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

Event:	Women's 50 metre butterfly
Competition:	2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Danube Arena
Dates:	22 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 23 May 2021 (final)
Competitors:	49
Nations:	26
Win Value:	25.30
Gold:	Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Gold Nation:	NED
Silver:	Mélanie Henique
Silver Nation:	FRA
Bronze:	Emilie Beckmann
Bronze Nation:	DEN
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 May 2021.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record European record			24.43		5 July 2014
Championship record			24.87		18 August 2014

The heats were started on 22 May 2021 at 10:27.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	4	25.30	Q
2	5	4	25.88	Q
3	4	5	25.91	Q
4	4	4	25.96	Q
4	5	5	25.96	Q
6	5	1	25.99	Q
7	4	3	26.11	Q
8	5	3	26.20	Q
9	6	6	26.28	Q
10	4	2	26.31	Q
11	5	6	26.32
12	6	5	26.35	Q
13	6	3	26.41	Q
14	6	2	26.46	Q
15	6	1	26.57	Q,
16	5	2	26.59	Q
17	1	3	26.61	Q,
18	3	5	26.63	Q
19	6	7	26.65	Q
19	3	2	26.65	Q, NR
21	4	6	26.68
22	5	8	26.69
22	3	3	26.69
24	5	9	26.70
25	4	1	26.73
26	6	8	26.79
27	4	0	26.90
28	3	4	26.92
29	4	7	26.93
29	4	8	26.93
31	3	6	26.98
32	5	7	27.03
33	3	0	27.31
34	4	9	27.41
34	6	0	27.41
36	2	4	27.47
37	3	1	27.49
38	2	1	27.56	NR
38	3	7	27.56
40	3	9	27.62
41	2	7	27.78
42	3	8	27.87
43	2	2	27.90
44	2	0	28.19
45	2	5	28.28
46	1	4	28.35
47	2	8	28.63
48	2	9	29.11
49	1	5	29.53
	6	9
	5	0
	2	3
	2	6

The semifinals were started on 22 May at 18:40.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	25.53	Q
2	3	25.64	Q
3	6	25.81	q
3	5	25.81	q
5	1	25.93	q, NR
6	7	26.07
7	2	26.23
8	8	26.69
9	9	26.88

The final was held on 23 May at 18:00.^[5]