| Event: | Women's 100 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 19–20 August |
| Competitors: | 42 |
| Nations: | 24 |
| Win Value: | 52.67 |
| Gold: | Sarah Sjöström |
| Goldnoc: | SWE |
| Silver: | Femke Heemskerk |
| Silvernoc: | NED |
| Bronze: | Michelle Coleman |
| Bronzenoc: | SWE |
The Women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19–20 August.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | align=left rowspan=2 | Britta Steffen | align=left rowspan=2 | align=left rowspan=2 | 52.07 | Rome | 31 July 2009 | |
| European record | ||||||||
| Championship record | Britta Steffen | 53.30 | Budapest | 2 August 2006 |
The heats were held at 10:22.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 53.55 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 53.66 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 54.05 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 54.28 | Q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 6 | 54.45 | Q | |||
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 54.74 | Q | |||
| 7 | 3 | 5 | 54.79 | Q | |||
| 8 | 4 | 6 | 55.00 | Q | |||
| 9 | 5 | 3 | 55.06 | ||||
| 10 | 3 | 0 | 55.07 | Q | |||
| 11 | 5 | 8 | 55.18 | ||||
| 12 | 4 | 3 | 55.24 | Q | |||
| 13 | 3 | 2 | 55.31 | Q | |||
| 14 | 4 | 7 | 55.35 | Q | |||
| 15 | 5 | 1 | 55.49 | Q | |||
| 16 | 5 | 6 | 55.52 | ||||
| 17 | 5 | 2 | 55.58 | Q | |||
| 18 | 3 | 7 | 55.62 | Q | |||
| 19 | 3 | 8 | 55.68 | Q | |||
| 20 | 5 | 7 | 55.75 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 1 | 55.76 | ||||
| 22 | 5 | 0 | 55.82 | ||||
| 23 | 4 | 1 | 55.88 | ||||
| 24 | 4 | 2 | 55.90 | ||||
| 25 | 3 | 3 | 56.10 | ||||
| 26 | 4 | 9 | 56.24 | ||||
| 27 | 4 | 0 | 56.29 | ||||
| 28 | 4 | 8 | 56.64 | ||||
| 29 | 2 | 5 | 56.89 | ||||
| 30 | 3 | 9 | 56.91 | ||||
| 31 | 2 | 1 | 56.95 | ||||
| 32 | 2 | 8 | 57.05 | ||||
| 33 | 2 | 4 | 57.16 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 6 | 57.24 | ||||
| 35 | 2 | 0 | 57.28 | ||||
| 36 | 2 | 2 | 57.37 | ||||
| 37 | 1 | 5 | 57.46 | ||||
| 38 | 1 | 3 | 57.68 | ||||
| 39 | 2 | 3 | 57.78 | ||||
| 40 | 2 | 9 | 58.55 | ||||
| 41 | 2 | 7 | 58.70 | ||||
| 42 | 1 | 4 | 1:00.47 | ||||
| — | 5 | 9 | DNS |
The semifinals were held at 18:11.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 54.26 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 54.31 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 54.58 | Q | |||
| 4 | 7 | 54.85 | Q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 55.14 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 55.29 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 55.51 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 55.77 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 53.66 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 54.15 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 54.48 | ||||
| 4 | 6 | 54.90 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 55.13 | Q | |||
| 6 | 7 | 55.32 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 55.60 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 55.61 |
The final was held at 19:18.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 52.67 | CR | ||||
| 4 | 53.64 | |||||
| 5 | 53.75 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 54.15 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 54.34 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 54.93 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 54.96 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 55.46 |