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

The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships will be held on 18 and 19 May 2021.

## Records

Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Liu Xiang | China | 26.98 | Jakarta | 21 August 2018 |
| European record | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 27.10 | Eindhoven | 10 April 2021 |
| Championship record | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 27.21 | Glasgow | 4 August 2018 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 18 May | Semifinals | Kathleen Dawson | Great Britain | 27.19 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 18 May at 10:47.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | Kathleen Dawson | Great Britain | 27.29 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 27.60 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 27.84 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Anastasia Fesikova | Russia | 27.86 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 3 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 27.97 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | Caroline Pilhatsch | Austria | 28.02 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 7 | Ingeborg Løyning | Norway | 28.05 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 28.05 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Cassie Wild | Great Britain | 28.11 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Nina Kost | Switzerland | 28.27 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 5 | Silvia Scalia | Italy | 28.28 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 5 | Simona Kubová | Czech Republic | 28.30 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 28.31 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Anastasiya Shkurdai | Belarus | 28.33 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 28.39 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 28.40 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Tessa Giele | Netherlands | 28.44 | |
| 18 | 5 | 7 | Rafaela Azevedo | Portugal | 28.46 | |
| 19 | 6 | 8 | Katalin Burián | Hungary | 28.47 | |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | Ekaterina Avramova | Turkey | 28.57 | |
| 21 | 4 | 6 | Costanza Cocconcelli | Italy | 28.60 | |
| 22 | 5 | 8 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Finland | 28.64 | |
| 23 | 4 | 8 | Mireia Pradell | Spain | 28.69 | |
| 24 | 4 | 0 | Hanna Rosvall | Sweden | 28.73 | |
| 25 | 5 | 9 | Nina Stanisavljević | Serbia | 28.78 | NR |
| 26 | 5 | 0 | Anastasiya Kuliashova | Belarus | 28.79 | |
| 27 | 5 | 1 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 28.83 | |
| 28 | 6 | 0 | Jade Smits | Belgium | 28.85 | |
| 29 | 2 | 7 | Selen Özbilen | Turkey | 28.96 | |
| 30 | 6 | 9 | Ugnė Mažutaitytė | Lithuania | 29.05 | |
| 31 | 4 | 9 | Sara Junevik | Sweden | 29.16 | |
| 32 | 3 | 9 | Janja Segel | Slovenia | 29.21 | |
| 33 | 3 | 3 | Lena Grabowski | Austria | 29.24 | |
| 33 | 4 | 1 | Nadine Lämmler | Germany | 29.24 | |
| 35 | 2 | 3 | Tatiana Salcuțan | Moldova | 29.27 | NR |
| 36 | 3 | 5 | Zuzanna Herasimowicz | Poland | 29.32 | |
| 37 | 3 | 7 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 29.37 | |
| 38 | 3 | 6 | Gerda Szilágyi | Hungary | 29.39 | |
| 39 | 3 | 1 | Aviv Barzelay | Israel | 29.42 | |
| 40 | 2 | 4 | Steingerður Hauksdóttir | Iceland | 29.43 | |
| 41 | 2 | 8 | Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy | Hungary | 29.70 | |
| 42 | 1 | 4 | Teresa Ivanová | Slovakia | 29.84 | |
| 43 | 2 | 5 | Signhild Joensen | Faroe Islands | 29.89 | |
| 44 | 2 | 2 | Tamara Potocká | Slovakia | 29.93 | |
| 45 | 2 | 0 | Ida Liljeqvist | Sweden | 29.96 | |
| 46 | 1 | 2 | Ieva Maļuka | Latvia | 30.00 | |
| 47 | 3 | 0 | Gabriela Georgieva | Bulgaria | 30.05 | |
| 48 | 2 | 6 | Laura Bernat | Poland | 30.14 | |
| 49 | 3 | 8 | Emma Marušáková | Slovakia | 30.71 | |
| 50 | 2 | 9 | Mia Blazevska Eminova | North Macedonia | 30.77 | |
| 51 | 1 | 5 | Nicola Muscat | Malta | 30.96 | |
| 52 | 1 | 3 | Eda Zeqiri | Kosovo | 31.29 | |
| 53 | 1 | 6 | Jona Beqiri | Kosovo | 32.31 | |
| | 2 | 1 | Mónica Ramírez | Andorra | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 3 | 4 | Panna Ugrai | Hungary | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 18 May at 18:49.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 27.22 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Anastasia Fesikova | Russia | 27.69 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Caroline Pilhatsch | Austria | 27.81 | q |
| 4 | 8 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 28.01 | qSO |
| 5 | 6 | Ingeborg Løyning | Norway | 28.06 | |
| 6 | 2 | Nina Kost | Switzerland | 28.30 | |
| 7 | 7 | Simona Kubová | Czech Republic | 28.52 | |
| 8 | 1 | Anastasiya Shkurdai | Belarus | 29.16 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Kathleen Dawson | Great Britain | 27.19 | Q, CR, NR |
| 2 | 5 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 27.69 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 27.93 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Cassie Wild | Great Britain | 27.98 | q |
| 5 | 6 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 28.01 | qSO |
| 6 | 1 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 28.04 | |
| 7 | 7 | Silvia Scalia | Italy | 28.24 | |
| 8 | 8 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 28.46 | |

#### Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 18 May at 20:01.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 28.01 | q |
| 2 | 5 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 28.20 | |

### Final

The final was held on 19 May at 19:18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 27.36 | |
| | 4 | Kathleen Dawson | Great Britain | 27.46 | |
| | 6 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 27.74 | |
| 4 | 1 | Cassie Wild | Great Britain | 27.85 | |
| 5 | 3 | Anastasia Fesikova | Russia | 27.90 | |
| 6 | 8 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 28.01 | |
| 7 | 7 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 28.16 | |
| | 2 | Caroline Pilhatsch | Austria | Disqualified | Disqualified |