# Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 May 2021.

## Records

Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record European record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 23.67 | Budapest | 29 July 2017 |
| Championship record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 23.74 | Glasgow | 4 August 2018 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 17 May at 10:42.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 24.24 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | Pernille Blume | Denmark | 24.42 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 24.47 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 5 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 24.51 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 3 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | 24.51 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 24.77 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 24.78 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | 24.85 | |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Finland | 24.86 | Q, NR |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Mélanie Henique | France | 24.89 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | 6 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 24.92 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 24.93 | Q, NR |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Petra Senánszky | Hungary | 24.99 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | Lidón Muñoz | Spain | 25.01 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Neža Klančar | Slovenia | 25.07 | Q, NR |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Jessica Felsner | Germany | 25.09 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 6 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 25.22 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | Costanza Cocconcelli | Italy | 25.30 | |
| 19 | 6 | 7 | Andrea Murez | Israel | 25.35 | |
| 20 | 7 | 8 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 25.42 | |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Nina Stanisavljević | Serbia | 25.42 | |
| 22 | 5 | 7 | Jessica Steiger | Germany | 25.47 | |
| 23 | 3 | 5 | Teresa Ivanová | Slovakia | 25.48 | |
| 24 | 5 | 8 | Nastassia Karakouskaya | Belarus | 25.50 | |
| 25 | 6 | 0 | Kalia Antoniou | Cyprus | 25.52 | |
| 26 | 4 | 5 | Anna Kolářová | Czech Republic | 25.53 | |
| 26 | 6 | 8 | Chiara Tarantino | Italy | 25.53 | |
| 28 | 4 | 9 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 25.56 | |
| 29 | 7 | 9 | Kornelia Fiedkiewicz | Poland | 25.59 | |
| 29 | 7 | 7 | Nina Kost | Switzerland | 25.59 | |
| 31 | 4 | 3 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 25.60 | |
| 32 | 5 | 0 | Nina Gangl | Austria | 25.61 | |
| 33 | 4 | 4 | Selen Özbilen | Turkey | 25.64 | |
| 34 | 7 | 0 | Evelyn Davis | Great Britain | 25.72 | |
| 35 | 4 | 7 | Diana Petkova | Bulgaria | 25.76 | |
| 36 | 3 | 1 | Aleksa Gold | Estonia | 25.80 | |
| 37 | 3 | 6 | Beatrix Bordás | Hungary | 25.83 | |
| 37 | 5 | 9 | Zohar Shikler | Israel | 25.83 | |
| 39 | 4 | 6 | Emma Russell | Great Britain | 25.85 | |
| 40 | 3 | 3 | Gabriela Ņikitina | Latvia | 25.88 | |
| 41 | 3 | 4 | Alma Thormalm | Sweden | 25.96 | |
| 42 | 4 | 8 | Maria-Thaleia Drasidou | Greece | 25.98 | |
| 43 | 4 | 0 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 26.01 | |
| 43 | 3 | 2 | Tanja Popović | Serbia | 26.01 | |
| 45 | 4 | 2 | İlknur Nihan Çakıcı | Turkey | 26.07 | |
| 46 | 6 | 9 | Bianca Costea | Romania | 26.13 | |
| 47 | 3 | 7 | Jóhanna Guðmundsdóttir | Iceland | 26.18 | |
| 48 | 1 | 5 | Maria Romanjuk | Estonia | 26.31 | |
| 49 | 2 | 4 | Mónika Ollé | Hungary | 26.38 | |
| 50 | 3 | 9 | Ida Hulkko | Finland | 26.44 | |
| 51 | 3 | 0 | Mia Blazevska Eminova | North Macedonia | 26.64 | |
| 52 | 2 | 5 | Nicola Muscat | Malta | 26.84 | |
| 53 | 3 | 8 | Steingerður Hauksdóttir | Iceland | 26.98 | |
| 54 | 2 | 6 | Laura Bernat | Poland | 27.18 | |
| 55 | 2 | 7 | Siiri Einiö | Finland | 27.20 | |
| 56 | 2 | 2 | Eneli Jefimova | Estonia | 27.38 | |
| 57 | 2 | 1 | Varsenik Manucharyan | Armenia | 27.59 | |
| 58 | 2 | 3 | Mónica Ramírez | Andorra | 27.61 | |
| 59 | 2 | 0 | Nàdia Tudó | Andorra | 27.76 | |
| 60 | 2 | 8 | Ani Poghosyan | Armenia | 28.01 | |
| 61 | 1 | 4 | Eda Zeqiri | Kosovo | 29.16 | |
| 62 | 1 | 3 | Jona Macula | Kosovo | 30.22 | |

### Semifinals

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

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Pernille Blume | Denmark | 24.06 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 24.41 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 24.54 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 24.76 | |
| 5 | 6 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Finland | 24.81 | NR |
| 6 | 1 | Neža Klančar | Slovenia | 24.96 | NR |
| 7 | 7 | Petra Senánszky | Hungary | 24.97 | |
| 8 | 8 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 25.14 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 24.14 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | 24.34 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 5 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 24.40 | q |
| 4 | 6 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 24.66 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 24.69 | q, NR |
| 6 | 1 | Lidón Muñoz | Spain | 24.90 | |
| 7 | 2 | Mélanie Henique | France | 25.08 | |
| 8 | 8 | Jessica Felsner | Germany | 25.14 | |

### Final

The final was held on 18 May at 19:22.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 23.97 | |
| | 4 | Pernille Blume | Denmark | 24.17 | |
| | 3 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | 24.17 | NR |
| 4 | 6 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 24.29 | |
| 5 | 2 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 24.32 | |
| 6 | 1 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 24.51 | |
| 7 | 7 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 24.65 | |
| 8 | 8 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 24.67 | NR |