Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke

Women's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships
Women's 50 metre breaststroke ; at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships
Dates	21–22 May
Competitors	41 from 23 nations
Winning time	30.81
Medalists
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The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 May 2016.^[1]^[2]

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	29.48	Barcelona	3 August 2013
European record	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	29.48	Barcelona	3 August 2013
Championship record	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	29.88	Berlin	23 August 2014

The heats were held on 21 May at 09:00.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4	Jennie Johansson	Sweden	30.75	Q
2	3	3	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	Iceland	30.94	Q
3	3	5	Jenna Laukkanen	Finland	31.01	Q
4	5	5	Arianna Castiglioni	Italy	31.02	Q
5	3	4	Mariya Liver	Ukraine	31.16	Q
6	5	6	Sophie Hansson	Sweden	31.19	Q
7	4	3	Natalia Ivaneeva	Russia	31.22	Q
8	5	3	Martina Carraro	Italy	31.27	Q
9	5	2	Petra Chocová	Czech Republic	31.41	Q
10	4	2	Veera Kivirinta	Finland	31.42	Q
11	4	5	Fanny Lecluyse	Belgium	31.67	Q
12	3	2	Dominika Sztandera	Poland	31.68	Q
13	3	8	Martina Moravčíková	Czech Republic	31.70	Q
14	4	6	Fiona Doyle	Ireland	31.80	Q
15	5	1	Jessica Eriksson	Sweden	31.82
16	5	7	Amit Ivry	Israel	31.90	Q
17	5	0	Christina Nothdurfter	Austria	31.99	Q
18	3	9	Silja Kaensaekoski	Finland	32.06
19	4	1	Jessica Vall	Spain	32.14
20	4	0	Vilma Ekström	Sweden	32.21
21	5	9	Ana Rodrigues	Portugal	32.27
22	5	8	Alina Zmushka	Belarus	32.34
23	2	5	Andrea Podmaníková	Slovakia	32.49
24	2	6	Maria Romanjuk	Estonia	32.52
25	4	7	Tjaša Vozel	Slovenia	32.54
26	3	6	Ilaria Scarcella	Italy	32.55
27	3	7	Katie Matts	Great Britain	32.63
28	3	0	Lena Kreundl	Austria	32.65
29	4	9	Sycerika McMahon	Ireland	32.78
30	2	3	Lucia Ledererová	Slovakia	32.87
31	2	7	Maria Harutjunjan	Estonia	32.88
31	2	8	Ariel Braathen	Norway	32.88
33	2	0	Molly Renshaw	Great Britain	32.91
34	2	2	Karleen Kersa	Estonia	33.05
35	2	1	Lisa Mamie	Switzerland	33.24
36	3	1	Lisa Fissneider	Italy	33.48
37	1	5	Emina Pasukan	Bosnia and Herzegovina	33.51
38	1	3	Monika Štěpánová	Czech Republic	33.55
39	1	4	Stina Colleou	Norway	33.59
40	2	9	Alina Bulmag	Moldova	33.65
	2	4	Dalma Sebestyén	Hungary	DSQ
	4	4	Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş	Turkey	DNS
	4	8	Fanny Deberghes	France	DNS

The semifinals were held on 21 May at 16:23.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	Iceland	30.83	Q
2	3	Sophie Hansson	Sweden	30.95	Q
3	2	Veera Kivirinta	Finland	30.98	Q
4	6	Martina Carraro	Italy	31.14	S-off
5	5	Arianna Castiglioni	Italy	31.16
6	1	Fiona Doyle	Ireland	31.66
7	7	Dominika Sztandera	Poland	31.71
8	8	Christina Nothdurfter	Austria	32.04

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Jennie Johansson	Sweden	30.74	Q
2	5	Jenna Laukkanen	Finland	30.81	Q
3	3	Mariya Liver	Ukraine	30.90	Q
4	2	Petra Chocová	Czech Republic	31.13	Q
5	6	Natalia Ivaneeva	Russia	31.14	S-off
6	7	Fanny Lecluyse	Belgium	31.50
7	1	Martina Moravčíková	Czech Republic	31.66
8	8	Amit Ivry	Israel	31.94

The Swim-off was held on 21 May at 18:32.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Natalia Ivaneeva	Russia	30.95	Q
2	4	Martina Carraro	Italy	31.00

The final was held on 22 May at 16:12.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Jennie Johansson	Sweden	30.81
	3	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	Iceland	30.91
	5	Jenna Laukkanen	Finland	30.95
4	6	Mariya Liver	Ukraine	30.99
5	7	Veera Kivirinta	Finland	31.12
6	2	Sophie Hansson	Sweden	31.13
7	8	Natalia Ivaneeva	Russia	31.18
8	1	Petra Chocová	Czech Republic	31.63