| Event: | Women's 50 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 23–24 August |
| Competitors: | 40 |
| Nations: | 24 |
| Win Value: | 24.32 |
| Gold: | Francesca Halsall |
| Goldnoc: | GBR |
| Silver: | Sarah Sjöström |
| Silvernoc: | SWE |
| Bronze: | Jeanette Ottesen |
| Bronzenoc: | DEN |
The Women's 50 metre freestyle 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 | Britta Steffen | align=left rowspan=2 | align=left rowspan=2 | 23.73 | Rome | 2 August 2009 | |
| European record | ||||||||
| Championship record | Marleen Veldhuis | 24.09 | Eindhoven | 24 March 2008 |
The heats were held at 10:04.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 24.38 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 24.67 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 24.77 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 24.77 | Q | |||
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 25.03 | Q | |||
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 25.06 | Q | |||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 25.15 | Q | |||
| 8 | 3 | 7 | 25.18 | Q | |||
| 8 | 5 | 6 | 25.18 | Q | |||
| 10 | 5 | 5 | 25.19 | Q | |||
| 11 | 4 | 7 | 25.22 | Q | |||
| 12 | 5 | 2 | 25.33 | Q | |||
| 13 | 4 | 6 | 25.36 | Q | |||
| 14 | 3 | 5 | 25.38 | Q | |||
| 15 | 3 | 1 | 25.46 | ||||
| 15 | 4 | 2 | 25.46 | ||||
| 17 | 3 | 2 | 25.54 | ||||
| 18 | 5 | 1 | 25.55 | Q | |||
| 19 | 3 | 6 | 25.58 | Q | |||
| 20 | 4 | 1 | 25.59 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 8 | 25.65 | ||||
| 22 | 3 | 8 | 25.72 | ||||
| 23 | 2 | 3 | 25.87 | ||||
| 24 | 2 | 0 | 25.91 | ||||
| 25 | 5 | 9 | 25.97 | ||||
| 25 | 5 | 0 | 25.97 | ||||
| 27 | 4 | 0 | 25.99 | ||||
| 28 | 2 | 5 | 26.02 | ||||
| 29 | 3 | 0 | 26.08 | ||||
| 30 | 2 | 4 | 26.12 | ||||
| 31 | 3 | 9 | 26.15 | ||||
| 32 | 2 | 6 | 26.26 | ||||
| 32 | 4 | 9 | 26.26 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 7 | 26.36 | ||||
| 35 | 2 | 8 | 26.55 | ||||
| 36 | 2 | 2 | 26.92 | ||||
| 37 | 1 | 4 | 27.33 | ||||
| 38 | 1 | 5 | 27.35 | ||||
| 39 | 1 | 3 | 27.50 | ||||
| 40 | 1 | 6 | 27.72 | ||||
| — | 2 | 1 | DNS | ||||
| — | 2 | 9 | DNS | ||||
| — | 4 | 3 | DNS | ||||
| — | 5 | 8 | DNS |
The semifinals were held at 17.35.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 24.45 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 24.55 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 24.86 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 24.99 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 25.20 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 25.26 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 25.38 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 25.55 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 24.39 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 24.60 | ||||
| 3 | 2 | 24.94 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 25.03 | Q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 25.04 | Q | |||
| 6 | 3 | 25.12 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 25.31 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 25.44 |
The final was held at 16:02.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 24.32 | |||||
| 4 | 24.37 | |||||
| 3 | 24.53 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | 24.81 | ||||
| 5 | 8 | 24.84 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 24.91 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 25.01 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 25.20 |