Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre backstroke
Competition:	2018 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates:	6 August (heats and semifinals) 7 August (final)
Competitors:	47
Nations:	25
Win Value:	59.19
Gold:	Anastasia Fesikova
Gold Nation:	RUS
Silver:	Georgia Davies
Silver Nation:	GBR
Bronze:	Carlotta Zofkova
Bronze Nation:	ITA
Prev:	2016
Next:	2020

The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 6 and 7 August 2018.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

	Name	Time	Location	Date
World record	Kathleen Baker	58.00	Irvine	28 July 2018
European record	Gemma Spofforth	58.12	Rome	28 July 2009
Championship record	Mie Østergaard Nielsen	58.73	London	19 May 2016

The heats were started on 6 August at 10:22.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	3	59.86	Q
2	4	4	59.87	Q
3	5	5	59.99	Q
4	5	6	1:00.03	Q
5	3	6	1:00.07	Q
6	3	3	1:00.12	Q
7	5	4	1:00.15	Q
8	5	7	1:00.28	Q
8	4	1	1:00.28	Q
10	3	5	1:00.29	Q
11	4	3	1:00.30	Q
12	4	6	1:00.55	Q
13	3	4	1:00.67	Q
14	5	2	1:00.77	Q
15	3	7	1:00.79	Q
16	5	1	1:00.92
17	4	5	1:01.05
18	3	2	1:01.17
19	5	8	1:01.18	Q
20	3	1	1:01.36
20	4	7	1:01.36
22	4	2	1:01.67
23	2	3	1:01.73
24	2	5	1:01.85
25	2	4	1:01.87
26	3	0	1:02.00
27	4	8	1:02.11
28	4	0	1:02.12
29	2	2	1:02.19
30	4	9	1:02.55
31	2	8	1:02.84
32	2	6	1:02.97
33	2	1	1:03.15
34	5	9	1:03.28
35	2	0	1:03.30
36	1	4	1:03.36
37	3	9	1:03.48
38	1	3	1:03.65
39	1	7	1:03.77
40	3	8	1:03.82
41	1	2	1:04.01
42	1	5	1:04.41
43	1	6	1:04.82
44	1	1	1:04.85
45	1	8	1:05.87
46	2	9	1:06.63
47	1	0	1:09.75
—	2	7	Did not start
—	5	0

The semifinals were started on 6 August at 17:13.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	59.67	Q
2	3	59.88	Q
3	5	59.89	Q
4	4	59.90	Q
5	2	1:00.01	Q
6	1	1:00.56
7	7	1:00.57
8	8	1:00.98

The final was started on 7 August at 16:55.^[5]