The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 May 2016.Entry listStart list

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordZhao Jing27.06Rome30 July 2009European recordDaniela Samulski27.23Rome30 July 2009Championship recordAleksandra Gerasimenya27.64Budapest14 August 2010

Results

Heats The heats were held on 20 May at 10:57.Heats results

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Georgia Davies 27.87 Q 2 5 4 Mie Østergaard Nielsen 28.02 Q 3 3 5 Francesca Halsall 28.12 Q 4 4 4 Maaike de Waard 28.17 Q 5 5 3 Mimosa Jallow 28.31 Q 6 5 1 Kathleen Dawson 28.55 6 5 7 Katarína Listopadová 28.55 Q 8 3 2 Caroline Pilhatsch 28.57 Q 8 5 5 Theodora Drakou 28.57 Q 10 4 5 Elena Gemo 28.67 Q 11 3 3 Ida Lindborg 28.68 Q 12 5 9 Ekaterina Avramova 28.70 Q 13 5 6 Sanja Jovanović 28.81 Q 14 4 2 Alicja Tchórz 28.82 Q 15 4 6 Daryna Zevina 28.86 Q 16 5 8 Karolina Hájková 29.01 Q 17 4 1 Carlotta Zofkova 29.08 Q 18 3 9 Fanny Teijonsalo 29.17 19 3 0 Margherita Panziera 29.21 20 4 8 Desiree Felner 29.26 21 4 3 Sviatlana Khakhlova 29.35 22 3 7 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir 29.40 23 4 7 Camille Gheorghiu 29.45 24 3 8 Harriet Cooper 29.60 24 2 4 Kristīna Šteins 29.60 26 2 7 Alina Kendzior 29.63 27 4 0 Tereza Grusová 29.71 28 2 2 Ema Šarar 29.79 28 4 9 Danielle Hill 29.79 30 2 8 Lotta Nevalainen 29.84 31 1 3 Halime Zülal Zeren 29.88 32 2 5 Ana Leite 29.98 33 2 3 Sigrid Sepp 29.99 34 2 0 Ugnė Mažutaitytė 30.00 35 2 9 Margaret Markvardt 30.10 36 2 6 Hanna-Maria Seppälä 30.24 37 1 4 Signhild Joensen 30.36 38 1 2 Kätlin Sepp 30.64 39 2 1 Réka György 30.66 40 1 5 Tatiana Salcutan 30.76 41 1 6 Francisca Azevedo 31.00 42 1 7 Rita Zeqiri 33.57 3 1 Kira Toussaint 3 8 Magdalena Kuras 5 0 Matea Samardžić 5 2 Simona Baumrtová

Semifinals The semifinals were held on 20 May at 18:53.Semifinals results

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Mie Østergaard Nielsen 27.73 Q 2 5 Maaike de Waard 28.11 Q 3 1 Daryna Zevina 28.32 Q 4 6 Caroline Pilhatsch 28.51 5 3 Katarína Listopadová 28.63 6 2 Ida Lindborg 28.75 7 7 Sanja Jovanović 28.85 8 8 Carlotta Zofkova 28.92

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Francesca Halsall 27.80 Q 2 4 Georgia Davies 27.91 Q 3 6 Theodora Drakou 28.08 Q 4 3 Mimosa Jallow 28.34 Q 5 7 Ekaterina Avramova 28.49 Q 6 1 Alicja Tchórz 28.93 7 8 Karolina Hájková 28.94 2 Elena Gemo

Final The final was on 21 May at 17:05.Final results

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Francesca Halsall 27.57 CR 4 Mie Østergaard Nielsen 27.77 3 Georgia Davies 27.87 4 6 Theodora Drakou 28.00 5 2 Maaike de Waard 28.14 6 1 Mimosa Jallow 28.15 7 8 Ekaterina Avramova 28.60 8 7 Daryna Zevina 28.61

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