| Event: | Women's 50 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2018 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Tollcross International Swimming Centre |
| Dates: | 3 August (heats and semifinals) 4 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 55 |
| Nations: | 29 |
| Win Value: | 23.74 |
| Gold: | Sarah Sjöström |
| Gold Nation: | SWE |
| Silver: | Pernille Blume |
| Silver Nation: | DEN |
| Bronze: | Ranomi Kromowidjojo |
| Bronze Nation: | NED |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2020 |
The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 3 and 4 August 2018.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record European record | Sarah Sjöström | 23.67 | Budapest | 29 July 2017 | ||
| Championship record | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | 24.07 | London | 22 May 2016 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August | 23.85 | CR | ||||
| 4 August | 23.74 | CR |
The heats were held on 3 August at 10:13.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 24.14 | Q | ||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 24.27 | Q | ||
| 3 | 6 | 5 | 24.39 | Q, NR | ||
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 24.77 | Q | ||
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 24.82 | Q | ||
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 24.93 | |||
| 7 | 5 | 6 | 24.98 | Q | ||
| 8 | 6 | 6 | 25.00 | Q | ||
| 9 | 6 | 3 | 25.01 | Q | ||
| 10 | 3 | 8 | 25.20 | Q | ||
| 11 | 4 | 7 | 25.28 | Q | ||
| 12 | 6 | 7 | 25.29 | Q | ||
| 13 | 6 | 2 | 25.32 | Q | ||
| 14 | 5 | 7 | 25.36 | Q | ||
| 15 | 4 | 1 | 25.37 | Q | ||
| 16 | 5 | 9 | 25.47 | Q | ||
| 17 | 5 | 8 | 25.49 | |||
| 17 | 6 | 8 | 25.49 | |||
| 19 | 5 | 1 | 25.53 | |||
| 19 | 5 | 3 | 25.53 | |||
| 21 | 3 | 5 | 25.58 | |||
| 22 | 6 | 1 | 25.59 | |||
| 23 | 4 | 8 | 25.62 | |||
| 24 | 6 | 0 | 25.70 | |||
| 25 | 5 | 2 | 25.73 | |||
| 26 | 6 | 9 | 25.77 | |||
| 27 | 4 | 2 | 25.81 | |||
| 27 | 4 | 6 | 25.81 | |||
| 29 | 2 | 5 | 25.82 | |||
| 30 | 5 | 0 | 25.84 | |||
| 31 | 3 | 7 | 25.88 | |||
| 32 | 3 | 6 | 25.97 | |||
| 33 | 4 | 0 | 26.00 | |||
| 34 | 3 | 3 | 26.02 | |||
| 35 | 2 | 6 | 26.16 | |||
| 36 | 3 | 2 | 26.19 | |||
| 36 | 3 | 9 | 26.19 | |||
| 38 | 3 | 4 | 26.22 | |||
| 39 | 2 | 4 | 26.42 | |||
| 40 | 2 | 3 | 26.53 | |||
| 41 | 3 | 1 | 26.54 | |||
| 42 | 4 | 9 | 26.56 | |||
| 43 | 2 | 9 | 26.74 | |||
| 44 | 1 | 5 | 26.76 | |||
| 45 | 2 | 8 | 26.77 | |||
| 46 | 3 | 0 | 26.80 | |||
| 47 | 2 | 7 | 26.81 | |||
| 48 | 2 | 1 | 26.93 | |||
| 49 | 2 | 2 | 27.07 | |||
| 50 | 1 | 4 | 27.21 | |||
| 51 | 1 | 7 | 27.79 | |||
| 52 | 2 | 0 | 27.81 | |||
| 53 | 1 | 2 | 27.86 | |||
| 54 | 1 | 1 | 28.01 | |||
| 55 | 1 | 8 | 28.16 | |||
| 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 6 | |||||
| 1 | 9 |
The swim-off was held on 3 August at 11:47.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 25.11 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 25.25 |
The semifinals were held on 3 August at 17:18.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Pernille Blume | 23.85 | Q, CR, NR | ||
| 2 | 5 | Tamara van Vliet | 24.70 | Q | ||
| 3 | 6 | Rozaliya Nasretdinova | 24.86 | Q | ||
| 4 | 3 | Theodora Drakou | 24.96 | Q | ||
| 5 | 7 | Lidón Muñoz | 25.15 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Anika Apostalon | 25.22 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Anna Dowgiert | 25.34 | |||
| 8 | 2 | Erika Ferraioli | 25.39 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | 23.92 | Q | ||
| 2 | 5 | Maria Kameneva | 24.21 | Q, NR | ||
| 3 | 3 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | 24.58 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | 25.04 | Q, NR | |||
| 5 | 6 | Julie Kepp Jensen | 25.07 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Nina Kost | 25.21 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Alexandra Touretski | 25.22 | |||
| 8 | 1 | Andrea Murez | 25.39 |
The final was held on 4 August at 18:23.[6]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Sarah Sjöström | 23.74 | CR | |||
| 4 | Pernille Blume | 23.75 | NR | |||
| 6 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | 24.21 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | Maria Kameneva | 24.40 | |||
| 5 | 7 | Rozaliya Nasretdinova | 25.04 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Tamara van Vliet | 25.11 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Theodora Drakou | 25.14 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 25.16 |