Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre butterfly
Competition:	Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships
Dates:	22–23 August
Competitors:	54
Nations:	29
Win Value:	51.38
Gold:	Konrad Czerniak
Goldnoc:	POL
Silver:	László Cseh
Silvernoc:	HUN
Bronze:	Pavel Sankovich
Bronzenoc:	BLR

The Men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22–23 August.^[1]

Records

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

	Name	Time	Location	Date
World record	Michael Phelps	49.82	Rome	1 August 2009
European record	Milorad Čavić	49.95	Rome	1 August 2009
Championship record	Milorad Čavić	51.45	Debrecen	26 May 2012

The heats were held at 10:00.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	4	52.14	Q
2	4	4	52.22	Q
3	5	4	52.26	Q
4	5	3	52.35	Q
5	4	7	52.40	Q
6	6	6	52.42	Q
7	6	5	52.51	Q
8	4	3	52.65	Q
9	4	6	52.72	Q
10	6	3	52.74	Q
11	5	6	52.76	Q
12	5	7	52.78	Q
13	4	2	52.79	Q
14	6	7	52.92	Q
15	6	1	52.99
15	5	5	52.99
17	4	0	53.18	Q
18	6	2	53.19
19	4	5	53.26	Q
20	4	8	53.32
21	4	1	53.42
22	5	9	53.61
23	5	1	53.64
23	3	0	53.64
25	5	0	53.65
26	6	9	53.70
27	5	2	53.73
28	6	0	53.74
29	6	8	53.85
30	3	6	53.95
31	2	5	53.96
32	3	5	53.97
33	2	6	53.99
34	3	2	54.03
35	5	8	54.05
36	3	3	54.06
37	4	9	54.11
38	3	4	54.33
39	2	8	54.54
40	3	8	54.70
40	2	0	54.70
42	2	4	54.72
43	3	7	54.74
44	1	6	54.91
45	3	1	55.08
46	2	2	55.09
47	1	4	55.21
48	2	3	55.43
49	3	9	55.52
50	1	3	55.55
51	2	9	55.81
52	2	1	55.93
53	1	5	56.03
54	2	7	56.45

The semifinals were held at 18:28.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	51.80	Q
2	4	51.81	Q
3	5	52.07	Q
4	6	52.11	Q
5	2	52.27
6	1	52.40
7	8	52.62
8	7	52.66

The swim-off was held at 19:55.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			51.73	Q
2	5			51.96

The final was held at 16:27.^[5]