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

The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 May 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Zhao Jing | China | 27.06 | Rome | 30 July 2009 |
| European record | Daniela Samulski | Germany | 27.23 | Rome | 30 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Aleksandra Gerasimenya | Belarus | 27.64 | Budapest | 14 August 2010 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 20 May at 10:57.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 27.87 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Mie Østergaard Nielsen | Denmark | 28.02 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 28.12 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 28.17 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 28.31 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Kathleen Dawson | Great Britain | 28.55 | |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | Katarína Listopadová | Slovakia | 28.55 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Caroline Pilhatsch | Austria | 28.57 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 28.57 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 5 | Elena Gemo | Italy | 28.67 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Ida Lindborg | Sweden | 28.68 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 9 | Ekaterina Avramova | Turkey | 28.70 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 6 | Sanja Jovanović | Croatia | 28.81 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 28.82 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 6 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 28.86 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 8 | Karolina Hájková | Slovakia | 29.01 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 29.08 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 9 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Finland | 29.17 | |
| 19 | 3 | 0 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 29.21 | |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Desiree Felner | Austria | 29.26 | |
| 21 | 4 | 3 | Sviatlana Khakhlova | Belarus | 29.35 | |
| 22 | 3 | 7 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | 29.40 | |
| 23 | 4 | 7 | Camille Gheorghiu | France | 29.45 | |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Harriet Cooper | Great Britain | 29.60 | |
| 24 | 2 | 4 | Kristīna Šteins | Latvia | 29.60 | |
| 26 | 2 | 7 | Alina Kendzior | Estonia | 29.63 | |
| 27 | 4 | 0 | Tereza Grusová | Czech Republic | 29.71 | |
| 28 | 2 | 2 | Ema Šarar | Croatia | 29.79 | |
| 28 | 4 | 9 | Danielle Hill | Ireland | 29.79 | |
| 30 | 2 | 8 | Lotta Nevalainen | Finland | 29.84 | |
| 31 | 1 | 3 | Halime Zülal Zeren | Turkey | 29.88 | |
| 32 | 2 | 5 | Ana Leite | Portugal | 29.98 | |
| 33 | 2 | 3 | Sigrid Sepp | Estonia | 29.99 | |
| 34 | 2 | 0 | Ugnė Mažutaitytė | Lithuania | 30.00 | |
| 35 | 2 | 9 | Margaret Markvardt | Estonia | 30.10 | |
| 36 | 2 | 6 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | 30.24 | |
| 37 | 1 | 4 | Signhild Joensen | Faroe Islands | 30.36 | |
| 38 | 1 | 2 | Kätlin Sepp | Estonia | 30.64 | |
| 39 | 2 | 1 | Réka György | Hungary | 30.66 | |
| 40 | 1 | 5 | Tatiana Salcutan | Moldova | 30.76 | |
| 41 | 1 | 6 | Francisca Azevedo | Portugal | 31.00 | |
| 42 | 1 | 7 | Rita Zeqiri | Kosovo | 33.57 | |
| | 3 | 1 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | DNS | DNS |
| | 3 | 8 | Magdalena Kuras | Sweden | DNS | DNS |
| | 5 | 0 | Matea Samardžić | Croatia | DNS | DNS |
| | 5 | 2 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 20 May at 18:53.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Mie Østergaard Nielsen | Denmark | 27.73 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 28.11 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 28.32 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Caroline Pilhatsch | Austria | 28.51 | |
| 5 | 3 | Katarína Listopadová | Slovakia | 28.63 | |
| 6 | 2 | Ida Lindborg | Sweden | 28.75 | |
| 7 | 7 | Sanja Jovanović | Croatia | 28.85 | |
| 8 | 8 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 28.92 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 27.80 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 27.91 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 28.08 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 28.34 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Ekaterina Avramova | Turkey | 28.49 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 28.93 | |
| 7 | 8 | Karolina Hájková | Slovakia | 28.94 | |
| | 2 | Elena Gemo | Italy | DSQ | DSQ |

### Final

The final was on 21 May at 17:05.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 27.57 | CR |
| | 4 | Mie Østergaard Nielsen | Denmark | 27.77 | |
| | 3 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 27.87 | |
| 4 | 6 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 28.00 | |
| 5 | 2 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 28.14 | |
| 6 | 1 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 28.15 | |
| 7 | 8 | Ekaterina Avramova | Turkey | 28.60 | |
| 8 | 7 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 28.61 | |