Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle
| Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Tollcross International Swimming Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | 8 August (heats and semifinals) 9 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 66 from 32 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 21.34 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2018 European Aquatics Championships | ||
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| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | women | |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| 4 × 200 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Mixed | 3 m | 10 m |
| Team | team | |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | Free | Technical |
| Duet | Free | Technical |
| Team | Free | Technical |
| Mixed | Free | Technical |
| Combination | Combination | |
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Team | team | |
The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 8 and 9 August 2018.[1][2]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | César Cielo |  Brazil |
20.91 | São Paulo | 18 December 2009 |
| European record | Frédérick Bousquet |  France |
20.94 | Montpellier | 26 April 2009 |
| Championship record | Florent Manaudou | France |
21.32 | Berlin | 24 August 2014 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August | Semifinal | Ben Proud |  Great Britain |
21.11 | CR |
Results
Heats
The heats were held on 8 August at 09:12.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 5 | Kristian Golomeev |  Greece |
21.68 | Q |
| 1 | 8 | 4 | Ben Proud | Great Britain |
21.68 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Andrea Vergani |  Italy |
21.72 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 4 | Paweł Juraszek |  Poland |
21.81 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 4 | Vladimir Morozov |  Russia |
21.85 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Andriy Govorov |  Ukraine |
21.95 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | 3 | Jesse Puts |  Netherlands |
22.03 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | Luca Dotto | Italy |
22.15 | Q |
| 9 | 8 | 5 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen |  Finland |
22.19 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Thomas Fannon | Great Britain |
22.26 | Q |
| 11 | 8 | 7 | Sergey Fesikov | Russia |
22.31 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 5 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy |
22.34 | |
| 13 | 5 | 7 | Andrej Barna |  Serbia |
22.36 | Q |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Yonel Govindin | France |
22.36 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Simonas Bilis |  Lithuania |
22.42 | Q |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy |
22.47 | |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Maxime Grousset | France |
22.48 | Q |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | David Cumberlidge | Great Britain |
22.49 | |
| 19 | 5 | 9 | Bruno Blašković |  Croatia |
22.50 | Q |
| 20 | 8 | 8 | Meiron Cheruti |  Israel |
22.51 | |
| 21 | 7 | 9 | Niksa Stojkovski |  Norway |
22.52 | |
| 22 | 7 | 7 | Ivan Kuzmenko | Russia |
22.64 | |
| 23 | 6 | 7 | Sergii Shevtsov | Ukraine |
22.67 | |
| 24 | 6 | 3 | Paweł Sendyk | Poland |
22.68 | |
| 25 | 6 | 8 | Nyls Korstanje | Netherlands |
22.74 | |
| 26 | 5 | 6 | Nándor Németh |  Hungary |
22.77 | |
| 27 | 3 | 4 | Péter Holoda | Hungary |
22.78 | |
| 27 | 7 | 8 | Björn Seeliger |  Sweden |
22.78 | |
| 29 | 8 | 9 | Odyssefs Meladinis | Greece |
22.81 | |
| 30 | 5 | 0 | Christoffer Carlsen | Sweden |
22.82 | |
| 31 | 5 | 2 | Mislav Sever | Croatia |
22.86 | |
| 32 | 4 | 5 | Isak Eliasson | Sweden |
22.89 | |
| 33 | 5 | 4 | Anton Latkin |  Belarus |
22.95 | |
| 34 | 4 | 4 | Bernhard Reitshammer |  Austria |
22.97 | |
| 35 | 5 | 3 | Anton Herrala | Finland |
23.00 | |
| 36 | 5 | 1 | Nikola Aćin | Serbia |
23.02 | |
| 37 | 4 | 8 | Tobias Bjerg |  Denmark |
23.06 | |
| 38 | 4 | 2 | Yalım Acımış |  Turkey |
23.08 | |
| 39 | 6 | 9 | Miguel Nascimento | .svg.png){kind=small} Portugal |
