Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre backstroke
Competition:	2022 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	13 August (heats and semifinals) 14 August (final)
Competitors:	36
Nations:	24
Win Value:	27.27
Gold:	Analia Pigrée
Gold Nation:	FRA
Silver:	Silvia Scalia
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Maaike de Waard
Bronze Nation:	NED
Prev:	2020
Next:	2024

The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 13 and 14 August 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 13 August at 09:32.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	4	27.53	Q
2	3	5	27.71	Q
3	2	5	27.87	Q
4	2	4	27.92	Q
5	4	5	27.96	Q
6	4	4	28.10	Q
7	4	8	28.17	Q
8	4	1	28.18
8	3	6	28.18	Q
10	2	8	28.29	Q
11	2	7	28.39
12	2	6	28.42	Q
13	4	3	28.43	Q
14	3	2	28.50	Q
15	4	2	28.54	Q
15	3	7	28.54	Q
17	2	3	28.56
18	3	3	28.70	Q
19	3	0	28.73	Q
20	3	1	28.78
21	2	0	28.82
22	3	8	28.83
23	4	9	28.89
24	2	9	29.03
25	1	7	29.13
25	2	2	29.13
27	2	1	29.23
28	4	0	29.27
29	1	6	29.67
30	1	2	29.69
31	3	9	29.70
32	1	5	29.77
33	1	3	29.96
34	1	4	30.04
35	1	1	31.36
	4	6
	4	7

The semifinals were started on 13 August at 18:57.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	4	27.39	Q, NR
2	1	5	27.68	Q
2	2	4	27.68	Q
4	1	3	27.84	q
5	2	3	27.86	Q
6	2	5	28.00	q
7	1	7	28.16	q
8	1	1	28.18	q
9	2	8	28.19
9	1	6	28.19
11	2	6	28.21
12	1	2	28.22
13	1	8	28.49
14	2	1	28.54
15	2	2	28.55
16	2	7	28.56

The final was held on 14 August at 18:06.^[5]