| Event: | Women's 50 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2020 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Danube Arena |
| Dates: | 17 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 18 May 2021 (final) |
| Competitors: | 62 |
| Nations: | 33 |
| Win Value: | 23.97 |
| Gold: | Ranomi Kromowidjojo |
| Gold Nation: | NED |
| Silver: | Pernille Blume |
| Silver Nation: | DEN |
| Silver2: | Katarzyna Wasick |
| Silver2 Nation: | POL |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 May 2021.[1] [2]
Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record European record | 23.67 | 29 July 2017 | |||
| Championship record | 23.74 | 4 August 2018 |
The heats were started on 17 May at 10:42.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 24.24 | Q | |||
| 2 | 7 | 4 | 24.42 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 24.47 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 5 | 24.51 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 24.51 | Q, NR | |||
| 6 | 7 | 5 | 24.77 | Q | |||
| 7 | 5 | 5 | 24.78 | Q | |||
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 24.85 | ||||
| 9 | 6 | 2 | 24.86 | Q, NR | |||
| 10 | 7 | 3 | 24.89 | Q | |||
| 11 | 7 | 6 | 24.92 | Q | |||
| 12 | 5 | 1 | 24.93 | Q, NR | |||
| 13 | 4 | 1 | 24.99 | Q | |||
| 14 | 6 | 6 | 25.01 | Q | |||
| 15 | 7 | 1 | 25.07 | Q, NR | |||
| 16 | 7 | 2 | 25.09 | Q | |||
| 17 | 5 | 6 | 25.22 | Q | |||
| 18 | 5 | 2 | 25.30 | ||||
| 19 | 6 | 7 | 25.35 | ||||
| 20 | 7 | 8 | 25.42 | ||||
| 20 | 6 | 1 | 25.42 | ||||
| 22 | 5 | 7 | 25.47 | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 5 | 25.48 | ||||
| 24 | 5 | 8 | 25.50 | ||||
| 25 | 6 | 0 | 25.52 | ||||
| 26 | 4 | 5 | 25.53 | ||||
| 26 | 6 | 8 | 25.53 | ||||
| 28 | 4 | 9 | 25.56 | ||||
| 29 | 7 | 9 | 25.59 | ||||
| 29 | 7 | 7 | 25.59 | ||||
| 31 | 4 | 3 | 25.60 | ||||
| 32 | 5 | 0 | 25.61 | ||||
| 33 | 4 | 4 | 25.64 | ||||
| 34 | 7 | 0 | 25.72 | ||||
| 35 | 4 | 7 | 25.76 | ||||
| 36 | 3 | 1 | 25.80 | ||||
| 37 | 3 | 6 | 25.83 | ||||
| 37 | 5 | 9 | 25.83 | ||||
| 39 | 4 | 6 | 25.85 | ||||
| 40 | 3 | 3 | 25.88 | ||||
| 41 | 3 | 4 | 25.96 | ||||
| 42 | 4 | 8 | 25.98 | ||||
| 43 | 4 | 0 | 26.01 | ||||
| 43 | 3 | 2 | 26.01 | ||||
| 45 | 4 | 2 | 26.07 | ||||
| 46 | 6 | 9 | 26.13 | ||||
| 47 | 3 | 7 | 26.18 | ||||
| 48 | 1 | 5 | 26.31 | ||||
| 49 | 2 | 4 | 26.38 | ||||
| 50 | 3 | 9 | 26.44 | ||||
| 51 | 3 | 0 | 26.64 | ||||
| 52 | 2 | 5 | 26.84 | ||||
| 53 | 3 | 8 | 26.98 | ||||
| 54 | 2 | 6 | 27.18 | ||||
| 55 | 2 | 7 | 27.20 | ||||
| 56 | 2 | 2 | 27.38 | ||||
| 57 | 2 | 1 | 27.59 | ||||
| 58 | 2 | 3 | 27.61 | ||||
| 59 | 2 | 0 | 27.76 | ||||
| 60 | 2 | 8 | 28.01 | ||||
| 61 | 1 | 4 | 29.16 | ||||
| 62 | 1 | 3 | 30.22 |
The semifinals were held on 17 May at 18:17.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 24.06 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 24.41 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 24.54 | q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 24.76 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 24.81 | NR | |||
| 6 | 1 | 24.96 | NR | |||
| 7 | 7 | 24.97 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 25.14 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 24.14 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 24.34 | Q, NR | |||
| 3 | 5 | 24.40 | q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 24.66 | q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 24.69 | q, NR | |||
| 6 | 1 | 24.90 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 25.08 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 25.14 |
The final was held on 18 May at 19:22.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 23.97 | |||||
| 4 | 24.17 | |||||
| 3 | 24.17 | NR | ||||
| 4 | 6 | 24.29 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 24.32 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 24.51 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 24.65 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 24.67 | NR |