Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle
| Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Danube Arena | |||||||||
| Dates | 22 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 23 May 2021 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 69 from 36 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 21.61 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2020 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 |
| mixed | ||
| 10 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Team | ||
| Mixed team | ||
| Artistic swimming | ||
| Solo | Free | Technical |
| Duet | Free | Technical |
| Mixed | Free | Technical |
| Team | Free | Technical |
| Combination | ||
| Highlights | ||
| 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 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 May 2021.[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 | Ben Proud |  Great Britain |
21.11 | Glasgow | 8 August 2018 |
Results
Heats
The heats were started on 22 May at 10:15.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 5 | Thom de Boer |  Netherlands |
21.76 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Florent Manaudou | France |
21.86 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 4 | Ben Proud | Great Britain |
21.93 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | 2 | Alessandro Miressi |  Italy |
21.97 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 4 | Kristian Golomeev |  Greece |
21.98 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen |  Finland |
21.99 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | Konrad Czerniak |  Poland |
22.00 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy |
22.01 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Vladyslav Bukhov |  Ukraine |
22.05 | Q |
| 10 | 8 | 5 | Paweł Juraszek | Poland |
22.08 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 5 | Leonardo Deplano | Italy |
22.11 | |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Kenzo Simons | Netherlands |
22.13 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 9 | Björn Seeliger |  Sweden |
22.15 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | 8 | Andriy Govorov | Ukraine |
22.19 | Q |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Maxime Grousset | France |
22.19 | Q |
| 16 | 7 | 6 | Kliment Kolesnikov |  Russia |
22.24 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | 8 | Andrej Barna |  Serbia |
22.27 | QSO |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Heiko Gigler |  Austria |
22.27 | QSO, NR |
| 19 | 6 | 3 | Jesse Puts | Netherlands |
22.28 | |
| 20 | 7 | 3 | Meiron Cheruti |  Israel |
22.30 | |
| 21 | 5 | 6 | Daniel Zaitsev |  Estonia |
22.32 | NR |
| 22 | 8 | 7 | Stan Pijnenburg | Netherlands |
22.35 | |
| 23 | 4 | 6 | Nicholas Lia |  Norway |
22.37 | |
| 24 | 4 | 0 | David Popovici |  Romania |
22.43 | |
| 25 | 5 | 1 | Péter Holoda |  Hungary |
22.44 | |
| 25 | 8 | 1 | Nándor Németh | Hungary |
22.44 | |
| 27 | 7 | 1 | Miguel Nascimento | .svg.png){kind=small} Portugal |
22.46 | |
| 28 | 5 | 9 | Matej Duša |  Slovakia |
22.49 | NR |
| 29 | 5 | 0 | Isak Eliasson | Sweden |
22.50 | |
| 30 | 3 | 6 | Nikola Aćin | Serbia |
22.51 | |
| 31 | 7 | 8 | Sergii Shevtsov | Ukraine |
22.64 | |
| 32 | 6 | 9 | Jacob Whittle | Great Britain |
22.65 | |
| 33 | 5 | 7 | Illya Linnyk | Ukraine |
22.67 | |
| 33 | 5 | 5 | Artsiom Machekin |  Belarus |
22.67 | |
| 35 | 8 | 9 | Niksa Stojkovski | Norway |
22.71 | |
| 36 | 5 | 3 | Anton Herrala | Finland |
22.74 | |
| 37 | 5 | 8 | Jokūbas Keblys |  Lithuania |
22.77 | |
| 38 | 4 | 3 | Jasper Aerents | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
22.80 | |
| 38 | 3 | 5 | Jan Holub | Poland |
22.80 | |
| 38 | 5 | 4 | Jakub Kraska | Poland |
22.80 | |
| 41 | 8 | 0 | Odyssefs Meladinis | Greece |
22.83 | |
