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

The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 15 and 16 August 2022.

## Records

Prior the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 57.45 | Adelaide | 15 June 2021 |
| European recordChampionship record | Kathleen Dawson | Great Britain | 58.08 | Budapest | 23 May 2021 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 15 August at 09:24.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 59.59 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Medi Harris | Great Britain | 1:00.15 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Silvia Scalia | Italy | 1:00.28 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 1:00.33 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Emma Terebo | France | 1:00.52 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Pauline Mahieu | France | 1:00.53 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 7 | Simona Kubová | Czech Republic | 1:00.66 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Camila Rebelo | Portugal | 1:00.94 | Q, NR |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 1:01.14 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Analia Pigrée | France | 1:01.24 | |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Federica Toma | Italy | 1:01.32 | |
| 12 | 2 | 5 | Mary-Ambre Moluh | France | 1:01.33 | |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Roos Vanotterdijk | Belgium | 1:01.39 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Hanna Rosvall | Sweden | 1:01.47 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 3 | Paulina Peda | Poland | 1:01.60 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Dóra Molnár | Hungary | 1:01.62 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | Rafaela Azevedo | Portugal | 1:01.78 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | Ingeborg Løyning | Norway | 1:01.84 | Q |
| 19 | 1 | 6 | Laura Bernat | Poland | 1:02.03 | Q |
| 20 | 4 | 0 | Carmen Weiler | Spain | 1:02.08 | |
| 21 | 2 | 6 | Danielle Hill | Ireland | 1:02.15 | |
| 22 | 4 | 8 | África Zamorano | Spain | 1:02.17 | |
| 23 | 2 | 8 | Lotte Hosper | Netherlands | 1:02.28 | |
| 24 | 4 | 1 | Lauren Cox | Great Britain | 1:02.31 | |
| 25 | 4 | 9 | Johanna Roas | Germany | 1:02.48 | |
| 26 | 2 | 0 | Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy | Hungary | 1:02.63 | |
| 27 | 1 | 4 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 1:02.70 | |
| 28 | 2 | 2 | Nina Kost | Switzerland | 1:02.71 | |
| 29 | 1 | 7 | Gabriela Georgieva | Bulgaria | 1:02.87 | |
| 30 | 1 | 2 | Nika Sharafutdinova | Ukraine | 1:02.95 | |
| 31 | 3 | 9 | Lena Grabowski | Austria | 1:03.32 | |
| 32 | 1 | 3 | Karoline Sørensen | Denmark | 1:03.40 | |
| 33 | 2 | 9 | Aleksa Gold | Estonia | 1:04.15 | |
| | 1 | 5 | Alicia Wilson | Great Britain | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 0 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 3 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started at 18:20.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 59.72 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Pauline Mahieu | France | 59.75 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 59.89 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Medi Harris | Great Britain | 1:00.03 | q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Silvia Scalia | Italy | 1:00.04 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 1:00.10 | q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Emma Terebo | France | 1:00.35 | q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Simona Kubová | Czech Republic | 1:00.38 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Camila Rebelo | Portugal | 1:00.66 | NR |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Hanna Rosvall | Sweden | 1:00.83 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Paulina Peda | Poland | 1:00.87 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Dóra Molnár | Hungary | 1:01.13 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Rafaela Azevedo | Portugal | 1:01.56 | |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Roos Vanotterdijk | Belgium | 1:01.61 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Laura Bernat | Poland | 1:01.73 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Ingeborg Løyning | Norway | 1:02.23 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:46.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 59.40 |
| | 6 | Medi Harris | Great Britain | 59.46 |
| | 7 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 59.53 |
| 4 | 5 | Pauline Mahieu | France | 1:00.00 |
| 5 | 2 | Silvia Scalia | Italy | 1:00.12 |
| 6 | 1 | Emma Terebo | France | 1:00.40 |
| 7 | 8 | Simona Kubová | Czech Republic | 1:00.50 |
| 8 | 3 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 1:00.54 |