| Event: | Women's 100 metre butterfly |
| Competition: | 2018 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Tollcross International Swimming Centre |
| Dates: | 3 August (heats and semifinals) 4 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 37 |
| Nations: | 24 |
| Win Value: | 56.13 |
| Gold: | Sarah Sjöström |
| Gold Nation: | SWE |
| Silver: | Svetlana Chimrova |
| Silver Nation: | RUS |
| Bronze: | Elena Di Liddo |
| Bronze Nation: | ITA |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2020 |
The Women's 100 metre butterfly 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 | 55.48 | Rio de Janeiro | 7 August 2016 | ||
| Championship record | Sarah Sjöström | 55.89 | London | 20 May 2016 |
The heats were started on 3 August at 10:36.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 56.87 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 57.91 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 5 | 57.92 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 58.23 | Q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 58.24 | Q | |||
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 58.47 | Q | |||
| 7 | 3 | 6 | 58.52 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 6 | 58.65 | Q | |||
| 9 | 3 | 7 | 58.69 | Q | |||
| 10 | 4 | 3 | 58.89 | Q | |||
| 11 | 4 | 6 | 58.93 | Q | |||
| 12 | 2 | 5 | 58.95 | Q | |||
| 13 | 4 | 7 | 59.00 | Q | |||
| 14 | 3 | 2 | 59.54 | ||||
| 15 | 2 | 8 | 59.63 | Q | |||
| 16 | 4 | 0 | 59.65 | Q | |||
| 17 | 3 | 3 | 59.66 | Q | |||
| 18 | 2 | 1 | 59.94 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 7 | 1:00.00 | ||||
| 20 | 4 | 2 | 1:00.01 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 1 | 1:00.02 | ||||
| 22 | 3 | 8 | 1:00.06 | ||||
| 23 | 4 | 8 | 1:00.46 | ||||
| 24 | 1 | 5 | 1:00.61 | ||||
| 25 | 2 | 2 | 1:00.63 | ||||
| 26 | 1 | 4 | 1:00.65 | ||||
| 27 | 1 | 7 | 1:00.80 | ||||
| 28 | 4 | 1 | 1:00.90 | ||||
| 29 | 3 | 9 | 1:01.56 | ||||
| 30 | 1 | 3 | 1:02.12 | ||||
| 31 | 1 | 2 | 1:02.15 | ||||
| 32 | 2 | 9 | 1:02.36 | ||||
| 33 | 2 | 0 | 1:02.82 | ||||
| 34 | 1 | 6 | 1:03.27 | ||||
| 35 | 1 | 0 | 1:03.47 | ||||
| 36 | 4 | 9 | 1:03.53 | ||||
| 37 | 1 | 8 | 1:07.42 | ||||
| — | 1 | 9 | Did not start | ||||
The semifinals were held on 3 August at 17:32.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Elena Di Liddo | 57.82 | Q | ||
| 2 | 6 | Anna Ntountounaki | 58.34 | Q | ||
| 3 | 2 | Aliena Schmidtke | 58.42 | Q | ||
| 4 | 3 | Marie Wattel | 58.52 | |||
| 5 | 7 | Liliána Szilágyi | 58.53 | |||
| 6 | 5 | Kimberly Buys | 58.99 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Charlotte Atkinson | 59.36 | |||
| 8 | 1 | Ana Catarina Monteiro | 59.44 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | 56.66 | Q | ||
| 2 | 3 | Svetlana Chimrova | 57.54 | Q | ||
| 3 | 5 | Ilaria Bianchi | 57.79 | Q | ||
| 4 | 6 | Louise Hansson | 57.99 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | Emilie Beckmann | 58.40 | Q | ||
| 6 | 7 | Alys Thomas | 58.44 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Kinge Zandringa | 58.64 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 59.54 | NR |
The final was held on 4 August at 17:18.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 56.23 | |||||
| 5 | 57.40 | |||||
| 6 | 57.68 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 57.72 | ||||
| 5 | 7 | 57.77 | NR | |||
| 6 | 2 | 57.99 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 58.45 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 58.90 |