| 42 | 7 | 0 | Simonas Bilis | Lithuania |
22.84 | |
| 43 | 3 | 4 | Sebastien De Meulemeester | Belgium |
22.91 | |
| 44 | 3 | 3 | Elias Persson | Sweden |
22.97 | |
| 44 | 4 | 5 | Juan Segura |  Spain |
22.97 | |
| 46 | 4 | 1 | George Stoica-Constantin | Romania |
22.99 | |
| 47 | 4 | 4 | Robin Hanson | Sweden |
23.03 | |
| 48 | 3 | 9 | Markus Lie | Norway |
23.06 | |
| 49 | 4 | 2 | Mario Mollà | Spain |
23.15 | |
| 50 | 4 | 9 | Artur Barseghyan |  Armenia |
23.22 | |
| 51 | 4 | 8 | Yalım Acımış |  Turkey |
23.29 | |
| 52 | 3 | 2 | Nikola Bjelajac |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
23.31 | |
| 53 | 4 | 7 | Julien Henx |  Luxembourg |
23.33 | |
| 54 | 3 | 0 | Nikolas Antoniou |  Cyprus |
23.34 | |
| 55 | 3 | 1 | Dadó Fenrir Jasminuson |  Iceland |
23.44 | |
| 55 | 2 | 5 | Bernat Lomero |  Andorra |
23.44 | NR |
| 57 | 3 | 7 | Constantin Malachi |  Moldova |
23.65 | |
| 58 | 3 | 8 | Doğa Çelik | Turkey |
23.72 | |
| 59 | 2 | 4 | David Abesadze |  Georgia |
23.75 | |
| 60 | 2 | 6 | Tomás Lomero | Andorra |
23.98 | |
| 61 | 1 | 3 | Vladimir Mamikonyan | Armenia |
24.01 | |
| 62 | 2 | 3 | Boško Radulović |  Montenegro |
24.51 | |
| 63 | 2 | 1 | Giacomo Casadei |  San Marino |
24.74 | |
| 63 | 2 | 7 | Ethan Faloppa |  Monaco |
24.74 | |
| 65 | 2 | 2 | Théo Chiabaut | Monaco |
24.93 | |
| 66 | 1 | 4 | Vigan Bytyqi |  Kosovo |
25.04 | |
| 67 | 2 | 0 | Eduard Tshagharyan | Armenia |
25.15 | |
| 68 | 2 | 8 | Olt Kondirolli | Kosovo |
25.44 | |
| 69 | 1 | 5 | Dren Ukimeraj | Kosovo |
25.85 | |
| 6 | 7 | Vladislav Grinev | Russia |
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| 6 | 1 | Kristof Milak | Hungary
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| 5 | 2 | Nikola Miljenić |  Croatia
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Swim-off
The swim-off was held on 22 May at 11:50.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Heiko Gigler | Austria |
22.05 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 5 | Andrej Barna | Serbia |
22.14 | NR |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 22 May at 18:34.[4]
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Florent Manaudou | France |
21.67 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland |
21.72 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy |
21.86 | q |
| 3 | 6 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy |
21.86 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Maxime Grousset | France |
21.95 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Paweł Juraszek | Poland |
21.97 | |
| 7 | 8 | Heiko Gigler | Austria |
22.10 | |
| 7 | 7 | Björn Seeliger | Sweden |
22.10 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece |
21.60 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Thom de Boer | Netherlands |
21.80 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Ben Proud | Great Britain |
21.84 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Vladyslav Bukhov | Ukraine |
22.07 | |
| 5 | 7 | Kenzo Simons | Netherlands |
22.14 | |
| 6 | 6 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland |
22.21 | |
| 7 | 1 | Andriy Govorov | Ukraine |
22.24 | |
| 8 | 8 | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia |
22.32 |
Final
The final was held on 23 May at 18:05.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland |
21.61 | |
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2 | Ben Proud | Great Britain |
21.69 | |
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4 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece |
21.73 | |
| 4 | 6 | Thom de Boer | Netherlands |
21.80 | |
| 5 | 5 | Florent Manaudou | France |
21.81 | |
| 6 | 1 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy |
21.92 | |
| 7 | 8 | Maxime Grousset | France |
22.02 | |
| 8 | 7 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy |
22.19 |