Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre backstroke
Competition:	2018 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates:	4 August (heats and semifinals) 5 August (final)
Competitors:	51
Nations:	25
Win Value:	27.23
Gold:	Georgia Davies
Gold Nation:	GBR
Silver:	Anastasia Fesikova
Silver Nation:	RUS
Bronze:	Mimosa Jallow
Bronze Nation:	FIN
Prev:	2016
Next:	2020

The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 4 and 5 August 2018.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Time	Location	Date
World record	Zhao Jing	27.06	Rome	30 July 2009
European record	Daniela Samulski Aliaksandra Herasimenia	27.23	Rome Budapest	30 July 2009 27 July 2017
Championship record	Francesca Halsall	27.57	London	21 May 2016

The following new records were set during this competition.

The heats were started on 4 August at 10:17.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	4	27.21	Q, ER, CR
2	6	4	27.23	Q, NR
3	5	5	27.42	Q, NR
4	6	5	27.70	Q,
5	4	5	27.78	Q, NR
6	4	6	27.92	Q
7	4	4	27.97	Q
8	5	6	28.04	Q
9	6	3	28.19	Q
10	6	6	28.23	Q
11	4	3	28.30	Q
11	5	7	28.30
13	4	2	28.33	Q
14	6	8	28.35
15	5	3	28.37	Q
15	6	2	28.37	Q
17	3	4	28.46	Q, NR
18	5	1	28.48	Q
19	5	2	28.53	Q
20	4	7	28.61
21	4	1	28.65
22	6	1	28.66
23	5	9	28.72
24	5	8	28.85
25	6	9	28.94
26	3	5	29.04
27	6	0	29.08
28	4	9	29.22
29	4	0	29.27
30	4	8	29.38
31	2	4	29.54
32	3	6	29.58
33	5	0	29.61
34	3	3	29.66
35	2	5	29.71
36	3	8	29.91
37	3	7	29.93
38	3	0	29.94
39	3	9	29.96
40	2	7	30.01
41	3	2	30.02
42	2	6	30.03
43	2	8	30.04
44	2	2	30.23
45	3	1	30.25
46	2	1	30.60
47	1	5	30.95
48	1	4	31.17
49	1	3	33.05
—	2	3	Disqualified
—	6	7

The semifinals were held on 4 August at 17:49.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	27.46	Q
2	5	27.62	Q
3	7	27.72	Q, NR
4	6	27.92	Q
5	8	27.94	Q, NR
6	3	28.11
7	1	28.32
8	2	28.77

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