# Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke

The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 May 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 29.48 | Barcelona | 3 August 2013 |
| European record | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 29.48 | Barcelona | 3 August 2013 |
| Championship record | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 29.88 | Berlin | 23 August 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 21 May at 09:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Jennie Johansson | Sweden | 30.75 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 30.94 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 31.01 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Arianna Castiglioni | Italy | 31.02 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Mariya Liver | Ukraine | 31.16 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 6 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 31.19 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Natalia Ivaneeva | Russia | 31.22 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Martina Carraro | Italy | 31.27 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Petra Chocová | Czech Republic | 31.41 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Veera Kivirinta | Finland | 31.42 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 5 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 31.67 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Dominika Sztandera | Poland | 31.68 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 8 | Martina Moravčíková | Czech Republic | 31.70 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | Fiona Doyle | Ireland | 31.80 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Jessica Eriksson | Sweden | 31.82 | |
| 16 | 5 | 7 | Amit Ivry | Israel | 31.90 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 0 | Christina Nothdurfter | Austria | 31.99 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 9 | Silja Kaensaekoski | Finland | 32.06 | |
| 19 | 4 | 1 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 32.14 | |
| 20 | 4 | 0 | Vilma Ekström | Sweden | 32.21 | |
| 21 | 5 | 9 | Ana Rodrigues | Portugal | 32.27 | |
| 22 | 5 | 8 | Alina Zmushka | Belarus | 32.34 | |
| 23 | 2 | 5 | Andrea Podmaníková | Slovakia | 32.49 | |
| 24 | 2 | 6 | Maria Romanjuk | Estonia | 32.52 | |
| 25 | 4 | 7 | Tjaša Vozel | Slovenia | 32.54 | |
| 26 | 3 | 6 | Ilaria Scarcella | Italy | 32.55 | |
| 27 | 3 | 7 | Katie Matts | Great Britain | 32.63 | |
| 28 | 3 | 0 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 32.65 | |
| 29 | 4 | 9 | Sycerika McMahon | Ireland | 32.78 | |
| 30 | 2 | 3 | Lucia Ledererová | Slovakia | 32.87 | |
| 31 | 2 | 7 | Maria Harutjunjan | Estonia | 32.88 | |
| 31 | 2 | 8 | Ariel Braathen | Norway | 32.88 | |
| 33 | 2 | 0 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 32.91 | |
| 34 | 2 | 2 | Karleen Kersa | Estonia | 33.05 | |
| 35 | 2 | 1 | Lisa Mamie | Switzerland | 33.24 | |
| 36 | 3 | 1 | Lisa Fissneider | Italy | 33.48 | |
| 37 | 1 | 5 | Emina Pasukan | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 33.51 | |
| 38 | 1 | 3 | Monika Štěpánová | Czech Republic | 33.55 | |
| 39 | 1 | 4 | Stina Colleou | Norway | 33.59 | |
| 40 | 2 | 9 | Alina Bulmag | Moldova | 33.65 | |
| | 2 | 4 | Dalma Sebestyén | Hungary | DSQ | DSQ |
| | 4 | 4 | Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | Turkey | DNS | DNS |
| | 4 | 8 | Fanny Deberghes | France | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 21 May at 16:23.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 30.83 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 30.95 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Veera Kivirinta | Finland | 30.98 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Martina Carraro | Italy | 31.14 | S-off |
| 5 | 5 | Arianna Castiglioni | Italy | 31.16 | |
| 6 | 1 | Fiona Doyle | Ireland | 31.66 | |
| 7 | 7 | Dominika Sztandera | Poland | 31.71 | |
| 8 | 8 | Christina Nothdurfter | Austria | 32.04 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Jennie Johansson | Sweden | 30.74 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 30.81 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Mariya Liver | Ukraine | 30.90 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Petra Chocová | Czech Republic | 31.13 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Natalia Ivaneeva | Russia | 31.14 | S-off |
| 6 | 7 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 31.50 | |
| 7 | 1 | Martina Moravčíková | Czech Republic | 31.66 | |
| 8 | 8 | Amit Ivry | Israel | 31.94 | |

#### Swim-off

The Swim-off was held on 21 May at 18:32.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Natalia Ivaneeva | Russia | 30.95 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Martina Carraro | Italy | 31.00 | |

### Final

The final was held on 22 May at 16:12.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Jennie Johansson | Sweden | 30.81 |
| | 3 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 30.91 |
| | 5 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 30.95 |
| 4 | 6 | Mariya Liver | Ukraine | 30.99 |
| 5 | 7 | Veera Kivirinta | Finland | 31.12 |
| 6 | 2 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 31.13 |
| 7 | 8 | Natalia Ivaneeva | Russia | 31.18 |
| 8 | 1 | Petra Chocová | Czech Republic | 31.63 |