| Event: | Women's 100 metre breaststroke |
| Competition: | 2020 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Danube Arena |
| Dates: | 18 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 19 May 2021 (final) |
| Competitors: | 60 |
| Nations: | 30 |
| Win Value: | 1:05.69 |
| Gold: | Sophie Hansson |
| Gold Nation: | SWE |
| Silver: | Arianna Castiglioni |
| Silver Nation: | ITA |
| Bronze: | Martina Carraro |
| Bronze Nation: | ITA |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 May 2021.[1] [2]
Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 1:04.13 | 25 July 2017 | ||||
| European record | 1:04.35 | 29 July 2013 | ||||
| Championship record | 1:05.53 | 5 August 2018 |
The heats were started on 18 May at 10:19.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1:05.98 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 1:06.26 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 1:06.34 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 1:06.34 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 7 | 1:06.64 | Q | |||
| 6 | 5 | 5 | 1:06.76 | Q | |||
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 1:06.85 | Q | |||
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 1:06.86 | Q | |||
| 9 | 5 | 6 | 1:06.93 | Q | |||
| 10 | 6 | 4 | 1:06.97 | Q | |||
| 10 | 6 | 3 | 1:06.97 | Q | |||
| 12 | 6 | 6 | 1:07.03 | Q | |||
| 13 | 5 | 7 | 1:07.04 | ||||
| 14 | 6 | 2 | 1:07.15 | Q | |||
| 15 | 4 | 2 | 1:07.25 | Q | |||
| 16 | 6 | 7 | 1:07.45 | Q | |||
| 17 | 4 | 6 | 1:07.65 | ||||
| 18 | 4 | 9 | 1:07.67 | Q, NR | |||
| 19 | 3 | 2 | 1:08.09 | ||||
| 19 | 6 | 1 | 1:08.09 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 7 | 1:08.31 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 0 | 1:08.52 | ||||
| 23 | 2 | 2 | 1:08.59 | ||||
| 23 | 6 | 0 | 1:08.59 | ||||
| 25 | 3 | 3 | 1:08.69 | ||||
| 26 | 6 | 8 | 1:08.70 | ||||
| 27 | 3 | 0 | 1:08.83 | ||||
| 28 | 1 | 5 | 1:08.92 | ||||
| 29 | 2 | 6 | 1:08.99 | ||||
| 29 | 5 | 2 | 1:08.99 | ||||
| 31 | 4 | 8 | 1:09.01 | ||||
| 31 | 4 | 1 | 1:09.01 | ||||
| 33 | 3 | 5 | 1:09.10 | ||||
| 34 | 5 | 9 | 1:09.32 | ||||
| 35 | 5 | 8 | 1:09.34 | ||||
| 36 | 2 | 4 | 1:09.38 | ||||
| 37 | 2 | 0 | 1:09.49 | ||||
| 38 | 2 | 3 | 1:09.61 | ||||
| 39 | 5 | 1 | 1:09.62 | ||||
| 40 | 3 | 6 | 1:09.64 | ||||
| 41 | 2 | 7 | 1:09.86 | ||||
| 42 | 3 | 1 | 1:09.93 | ||||
| 43 | 1 | 4 | 1:10.03 | ||||
| 44 | 2 | 9 | 1:10.04 | ||||
| 45 | 6 | 9 | 1:10.19 | ||||
| 46 | 5 | 0 | 1:10.36 | ||||
| 47 | 1 | 7 | 1:10.43 | ||||
| 48 | 1 | 6 | 1:10.44 | ||||
| 49 | 1 | 0 | 1:10.57 | ||||
| 50 | 3 | 8 | 1:10.60 | ||||
| 51 | 1 | 8 | 1:10.80 | ||||
| 52 | 2 | 8 | 1:10.91 | ||||
| 53 | 3 | 4 | 1:10.93 | ||||
| 54 | 1 | 1 | 1:10.95 | ||||
| 55 | 1 | 3 | 1:10.97 | ||||
| 56 | 1 | 2 | 1:11.14 | ||||
| 57 | 2 | 5 | 1:11.57 | ||||
| 58 | 3 | 9 | 1:11.84 | ||||
| 59 | 1 | 9 | 1:14.41 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | Disqualified | |||||
The swim-off was held on 18 May at 11:19.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 1:07.33 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 1:07.68 |
The semifinals were held on 18 May at 18:31.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1:06.09 | Q | |||
| 2 | 6 | 1:06.21 | Q, NR | |||
| 3 | 2 | 1:06.42 | q | |||
| 4 | 7 | 1:06.47 | q, NR | |||
| 5 | 3 | 1:06.53 | q | |||
| 6 | 8 | 1:07.36 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 1:07.39 | ||||
| 8 | 5 | 1:07.85 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 1:05.69 | Q, NR | |||
| 2 | 4 | 1:06.24 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 1:06.24 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 1:06.60 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 1:06.73 | NR | |||
| 6 | 8 | 1:06.74 | NR | |||
| 7 | 6 | 1:06.77 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 1:06.93 |
The final was held on 19 May at 18:25.[6]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1:05.69 | =NR | ||||
| 6 | 1:06.13 | |||||
| 5 | 1:06.21 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 1:06.33 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 1:06.35 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 1:06.42 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 1:06.58 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 1:06.83 |