| Event: | Women's 50 metre butterfly |
| Competition: | 2018 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Tollcross International Swimming Centre |
| Dates: | 8 August (heats and semifinals) 9 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 43 |
| Nations: | 28 |
| Win Value: | 25.16 |
| Gold: | Sarah Sjöström |
| Gold Nation: | SWE |
| Silver: | Emilie Beckmann |
| Silver Nation: | DEN |
| Bronze: | Kimberly Buys |
| Bronze Nation: | BEL |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2020 |
The Women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 8 and 9 August 2018[1] [2] in Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow, Scotland.
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record European record | Sarah Sjöström | 24.43 | Borås | 5 July 2014 | ||
| Championship record | Sarah Sjöström | 24.87 | Berlin | 18 August 2014 |
The heats were started on 8 August at 09:26.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | 25.11 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Emilie Beckmann | 25.72 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Kimberly Buys | 25.80 | Q | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | 25.92 | Q | |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Melanie Henique | 25.94 | Q | |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Anna Dowgiert | 26.13 | Q | |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Elena Di Liddo | 26.28 | Q | |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Kim Busch | 26.38 | Q | |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | Aliena Schmidtke | 26.41 | Q | |
| 10 | 3 | 7 | Ilaria Bianchi | 26.47 | Q | |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Mimosa Jallow | 26.49 | Q | |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Louise Hansson | 26.50 | ||
| 12 | 5 | 6 | Sara Junevik | 26.50 | ||
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Anna Ntountounaki | 26.53 | Q | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | 26.62 | Q | ||
| 16 | 5 | 9 | Alexandra Touretski | 26.77 | Q | |
| 17 | 5 | 3 | Maaike de Waard | 26.82 | ||
| 18 | 4 | 9 | Lucie Svěcená | 26.91 | Q | |
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Rozaliya Nasretdinova | 26.92 | ||
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Kinge Zandringa | 27.02 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Liliána Szilágyi | 27.09 | ||
| 22 | 4 | 1 | Anastasiya Kuliashova | 27.15 | ||
| 23 | 2 | 5 | Kertu Alnek | 27.17 | ||
| 24 | 4 | 8 | Ida Lindborg | 27.20 | ||
| 25 | 5 | 1 | Alys Thomas | 27.24 | ||
| 26 | 5 | 7 | Amit Ivry | 27.30 | ||
| 27 | 5 | 8 | Charlotte Atkinson | 27.48 | ||
| 28 | 2 | 2 | Emilie Løvberg | 27.53 | ||
| 29 | 2 | 3 | Amina Kajtaz | 27.56 | ||
| 30 | 2 | 8 | Caroline Pilhatsch | 27.72 | ||
| 31 | 3 | 0 | Anna Kolářová | 27.83 | ||
| 32 | 4 | 0 | Svenja Stoffel | 27.84 | ||
| 33 | 5 | 0 | Aleyna Özkan | 27.91 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 9 | Ieva Maļuka | 27.98 | ||
| 35 | 3 | 9 | Gabriela Ņikitina | 28.10 | ||
| 35 | 2 | 6 | Alexandra Schegoleva | 28.10 | ||
| 37 | 1 | 5 | Beatrice Felici | 28.27 | ||
| 38 | 2 | 1 | Sezin Eliguel | 28.46 | ||
| 39 | 2 | 0 | Ana Catarina Monteiro | 28.52 | ||
| 40 | 1 | 4 | Claudia Hufnagl | 28.79 | ||
| 41 | 1 | 3 | Nida Eliz Üstündağ | 28.96 | ||
| 42 | 1 | 6 | Ani Poghosyan | 29.85 | ||
| 43 | 1 | 2 | Tatiana Chișca | 29.96 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Jenna Laukkanen | ||||
| 4 | 3 | Marie Wattel |
The swim-off was held on 8 August at 10:14.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Louise Hansson | 26.11 | Q | ||
| 2 | 4 | Sara Junevik | 26.36 |
The semifinals were started on 8 August at 17:10.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Emilie Beckmann | 25.86 | Q | ||
| 2 | 5 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | 25.95 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | Anna Dowgiert | 26.14 | Q | ||
| 4 | 6 | Kim Busch | 26.42 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Ilaria Bianchi | 26.43 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Louise Hansson | 26.54 | |||
| 7 | 1 | 26.86 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | Lucie Svěcená | 26.90 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | 25.51 | Q | ||
| 2 | 3 | Melanie Henique | 25.68 | Q | ||
| 3 | 5 | Kimberly Buys | 25.76 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | Aliena Schmidtke | 26.09 | Q | ||
| 5 | 1 | Anna Ntountounaki | 26.22 | Q NR | ||
| 6 | 7 | Mimosa Jallow | 26.24 | |||
| 7 | 6 | Elena Di Liddo | 26.36 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Alexandra Touretski | 26.66 |
The final was started on 9 August at 16:45.[6]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Sarah Sjöström | 25.16 | ||||
| 6 | Emilie Beckmann | 25.72 | ||||
| 3 | Kimberly Buys | 25.74 | ||||
| 4 | 7 | Aliena Schmidtke | 25.77 | |||
| 5 | 5 | Melanie Henique | 25.84 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | 25.88 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Anna Dowgiert | 26.18 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Anna Ntountounaki | 26.23 |