The Women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships was held on 11 and 12 August 2026.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Record Time Swimmer Location Date World record 24.43 Borås 05 Jul 2014 European record 24.43 Borås 05 Jul 2014 Championships record 24.87 Berlin 18 Aug 2014
Results Heats The heats were started on 11 August at 09:30. Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Country Time Notes 1 6 4 25.40 Q 2 5 4 25.57 Q 3 6 3 Neutral Athletes B 25.75 Q 4 4 5 Neutral Athletes B 25.77 Q 5 5 5 25.86 Q 6 4 2 25.98 Q 7 6 5 26.02 Q 8 4 1 26.06 Q 8 5 2 Neutral Athletes B 26.06 8 5 7 26.06 8 6 6 26.06 Q 12 4 4 26.14 Q 13 4 3 26.18 Q 14 6 8 26.21 Q 15 5 3 Neutral Athletes B 26.25 16 3 5 26.32 Q 17 4 0 26.33 Q 18 4 7 26.38 Q 19 5 6 26.39 19 6 2 26.39 Q 21 5 0 26.49 22 5 1 26.51 23 6 7 26.52 24 4 6 Neutral Athletes A 26.54 25 4 8 26.59 26 2 3 26.62 27 5 8 26.63 28 2 4 26.64 29 6 0 26.64 30 4 9 26.69 31 3 3 26.70 32 6 9 26.71 33 5 9 26.73 34 3 0 26.84 35 3 7 26.86 36 1 5 26.95 37 3 1 26.96 38 3 6 27.06 39 3 9 27.09 40 3 8 27.13 41 3 4 27.22 42 2 1 27.25 43 2 2 27.34 44 3 2 27.36 45 1 3 27.40 46 2 0 27.45 47 2 5 27.52 48 2 6 27.74 49 2 7 28.01 50 2 8 28.02 51 1 4 30.01 6 1
Semifinals The semifinals were started on 11 August at 19:25.Qualification Rules:The 8 fastest from the semi finals qualify to the finals .
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 2 4 25.12 Q 2 1 5 Neutral Athletes B 25.44 Q 3 1 4 25.45 Q 4 2 3 25.61 Q 5 1 2 25.76 Q 6 2 2 25.83 Q 7 2 5 Neutral Athletes B 25.85 Q 7 2 6 25.85 Q 9 2 8 25.95 10 1 6 25.97 11 2 7 26.05 12 1 3 26.09 13 1 7 26.16 14 2 1 26.24 15 1 1 26.42 16 1 8 26.60
Final The final was held on 12 August at 18:47.
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 4 25.05 3 25.12 6 25.51 4 5 Neutral Athletes B 25.53 5 1 Neutral Athletes B 25.55 6 8 25.72 7 7 25.86 8 2 25.97
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