| Event: | Women's 50 metre freestyle |
| Championship: | 2016 European Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 21–22 May |
| Competitors: | 62 |
| Nations: | 36 |
| Win Value: | 24.07 |
| Gold: | Ranomi Kromowidjojo |
| Goldnoc: | NED |
| Silver: | Francesca Halsall |
| Silvernoc: | GBR |
| Bronze: | Jeanette Ottesen |
| Bronzenoc: | DEN |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 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 | 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 on 21 May at 09:35.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 4 | 24.80 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 24.98 | Q | |||
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 25.00 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 25.10 | Q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 4 | 25.11 | Q | |||
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 25.16 | Q | |||
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 25.33 | Q | |||
| 8 | 6 | 6 | 25.35 | Q | |||
| 8 | 5 | 5 | 25.35 | Q | |||
| 8 | 7 | 3 | 25.35 | Q | |||
| 11 | 6 | 2 | 25.41 | Q | |||
| 12 | 5 | 3 | 25.45 | Q | |||
| 13 | 6 | 7 | 25.46 | Q | |||
| 14 | 5 | 7 | 25.49 | Q | |||
| 14 | 6 | 5 | 25.49 | ||||
| 16 | 7 | 6 | 25.52 | Q | |||
| 16 | 4 | 5 | 25.52 | Q | |||
| 18 | 7 | 7 | 25.55 | ||||
| 19 | 5 | 6 | 25.64 | ||||
| 20 | 6 | 8 | 25.69 | ||||
| 21 | 5 | 2 | 25.70 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 3 | 25.78 | ||||
| 23 | 7 | 9 | 25.82 | ||||
| 24 | 5 | 0 | 25.84 | ||||
| 25 | 6 | 9 | 25.85 | ||||
| 26 | 7 | 1 | 25.90 | ||||
| 26 | 2 | 6 | 25.90 | ||||
| 28 | 6 | 1 | 25.97 | ||||
| 29 | 3 | 2 | 26.01 | ||||
| 30 | 5 | 8 | 26.04 | ||||
| 31 | 4 | 6 | 26.05 | ||||
| 32 | 7 | 0 | 26.10 | ||||
| 33 | 6 | 0 | 26.14 | ||||
| 34 | 4 | 0 | 26.18 | ||||
| 35 | 3 | 5 | 26.29 | ||||
| 35 | 5 | 9 | 26.29 | ||||
| 37 | 4 | 7 | 26.32 | ||||
| 38 | 2 | 3 | 26.40 | ||||
| 39 | 3 | 3 | 26.41 | ||||
| 40 | 3 | 6 | 26.43 | ||||
| 41 | 4 | 1 | 26.47 | ||||
| 42 | 3 | 1 | 26.49 | ||||
| 42 | 3 | 8 | 26.49 | ||||
| 44 | 2 | 7 | 26.51 | ||||
| 45 | 4 | 2 | 26.53 | ||||
| 46 | 3 | 7 | 26.59 | ||||
| 47 | 2 | 5 | 26.69 | ||||
| 48 | 4 | 8 | 26.71 | ||||
| 49 | 3 | 4 | 26.90 | ||||
| 50 | 3 | 0 | 26.91 | ||||
| 51 | 3 | 9 | 26.92 | ||||
| 52 | 2 | 4 | 27.00 | ||||
| 53 | 2 | 2 | 27.04 | ||||
| 54 | 4 | 9 | 27.07 | ||||
| 55 | 2 | 8 | 27.25 | ||||
| 56 | 2 | 1 | 27.30 | ||||
| 57 | 2 | 9 | 27.51 | ||||
| 58 | 1 | 5 | 27.58 | ||||
| 59 | 1 | 6 | 27.86 | ||||
| 60 | 2 | 0 | 27.88 | ||||
| 61 | 1 | 3 | 28.05 | ||||
| 62 | 1 | 4 | 28.16 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | ||||||
| 7 | 8 | ||||||
The semifinals were held on 21 May at 17:48.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 24.93 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 25.05 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 25.06 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 25.09 | Q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 25.19 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 25.21 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 25.22 | ||||
| 8 | 5 | 25.27 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 24.21 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 24.37 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 24.83 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 25.05 | Q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 25.18 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 25.41 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 25.56 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 25.63 |
The final was held on 22 May at 16:02.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 24.07 | CR | ||||
| 4 | 24.44 | |||||
| 6 | 24.61 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 24.81 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 25.04 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 25.08 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 25.12 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 25.15 |