Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre freestyle
Championship:	2016 European Aquatics Championships
Dates:	17–18 May
Competitors:	82
Nations:	35
Win Value:	52.82
Gold:	Sarah Sjöström
Goldnoc:	SWE
Silver:	Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Silvernoc:	NED
Bronze:	Femke Heemskerk
Bronzenoc:	NED
Prev:	2014
Next:	2018

The Women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 May 2016.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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	Sarah Sjöström		52.67	Berlin	20 August 2014

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 17 May at 10.57.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	4			53.37	Q
2	7	5			53.78
3	9	4			53.81	Q
4	8	4			54.04	Q
5	8	5			54.50	Q
6	6	2			54.55	Q
7	9	6			54.67	Q
8	7	3			54.70	Q
8	8	6			54.70
10	5	1			54.81	Q
11	9	2			54.90	Q
12	9	8			54.91	Q
12	8	3			54.91
14	8	9			55.29	Q
15	7	8			55.30	Q
16	9	3			55.37
17	9	0			55.50
18	4	5			55.51	Q
19	8	7			55.52	Q
20	7	6			55.62	Q
21	6	1			55.70	Q
22	5	6			55.71
23	7	9			55.72
24	7	1			55.75
25	7	7			55.76
26	8	8			55.78
27	9	7			55.79
28	8	1			55.80
29	8	2			55.85
29	6	4			55.85
31	6	7			55.86
32	7	0			55.90
32	6	0			55.90
34	4	6			55.97
35	5	4			56.00
36	7	2			56.06
37	3	4			56.14
38	6	6			56.16
39	6	5			56.20
40	4	9			56.22
41	6	3			56.32
41	9	1			56.32
41	4	3			56.32
44	6	8			56.35
44	5	7			56.35
46	5	0			56.36
46	4	2			56.36
48	5	3			56.40
49	3	5			56.46
50	6	9			56.48
51	4	0			56.49
52	5	2			56.66
52	9	9			56.66
54	4	7			56.71
55	5	5			56.90
56	5	9			56.91
57	3	7			56.96
58	5	8			56.98
59	3	2			57.09
60	4	4			57.13
61	4	8			57.19
62	3	6			57.28
62	3	3			57.28
64	3	9			57.44
65	2	4			57.45
66	1	4			57.52
67	3	8			58.08
68	3	0			58.34
69	4	1			58.37
70	3	1			58.43
71	2	3			58.66
72	2	5			58.85
73	2	6			59.13
74	2	7			59.74
75	1	6			59.81
76	2	1			59.89
77	1	5			1:00.14
78	2	9			1:00.30
79	2	0			1:00.41
80	1	3			1:00.68
81	2	8			1:00.61
82	2	2			1:00.65
	8	0			DNS
	9	5			DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 17 May at 18:07.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			54.15	Q
2	5			54.29	Q
3	3			54.57	Q
4	2			54.76	Q
5	7			55.10
6	6			55.17
7	1			55.35
8	8			55.81

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			54.44	Q
2	5			54.55	Q
3	3			54.63
4	2			54.77	Q
5	7			54.91	Q
6	6			54.96
7	8			55.36
8	1			55.49

Final

The final was held on 18 May at 19:21.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6			52.82
	3			53.24
	4			53.72
4	5			54.01
5	2			54.89
6	7			54.96
7	1			55.11
8	8			56.52

Notes and References

1. http://london2016.microplustiming.com/Elite/export/Elite_NU_London2016/NU/pdf/SW_EntryList.pdf Entry list
2. http://london2016.microplustiming.com/Elite/export/Elite_NU_London2016/NU/pdf/ODP-ASF-100SL-PRE-ALL.pdf Start list
3. http://london2016.microplustiming.com/Elite/export/Elite_NU_London2016/NU/pdf/CLS-ASF-100SL-PRE-RIEP.pdf Heats results
4. http://london2016.microplustiming.com/Elite/export/Elite_NU_London2016/NU/pdf/CLS-ASF-100SL-SEM-ALL.pdf Semifinals results
5. http://london2016.microplustiming.com/Elite/export/Elite_NU_London2016/NU/pdf/CLS-ASF-100SL-FIN-ALL.pdf Final results