# Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The Women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 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 | 52.07 | Rome | 31 July 2009 |
| European record | Britta Steffen | Germany | 52.07 | Rome | 31 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 52.67 | Berlin | 20 August 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 17 May at 10.57.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 53.37 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | 5 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 53.78 | |
| 3 | 9 | 4 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 53.81 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 54.04 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | 5 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 54.50 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 54.55 | Q |
| 7 | 9 | 6 | Andrea Murez | Israel | 54.67 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 3 | Erika Ferraioli | Italy | 54.70 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | Maud van der Meer | Netherlands | 54.70 | |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 54.81 | Q |
| 11 | 9 | 2 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 54.90 | Q |
| 12 | 9 | 8 | Nina Rangelova | Bulgaria | 54.91 | Q |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Pernille Blume | Denmark | 54.91 | |
| 14 | 8 | 9 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 55.29 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 8 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 55.30 | Q |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 55.37 | |
| 17 | 9 | 0 | Laura Letrari | Italy | 55.50 | |
| 18 | 4 | 5 | Patricia Castro | Spain | 55.51 | Q |
| 19 | 8 | 7 | Katarína Listopadová | Slovakia | 55.52 | Q |
| 20 | 7 | 6 | Mathilde Cini | France | 55.62 | Q |
| 21 | 6 | 1 | Birgit Koschischek | Austria | 55.70 | Q |
| 22 | 5 | 6 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 55.71 | |
| 23 | 7 | 9 | Marta González | Spain | 55.72 | |
| 24 | 7 | 1 | Fatima Gallardo | Spain | 55.75 | |
| 25 | 7 | 7 | Ida Marko-Varga | Sweden | 55.76 | |
| 26 | 8 | 8 | Anna Kolářová | Czech Republic | 55.78 | |
| 27 | 9 | 7 | Aglaia Pezzato | Italy | 55.79 | |
| 28 | 8 | 1 | Harriet Cooper | Great Britain | 55.80 | |
| 29 | 8 | 2 | Anna Santamans | France | 55.85 | |
| 29 | 6 | 4 | Cecilie Johannessen | Norway | 55.85 | |
| 31 | 6 | 7 | Miroslava Syllabová | Slovakia | 55.86 | |
| 32 | 7 | 0 | Yuliya Khitraya | Belarus | 55.90 | |
| 32 | 6 | 0 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 55.90 | |
| 34 | 4 | 6 | Lotte Goris | Belgium | 55.97 | |
| 35 | 5 | 4 | Ekaterina Avramova | Turkey | 56.00 | |
| 36 | 7 | 2 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | 56.06 | |
| 37 | 3 | 4 | Marte Løvberg | Norway | 56.14 | |
| 38 | 6 | 6 | Kimberly Buys | Belgium | 56.16 | |
| 39 | 6 | 5 | Keren Siebner | Israel | 56.20 | |
| 40 | 4 | 9 | Tjaša Pintar | Slovenia | 56.22 | |
| 41 | 6 | 3 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | 56.32 | |
| 41 | 9 | 1 | Julie Jensen | Denmark | 56.32 | |
| 41 | 4 | 3 | Aleksandra Urbańczyk | Poland | 56.32 | |
| 44 | 6 | 8 | Julie Meynen | Luxembourg | 56.35 | |
| 44 | 5 | 7 | Ajna Késely | Hungary | 56.35 | |
| 46 | 5 | 0 | Juliette Casini | Belgium | 56.36 | |
| 46 | 4 | 2 | Lidón Muñoz | Spain | 56.36 | |
| 48 | 5 | 3 | Lucy Hope | Great Britain | 56.40 | |
| 49 | 3 | 5 | Noemi Girardet | Switzerland | 56.46 | |
