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

The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 4 and 5 August 2018.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Zhao Jing | China | 27.06 | Rome | 30 July 2009 |
| European record | Daniela Samulski Aliaksandra Herasimenia | Germany Belarus | 27.23 | Rome Budapest | 30 July 2009 27 July 2017 |
| Championship record | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 27.57 | London | 21 May 2016 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 4 August | Heat | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 27.21 | CR, ER |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 4 August at 10:17.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 27.21 | Q, ER, CR |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Anastasia Fesikova | Russia | 27.23 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 27.42 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 6 | 5 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 27.70 | Q, WD |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 27.78 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 4 | 6 | Kathleen Dawson | Great Britain | 27.92 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 27.97 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 6 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 28.04 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 28.19 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 6 | Ida Lindborg | Sweden | 28.23 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 28.30 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 7 | Cassie Wild | Great Britain | 28.30 | |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 28.33 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | 8 | Tessa Vermeulen | Netherlands | 28.35 | |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Silvia Scalia | Italy | 28.37 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 28.37 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 4 | Sasha Touretski | Switzerland | 28.46 | Q, NR |
| 18 | 5 | 1 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 28.48 | Q |
| 19 | 5 | 2 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 28.53 | Q |
| 20 | 4 | 7 | Lucy Hope | Great Britain | 28.61 | |
| 21 | 4 | 1 | Polina Egorova | Russia | 28.65 | |
| 22 | 6 | 1 | Mathilde Cini | France | 28.66 | |
| 23 | 5 | 9 | Nina Kost | Switzerland | 28.72 | |
| 24 | 5 | 8 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 28.85 | |
| 25 | 6 | 9 | Katalin Burián | Hungary | 28.94 | |
| 26 | 3 | 5 | Victoria Bierre | Denmark | 29.04 | |
| 27 | 6 | 0 | Anastasiia Abdeeva | Russia | 29.08 | |
| 28 | 4 | 9 | Anika Apostalon | Czech Republic | 29.22 | |
| 29 | 4 | 0 | Ekaterina Avramova | Turkey | 29.27 | |
| 30 | 4 | 8 | Agata Naskręt | Poland | 29.38 | |
| 31 | 2 | 4 | Signhild Joensen | Faroe Islands | 29.54 | |
| 32 | 3 | 6 | Gabriela Georgieva | Bulgaria | 29.58 | |
| 33 | 5 | 0 | Karolina Hájková | Slovakia | 29.61 | |
| 34 | 3 | 3 | Shahar Menahem | Israel | 29.66 | |
| 35 | 2 | 5 | Elçin Türkmenoğlu | Turkey | 29.71 | |
| 36 | 3 | 8 | Magdalena Kuras | Sweden | 29.91 | |
| 37 | 3 | 7 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | 29.93 | |
| 38 | 3 | 0 | Ieva Maļuka | Latvia | 29.94 | |
| 39 | 3 | 9 | Margaret Markvardt | Estonia | 29.96 | |
| 40 | 2 | 7 | Aviv Barzelay | Israel | 30.01 | |
| 41 | 3 | 2 | Arina Baikova | Latvia | 30.02 | |
| 42 | 2 | 6 | Lena Grabowski | Austria | 30.03 | |
| 43 | 2 | 8 | Vilma Ruotsalainen | Finland | 30.04 | |
| 44 | 2 | 2 | Kertu Kaare | Estonia | 30.23 | |
| 45 | 3 | 1 | Sezin Eliguel | Turkey | 30.25 | |
| 46 | 2 | 1 | Weronika Górecka | Poland | 30.60 | |
| 47 | 1 | 5 | Eda Zećiri | Kosovo | 30.95 | |
| 48 | 1 | 4 | Fjorda Šabani | Kosovo | 31.17 | |
| 49 | 1 | 3 | Ani Poghosyan | Armenia | 33.05 | |
| — | 2 | 3 | Kalia Antoniou | Cyprus | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| — | 6 | 7 | Caroline Pilhatsch | Austria | Disqualified | Disqualified |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 4 August at 17:49.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Anastasia Fesikova | Russia | 27.49 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 27.86 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 5 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 27.91 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Silvia Scalia | Italy | 27.96 | |
| 5 | 8 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 28.08 | |
| 6 | 2 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 28.09 | |
| 7 | 3 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 28.14 | |
| 8 | 1 | Sasha Touretski | Switzerland | 28.70 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 27.46 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 27.62 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 27.72 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 6 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 27.92 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 27.94 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 3 | Kathleen Dawson | Great Britain | 28.11 | |
| 7 | 1 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 28.32 | |
| 8 | 2 | Ida Lindborg | Sweden | 28.77 | |

### Final

The final was held on 5 August at 18:21.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 27.23 |
| | 5 | Anastasia Fesikova | Russia | 27.31 |
| | 3 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 27.70 |
| 4 | 6 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 27.74 |
| 5 | 2 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 28.10 |
| 6 | 8 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 28.31 |
| 7 | 7 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 28.38 |
| 8 | 1 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 28.80 |