The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships was held on 14 and 15 August 2026.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nationality Time Location Date World record Regan Smith 57.13 Indianapolis 18 June 2026 European record Kathleen Dawson 58.08 Budapest 23 May 2021 Championship record
Results Heats The heats began on 14 August at 09:51. Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Country Time Notes =1 4 4 59.66 Q =1 5 4 59.66 Q 3 3 4 1:00.25 Q 4 3 3 1:00.38 Q 5 4 6 1:00.43 Q 6 4 2 1:00.56 =7 5 2 1:00.62 Q =7 5 5 1:00.62 Q 9 3 5 Neutral Athletes B 1:00.63 Q 10 4 7 1:00.72 Q 11 4 5 1:00.73 Q 12 5 7 1:00.85 Q 13 3 7 1:01.03 0 14 5 1 1:01.12 Q 15 3 2 1:01.14 Q 16 2 5 1:01.16 Q 17 3 6 1:01.17 0 18 2 2 1:01.19 Q 19 3 1 1:01.20 R 20 4 3 1:01.64 21 3 8 1:01.68 22 4 1 1:01.71 23 4 0 1:01.73 24 5 9 1:02.00 25 3 9 1:02.13 26 3 0 1:02.25 27 5 6 Neutral Athletes A 1:02.37 28 2 4 1:02.58 29 2 1 1:02.67 30 4 9 1:02.73 31 2 3 1:02.77 32 2 6 1:03.37 33 5 0 1:03.43 34 2 8 1:03.56 35 5 8 1:03.62 36 1 4 1:03.73 37 1 5 1:04.33 38 2 7 1:05.14 39 1 3 1:07.57 - 4 8 DNS
Semifinals The semifinal were started on 14 August at 18:50. 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.
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Country Time Notes 1 2 4 58.21 Q, NR 2 2 5 58.93 Q 3 2 2 Neutral Athletes B 59.15 Q 4 1 4 59.70 Q 5 1 6 59.71 Q 6 2 7 59.74 Q 7 1 5 59.77 Q 8 2 3 59.90 Q, NR 9 2 6 59.96 R 10 1 3 1:00.50 R 11 1 2 1:00.75 12 1 8 1:00.91 13 2 8 1:00.97 14 1 7 1:01.31 15 1 1 1:01.56 16 2 1 1:01.67
Final The final will be held on 15 August at 20:07.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 57.94 ER, CR 6 58.46 5 58.77 4 3 Neutral Athletes B 59.53 5 1 59.65 6 7 59.71 7 2 59.83 8 8 1:00.10
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