| Event: | Women's 50 metre breaststroke |
| Competition: | Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 23–24 August |
| Competitors: | 47 |
| Nations: | 26 |
| Win Value: | 29.89 |
| Gold: | Rūta Meilutytė |
| Goldnoc: | LTU |
| Silver: | Jennie Johansson |
| Silvernoc: | SWE |
| Bronze: | Moniek Nijhuis |
| Bronzenoc: | NED |
The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 23–24 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 | Rūta Meilutytė | align=left rowspan=2 | align=left rowspan=2 | 29.48 | Barcelona | 3 August 2013 | |
| European record | ||||||||
| Championship record | Yuliya Yefimova | 30.29 | Budapest | 15 August 2010 |
The heats were held at 09:30.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 30.73 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 30.75 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 30.79 | Q | |||
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 30.82 | Q | |||
| 5 | 4 | 6 | 31.02 | Q | |||
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 31.13 | Q | |||
| 7 | 4 | 5 | 31.21 | Q | |||
| 7 | 5 | 7 | 31.21 | Q | |||
| 9 | 3 | 4 | 31.25 | Q | |||
| 10 | 3 | 2 | 31.36 | Q | |||
| 11 | 4 | 8 | 31.45 | Q | |||
| 12 | 4 | 7 | 31.50 | Q | |||
| 13 | 3 | 3 | 31.63 | Q | |||
| 14 | 4 | 1 | 31.71 | Q | |||
| 15 | 5 | 1 | 31.84 | Q | |||
| 16 | 3 | 6 | 31.85 | Q | |||
| 17 | 3 | 1 | 31.90 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | 7 | 31.91 | ||||
| 19 | 4 | 2 | 31.99 | ||||
| 20 | 5 | 0 | 32.01 | ||||
| 21 | 2 | 2 | 32.03 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 9 | 32.13 | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 8 | 32.20 | ||||
| 24 | 5 | 2 | 32.43 | ||||
| 25 | 2 | 3 | 32.45 | ||||
| 26 | 2 | 5 | 32.53 | ||||
| 27 | 4 | 0 | 32.54 | ||||
| 28 | 3 | 0 | 32.64 | ||||
| 29 | 3 | 9 | 32.68 | ||||
| 30 | 2 | 0 | 32.78 | ||||
| 31 | 2 | 8 | 32.79 | ||||
| 32 | 5 | 8 | 32.82 | ||||
| 33 | 2 | 6 | 32.83 | ||||
| 34 | 1 | 3 | 32.87 | ||||
| 35 | 2 | 7 | 32.90 | ||||
| 36 | 1 | 8 | 32.91 | ||||
| 37 | 2 | 9 | 32.94 | ||||
| 38 | 1 | 5 | 33.14 | ||||
| 39 | 2 | 1 | 33.15 | ||||
| 40 | 1 | 7 | 33.22 | ||||
| 41 | 2 | 4 | 33.23 | ||||
| 42 | 1 | 0 | 33.55 | ||||
| 43 | 1 | 1 | 33.72 | ||||
| 44 | 1 | 4 | 33.73 | ||||
| 45 | 1 | 2 | 34.05 | ||||
| 46 | 1 | 6 | 34.16 | ||||
| — | 5 | 6 | DSQ | ||||
| — | 5 | 5 | DNS | ||||
| — | 5 | 9 | DNS |
The semifinals were held at 16:20.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 30.83 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 30.98 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 31.31 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 31.32 | q,swim-off | |||
| 5 | 7 | 31.42 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 31.53 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 31.67 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 31.79 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 29.88 | Q, CR | |||
| 2 | 5 | 30.74 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 31.09 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 31.30 | Q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 31.32 | q,swim-off | |||
| 6 | 3 | 31.50 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 31.80 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 32.25 |
The swim-off was held at 18:19.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 31.23 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 31.40 |
The final was held at 16:09.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 29.89 | |||||
| 5 | 30.52 | |||||
| 6 | 30.64 | |||||
| 4 | 8 | 30.68 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 30.82 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 31.13 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 31.37 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 31.53 |