| Event: | Women's 50 metre breaststroke |
| Competition: | 2020 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Danube Arena |
| Dates: | 22 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 23 May 2021 (final) |
| Competitors: | 51 |
| Nations: | 29 |
| Win Value: | 29.35 |
| Gold: | Benedetta Pilato |
| Gold Nation: | ITA |
| Silver: | Ida Hulkko |
| Silver Nation: | FIN |
| Bronze: | Yuliya Yefimova |
| Bronze Nation: | RUS |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 May 2021.[1] [2]
Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 29.40 | 30 July 2017 | ||||
| European record | 29.48 | 3 August 2013 | ||||
| Championship record | 29.66 | 8 August 2018 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May | 29.50 | CR | |||
| 29.30 | WR, CR |
The heats were started on 22 May at 10:52.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 29.50 | Q, CR, WJ, NR | |||
| 2 | 4 | 5 | 30.15 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 5 | 30.40 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 30.46 | Q | |||
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 30.55 | Q | |||
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 30.57 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 30.58 | Q | |||
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 30.63 | Q | |||
| 9 | 5 | 2 | 30.64 | Q | |||
| 10 | 6 | 3 | 30.81 | Q | |||
| 11 | 6 | 2 | 30.83 | Q, NR | |||
| 12 | 5 | 8 | 30.95 | Q | |||
| 13 | 4 | 3 | 31.05 | Q | |||
| 14 | 5 | 7 | 31.09 | Q | |||
| 15 | 3 | 7 | 31.12 | ||||
| 16 | 2 | 3 | 31.19 | Q, NR | |||
| 17 | 4 | 8 | 31.28 | ||||
| 18 | 4 | 7 | 31.39 | ||||
| 19 | 6 | 8 | 31.42 | Q | |||
| 20 | 6 | 0 | 31.46 | Q | |||
| 21 | 5 | 1 | 31.51 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 0 | 31.55 | ||||
| 22 | 5 | 9 | 31.55 | ||||
| 24 | 3 | 5 | 31.69 | ||||
| 25 | 6 | 9 | 31.70 | ||||
| 26 | 4 | 1 | 31.75 | ||||
| 27 | 3 | 4 | 31.78 | ||||
| 28 | 4 | 2 | 31.82 | ||||
| 29 | 5 | 6 | 31.90 | ||||
| 30 | 3 | 9 | 31.99 | ||||
| 31 | 4 | 6 | 32.05 | ||||
| 32 | 6 | 1 | 32.08 | ||||
| 33 | 3 | 6 | 32.12 | ||||
| 33 | 2 | 4 | 32.12 | ||||
| 35 | 4 | 9 | 32.18 | ||||
| 35 | 6 | 7 | 32.18 | ||||
| 37 | 3 | 0 | 32.20 | ||||
| 37 | 3 | 8 | 32.20 | ||||
| 39 | 3 | 1 | 32.23 | ||||
| 40 | 2 | 6 | 32.28 | ||||
| 41 | 3 | 3 | 32.29 | ||||
| 42 | 1 | 4 | 32.31 | ||||
| 42 | 5 | 0 | 32.31 | ||||
| 44 | 2 | 5 | 32.35 | ||||
| 45 | 2 | 8 | 32.42 | ||||
| 46 | 3 | 2 | 32.47 | ||||
| 47 | 2 | 1 | 32.67 | ||||
| 48 | 2 | 2 | 32.73 | ||||
| 49 | 2 | 7 | 32.90 | ||||
| 50 | 1 | 5 | 33.59 | ||||
| 51 | 1 | 3 | 33.79 |
The semifinals were started on 22 May at 18:57.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 30.35 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 30.44 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 30.53 | q | |||
| 4 | 7 | 30.84 | q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 30.88 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 30.97 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 31.04 | NR | |||
| 8 | 8 | 31.37 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 29.30 | Q, WR | |||
| 2 | 3 | 30.25 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 30.39 | q | |||
| 4 | 7 | 30.76 | q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 30.90 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 30.91 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 31.04 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 31.51 |
The final was held on 23 May at 18:10.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 29.35 | |||||
| 6 | 30.19 | NR | ||||
| 5 | 30.22 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 30.23 | ||||
| 5 | 7 | 30.31 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 30.35 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 30.72 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 30.77 |