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

The Women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 May 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 1:04.35 | Barcelona | 29 July 2013 |
| European record | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 1:04.35 | Barcelona | 29 July 2013 |
| Championship record | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 1:06.23 | Berlin | 20 August 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 17 May at 10:29.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 1:06.97 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 1:07.67 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Martina Carraro | Italy | 1:07.73 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Chloe Tutton | Great Britain | 1:07.92 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 1:07.99 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Martina Moravčíková | Czech Republic | 1:08.25 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | Arianna Castiglioni | Italy | 1:08.31 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 1:08.43 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 1:08.56 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 4 | Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | Turkey | 1:08.59 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 1:08.67 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 5 | Fiona Doyle | Ireland | 1:08.79 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 6 | Ilaria Scarcella | Italy | 1:08.83 | |
| 14 | 4 | 7 | Petra Chocová | Czech Republic | 1:08.86 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Natalia Ivaneeva | Russia | 1:09.09 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Vilma Ekström | Sweden | 1:09.16 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | Silja Kaensaekoski | Finland | 1:09.20 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Fanny Deberghes | France | 1:09.39 | |
| 19 | 1 | 4 | Andrea Podmaníková | Slovakia | 1:09.61 | |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Dalma Sebestyén | Hungary | 1:09.67 | |
| 21 | 4 | 9 | Jessica Steiger | Germany | 1:09.71 | |
| 22 | 4 | 2 | Mariya Liver | Ukraine | 1:09.78 | |
| 23 | 3 | 0 | Jessica Eriksson | Sweden | 1:09.88 | |
| 24 | 2 | 2 | Ariel Braathen | Norway | 1:09.89 | |
| 25 | 2 | 5 | Maria Romanjuk | Estonia | 1:09.95 | |
| 26 | 4 | 6 | Amit Ivry | Israel | 1:10.08 | |
| 27 | 5 | 7 | Katie Matts | Great Britain | 1:10.12 | |
| 27 | 4 | 0 | Lisa Fissneider | Italy | 1:10.12 | |
| 29 | 3 | 2 | Tjaša Vozel | Slovenia | 1:10.16 | |
| 30 | 3 | 1 | Mona McSharry | Ireland | 1:10.27 | |
| 31 | 2 | 6 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 1:10.30 | |
| 32 | 2 | 0 | Christina Nothdurfter | Austria | 1:10.53 | |
| 33 | 5 | 9 | Dominika Sztandera | Poland | 1:10.66 | |
| 34 | 2 | 3 | Alina Bulmag | Moldova | 1:10.74 | |
| 35 | 5 | 8 | Ana Rodrigues | Portugal | 1:10.75 | |
| 36 | 2 | 8 | Lisa Mamie | Switzerland | 1:10.80 | |
| 37 | 1 | 5 | Veera Kivirinta | Finland | 1:10.97 | |
| 38 | 1 | 6 | Monika Štěpánová | Czech Republic | 1:10.99 | |
| 39 | 2 | 4 | Alina Zmushka | Belarus | 1:11.13 | |
| 40 | 3 | 9 | Sycerika McMahon | Ireland | 1:11.18 | |
| 41 | 1 | 2 | Maria Harutjunjan | Estonia | 1:11.22 | |
| 42 | 1 | 3 | Aļona Ribakova | Latvia | 1:11.23 | |
| 43 | 2 | 7 | Weronika Paluszek | Poland | 1:11.28 | |
| 44 | 2 | 9 | Lisa Zaiser | Austria | 1:11.75 | |
| 45 | 1 | 1 | Emina Pasukan | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:12.23 | |
| 46 | 2 | 1 | Stina Colleou | Norway | 1:12.49 | |
| 47 | 1 | 7 | Karleen Kersa | Estonia | 1:12.87 | |
| 48 | 1 | 8 | Lucia Ledererová | Slovakia | 1:15.66 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 17 May at 18:42.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Chloe Tutton | Great Britain | 1:07.69 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | Turkey | 1:07.81 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 1:07.82 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Fiona Doyle | Ireland | 1:07.99 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 1:08.22 | |
| 6 | 1 | Natalia Ivaneeva | Russia | 1:08.59 | |
| 7 | 3 | Martina Moravčíková | Czech Republic | 1:08.80 | |
| 8 | 8 | Silja Kaensaekoski | Finland | 1:08.85 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 1:06.16 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 3 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 1:07.28 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Martina Carraro | Italy | 1:07.53 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 1:07.59 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Arianna Castiglioni | Italy | 1:08.29 | |
| 6 | 1 | Petra Chocová | Czech Republic | 1:08.35 | |
| 7 | 7 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 1:08.38 | |
| 8 | 8 | Vilma Ekström | Sweden | 1:09.48 | |

### Final

The final was held on 18 May at 18:57.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 1:06.17 |
| | 5 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 1:06.45 |
| | 2 | Chloe Tutton | Great Britain | 1:07.50 |
| 4 | 8 | Fiona Doyle | Ireland | 1:07.76 |
| 5 | 3 | Martina Carraro | Italy | 1:07.81 |
| 6 | 7 | Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | Turkey | 1:07.83 |
| 7 | 1 | Molly Renshaw | Great Britain | 1:07.93 |
| 8 | 6 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 1:07.99 |