# Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The Women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 May 2021.

## Records

Prior the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record European record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 51.71 | Budapest | 23 July 2017 |
| Championship record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 52.67 | Berlin | 20 August 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 21 May at 10:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 53.84 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | 5 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 53.94 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 54.04 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 5 | Marie Wattel | France | 54.07 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | 6 | Andrea Murez | Israel | 54.19 | Q, =NR |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 54.25 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 2 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 54.26 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Signe Bro | Denmark | 54.31 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | 54.31 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | 6 | Lucy Hope | Great Britain | 54.33 | |
| 11 | 8 | 4 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 54.41 | Q |
| 12 | 8 | 8 | Neža Klančar | Slovenia | 54.54 | Q, NR |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 54.60 | Q, WD |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | 54.62 | |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Lidón Muñoz | Spain | 54.67 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 7 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Finland | 54.72 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 54.75 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | 4 | Fanni Gyurinovics | Hungary | 55.04 | Q |
| 19 | 7 | 7 | Arina Surkova | Russia | 55.19 | Q |
| 20 | 4 | 5 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 55.20 | |
| 21 | 8 | 1 | Nina Kost | Switzerland | 55.22 | |
| 22 | 8 | 0 | Chiara Tarantino | Italy | 55.24 | |
| 23 | 7 | 0 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 55.35 | |
| 24 | 6 | 1 | Evelyn Davis | Great Britain | 55.38 | |
| 25 | 6 | 7 | Julie-Marie Weynen | Luxembourg | 55.46 | |
| 26 | 5 | 6 | Selen Özbilen | Turkey | 55.49 | |
| 27 | 5 | 2 | Petra Senánszky | Hungary | 55.51 | |
| 28 | 5 | 3 | Kornelia Fiedkiewicz | Poland | 55.55 | |
| 29 | 7 | 8 | Kalia Antoniou | Cyprus | 55.56 | |
| 30 | 6 | 8 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 55.66 | |
| 31 | 5 | 1 | Nina Stanisavljević | Serbia | 55.69 | |
| 32 | 4 | 4 | Cornelia Pammer | Austria | 55.74 | |
| 33 | 7 | 9 | Costanza Cocconcelli | Italy | 55.78 | |
| 34 | 3 | 8 | Barbora Janickova | Czech Republic | 55.80 | |
| 35 | 3 | 5 | Aleksa Gold | Estonia | 55.87 | |
| 35 | 4 | 2 | Dominika Kossakowska | Poland | 55.87 | |
| 37 | 5 | 0 | Anna Kolářová | Czech Republic | 55.90 | |
| 38 | 4 | 3 | Tjaša Pintar | Slovenia | 55.91 | |
| 39 | 5 | 9 | Jessica Felsner | Germany | 56.01 | |
| 40 | 7 | 1 | Jessica Steiger | Germany | 56.06 | |
| 41 | 5 | 8 | Ieva Maļuka | Latvia | 56.11 | |
| 42 | 8 | 7 | Anastasiya Shkurdai | Belarus | 56.18 | |
| 43 | 6 | 9 | Julia Mrozinski | Germany | 56.23 | |
| 44 | 3 | 2 | Leoni Richter | Switzerland | 56.24 | |
| 45 | 4 | 1 | Nastassia Karakouskaya | Belarus | 56.32 | |
| 46 | 3 | 3 | Noémi Girardet | Switzerland | 56.35 | |
| 47 | 4 | 8 | Alma Thormalm | Sweden | 56.38 | |
| 47 | 5 | 5 | Emily Gantriis | Denmark | 56.38 | |
| 49 | 3 | 4 | Sara Junevik | Sweden | 56.41 | |
| 50 | 3 | 7 | İlknur Nihan Çakıcı | Turkey | 56.47 | |
| 51 | 4 | 9 | Tanja Popović | Serbia | 56.60 | |
| 52 | 3 | 1 | Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir | Iceland | 56.63 | |
| 53 | 2 | 5 | Martina Cibulková | Slovakia | 56.88 | |
| 54 | 2 | 3 | Teresa Ivanová | Slovakia | 56.89 | |
| 55 | 2 | 2 | Zora Ripková | Slovakia | 57.06 | |
| 56 | 3 | 9 | Gabriela Ņikitina | Latvia | 57.09 | |
| 57 | 3 | 0 | Sasha Touretski | Switzerland | 57.28 | |
| 58 | 2 | 6 | Jóhanna Guðmundsdóttir | Iceland | 57.35 | |
| 59 | 2 | 4 | Zohar Shikler | Israel | 57.38 | |
| 60 | 2 | 7 | Mia Blazevska Eminova | North Macedonia | 57.85 | |
| 61 | 2 | 8 | Mya Azzopardi | Malta | 58.27 | |
| 62 | 1 | 2 | Varsenik Manucharyan | Armenia | 59.00 | |
| 63 | 2 | 0 | Mónica Ramírez | Andorra | 59.94 | |
| 64 | 1 | 4 | Alina Vedehhova | Estonia | 1:00.28 | |
| 65 | 2 | 9 | Ani Poghosyan | Armenia | 1:00.43 | |
| 66 | 1 | 7 | Katie Rock | Albania | 1:01.39 | |
| 67 | 1 | 5 | Eda Zeqiri | Kosovo | 1:01.69 | |
| 68 | 1 | 3 | Era Budima | Kosovo | 1:05.47 | |
| 69 | 1 | 6 | Jona Macula | Kosovo | 1:06.71 | |
| | 2 | 1 | Lea Polonsky | Israel | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 6 | Daria Golovaty | Israel | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 0 | Panna Ugrai | Hungary | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 6 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 7 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 8 | 3 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 21 May 2021 at 18:47.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Marie Wattel | France | 53.34 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 53.74 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 53.93 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 54.12 | q |
| 5 | 6 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | 54.47 | |
| 6 | 7 | Lidón Muñoz | Spain | 54.76 | |
| 7 | 8 | Arina Surkova | Russia | 54.86 | |
| 8 | 1 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 54.87 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 53.49 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 53.59 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 53.68 | q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | Signe Bro | Denmark | 53.70 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Andrea Murez | Israel | 54.18 | NR |
| 6 | 7 | Neža Klančar | Slovenia | 54.47 | NR |
| 7 | 8 | Fanni Gyurinovics | Hungary | 55.04 | |
| 8 | 1 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Finland | 55.11 | |

### Final

The final was held on 22 May 2021 at 18:12.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 53.05 |
| | 4 | Marie Wattel | France | 53.32 |
| | 7 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 53.43 |
| 4 | 3 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 53.44 |
| 5 | 1 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 53.56 |
| 6 | 2 | Signe Bro | Denmark | 53.69 |
| 7 | 6 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 53.74 |
| 8 | 8 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 54.15 |