Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 May 2021.[1][2]

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
VenueDanube Arena
Dates20 May 2021 (heats and semifinals)
21 May 2021 (final)
Competitors48 from 28 nations
Winning time58.49
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    Italy
bronze medal    Russia
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Records edit

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Regan Smith   United States 57.57 Gwangju 28 July 2019
European record Gemma Spofforth   Great Britain 58.12 Rome 28 July 2009
Championship record Mie Nielsen   Denmark 58.73 London 19 May 2016

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
20 May Semifinals Kira Toussaint   Netherlands 58.73 CR
Kathleen Dawson   Great Britain 58.44 CR

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were started on 20 May at 10:55.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Kathleen Dawson   Great Britain 59.32 Q
2 5 4 Kira Toussaint   Netherlands 59.57 Q
3 5 5 Maria Kameneva   Russia 59.74 Q
4 4 4 Margherita Panziera   Italy 59.94 Q
5 6 7 Anastasia Gorbenko   Israel 59.96 Q, NR
6 6 3 Cassie Wild   Great Britain 1:00.09 Q
7 6 2 Louise Hansson   Sweden 1:00.17 Q
8 4 3 Maaike de Waard   Netherlands 1:00.23 Q
9 4 5 Anastasia Fesikova   Russia 1:00.44 Q
10 6 6 Katalin Burián   Hungary 1:00.46 Q
11 6 5 Anastasiya Shkurdai   Belarus 1:00.54 Q
12 5 3 Simona Kubová   Czech Republic 1:00.56 Q
13 5 2 Ingeborg Løyning   Norway 1:00.71 Q
14 4 6 Paulina Peda   Poland 1:00.82 Q
15 4 7 Nina Kost   Switzerland 1:01.05 Q
16 5 7 Mimosa Jallow   Finland 1:01.11 QSO
16 6 8 África Zamorano   Spain 1:01.11 QSO
18 5 6 Silvia Scalia   Italy 1:01.12
19 5 8 Ekaterina Avramova   Turkey 1:01.30
20 5 0 Rafaela Azevedo   Portugal 1:01.32
21 4 2 Carlotta Zofkova   Italy 1:01.45
22 3 4 Theodora Drakou   Greece 1:01.51
23 5 9 Jenny Mensing   Germany 1:01.52
24 2 2 Tatiana Salcuțan   Moldova 1:01.64
25 4 1 Klaudia Naziębło   Poland 1:01.77
26 6 9 Lena Grabowski   Austria 1:01.82
26 2 3 Fanny Teijonsalo   Finland 1:01.82
28 3 3 Ugnė Mažutaitytė   Lithuania 1:01.93
29 3 2 Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy   Hungary 1:01.99
30 3 7 Sudem Denizli   Turkey 1:02.07
30 4 8 Alicia Wilson   Great Britain 1:02.07
32 4 0 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 1:02.23
33 5 1 Gerda Szilágyi   Hungary 1:02.28
34 4 9 Aviv Barzelay   Israel 1:02.29
35 3 9 Hanna Rosvall   Sweden 1:02.32
36 3 1 Mireia Pradell   Spain 1:02.33
37 3 5 Jade Smits   Belgium 1:02.56
38 3 8 Sonnele Öztürk   Germany 1:02.94
39 2 4 Laura Bernat   Poland 1:03.02
40 6 0 Caroline Pilhatsch   Austria 1:03.05
41 2 5 Janja Segel   Slovenia 1:03.19
42 2 1 Ioanna Sacha   Greece 1:03.78
43 2 8 Mia Blazevska Eminova   North Macedonia 1:04.59
44 2 7 Signhild Joensen   Faroe Islands 1:04.72
45 2 6 Emma Marušáková   Slovakia 1:05.26
46 1 4 Mia Krstevska   North Macedonia 1:05.52
47 1 5 Teresa Ivanová   Slovakia 1:05.76
48 1 3 Jona Beqiri   Kosovo 1:10.98
2 0 Mónica Ramírez   Andorra Did not start
3 0 Anastasiya Kuliashova   Belarus
3 6 Panna Ugrai   Hungary
6 1 Alicja Tchórz   Poland

Swim-off edit

The swim-off was held on 20 May at 12:20.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Mimosa Jallow   Finland 1:00.31 Q
2 4 África Zamorano   Spain 1:01.16

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were held on 20 May at 18:12.[5]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Kira Toussaint   Netherlands 58.73 Q, =CR
2 5 Margherita Panziera   Italy 59.53 Q
3 3 Cassie Wild   Great Britain 59.75 q
4 6 Maaike de Waard   Netherlands 59.76 q
5 2 Katalin Burián   Hungary 1:00.18
6 7 Simona Kubová   Czech Republic 1:00.43
7 1 Paulina Peda   Poland 1:00.59
8 8 Mimosa Jallow   Finland 1:00.82

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Kathleen Dawson   Great Britain 58.44 Q, CR
2 5 Maria Kameneva   Russia 59.30 Q
3 3 Anastasia Gorbenko   Israel 59.78 q, WD, NR
4 2 Anastasia Fesikova   Russia 1:00.00 q
5 6 Louise Hansson   Sweden 1:00.04 q
6 1 Ingeborg Løyning   Norway 1:00.23 NR
7 8 Nina Kost   Switzerland 1:00.35
8 7 Anastasiya Shkurdai   Belarus 1:00.52

Final edit

First race edit

The final was held on 21 May at 18:24.[6] The race was then declared void after the Swedish protested that the speaker in lane 1 malfunctioned and Hansson was not able to hear the starting gun. A re-race was scheduled for 20:45.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 Kathleen Dawson   Great Britain 58.18 CR
5 Kira Toussaint   Netherlands 59.02
3 Maria Kameneva   Russia 59.13
6 Margherita Panziera   Italy 59.65
2 Cassie Wild   Great Britain 59.82
7 Maaike de Waard   Netherlands 1:00.33
8 Anastasia Fesikova   Russia 1:00.33
1 Louise Hansson   Sweden 1:02.29

Re race edit

The final re race was held on 21 May at 20:45.[7]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Kathleen Dawson   Great Britain 58.49
  6 Margherita Panziera   Italy 59.01
  3 Maria Kameneva   Russia 59.22
4 5 Kira Toussaint   Netherlands 59.32
5 2 Cassie Wild   Great Britain 59.68
6 1 Louise Hansson   Sweden 1:00.04
7 8 Anastasia Fesikova   Russia 1:00.33
8 7 Maaike de Waard   Netherlands 1:00.64

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