23.10 | |
| 40 | 7 | 0 | Calum Bain |  Ireland |
23.11 | |
| 40 | 4 | 9 | George-Adrian Raţiu |  Romania |
23.11 | |
| 42 | 4 | 0 | Daniel Zaitsev |  Estonia |
23.12 | |
| 43 | 4 | 6 | Julien Henx |  Luxembourg |
23.17 | |
| 44 | 8 | 0 | Andrey Zhilkin | Russia |
23.18 | |
| 45 | 4 | 7 | Emir Muratović |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
23.19 | |
| 45 | 3 | 7 | Alexander Trampitsch | Austria |
23.19 | |
| 47 | 4 | 3 | Nikola Miljenić | Croatia |
23.21 | |
| 47 | 3 | 6 | Predrag Miloš |  Iceland |
23.21 | |
| 49 | 2 | 2 | Karl Luht | Estonia |
23.22 | |
| 50 | 4 | 1 | Viktar Krasochka | Belarus |
23.24 | |
| 51 | 3 | 1 | Robert Powell | Ireland |
23.35 | |
| 52 | 2 | 5 | İskender Başlakov | Turkey |
23.40 | |
| 53 | 3 | 9 | Nikita Tsernosev | Estonia |
23.52 | |
| 54 | 2 | 4 | Artur Barseghyan |  Armenia |
23.57 | |
| 55 | 2 | 7 | Vahan Mkhitaryan | Armenia |
23.59 | |
| 56 | 3 | 3 | Tomas Sungaila | Lithuania |
23.65 | |
| 57 | 2 | 6 | Georgia Biganishvili |  Georgia |
23.74 | |
| 58 | 3 | 8 | Kemal Arda Gürdal | Turkey |
23.76 | |
| 59 | 3 | 0 | Matthew Zammit |  Malta |
23.84 | |
| 60 | 1 | 3 | Vladimir Mamikonyan | Armenia |
23.87 | |
| 61 | 2 | 3 | Marko-Matteus Langel | Estonia |
24.10 | |
| 62 | 2 | 1 | Matthew Galea | Malta |
24.60 | |
| 63 | 2 | 0 | Cristian Santi |  San Marino |
25.64 | |
| 64 | 2 | 8 | Gianluca Pasolini | San Marino |
25.69 | |
| 65 | 1 | 5 | Ruben Gharibyan | Armenia |
26.07 | |
| 66 | 1 | 4 | Dren Ukimeraj |  Kosovo |
26.14 | |
| 3 | 2 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary |
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| 5 | 8 | Ziv Kalontarov | Israel
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| 6 | 1 | Pieter Timmers | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium
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| 7 | 3 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland
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| 7 | 6 | Damian Wierling |  Germany
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Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 8 August at 17:04.[4]
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Ben Proud | Great Britain |
21.11 | Q, CR, NR |
| 2 | 5 | Paweł Juraszek | Poland |
21.67 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Simonas Bilis | Lithuania |
22.04 | QSO |
| 3 | 3 | Andriy Govorov | Ukraine |
22.04 | QSO |
| 5 | 8 | Bruno Blašković | Croatia |
22.06 | |
| 5 | 6 | Luca Dotto | Italy |
22.06 | |
| 7 | 2 | Thomas Fannon | Great Britain |
22.14 | |
| 8 | 7 | Yonel Govindin | France |
22.18 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Andrea Vergani | Italy |
21.37 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 3 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia |
21.44 | Q, =NR |
| 3 | 4 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece |
21.52 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland |
21.96 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Jesse Puts | Netherlands |
22.02 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Sergey Fesikov | Russia |
22.15 | |
| 7 | 1 | Andrej Barna | Serbia |
22.27 | |
| 8 | 8 | Maxime Grousset | France |
22.27 |
Swim-off
The swim-off was held on 8 August at 18:40.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Simonas Bilis | Lithuania |
21.70 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 5 | Andriy Govorov | Ukraine |
21.74 |
Final
The final was held on 9 August at 16:50.[6]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Ben Proud | Great Britain |
21.34 | |
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6 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece |
21.44 | NR |
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5 | Andrea Vergani | Italy |
21.68 | |
| 4 | 3 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia |
21.74 | |
| 5 | 8 | Simonas Bilis | Lithuania |
21.97 | |
| 6 | 1 | Jesse Puts | Netherlands |
22.08 | |
| 7 | 7 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland |
22.11 | |
| 8 | 2 | Paweł Juraszek | Poland |
22.14 |