| Event: | Women's 100 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2020 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Danube Arena |
| Dates: | 21 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 22 May 2021 (final) |
| Competitors: | 69 |
| Nations: | 33 |
| Win Value: | 53.05 |
| Gold: | Femke Heemskerk |
| Gold Nation: | NED |
| Silver: | Marie Wattel |
| Silver Nation: | FRA |
| Bronze: | Anna Hopkin |
| Bronze Nation: | GBR |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The Women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 May 2021.[1] [2]
Prior the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record European record | 51.71 | 23 July 2017 | |||
| Championship record | 52.67 | 20 August 2014 |
The heats were started on 21 May at 10:00.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 4 | 53.84 | Q | ||
| 2 | 8 | 5 | 53.94 | Q | ||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 54.04 | Q | ||
| 4 | 6 | 5 | 54.07 | Q | ||
| 5 | 8 | 6 | 54.19 | Q, =NR | ||
| 6 | 7 | 5 | 54.25 | Q | ||
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 54.26 | Q | ||
| 8 | 6 | 3 | 54.31 | Q | ||
| 8 | 6 | 6 | 54.31 | Q | ||
| 10 | 7 | 6 | 54.33 | |||
| 11 | 8 | 4 | 54.41 | Q | ||
| 12 | 8 | 8 | 54.54 | Q, NR | ||
| 13 | 7 | 3 | 54.60 | Q, | ||
| 14 | 8 | 2 | 54.62 | |||
| 15 | 6 | 2 | 54.67 | Q | ||
| 16 | 5 | 7 | 54.72 | Q | ||
| 17 | 6 | 0 | 54.75 | Q | ||
| 18 | 5 | 4 | 55.04 | Q | ||
| 19 | 7 | 7 | 55.19 | Q | ||
| 20 | 4 | 5 | 55.20 | |||
| 21 | 8 | 1 | 55.22 | |||
| 22 | 8 | 0 | 55.24 | |||
| 23 | 7 | 0 | 55.35 | |||
| 24 | 6 | 1 | 55.38 | |||
| 25 | 6 | 7 | 55.46 | |||
| 26 | 5 | 6 | 55.49 | |||
| 27 | 5 | 2 | 55.51 | |||
| 28 | 5 | 3 | 55.55 | |||
| 29 | 7 | 8 | 55.56 | |||
| 30 | 6 | 8 | 55.66 | |||
| 31 | 5 | 1 | 55.69 | |||
| 32 | 4 | 4 | 55.74 | |||
| 33 | 7 | 9 | 55.78 | |||
| 34 | 3 | 8 | 55.80 | |||
| 35 | 3 | 5 | 55.87 | |||
| 35 | 4 | 2 | 55.87 | |||
| 37 | 5 | 0 | 55.90 | |||
| 38 | 4 | 3 | 55.91 | |||
| 39 | 5 | 9 | 56.01 | |||
| 40 | 7 | 1 | 56.06 | |||
| 41 | 5 | 8 | 56.11 | |||
| 42 | 8 | 7 | 56.18 | |||
| 43 | 6 | 9 | 56.23 | |||
| 44 | 3 | 2 | 56.24 | |||
| 45 | 4 | 1 | 56.32 | |||
| 46 | 3 | 3 | 56.35 | |||
| 47 | 4 | 8 | 56.38 | |||
| 47 | 5 | 5 | 56.38 | |||
| 49 | 3 | 4 | 56.41 | |||
| 50 | 3 | 7 | 56.47 | |||
| 51 | 4 | 9 | 56.60 | |||
| 52 | 3 | 1 | 56.63 | |||
| 53 | 2 | 5 | 56.88 | |||
| 54 | 2 | 3 | 56.89 | |||
| 55 | 2 | 2 | 57.06 | |||
| 56 | 3 | 9 | 57.09 | |||
| 57 | 3 | 0 | 57.28 | |||
| 58 | 2 | 6 | 57.35 | |||
| 59 | 2 | 4 | 57.38 | |||
| 60 | 2 | 7 | 57.85 | |||
| 61 | 2 | 8 | 58.27 | |||
| 62 | 1 | 2 | 59.00 | |||
| 63 | 2 | 0 | 59.94 | |||
| 64 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 65 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| 66 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| 67 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| 68 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 69 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | 6 | |||||
| 4 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | |||||
| 8 | 3 |
The semifinals were started on 21 May 2021 at 18:47.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 53.34 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 53.74 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 53.93 | q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 54.12 | q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 54.47 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 54.76 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 54.86 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 54.87 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 53.49 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 53.59 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 53.68 | q, NR | |||
| 4 | 2 | 53.70 | q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 54.18 | NR | |||
| 6 | 7 | 54.47 | NR | |||
| 7 | 8 | 55.04 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 55.11 |
The final was held on 22 May 2021 at 18:12.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 53.05 | |||||
| 4 | 53.32 | |||||
| 7 | 53.43 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 53.44 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 53.56 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 53.69 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 53.74 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 54.15 |