# Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly

The Women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 12 and 13 August 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World recordEuropean record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.43 | Borås | 5 July 2014 |
| Championship record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.87 | Berlin | 18 August 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 12 August at 09:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 25.30 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Marie Wattel | France | 25.72 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | 25.88 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Sara Junevik | Sweden | 25.96 | |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 26.01 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 26.06 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | 26.22 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Paulina Peda | Poland | 26.26 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 4 | Anna Ntountounaki | Greece | 26.35 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 26.40 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Tessa Giele | Netherlands | 26.44 | |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 26.47 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 3 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 26.52 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 7 | Costanza Cocconcelli | Italy | 26.74 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 26.75 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Roos Vanotterdijk | Belgium | 26.76 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | Elena Di Liddo | Italy | 26.91 | |
| 18 | 2 | 2 | Lana Pudar | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.96 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | 1 | Elisabeth Ebbesen | Denmark | 26.99 | Q |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Danielle Hill | Ireland | 27.10 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Julia Maik | Poland | 27.15 | |
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Tamara Potocká | Slovakia | 27.16 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Julia Ullmann | Switzerland | 27.24 | |
| 24 | 1 | 6 | Tjaša Pintar | Slovenia | 27.39 | |
| 25 | 1 | 4 | Anna Hadjiloizou | Cyprus | 27.51 | |
| 26 | 2 | 0 | Amina Kajtaz | Croatia | 27.56 | |
| 27 | 3 | 9 | Ieva Maļuka | Latvia | 27.57 | |
| 28 | 4 | 0 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 27.61 | |
| 29 | 4 | 9 | Laura Lahtinen | Finland | 27.63 | |
| 30 | 1 | 5 | Jóhanna Elín Guðmundsdóttir | Iceland | 27.71 | |
| 31 | 3 | 0 | Nina Stanisavljević | Serbia | 27.72 | |
| 32 | 1 | 3 | Victorita Bogdaneci | Romania | 28.01 | |
| 33 | 2 | 9 | Nikol Merizaj | Albania | 28.06 | |
| 34 | 1 | 2 | Anastasia Tichy | Austria | 28.36 | |
| 35 | 1 | 7 | Varsenik Manucharyan | Armenia | 28.80 | |
| 36 | 1 | 8 | Hana Beiqi | Kosovo | 29.72 | |
| 37 | 1 | 1 | Alisa Vestergård | Faroe Islands | 30.38 | |
| | 2 | 8 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started at 18:42.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 25.10 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Marie Wattel | France | 25.63 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | 25.91 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 25.97 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 26.03 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Anna Ntountounaki | Greece | 26.11 | q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Paulina Peda | Poland | 26.16 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | 26.17 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 26.42 | |
| 10 | 2 | 8 | Lana Pudar | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.56 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Costanza Cocconcelli | Italy | 26.64 | |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 26.69 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 26.84 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Roos Vanotterdijk | Belgium | 26.85 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Elisabeth Ebbesen | Denmark | 26.93 | |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 27.26 | |

### Final

The final was held on 13 August at 18:17.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.96 |
| | 5 | Marie Wattel | France | 25.33 |
| | 6 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 25.62 |
| 4 | 7 | Anna Ntountounaki | Greece | 25.83 |
| 5 | 3 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | 25.91 |
| 6 | 1 | Paulina Peda | Poland | 26.01 |
| 7 | 8 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | 26.35 |
| 7 | 2 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 26.35 |