Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2022 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	12 August (heats and semifinals) 13 August (final)
Competitors:	37
Nations:	24
Win Value:	1:05.97
Gold:	Benedetta Pilato
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Lisa Angiolini
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Rūta Meilutytė
Bronze Nation:	LTU
Prev:	2020
Next:	2024

The Women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 12 and 13 August 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 12 August at 09:31.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	1:05.77	Q
2	2	3	1:06.00	Q
3	3	4	1:06.55
4	4	5	1:07.04
5	4	4	1:07.05	Q
6	2	5	1:07.22	Q
7	4	3	1:07.30	Q
8	3	3	1:07.38	Q
9	3	6	1:07.54	Q
10	3	5	1:07.88	Q
11	2	6	1:07.91	Q
12	4	6	1:08.00	Q
13	2	7	1:08.08	Q
14	2	2	1:08.11	Q
15	4	7	1:08.60	Q
16	4	2	1:08.74	Q
17	4	0	1:08.79	Q
18	3	7	1:09.18	Q
18	3	1	1:09.18	Q
20	4	1	1:09.24
21	3	0	1:09.28
22	2	1	1:09.44
23	3	2	1:09.45
24	4	8	1:09.71
25	3	8	1:09.73
26	3	9	1:09.79
27	2	8	1:09.86
28	2	9	1:09.92
29	2	0	1:09.96
30	4	9	1:11.01
31	1	4	1:11.52
32	1	3	1:11.71
33	1	6	1:11.82
34	1	5	1:12.16
35	1	2	1:12.80
36	1	7	1:13.85
37	1	1	1:18.39

The semifinals were started on 12 August at 18:24.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	1:06.16	Q
2	1	6	1:06.41	Q
3	2	3	1:06.44	Q
4	1	5	1:06.67	Q
5	2	5	1:06.83	q
6	1	4	1:06.85	q
7	2	6	1:07.26	q
8	2	2	1:07.35	q
9	1	3	1:07.39
10	1	2	1:07.86
11	1	7	1:08.00
12	2	7	1:08.15
13	2	1	1:08.23
14	1	8	1:08.46
15	2	8	1:08.60
16	1	1	1:08.67
17	1	0	1:08.78

The final was held on 13 August at 18:28.^[5]