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

The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 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 | 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 on 18 May at 10:49.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Mie Østergaard Nielsen | Denmark | 59.26 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 59.38 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 2 | Kathleen Dawson | Great Britain | 1:00.60 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 2 | Katarína Listopadová | Slovakia | 1:00.78 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Ekaterina Avramova | Turkey | 1:00.82 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 1:00.84 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 7 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 1:00.88 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 1:00.89 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 5 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 1:00.98 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Matea Samardžić | Croatia | 1:01.27 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 1:01.27 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 5 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | 1:01.44 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 5 | Elena Gemo | Italy | 1:01.44 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 7 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | 1:01.45 | |
| 15 | 4 | 6 | Irina Prikhodko | Russia | 1:01.47 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 6 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 1:01.49 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 3 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 1:01.67 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | Harriet Cooper | Great Britain | 1:01.88 | |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Kristīna Šteins | Latvia | 1:01.93 | |
| 20 | 4 | 2 | Camille Gheorghiu | France | 1:02.11 | |
| 21 | 4 | 8 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 1:02.13 | |
| 22 | 4 | 0 | Charlotte Evans | Great Britain | 1:02.35 | |
| 23 | 6 | 9 | Kata Burián | Hungary | 1:02.38 | |
| 24 | 3 | 5 | Halime Zülal Zeren | Turkey | 1:02.41 | |
| 25 | 5 | 8 | Caroline Pilhatsch | Austria | 1:02.52 | |
| 26 | 6 | 0 | Tereza Grusová | Czech Republic | 1:02.61 | |
| 27 | 3 | 6 | Ugnė Mažutaitytė | Lithuania | 1:02.66 | |
| 28 | 6 | 8 | Ida Lindborg | Sweden | 1:02.70 | |
| 29 | 3 | 2 | Alina Kendzior | Estonia | 1:02.75 | |
| 30 | 5 | 9 | Ludwika Szynal | Poland | 1:02.94 | |
| 31 | 3 | 7 | Karolina Hájková | Slovakia | 1:03.00 | |
| 32 | 2 | 2 | Henriette Stenkvist | Sweden | 1:03.02 | |
| 33 | 2 | 8 | Věra Kopřivová | Czech Republic | 1:03.34 | |
| 34 | 3 | 3 | Karin Tomečková | Slovakia | 1:03.44 | |
| 35 | 5 | 0 | Réka György | Hungary | 1:03.53 | |
| 35 | 3 | 1 | Danielle Hill | Ireland | 1:03.53 | |
| 37 | 2 | 5 | Jade Smits | Belgium | 1:03.62 | |
| 38 | 3 | 8 | Ema Šarar | Croatia | 1:03.95 | |
| 39 | 6 | 1 | Mathilde Cini | France | 1:04.08 | |
| 40 | 2 | 6 | Sigrid Sepp | Estonia | 1:04.55 | |
| 41 | 3 | 9 | Ana Leite | Portugal | 1:04.68 | |
| 42 | 1 | 4 | Signhild Joensen | Faroe Islands | 1:04.84 | |
| 43 | 2 | 3 | Kätlin Sepp | Estonia | 1:05.18 | |
| 44 | 3 | 0 | Tatiana Salcutan | Moldova | 1:05.65 | |
| 45 | 2 | 1 | Francisca Azevedo | Portugal | 1:05.68 | |
| 46 | 1 | 5 | Desiree Felner | Austria | 1:06.07 | |
| 47 | 1 | 3 | Rita Zeqiri | Kosovo | 1:12.67 | |
| | 2 | 0 | Keren Siebner | Israel | DNS | DNS |
| | 2 | 4 | Sanja Jovanović | Croatia | DNS | DNS |
| | 2 | 7 | Magdalena Kuras | Sweden | DNS | DNS |
| | 4 | 9 | Andrea Murez | Israel | DNS | DNS |
| | 6 | 3 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 18 May at 19:41.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 1:00.03 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 1:00.58 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 1:00.83 | |
| 4 | 1 | Irina Prikhodko | Russia | 1:01.09 | |
| 5 | 6 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 1:01.19 | |
| 6 | 5 | Katarína Listopadová | Slovakia | 1:01.33 | |
| 7 | 7 | Elena Gemo | Italy | 1:01.70 | |
| 8 | 2 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 1:02.06 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Mie Østergaard Nielsen | Denmark | 59.16 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 5 | Kathleen Dawson | Great Britain | 59.83 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 1:00.31 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | 1:00.46 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Ekaterina Avramova | Turkey | 1:00.52 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 1:00.81 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 1:01.16 | |
| 8 | 7 | Matea Samardžić | Croatia | 1:01.80 | |

### Final

The final was held on 19 May at 19:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Mie Østergaard Nielsen | Denmark | 58.73 | CR |
| | 3 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 58.94 | |
| | 5 | Kathleen Dawson | Great Britain | 59.68 | |
| 4 | 6 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 59.97 | |
| 5 | 1 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 59.99 | |
| 6 | 2 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | 1:00.98 | |
| 6 | 8 | Carlotta Zofkova | Italy | 1:00.98 | |
| 8 | 7 | Ekaterina Avramova | Turkey | 1:01.10 | |