title: Swimming at the 2015 European Games – Women's 50 metre backstroke
text: # Swimming at the 2015 European Games – Women's 50 metre backstroke
  
  The women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2015 European Games in Baku took place on 25 June at the Aquatic Palace.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  The heats were started at 09:30.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | 3 | Pauline Mahieu | France | 28.69 | Q, GR |
  | 2 | 4 | 4 | Caroline Pilhatsch | Austria | 28.80 | Q |
  | 3 | 5 | 4 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 28.96 | Q |
  | 4 | 3 | 5 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 29.04 | Q |
  | 5 | 5 | 5 | Polina Egorova | Russia | 29.08 | Q |
  | 6 | 3 | 3 | Tania Quaglieri | Italy | 29.24 | Q |
  | 7 | 4 | 6 | Maxine Wolters | Germany | 29.35 | Q |
  | 8 | 3 | 4 | Martina Menotti | Italy | 29.41 | Q |
  | 9 | 3 | 2 | Maryna Kolesnykova | Ukraine | 29.83 | Q |
  | 10 | 4 | 5 | Ava Schollmayer | Slovenia | 29.83 | Q |
  | 11 | 2 | 8 | Barbora Janíčková | Czech Republic | 30.00 | Q |
  | 12 | 3 | 8 | Boyana Tomova | Bulgaria | 30.08 | Q |
  | 12 | 5 | 9 | Margaryta Bokan | Ukraine | 30.08 | Q |
  | 14 | 3 | 1 | Lia Neubert | Germany | 30.10 | Q |
  | 15 | 5 | 1 | Victoria Bierre | Denmark | 30.17 | Q |
  | 16 | 5 | 6 | Iris Tjonk | Netherlands | 30.22 | QSO |
  | 16 | 5 | 2 | Rebecca Sherwin | Great Britain | 30.22 | QSO |
  | 18 | 4 | 1 | Julia Gus | Poland | 30.24 | |
  | 18 | 5 | 8 | Or Tamir | Israel | 30.24 | |
  | 20 | 5 | 0 | Conni Rott | Austria | 30.25 | |
  | 21 | 4 | 0 | Danielle Hill | Ireland | 30.26 | |
  | 22 | 5 | 7 | Sezin Eligül | Turkey | 30.34 | |
  | 23 | 5 | 3 | Margaret Markvardt | Estonia | 30.40 | |
  | 24 | 2 | 2 | Hana van Loock | Germany | 30.43 | |
  | 25 | 3 | 6 | Jana Augenstein | Germany | 30.45 | |
  | 26 | 4 | 2 | Lova Andersson | Sweden | 30.46 | |
  | 27 | 2 | 6 | Melek Ayarci | Finland | 30.60 | |
  | 28 | 4 | 8 | Iseult Hayes | Ireland | 30.61 | |
  | 29 | 4 | 7 | Arina Baikova | Latvia | 30.62 | |
  | 30 | 3 | 9 | Meda Kulbačiauskaitė | Lithuania | 30.72 | |
  | 31 | 1 | 7 | Ioanna Sacha | Greece | 30.78 | |
  | 31 | 2 | 4 | Michaela Trnková | Czech Republic | 30.78 | |
  | 33 | 3 | 7 | Roosa Mört | Finland | 30.81 | |
  | 34 | 1 | 5 | Giulia Ramatelli | Italy | 30.92 | |
  | 35 | 4 | 9 | Vladyslava Maznytska | Ukraine | 30.95 | |
  | 36 | 2 | 7 | Eline van den Bossche | Luxembourg | 30.96 | |
  | 37 | 2 | 5 | Gabriela Bernat | Poland | 30.98 | |
  | 38 | 3 | 0 | Dalma Matyasovszky | Hungary | 30.99 | |
  | 39 | 2 | 1 | Dorottya Dobos | Hungary | 31.00 | |
  | 40 | 2 | 3 | Eveliina Kallio | Finland | 31.19 | |
  | 41 | 2 | 9 | Signhild Joensen | LEN ( Faroe Islands) | 31.42 | |
  | 42 | 1 | 3 | Nea-Amanda Heinola | Finland | 31.46 | |
  | 43 | 1 | 4 | Maria Bjarnastein Antoft | LEN ( Faroe Islands) | 31.78 | |
  | 44 | 2 | 0 | Darya Douhal | Belarus | 31.81 | |
  | 45 | 1 | 6 | Yuliya Stisyuk | Azerbaijan | 33.05 | |
  | 46 | 1 | 2 | Flaka Pruthi | Kosovo | 33.49 | |
  | 47 | 1 | 1 | Jana Serafimovska | Macedonia | 34.40 | |
  
  ### Swim-off
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Iris Tjonk | Netherlands | 29.84 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Rebecca Sherwin | Great Britain | 30.13 | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  The semifinals were started at 17:37.
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Caroline Pilhatsch | Austria | 28.63 | Q, GR |
  | 2 | 3 | Tania Quaglieri | Italy | 28.97 | Q |
  | 3 | 5 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 29.29 | q |
  | 4 | 6 | Martina Menotti | Italy | 29.37 | q |
  | 5 | 7 | Boyana Tomova | Bulgaria | 29.66 | |
  | 6 | 2 | Ava Schollmayer | Slovenia | 29.75 | |
  | 7 | 8 | Iris Tjonk | Netherlands | 29.80 | |
  | 8 | 1 | Lia Neubert | Germany | 30.00 | |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Pauline Mahieu | France | 28.74 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 28.94 | Q |
  | 3 | 6 | Maxine Wolters | Germany | 29.15 | q |
  | 4 | 3 | Polina Egorova | Russia | 29.29 | q |
  | 5 | 2 | Maryna Kolesnykova | Ukraine | 29.72 | |
  | 6 | 1 | Margaryta Bokan | Ukraine | 29.75 | |
  | 7 | 7 | Barbora Janíčková | Czech Republic | 30.09 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Victoria Bierre | Denmark | 30.16 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held at 18:59.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Caroline Pilhatsch | Austria | 28.60 | GR |
  | | 5 | Pauline Mahieu | France | 28.70 | |
  | | 3 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 28.77 | |
  | 4 | 2 | Maxine Wolters | Germany | 29.00 | |
  | 5 | 7 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 29.12 | |
  | 6 | 6 | Tania Quaglieri | Italy | 29.16 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Polina Egorova | Russia | 29.41 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Martina Menotti | Italy | 29.49 | |
  