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

Event:	Women's 50 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2022 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	16 August (heats and semifinals) 17 August (final)
Competitors:	33
Nations:	21
Win Value:	29.59
Gold:	Rūta Meilutytė
Gold Nation:	LTU
Silver:	Benedetta Pilato
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Imogen Clark
Bronze Nation:	GBR
Prev:	2020
Next:	2024

The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 August 2022.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 16 August at 09:45.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			29.91	Q
2	4	4			29.93	Q
3	3	4			30.12	Q
4	4	5			30.18	Q
5	3	3			30.34	Q
6	2	3			30.62
7	3	5			30.80	Q
8	2	5			30.90
9	4	3			30.94	Q
10	2	6			31.04	Q, NR
10	4	6			31.04	Q
12	2	2			31.37	Q
13	3	1			31.41	Q
14	4	2			31.43	Q
15	3	2			31.60	Q
16	4	7			31.72	Q
17	2	7			31.74	Q
18	3	6			31.77	Q
19	3	0			31.86
20	3	8			31.93
21	4	9			31.94
22	3	7			32.07
23	4	8			32.08
24	2	8			32.22
25	2	1			32.28
26	2	0			32.30
27	4	0			32.54
28	1	5			32.79
29	4	1			32.82
30	1	3			33.22
31	1	4			33.54
32	1	7			34.23
33	1	2			35.55
	1	6
	2	9
	3	9

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 16 August at 18:31.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5			29.44	Q, NR
2	1	4			29.85	Q
3	1	5			30.10	Q
4	2	4			30.27	Q
5	2	3			30.77	q
6	2	6			30.86	q
7	2	7			30.90	q
8	1	3			31.05	q
9	1	6			31.07
10	2	1			31.32
11	2	2			31.33
12	2	8			31.35
13	1	7			31.38
14	1	8			31.57
15	1	2			31.62
16	1	1			31.69

Final

The final was held on 17 August at 18:05.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			29.59
	5			29.71
	3			30.31
4	6			30.43
5	2			30.86
6	8			31.02
7	1			31.15
8	7			31.46

Notes and References

1. https://www.roma2022.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Timing-SWIMMING-elite-1.5.pdf Schedule
2. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW50MBR-------------HEAT--------_51A1%201.0.pdf Start list
3. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW50MBR-------------HEAT--------_74A%201.0.pdf Heats results
4. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW50MBR-------------SFNL--------_74A%201.0.pdf Semifinals results
5. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW50MBR-------------FNL---------_73A2%201.0.pdf Final results