# Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The Women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 7 and 8 August 2018.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | 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 7 August at 09:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Pernille Blume | Denmark | 52.97 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 53.45 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 53.90 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 53.96 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | Signe Bro | Denmark | 54.08 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 54.27 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 54.46 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 54.51 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Marie Wattel | France | 54.59 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | Anika Apostalon | Czech Republic | 54.61 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 7 | Arina Openysheva | Russia | 54.70 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 8 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | 54.71 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 6 | Andrea Murez | Israel | 54.82 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Nina Kost | Switzerland | 55.08 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Lidón Muñoz | Spain | 55.14 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 7 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 55.17 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Erika Ferraioli | Italy | 55.24 | |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 55.29 | |
| 19 | 5 | 8 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 55.36 | |
| 20 | 6 | 8 | Rozaliya Nasretdinova | Russia | 55.43 | |
| 21 | 4 | 3 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | 55.45 | |
| 22 | 6 | 0 | Neža Klančar | Slovenia | 55.58 | |
| 23 | 6 | 9 | Giada Galizi | Italy | 55.62 | |
| 24 | 3 | 4 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 55.78 | |
| 25 | 5 | 1 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | 55.81 | |
| 26 | 5 | 0 | Anna Kolářová | Czech Republic | 55.87 | |
| 27 | 2 | 5 | Noemi Girardet | Switzerland | 56.04 | |
| 28 | 3 | 1 | Emily Gantriis | Denmark | 56.09 | |
| 29 | 3 | 0 | Iryna Pikiner | Ukraine | 56.27 | |
| 30 | 5 | 9 | Laura Letrari | Italy | 56.29 | |
| 31 | 3 | 3 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 56.34 | |
| 32 | 3 | 7 | Ieva Maļuka | Latvia | 56.49 | |
| 33 | 3 | 6 | Selen Özbilen | Turkey | 56.53 | |
| 34 | 2 | 8 | Ekaterina Avramova | Turkey | 56.64 | |
| 35 | 3 | 5 | Susann Bjørnsen | Norway | 56.97 | |
| 36 | 2 | 6 | Magdalena Kuras | Sweden | 57.10 | |
| 37 | 3 | 9 | Kalia Antoniou | Cyprus | 57.12 | |
| 38 | 2 | 2 | Kertu Ly Alnek | Estonia | 57.13 | |
| 39 | 2 | 7 | Sara Junevik | Sweden | 57.24 | |
| 40 | 2 | 1 | Anastasiya Kuliashova | Belarus | 57.27 | |
| 41 | 3 | 8 | Aleksa Gold | Estonia | 57.28 | |
| 42 | 2 | 3 | Gabriela Ņikitina | Latvia | 57.32 | |
| 43 | 2 | 9 | Laura Benková | Slovakia | 57.74 | |
| 44 | 2 | 4 | Aleksandra Polańska | Poland | 57.92 | |
| 45 | 2 | 0 | Sezin Eliguel | Turkey | 58.07 | |
| 46 | 1 | 3 | Ani Poghosyan | Armenia | 59.48 | |
| 47 | 1 | 6 | Fatima Alkaramova | Azerbaijan | 59.49 | |
| 48 | 1 | 4 | Sara Lettoli | San Marino | 1:00.01 | |
| 49 | 1 | 2 | Elisa Bernardi | San Marino | 1:00.49 | |
| 50 | 1 | 5 | Nikol Merizaj | Albania | 1:00.59 | |
| 51 | 1 | 7 | Fjorda Shabani | Kosovo | 1:02.74 | |
| | 1 | 1 | Eda Zeqiri | Kosovo | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 0 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 9 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 6 | 5 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 6 | 6 | Annika Bruhn | Germany | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 7 August at 17:11.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 52.67 | Q, =CR |
| 2 | 5 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 53.35 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 53.90 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 54.28 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Anika Apostalon | Czech Republic | 54.74 | |
| 6 | 7 | Katarzyna Wilk | Poland | 54.81 | |
| 7 | 1 | Nina Kost | Switzerland | 54.88 | |
| 8 | 8 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 55.15 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 53.55 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 53.60 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 2 | Marie Wattel | France | 54.12 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Signe Bro | Denmark | 54.27 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Lidón Muñoz | Spain | 54.64 | |
| 6 | 4 | Pernille Blume | Denmark | 54.71 | |
| 7 | 1 | Andrea Murez | Israel | 55.05 | |
| 8 | 7 | Arina Openysheva | Russia | 57.07 | |

### Final

The final was started on 8 August at 16:43.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 52.93 | |
| | 5 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 53.23 | |
| | 3 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 53.35 | |
| 4 | 2 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 53.61 | EJ |
| 5 | 8 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 54.04 | |
| 6 | 6 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 54.07 | |
| 7 | 7 | Marie Wattel | France | 54.52 | |
| 8 | 1 | Signe Bro | Denmark | 54.56 | |