| Event: | Women's 50 metre backstroke |
| Competition: | 2024 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Sports Centre Milan Gale Muškatirović |
| Dates: | 19 June (heats and semifinals) 20 June (final) |
| Win Value: | 27.73 |
| Gold: | Danielle Hill |
| Gold Nation: | IRL |
| Silver: | Theodora Drakou |
| Silver Nation: | GRE |
| Bronze: | Adela Piskorska |
| Bronze Nation: | POL |
| Prev: | 2022 |
| Next: | 2026 |
The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 June 2024.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 26.86 | 20 October 2023 | ||||
| European record | 27.10 | 10 April 2021 | ||||
| Championship record | 27.19 | 18 May 2021 |
The heats were started on 19 June at 10:04.
Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 27.98 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 28.11 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 28.16 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 28.35 | Q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 5 | 28.47 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 28.65 | Q | |||
| 7 | 1 | 5 | 28.66 | Q | |||
| =8 | 2 | 5 | 28.95 | Q | |||
| =8 | 3 | 7 | 28.95 | Q | |||
| 10 | 2 | 3 | 29.00 | Q | |||
| 11 | 1 | 6 | 29.05 | Q | |||
| 12 | 2 | 2 | 29.13 | Q | |||
| 13 | 3 | 0 | 29.16 | Q | |||
| 14 | 3 | 6 | 29.17 | Q | |||
| 15 | 2 | 6 | 29.29 | Q | |||
| 16 | 2 | 7 | 29.30 | Q | |||
| =17 | 1 | 1 | 29.62 | ||||
| =17 | 3 | 2 | 29.62 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 8 | 29.73 | ||||
| 20 | 1 | 2 | 29.80 | ||||
| 21 | 2 | 1 | 29.90 | ||||
| 22 | 1 | 7 | 29.91 | ||||
| 23 | 1 | 8 | 29.93 | ||||
| 24 | 3 | 8 | 30.09 | ||||
| 25 | 2 | 0 | 31.87 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | Did not start | |||||
The semifinal were started on 19 June at 19:27.
Qualification Rules: The first 2 competitors of each semifinal and the remaining fastest (up to a total of 8 qualified competitors) from the semifinals advance to the final.[4]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 5 | 27.67 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 27.99 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 28.08 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 28.16 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 28.19 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 28.30 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 2 | 28.64 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 3 | 28.65 | Q | |||
| =9 | 2 | 6 | 28.75 | NR | |||
| =9 | 1 | 6 | 28.75 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 7 | 28.91 | ||||
| 12 | 2 | 1 | 28.96 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | 8 | 28.97 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 8 | 29.20 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 7 | 29.26 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 1 | 29.43 |
The final was held on 20 June at 18:36.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 27.73 | |||||
| 5 | 27.87 | |||||
| 6 | 28.00 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 28.02 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 28.34 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 28.36 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 28.82 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 28.86 |