Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre backstroke
Competition:	2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Danube Arena
Dates:	18 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 19 May 2021 (final)
Competitors:	54
Nations:	34
Win Value:	27.36
Gold:	Kira Toussaint
Gold Nation:	NED
Silver:	Kathleen Dawson
Silver Nation:	GBR
Bronze:	Maaike de Waard
Bronze Nation:	NED
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships will be held on 18 and 19 May 2021.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

The following new records were set during this competition.

The heats were started on 18 May at 10:47.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	6	27.29	Q
2	6	4	27.60	Q
3	4	4	27.84	Q
4	5	4	27.86	Q
5	6	3	27.97	Q
6	6	5	28.02	Q
7	6	7	28.05	Q, NR
7	4	3	28.05	Q
9	5	2	28.11	Q
10	5	6	28.27	Q
11	5	5	28.28	Q
12	4	5	28.30	Q
13	6	2	28.31	Q
14	4	2	28.33	Q
15	4	7	28.39	Q
16	5	3	28.40	Q
17	6	1	28.44
18	5	7	28.46
19	6	8	28.47
20	3	2	28.57
21	4	6	28.60
22	5	8	28.64
23	4	8	28.69
24	4	0	28.73
25	5	9	28.78	NR
26	5	0	28.79
27	5	1	28.83
28	6	0	28.85
29	2	7	28.96
30	6	9	29.05
31	4	9	29.16
32	3	9	29.21
33	3	3	29.24
33	4	1	29.24
35	2	3	29.27	NR
36	3	5	29.32
37	3	7	29.37
38	3	6	29.39
39	3	1	29.42
40	2	4	29.43
41	2	8	29.70
42	1	4	29.84
43	2	5	29.89
44	2	2	29.93
45	2	0	29.96
46	1	2	30.00
47	3	0	30.05
48	2	6	30.14
49	3	8	30.71
50	2	9	30.77
51	1	5	30.96
52	1	3	31.29
53	1	6	32.31
	2	1
	3	4

The semifinals were held on 18 May at 18:49.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	27.19	Q, CR, NR
2	5	27.69	Q
3	3	27.93	q
4	2	27.98	q
5	6	28.01
6	1	28.04
7	7	28.24
8	8	28.46

The swim-off was held on 18 May at 20:01.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			28.01	q
2	5			28.20

The final was held on 19 May at 19:18.^[6]