| 50 | 6 | 9 | Georgia Coates | Great Britain | 56.48 | |
| 51 | 4 | 0 | Diana Sokołowska | Poland | 56.49 | |
| 52 | 5 | 2 | Lotta Nevalainen | Finland | 56.66 | |
| 52 | 9 | 9 | Jessica Jackson | Great Britain | 56.66 | |
| 54 | 4 | 7 | Juliette Dumont | Belgium | 56.71 | |
| 55 | 5 | 5 | Ida Lindborg | Sweden | 56.90 | |
| 56 | 5 | 9 | Zohar Shikler | Israel | 56.91 | |
| 57 | 3 | 7 | Barbora Mišendová | Slovakia | 56.96 | |
| 58 | 5 | 8 | Bryndís Hansen | Iceland | 56.98 | |
| 59 | 3 | 2 | Kertu Alnek | Estonia | 57.09 | |
| 60 | 4 | 4 | Sasha Touretski | Switzerland | 57.13 | |
| 61 | 4 | 8 | İlknur Çakıcı | Turkey | 57.19 | |
| 62 | 3 | 6 | Julia Kukla | Austria | 57.28 | |
| 62 | 3 | 3 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Finland | 57.28 | |
| 64 | 3 | 9 | Gabriela Ņikitina | Latvia | 57.44 | |
| 65 | 2 | 4 | Esra Kaçmaz | Turkey | 57.45 | |
| 66 | 1 | 4 | Sanja Jovanović | Croatia | 57.52 | |
| 67 | 3 | 8 | Wioletta Orczykowska | Poland | 58.08 | |
| 68 | 3 | 0 | Tess Grossmann | Estonia | 58.34 | |
| 69 | 4 | 1 | Ana Leite | Portugal | 58.37 | |
| 70 | 3 | 1 | SvenjaStoffel | Switzerland | 58.43 | |
| 71 | 2 | 3 | Nichola Muscat | Malta | 58.66 | |
| 72 | 2 | 5 | Sara Lettoli | San Marino | 58.85 | |
| 73 | 2 | 6 | Monica Ramírez | Andorra | 59.13 | |
| 74 | 2 | 7 | Monika Vasilyan | Armenia | 59.74 | |
| 75 | 1 | 6 | Nikol Merizaj | Albania | 59.81 | |
| 76 | 2 | 1 | Signhild Joensen | Armenia | 59.89 | |
| 77 | 1 | 5 | Elena Giovannini | San Marino | 1:00.14 | |
| 78 | 2 | 9 | Elisa Bernardi | San Marino | 1:00.30 | |
| 79 | 2 | 0 | Nejla Karić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:00.41 | |
| 80 | 1 | 3 | Nadia Tudo | Andorra | 1:00.68 | |
| 81 | 2 | 8 | Martina Ceccaroni | Faroe Islands | 1:00.61 | |
| 82 | 2 | 2 | Sara Lettoli | San Marino | 1:00.65 | |
| | 8 | 0 | Margaux Fabre | France | DNS | DNS |
| | 9 | 5 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 17 May at 18:07.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 54.15 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 54.29 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Andrea Murez | Israel | 54.57 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Nina Rangelova | Bulgaria | 54.76 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 55.10 | |
| 6 | 6 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 55.17 | |
| 7 | 1 | Katarína Listopadová | Slovakia | 55.35 | |
| 8 | 8 | Birgit Koschischek | Austria | 55.81 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 54.44 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 54.55 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 54.63 | |
| 4 | 2 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 54.77 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 54.91 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Erika Ferraioli | Italy | 54.96 | |
| 7 | 8 | Mathilde Cini | France | 55.36 | |
| 8 | 1 | Patricia Castro | Spain | 55.49 | |

### Final

The final was held on 18 May at 19:21.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 52.82 |
| | 3 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 53.24 |
| | 4 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 53.72 |
| 4 | 5 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 54.01 |
| 5 | 2 | Andrea Murez | Israel | 54.89 |
| 6 | 7 | Nina Rangelova | Bulgaria | 54.96 |
| 7 | 1 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 55.11 |
| 8 | 8 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 56.52 |