# Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20–21 August.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Gemma Spofforth | Great Britain | 58.12 | Rome | 28 July 2009 |
| European record | Gemma Spofforth | Great Britain | 58.12 | Rome | 28 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Anastasia Zuyeva | Russia | 59.41 | Eindhoven | 21 March 2008 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:17.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 1:00.08 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 1:00.13 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 1:00.32 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 1:00.80 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 1:00.83 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Elizabeth Simmonds | Great Britain | 1:00.92 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 1:00.98 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 7 | Ida Lindborg | Sweden | 1:01.14 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 1:01.24 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Arianna Barbieri | Italy | 1:01.40 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 6 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 1:01.52 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Duane Da Rocha | Spain | 1:01.59 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Lisa Graf | Germany | 1:01.67 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 1:02.26 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | Sanja Jovanović | Croatia | 1:02.30 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 0 | Justine Ress | France | 1:02.34 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 1:02.47 | |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Mathilde Cini | France | 1:02.51 | |
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Mercedes Peris | Spain | 1:02.56 | |
| 20 | 4 | 7 | Ekaterina Tomashevskaya | Russia | 1:02.82 | |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Klaudia Nazieblo | Poland | 1:02.93 | |
| 22 | 5 | 9 | Jördis Steinegger | Austria | 1:03.40 | |
| 23 | 2 | 3 | Camille Gheorghiu | France | 1:03.51 | |
| 24 | 2 | 5 | Sarah Bro | Denmark | 1:03.63 | |
| 25 | 2 | 2 | Anni Alitalo | Finland | 1:03.96 | |
| 26 | 2 | 6 | Ava Schollmayer | Slovenia | 1:03.99 | |
| 27 | 5 | 1 | Alina Vats | Ukraine | 1:04.05 | |
| 28 | 4 | 9 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 1:04.08 | |
| 29 | 5 | 8 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 1:04.09 | |
| 30 | 4 | 0 | Aliaksandra Kavaleva | Belarus | 1:04.11 | |
| 31 | 3 | 9 | Magdalena Kuras | Sweden | 1:04.13 | |
| 32 | 5 | 0 | Sviatlana Khakhlova | Belarus | 1:04.40 | |
| 33 | 2 | 1 | Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir | Iceland | 1:04.46 | |
| 34 | 2 | 7 | Matea Samardžić | Croatia | 1:05.02 | |
| 35 | 1 | 4 | Kätlin Sepp | Estonia | 1:05.39 | |
| 36 | 2 | 8 | Sigrid Sepp | Estonia | 1:05.61 | |
| 37 | 2 | 0 | Eva Gliožerytė | Lithuania | 1:06.57 | |
| 38 | 1 | 5 | Susanne Hirvonen | Finland | 1:06.61 | |
| 39 | 1 | 3 | Amina Kajtaz | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:07.92 | |
| — | 2 | 4 | Věra Kopřivová | Czech Republic | | DNS |
| — | 3 | 6 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | | DNS |
| — | 3 | 8 | Karin Tomečková | Slovakia | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:34.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 59.51 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 1:00.42 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Arianna Barbieri | Italy | 1:01.03 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Elizabeth Simmonds | Great Britain | 1:01.35 | |
| 5 | 7 | Duane Da Rocha | Spain | 1:01.53 | |
| 6 | 6 | Ida Lindborg | Sweden | 1:01.66 | |
| 7 | 1 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 1:02.03 | |
| 8 | 8 | Justine Ress | France | 1:02.53 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 1:00.18 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 1:00.19 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 1:00.53 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 1:00.60 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 1:00.95 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Lisa Graf | Germany | 1:01.51 | |
| 6 | 7 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 1:01.51 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sanja Jovanović | Croatia | 1:02.42 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:58.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 3 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 59.63 |
| | 4 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 59.63 |
| | 5 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 59.74 |
| 4 | 6 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 1:00.33 |
| 5 | 2 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 1:00.38 |
| 6 | 7 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 1:00.80 |
| 7 | 8 | Arianna Barbieri | Italy | 1:00.86 |
| 8 | 1 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 1:00.90 |