| Event: | Women's 50 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2022 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Foro Italico |
| Dates: | 15 August (heats and semifinals) 16 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 39 |
| Nations: | 26 |
| Win Value: | 23.91 |
| Gold: | Sarah Sjöström |
| Gold Nation: | SWE |
| Silver: | Katarzyna Wasick |
| Silver Nation: | POL |
| Bronze: | Valerie van Roon |
| Bronze Nation: | NED |
| Prev: | 2020 |
| Next: | 2024 |
The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 15 and 16 August 2022.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record European record | 23.67 | 29 July 2017 | |||
| Championship record | 23.74 | 4 August 2018 |
The heats were started on 15 August at 09:00.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 24.50 | Q | ||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 24.61 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | 5 | 24.86 | Q | ||
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 24.87 | Q | ||
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 25.00 | Q | ||
| 6 | 3 | 6 | 25.11 | Q | ||
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 25.11 | Q | ||
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 25.14 | Q | ||
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 25.22 | |||
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 25.26 | Q | ||
| 11 | 4 | 8 | 25.28 | Q | ||
| 12 | 3 | 7 | 25.29 | Q | ||
| 13 | 3 | 3 | 25.31 | Q | ||
| 14 | 5 | 6 | 25.37 | |||
| 14 | 5 | 8 | 25.37 | |||
| 16 | 4 | 2 | 25.51 | Q | ||
| 17 | 4 | 9 | 25.55 | Q | ||
| 18 | 5 | 7 | 25.57 | Q | ||
| 19 | 3 | 9 | 25.63 | Q | ||
| 20 | 5 | 0 | 25.65 | |||
| 21 | 3 | 8 | 25.67 | |||
| 22 | 4 | 1 | 25.77 | |||
| 23 | 2 | 4 | 25.83 | |||
| 24 | 2 | 5 | 25.97 | |||
| 25 | 3 | 1 | 25.99 | |||
| 26 | 4 | 0 | 26.12 | |||
| 26 | 2 | 6 | 26.12 | |||
| 28 | 2 | 3 | 26.17 | |||
| 29 | 2 | 7 | 26.21 | |||
| 30 | 2 | 2 | 26.29 | |||
| 31 | 3 | 2 | 26.38 | |||
| 32 | 3 | 0 | 26.41 | |||
| 33 | 2 | 1 | 26.70 | |||
| 34 | 2 | 8 | 26.79 | |||
| 35 | 2 | 0 | 27.18 | |||
| 36 | 1 | 5 | 27.66 | |||
| 37 | 2 | 9 | 27.67 | |||
| 38 | 1 | 3 | 27.82 | |||
| 39 | 1 | 4 | 28.01 | |||
| 4 | 7 | |||||
| 5 | 9 | |||||
| 5 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | 5 |
The semifinals were started at 18:50.[4]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 24.27 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 24.36 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 24.72 | Q, NR | |||
| 4 | 2 | 5 | 24.75 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 24.80 | q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 24.89 | q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 6 | 24.98 | q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 6 | 24.99 | q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 2 | 25.10 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 7 | 25.18 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 7 | 25.20 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | 1 | 25.48 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 1 | 25.49 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | 2 | 25.53 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 8 | 25.55 | ||||
| 16 | 2 | 8 | 26.04 |
The final was held at 18:07.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 23.91 | |||||
| 5 | 24.20 | |||||
| 6 | 24.64 | |||||
| 4 | 8 | 24.74 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 24.77 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 24.82 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 24.87 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 25.18 |