The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships was held on 12 and 13 August 2026.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows: Name Nation Time Location Date World record Kaylee McKeown 26.86 Budapest 20 October 2023 European record Kira Toussaint 27.10 Eindhoven 10 April 2021 Championship record Kathleen Dawson 27.19 Budapest 18 May 2021
Results Heats The heats were started on 12 August at 10:14.
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 5 4 Sara Curtis 27.31 Q 2 3 4 Mary-Ambre Moluh 27.39 Q 3 3 5 Marrit Steenbergen 27.61 Q 3 4 5 Analia Pigree 27.61 Q 3 5 5 Alina Gaifutdinova Neutral Athletes B 27.61 Q 6 5 3 Tessa Giele 27.64 Q 7 4 3 Beryl Gastaldello 27.75 Q 8 3 2 Irene Ciércoles 27.71 Q 9 3 3 Roos Vanotterdijk 27.83 Q 10 4 4 Lauren Cox 27.97 Q 11 4 2 Jeanne Lechevalier 28.02 12 3 6 Costanza Cocconcelli 28.03 Q 13 5 6 Danielle Hill 28.08 Q 14 4 6 Maaike de Waard 28.13 15 3 1 Emilija Pociūtė 28.21 Q, NR 16 5 2 Fanny Teijonsalo 28.24 Q 17 2 3 Ingeborg Løyning 28.46 Q 18 4 7 Mariia Osetrova Neutral Athletes B 28.50 Q 19 3 7 Adela Piskorska 28.61 Q 19 5 7 Federica Toma 28.61 21 3 0 Emma Brogaard Krogh 28.68 22 4 1 Zofia Kowalska-Frączyk 28.73 23 5 0 Nika Sharafutdinova 28.75 24 3 8 Ida Jacobsen 28.82 24 5 1 Varvara Hlushchenko 28.82 26 2 2 Tom Mienis 28.83 27 4 0 Lottie Cullen 28.87 28 4 8 Angelina Patt 28.92 29 5 8 Nina Stanisavljević 28.96 30 2 4 Sara Junevik 29.07 31 3 9 Camila Rebelo 29.14 32 5 9 Maari Randvali 29.18 33 4 9 Jinth Engelse 29.33 34 2 5 Ewa Leciejewska 29.42 35 2 8 Aviv Barzelay 29.56 36 2 6 Eleni Antoniadou 29.63 37 2 1 Gabriela Georgieva 29.68 38 1 4 Emmanuela Leu 29.71 39 2 7 Margaret Markvardt 29.76 40 2 0 Jenna Laukkanen 29.77 41 1 5 Fia Stenman 30.58 42 1 3 Erina Idrizaj 30.82
Semifinals The semifinals were started on 12 August at 19:29.
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 2 4 Sara Curtis 26.63 Q, 2 2 3 Alina Gaifutdinova Neutral Athletes B 26.91 Q, NR 3 1 4 Mary-Ambre Moluh 27.25 Q 4 1 3 Tessa Giele 27.30 Q 5 2 5 Marrit Steenbergen 27.31 Q 6 1 5 Analia Pigree 27.34 Q 7 2 2 Lauren Cox 27.39 Q 8 2 7 Danielle Hill 27.85 Q 9 1 2 Costanza Cocconcelli 27.87 10 1 6 Roos Vanotterdijk 27.88 11 2 1 Fanny Teijonsalo 27.94 12 2 6 Irene Ciércoles 28.00 13 1 7 Emilija Pociūtė 28.08 NR 14 1 1 Ingeborg Løyning 28.40 15 2 8 Mariia Osetrova Neutral Athletes B 28.57 16 1 8 Adela Piskorska 28.68
Final The final was held on 13 August at 19:43. Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 4 Sara Curtis 26.56 3 Mary-Ambre Moluh 27.06 NR 1 Lauren Cox 27.15 4 2 Marrit Steenbergen 27.16 5 5 Alina Gaifutdinova Neutral Athletes B 27.23 6 6 Tessa Giele 27.26 7 7 Analia Pigree 27.57 8 8 Danielle Hill 27.91
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