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

The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 May 2021.

## Records

Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Lilly King | United States | 29.40 | Budapest | 30 July 2017 |
| European record | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 29.48 | Barcelona | 3 August 2013 |
| Championship record | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 29.66 | Glasgow | 8 August 2018 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 22 May | Heats | Benedetta Pilato | Italy | 29.50 | CR |
| 22 May | Semifinals | Benedetta Pilato | Italy | 29.30 | WR, CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 22 May at 10:52.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Benedetta Pilato | Italy | 29.50 | Q, CR, WJ, NR |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Arianna Castiglioni | Italy | 30.15 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Ida Hulkko | Finland | 30.40 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 30.46 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 30.55 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Martina Carraro | Italy | 30.57 | |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | Sarah Vasey | Great Britain | 30.58 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Rosey Metz | Netherlands | 30.63 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Emelie Fast | Sweden | 30.64 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Alina Zmushka | Belarus | 30.81 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Eneli Jefimova | Estonia | 30.83 | Q, NR |
| 12 | 5 | 8 | Veera Kivirinta | Finland | 30.95 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | Tatiana Belonogoff | Russia | 31.05 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 7 | Anna Sztankovics | Hungary | 31.09 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Klara Thormalm | Sweden | 31.12 | |
| 16 | 2 | 3 | Ema Rajić | Croatia | 31.19 | Q, NR |
| 17 | 4 | 8 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 31.28 | |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | Lisa Angiolini | Italy | 31.39 | |
| 19 | 6 | 8 | Lisa Mamie | Switzerland | 31.42 | Q |
| 20 | 6 | 0 | Jessica Steiger | Germany | 31.46 | Q |
| 21 | 5 | 1 | Kotryna Teterevkova | Lithuania | 31.51 | |
| 22 | 4 | 0 | Maria-Thaleia Drasidou | Greece | 31.55 | |
| 22 | 5 | 9 | Anne Louise Palmans | Netherlands | 31.55 | |
| 24 | 3 | 5 | Andrea Podmaníková | Slovakia | 31.69 | |
| 25 | 6 | 9 | Maria Romanjuk | Estonia | 31.70 | |
| 26 | 4 | 1 | Dominika Sztandera | Poland | 31.75 | |
| 27 | 3 | 4 | Petra Halmai | Hungary | 31.78 | |
| 28 | 4 | 2 | Tes Schouten | Netherlands | 31.82 | |
| 29 | 5 | 6 | Evgeniia Chikunova | Russia | 31.90 | |
| 30 | 3 | 9 | Niamh Coyne | Ireland | 31.99 | |
| 31 | 4 | 6 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 32.05 | |
| 32 | 6 | 1 | Fleur Vermeiren | Belgium | 32.08 | |
| 33 | 3 | 6 | Thea Blomsterberg | Denmark | 32.12 | |
| 33 | 2 | 4 | Arina Sisojeva | Latvia | 32.12 | |
| 35 | 4 | 9 | Hannah Brunzell | Sweden | 32.18 | |
| 35 | 6 | 7 | Maria Temnikova | Russia | 32.18 | |
| 37 | 3 | 0 | Siiri Einiö | Finland | 32.20 | |
| 37 | 3 | 8 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 32.20 | |
| 39 | 3 | 1 | Justine Delmas | France | 32.23 | |
| 40 | 2 | 6 | Anastasia Basisto | Moldova | 32.28 | |
| 41 | 3 | 3 | Diana Petkova | Bulgaria | 32.29 | |
| 42 | 1 | 4 | Bente Fischer | Germany | 32.31 | |
| 42 | 5 | 0 | Cornelia Pammer | Austria | 32.31 | |
| 44 | 2 | 5 | Alina Tkachenko | Ukraine | 32.35 | |
| 45 | 2 | 8 | Clara Rybak-Andersen | Denmark | 32.42 | |
| 46 | 3 | 2 | Tjaša Vozel | Slovenia | 32.47 | |
| 47 | 2 | 1 | Alíz Kalmár | Hungary | 32.67 | |
| 48 | 2 | 2 | Nina Vadovičová | Slovakia | 32.73 | |
| 49 | 2 | 7 | Hazal Özkan | Turkey | 32.90 | |
| 50 | 1 | 5 | Nikoleta Trníková | Slovakia | 33.59 | |
| 51 | 1 | 3 | Nàdia Tudó | Andorra | 33.79 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 22 May at 18:57.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Sarah Vasey | Great Britain | 30.35 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Arianna Castiglioni | Italy | 30.44 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 30.53 | q |
| 4 | 7 | Tatiana Belonogoff | Russia | 30.84 | q |
| 5 | 6 | Emelie Fast | Sweden | 30.88 | |
| 6 | 2 | Eneli Jefimova | Estonia | 30.97 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ema Rajić | Croatia | 31.04 | NR |
| 8 | 8 | Jessica Steiger | Germany | 31.37 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Benedetta Pilato | Italy | 29.30 | Q, WR |
| 2 | 3 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 30.25 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Ida Hulkko | Finland | 30.39 | q |
| 4 | 7 | Veera Kivirinta | Finland | 30.76 | q |
| 5 | 6 | Rosey Metz | Netherlands | 30.90 | |
| 6 | 2 | Alina Zmushka | Belarus | 30.91 | |
| 7 | 1 | Anna Sztankovics | Hungary | 31.04 | |
| 8 | 8 | Lisa Mamie | Switzerland | 31.51 | |

### Final

The final was held on 23 May at 18:10.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Benedetta Pilato | Italy | 29.35 | |
| | 6 | Ida Hulkko | Finland | 30.19 | NR |
| | 5 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia | 30.22 | |
| 4 | 3 | Sarah Vasey | Great Britain | 30.23 | |
| 5 | 7 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 30.31 | |
| 6 | 2 | Arianna Castiglioni | Italy | 30.35 | |
| 7 | 1 | Veera Kivirinta | Finland | 30.72 | |
| 8 | 8 | Tatiana Belonogoff | Russia | 30.77 | |