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

The Women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 12 and 13 August 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Lilly King | United States | 1:04.13 | Budapest | 25 July 2017 |
| European record | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 1:04.35 | Barcelona | 29 July 2013 |
| Championship record | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 1:05.53 | Glasgow | 5 August 2018 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 12 August at 09:31.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Benedetta Pilato | Italy | 1:05.77 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Lisa Angiolini | Italy | 1:06.00 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Arianna Castiglioni | Italy | 1:06.55 | |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Martina Carraro | Italy | 1:07.04 | |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 1:07.05 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Kotryna Teterevkova | Lithuania | 1:07.22 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Mona McSharry | Ireland | 1:07.30 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Lisa Mamié | Switzerland | 1:07.38 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | Tes Schouten | Netherlands | 1:07.54 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 1:07.88 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Kara Hanlon | Great Britain | 1:07.91 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 1:08.00 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Klara Thormalm | Sweden | 1:08.08 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Niamh Coyne | Ireland | 1:08.11 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Dominika Sztandera | Poland | 1:08.60 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | Maria Romanjuk | Estonia | 1:08.74 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 0 | Clara Rybak-Andersen | Denmark | 1:08.79 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Thea Blomsterberg | Denmark | 1:09.18 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Bente Fischer | Germany | 1:09.18 | Q |
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Andrea Podmaníková | Slovakia | 1:09.24 | |
| 21 | 3 | 0 | Ana Blažević | Croatia | 1:09.28 | |
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Veera Kivirinta | Finland | 1:09.44 | |
| 23 | 3 | 2 | Florine Gaspard | Belgium | 1:09.45 | |
| 24 | 4 | 8 | Julia Månsson | Sweden | 1:09.71 | |
| 25 | 3 | 8 | Ana Rodrigues | Portugal | 1:09.73 | |
| 26 | 3 | 9 | Kamila Isayeva | Ukraine | 1:09.79 | |
| 27 | 2 | 8 | Adèle Blanchetière | France | 1:09.86 | |
| 28 | 2 | 9 | Laura Lahtinen | Finland | 1:09.92 | |
| 29 | 2 | 0 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 1:09.96 | |
| 30 | 4 | 9 | Maria Drasidou | Greece | 1:11.01 | |
| 31 | 1 | 4 | Eleni Kontogeorgou | Greece | 1:11.52 | |
| 32 | 1 | 3 | Meri Mataja | Croatia | 1:11.71 | |
| 33 | 1 | 6 | Martta Ruuska | Finland | 1:11.82 | |
| 34 | 1 | 5 | Ellie McCartney | Ireland | 1:12.16 | |
| 35 | 1 | 2 | Defne Coşkun | Turkey | 1:12.80 | |
| 36 | 1 | 7 | Nàdia Tudó | Andorra | 1:13.85 | |
| 37 | 1 | 1 | Amy Micallef | Malta | 1:18.39 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 12 August at 18:24.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Benedetta Pilato | Italy | 1:06.16 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 1:06.41 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Mona McSharry | Ireland | 1:06.44 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Kotryna Teterevkova | Lithuania | 1:06.67 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 1:06.83 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Lisa Angiolini | Italy | 1:06.85 | q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Tes Schouten | Netherlands | 1:07.26 | q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Kara Hanlon | Great Britain | 1:07.35 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Lisa Mamié | Switzerland | 1:07.39 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 1:07.86 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Niamh Coyne | Ireland | 1:08.00 | |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Klara Thormalm | Sweden | 1:08.15 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Dominika Sztandera | Poland | 1:08.23 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Thea Blomsterberg | Denmark | 1:08.46 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Clara Rybak-Andersen | Denmark | 1:08.60 | |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | Maria Romanjuk | Estonia | 1:08.67 | |
| 17 | 1 | 0 | Bente Fischer | Germany | 1:08.78 | |

### Final

The final was held on 13 August at 18:28.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Benedetta Pilato | Italy | 1:05.97 |
| | 7 | Lisa Angiolini | Italy | 1:06.34 |
| | 5 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 1:06.50 |
| 4 | 6 | Kotryna Teterevkova | Lithuania | 1:06.61 |
| 5 | 3 | Mona McSharry | Ireland | 1:07.14 |
| 6 | 2 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 1:07.31 |
| 7 | 1 | Tes Schouten | Netherlands | 1:07.66 |
| 8 | 8 | Kara Hanlon | Great Britain | 1:08.08 |