzerland | 25.29 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Lidón Muñoz | Spain | 25.32 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 7 | Andrea Murez | Israel | 25.36 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Anika Apostalon | Czech Republic | 25.37 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 9 | Alexandra Touretski | Switzerland | 25.47 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 8 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 25.49 | QSO |
| 17 | 6 | 8 | Lucrezia Raco | Italy | 25.49 | QSO |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 25.53 | |
| 19 | 5 | 3 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 25.53 | |
| 21 | 3 | 5 | Gabriela Ņikitina | Latvia | 25.58 | |
| 22 | 6 | 1 | Anouchka Martin | France | 25.59 | |
| 23 | 4 | 8 | Neža Klančar | Slovenia | 25.62 | |
| 24 | 6 | 0 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 25.70 | |
| 25 | 5 | 2 | Susann Bjørnsen | Norway | 25.73 | |
| 26 | 6 | 9 | Anna Kolářová | Czech Republic | 25.77 | |
| 27 | 4 | 2 | Mélanie Henique | France | 25.81 | |
| 27 | 4 | 6 | Yuliya Khitraya | Belarus | 25.81 | |
| 29 | 2 | 5 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 25.82 | |
| 30 | 5 | 0 | Nastassia Karakouskaya | Belarus | 25.84 | |
| 31 | 3 | 7 | Ieva Maļuka | Latvia | 25.88 | |
| 32 | 3 | 6 | Selen Özbilen | Turkey | 25.97 | |
| 33 | 4 | 0 | Iryna Pikiner | Ukraine | 26.00 | |
| 34 | 3 | 3 | Kalia Antoniou | Cyprus | 26.02 | |
| 35 | 2 | 6 | Laura Jensen | Denmark | 26.16 | |
| 36 | 3 | 2 | Magdalena Kuras | Sweden | 26.19 | |
| 36 | 3 | 9 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 26.19 | |
| 38 | 3 | 4 | Lucy Hope | Great Britain | 26.22 | |
| 39 | 2 | 4 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 26.42 | |
| 40 | 2 | 3 | Arina Baikova | Latvia | 26.53 | |
| 41 | 3 | 1 | Kertu Alnek | Estonia | 26.54 | |
| 42 | 4 | 9 | Juliette Dumont | Belgium | 26.56 | |
| 43 | 2 | 9 | Daniela Georges | Poland | 26.74 | |
| 44 | 1 | 5 | Ida Hulkko | Finland | 26.76 | |
| 45 | 2 | 8 | Cornelia Pammer | Austria | 26.77 | |
| 46 | 3 | 0 | Kertu Kaare | Estonia | 26.80 | |
| 47 | 2 | 7 | Laura Benková | Slovakia | 26.81 | |
| 48 | 2 | 1 | Sezin Eliguel | Turkey | 26.93 | |
| 49 | 2 | 2 | Veera Kivirinta | Finland | 27.07 | |
| 50 | 1 | 4 | Nikol Merizaj | Albania | 27.21 | |
| 51 | 1 | 7 | Aleyna Özkan | Turkey | 27.79 | |
| 52 | 2 | 0 | Beatrice Felici | San Marino | 27.81 | |
| 53 | 1 | 2 | Sara Lettoli | San Marino | 27.86 | |
| 54 | 1 | 1 | Elisa Bernardi | San Marino | 28.01 | |
| 55 | 1 | 8 | Fjorda Šabani | Kosovo | 28.16 | |
| — | 1 | 0 | Eda Zećiri | Kosovo | Did not start | Did not start |
| — | 1 | 3 | Fatima Alkaramova | Azerbaijan | Did not start | Did not start |
| — | 1 | 6 | Ani Poghosyan | Armenia | Did not start | Did not start |
| — | 1 | 9 | Ekaterina Avramova | Turkey | Did not start | Did not start |

### Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 3 August at 11:47.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 25.11 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Lucrezia Raco | Italy | 25.25 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 3 August at 17:18.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Pernille Blume | Denmark | 23.85 | Q, CR, NR |
| 2 | 5 | Tamara van Vliet | Netherlands | 24.70 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Rozaliya Nasretdinova | Russia | 24.86 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 24.96 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Lidón Muñoz | Spain | 25.15 | |
| 6 | 1 | Anika Apostalon | Czech Republic | 25.22 | |
| 7 | 8 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 25.34 | |
| 8 | 2 | Erika Ferraioli | Italy | 25.39 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 23.92 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 24.21 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 3 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 24.58 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 25.04 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 6 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 25.07 | |
| 6 | 7 | Nina Kost | Switzerland | 25.21 | |
| 7 | 8 | Alexandra Touretski | Switzerland | 25.22 | |
| 8 | 1 | Andrea Murez | Israel | 25.39 | |

### Final

The final was held on 4 August at 18:23.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 23.74 | CR |
| | 4 | Pernille Blume | Denmark | 23.75 | NR |
| | 6 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 24.21 | |
| 4 | 3 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 24.40 | |
| 5 | 7 | Rozaliya Nasretdinova | Russia | 25.04 | |
| 6 | 2 | Tamara van Vliet | Netherlands | 25.11 | |
| 7 | 1 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 25.14 | |
| 8 | 8 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 25.16 | |