| Event: | Women's 100 metre breaststroke |
| Championship: | 2016 European Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 17–18 May |
| Competitors: | 48 |
| Nations: | 28 |
| Win Value: | 1:06.17 |
| Gold: | Rūta Meilutytė |
| Goldnoc: | LTU |
| Silver: | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir |
| Silvernoc: | ISL |
| Bronze: | Chloe Tutton |
| Bronzenoc: | GBR |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The Women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 May 2016.[1] [2]
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 | 1:04.35 | Barcelona | 29 July 2013 | |
| European record | ||||||||
| Championship record | Rikke Møller Pedersen | 1:06.23 | Berlin | 20 August 2014 |
The heats were held on 17 May at 10:29.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 1:06.97 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 1:07.67 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 1:07.73 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 1:07.92 | Q | |||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1:07.99 | Q | |||
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 1:08.25 | Q | |||
| 7 | 4 | 5 | 1:08.31 | Q | |||
| 8 | 3 | 7 | 1:08.43 | Q | |||
| 9 | 3 | 6 | 1:08.56 | Q | |||
| 10 | 3 | 4 | 1:08.59 | Q | |||
| 11 | 5 | 3 | 1:08.67 | Q | |||
| 12 | 3 | 5 | 1:08.79 | Q | |||
| 13 | 5 | 6 | 1:08.83 | ||||
| 14 | 4 | 7 | 1:08.86 | Q | |||
| 15 | 5 | 2 | 1:09.09 | Q | |||
| 16 | 5 | 0 | 1:09.16 | Q | |||
| 17 | 3 | 8 | 1:09.20 | Q | |||
| 18 | 4 | 1 | 1:09.39 | ||||
| 19 | 1 | 4 | 1:09.61 | ||||
| 20 | 4 | 8 | 1:09.67 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 9 | 1:09.71 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 2 | 1:09.78 | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 0 | 1:09.88 | ||||
| 24 | 2 | 2 | 1:09.89 | ||||
| 25 | 2 | 5 | 1:09.95 | ||||
| 26 | 4 | 6 | 1:10.08 | ||||
| 27 | 5 | 7 | 1:10.12 | ||||
| 27 | 4 | 0 | 1:10.12 | ||||
| 29 | 3 | 2 | 1:10.16 | ||||
| 30 | 3 | 1 | 1:10.27 | ||||
| 31 | 2 | 6 | 1:10.30 | ||||
| 32 | 2 | 0 | 1:10.53 | ||||
| 33 | 5 | 9 | 1:10.66 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 3 | 1:10.74 | ||||
| 35 | 5 | 8 | 1:10.75 | ||||
| 36 | 2 | 8 | 1:10.80 | ||||
| 37 | 1 | 5 | 1:10.97 | ||||
| 38 | 1 | 6 | 1:10.99 | ||||
| 39 | 2 | 4 | 1:11.13 | ||||
| 40 | 3 | 9 | 1:11.18 | ||||
| 41 | 1 | 2 | 1:11.22 | ||||
| 42 | 1 | 3 | 1:11.23 | ||||
| 43 | 2 | 7 | 1:11.28 | ||||
| 44 | 2 | 9 | 1:11.75 | ||||
| 45 | 1 | 1 | 1:12.23 | ||||
| 46 | 2 | 1 | 1:12.49 | ||||
| 47 | 1 | 7 | 1:12.87 | ||||
| 48 | 1 | 8 | 1:15.66 |
The semifinals were held on 17 May at 18:42.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 1:07.69 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 1:07.81 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1:07.82 | Q | |||
| 4 | 7 | 1:07.99 | Q | |||
| 5 | 4 | 1:08.22 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 1:08.59 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 1:08.80 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 1:08.85 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1:06.16 | Q, CR | |||
| 2 | 3 | 1:07.28 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 1:07.53 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 1:07.59 | Q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 1:08.29 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 1:08.35 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 1:08.38 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 1:09.48 |
The final was held on 18 May at 18:57.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1:06.17 | |||||
| 5 | 1:06.45 | |||||
| 2 | 1:07.50 | |||||
| 4 | 8 | 1:07.76 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 1:07.81 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 1:07.83 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 1:07.93 | ||||
| 8 | 6 | 1:07.99 |