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

The Women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 May 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.43 | Borås | 5 July 2014 |
| European record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.43 | Borås | 5 July 2014 |
| Championship record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.87 | Berlin | 18 August 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 16 May at 10:28.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 25.59 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 25.80 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 25.80 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 26.01 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 26.05 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 26.32 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Nastja Govejšek | Slovenia | 26.36 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Mélanie Henique | France | 26.38 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | Kimberly Buys | Belgium | 26.41 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 26.44 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Elena Gemo | Italy | 26.46 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Emilie Beckmann | Denmark | 26.47 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 26.52 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Lucie Svěcená | Czech Republic | 26.65 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 8 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | 26.66 | |
| 16 | 3 | 0 | Bryndis Hansen | Iceland | 26.68 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Anna Ntountounaki | Greece | 26.74 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Marie Wattel | France | 26.90 | |
| 19 | 2 | 4 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 26.92 | |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Darya Stepanyuk | Ukraine | 26.92 | |
| 21 | 5 | 7 | Kristel Vourna | Greece | 26.95 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Amit Ivry | Israel | 26.95 | |
| 23 | 3 | 9 | Keren Siebner | Israel | 26.96 | |
| 24 | 4 | 7 | Sviatlana Khakhlova | Belarus | 27.10 | |
| 25 | 2 | 5 | Ilaria Bianchi | Italy | 27.14 | |
| 26 | 2 | 2 | Anna Kolářová | Czech Republic | 27.19 | |
| 26 | 5 | 0 | Katarína Listopadová | Slovakia | 27.19 | |
| 28 | 4 | 8 | Svenja Stoffel | Switzerland | 27.30 | |
| 29 | 5 | 9 | Emilia Pikkarainen | Finland | 27.34 | |
| 30 | 2 | 8 | Amina Kajtaz | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27.37 | |
| 30 | 2 | 1 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | 27.37 | |
| 32 | 4 | 0 | Barbora Mišendová | Slovakia | 27.39 | |
| 33 | 2 | 3 | Gabriela Ņikitina | Latvia | 27.46 | |
| 34 | 3 | 7 | Sasha Touretski | Switzerland | 27.47 | |
| 35 | 1 | 5 | Susann Bjoernsen | Norway | 27.64 | |
| 36 | 1 | 4 | Dobromira Ivanova | Bulgaria | 27.72 | |
| 37 | 4 | 9 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Finland | 27.82 | |
| 38 | 2 | 6 | Caroline Pilhatsch | Austria | 27.83 | |
| 39 | 2 | 0 | Lisa Katharina Hoepink | Germany | 27.86 | |
| 40 | 2 | 7 | Tessa Nurminen | Finland | 27.90 | |
| 41 | 2 | 9 | Gizem Bozkurt | Turkey | 28.09 | |
| 42 | 1 | 3 | Margaret Markvardt | Estonia | 28.11 | |
| 43 | 1 | 6 | Esra Kuebra Kacmaz | Turkey | 28.30 | |
| 44 | 1 | 2 | Nida Eliz Üstündağ | Turkey | 28.55 | |
| 45 | 1 | 7 | Ana-Maria Damjanovska | Macedonia | 29.53 | |
| | 3 | 1 | Anna Santamans | France | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 16 May at 18:11.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 25.35 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 25.70 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 26.05 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 26.10 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Mélanie Henique | France | 26.14 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Emilie Beckmann | Denmark | 26.40 | |
| 7 | 1 | Lucie Svěcená | Czech Republic | 26.49 | |
| 8 | 8 | Anna Ntountounaki | Greece | 26.75 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 25.42 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 25.63 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 25.98 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 26.31 | |
| 5 | 6 | Nastja Govejšek | Slovenia | 26.35 | |
| 6 | 2 | Kimberly Buys | Belgium | 26.36 | |
| 7 | 7 | Elena Gemo | Italy | 26.44 | |
| 8 | 8 | Bryndis Hansen | Iceland | 26.71 | |

### Final

The final was held on 17 May at 18:21.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.99 |
| | 6 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 25.44 |
| | 4 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 25.48 |
| 4 | 3 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 25.82 |
| 5 | 2 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 26.01 |
| 6 | 8 | Mélanie Henique | France | 26.12 |
| 7 | 7 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 26.18 |
| 8 | 1 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 26.22 |