# Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly

The Women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 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 | 55.64 | Kazan | 3 August 2015 |
| European record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 55.64 | Kazan | 3 August 2015 |
| Championship record | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 56.51 | Berlin | 22 August 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 19 May at 10:41.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 57.20 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 57.86 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Ilaria Bianchi | Italy | 58.34 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Kimberly Buys | Belgium | 58.47 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | Liliána Szilágyi | Hungary | 58.55 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Anna Ntountounaki | Greece | 58.62 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Lucie Svěcená | Czech Republic | 58.83 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Katarína Listopadová | Slovakia | 58.99 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Danielle Villars | Switzerland | 59.05 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | Marie Wattel | France | 59.15 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 59.16 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 7 | Emilie Beckmann | Denmark | 59.26 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | 59.27 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Judit Ignacio Sorribes | Spain | 59.56 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | Kristel Vourna | Greece | 59.63 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | 3 | Darya Stepanyuk | Ukraine | 59.83 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 5 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | 59.85 | |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Keren Siebner | Israel | 59.96 | |
| 19 | 5 | 8 | Amit Ivry | Israel | 1:00.15 | |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | Emilia Pikkarainen | Finland | 1:00.17 | |
| 21 | 4 | 2 | Svenja Stoffel | Switzerland | 1:00.20 | |
| 22 | 5 | 0 | Nastja Govejšek | Slovenia | 1:00.31 | |
| 23 | 2 | 3 | Bryndis Hansen | Iceland | 1:00.33 | |
| 24 | 4 | 0 | Barbora Mišendová | Slovakia | 1:00.45 | |
| 25 | 2 | 5 | Lisa Höpink | Germany | 1:00.49 | |
| 26 | 2 | 6 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | 1:00.64 | |
| 27 | 2 | 2 | Ana Monteiro | Portugal | 1:00.65 | |
| 28 | 2 | 8 | Nida Üstündağ | Turkey | 1:00.74 | |
| 29 | 5 | 9 | Dobromira Ivanova | Bulgaria | 1:00.96 | |
| 30 | 2 | 0 | Amina Kajtaz | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:01.21 | |
| 31 | 4 | 8 | Sasha Touretski | Switzerland | 1:01.22 | |
| 32 | 4 | 9 | Gizem Bozkurt | Turkey | 1:01.25 | |
| 33 | 1 | 4 | Margaret Markvardt | Estonia | 1:01.40 | |
| 34 | 3 | 9 | Julia Mrozinski | Germany | 1:01.84 | |
| 35 | 2 | 4 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Finland | 1:02.14 | |
| 36 | 2 | 7 | Alessia Polieri | Italy | 1:02.92 | |
| 37 | 1 | 5 | Noel Borshi | Albania | 1:04.67 | |
| | 2 | 1 | Tanja Kylliaeinen | Finland | DNS | DNS |
| | 3 | 0 | Birgit Koschischek | Austria | DNS | DNS |
| | 3 | 8 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | DNS | DNS |
| | 5 | 2 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | DNS | DNS |
| | 5 | 7 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 19 May at 18:30.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 57.38 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Anna Ntountounaki | Greece | 58.58 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Kimberly Buys | Belgium | 58.71 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Judit Ignacio Sorribes | Spain | 58.73 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Katarína Listopadová | Slovakia | 58.90 | |
| 6 | 7 | Emilie Beckmann | Denmark | 59.07 | |
| 7 | 2 | Marie Wattel | France | 59.27 | |
| 8 | 8 | Darya Stepanyuk | Ukraine | 59.67 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 56.12 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 5 | Ilaria Bianchi | Italy | 57.47 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Liliána Szilágyi | Hungary | 57.83 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Lucie Svěcená | Czech Republic | 58.71 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | 58.84 | |
| 6 | 7 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 58.99 | |
| 7 | 8 | Kristel Vourna | Greece | 59.19 | |
| 8 | 2 | Danielle Villars | Switzerland | 59.26 | |

### Final

The final was held on 20 May at 19:18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 55.89 | CR |
| | 5 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 56.83 | |
| | 3 | Ilaria Bianchi | Italy | 57.52 | |
| 4 | 6 | Liliána Szilágyi | Hungary | 57.54 | |
| 5 | 1 | Kimberly Buys | Belgium | 58.48 | |
| 6 | 2 | Anna Ntountounaki | Greece | 58.86 | |
| 7 | 8 | Judit Ignacio Sorribes | Spain | 59.02 | |
| 8 | 7 | Lucie Svěcená | Czech Republic | 59.06 | |