| Event: | Men's 50 metre butterfly |
| Competition: | Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 18–19 August |
| Competitors: | 58 |
| Nations: | 31 |
| Win Value: | 23.00 |
| Gold: | Florent Manaudou |
| Goldnoc: | FRA |
| Gold2: | Yauhen Tsurkin |
| Goldnoc2: | BLR |
| Bronze: | Andriy Hovorov |
| Bronzenoc: | UKR |
| Bronze2: | Ben Proud |
| Bronzenoc2: | GBR |
The Men's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18–19 August.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | align=left rowspan=2 | Rafael Muñoz | align=left rowspan=2 | align=left rowspan=2 | 22.43 | Málaga | 5 April 2009 | |
| European record | ||||||||
| Championship record | Milorad Čavić | 23.11 | Eindhoven | 19 March 2008 |
The heats were held at 11:15.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 22.87 | Q, CR | |||
| 2 | 6 | 5 | 23.06 | Q | |||
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 23.38 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 23.43 | Q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 4 | 23.54 | Q | |||
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 23.55 | Q | |||
| 7 | 7 | 3 | 23.58 | Q | |||
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 23.61 | Q | |||
| 9 | 7 | 2 | 23.68 | Q | |||
| 10 | 6 | 8 | 23.73 | Q | |||
| 11 | 7 | 6 | 23.84 | Q | |||
| 12 | 5 | 7 | 23.95 | Q | |||
| 13 | 6 | 0 | 23.98 | Q | |||
| 14 | 5 | 6 | 24.02 | Q | |||
| 15 | 3 | 5 | 24.04 | Q | |||
| 15 | 6 | 3 | 24.04 | Q | |||
| 17 | 6 | 7 | 24.07 | ||||
| 18 | 6 | 1 | 24.11 | ||||
| 19 | 5 | 0 | 24.23 | ||||
| 19 | 5 | 1 | 24.23 | ||||
| 21 | 5 | 8 | 24.24 | ||||
| 21 | 7 | 8 | 24.24 | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 0 | 24.27 | ||||
| 24 | 2 | 2 | 24.30 | ||||
| 25 | 4 | 5 | 24.31 | ||||
| 26 | 3 | 9 | 24.33 | ||||
| 27 | 7 | 7 | 24.38 | ||||
| 28 | 4 | 9 | 24.40 | ||||
| 29 | 4 | 4 | 24.41 | ||||
| 30 | 3 | 3 | 24.42 | ||||
| 31 | 7 | 0 | 24.44 | ||||
| 32 | 3 | 2 | 24.50 | ||||
| 33 | 3 | 6 | 24.51 | ||||
| 33 | 6 | 2 | 24.51 | ||||
| 35 | 1 | 3 | 24.54 | ||||
| 36 | 7 | 9 | 24.58 | ||||
| 36 | 2 | 8 | 24.58 | ||||
| 38 | 5 | 9 | 24.63 | ||||
| 39 | 4 | 6 | 24.66 | ||||
| 40 | 3 | 1 | 24.68 | ||||
| 41 | 4 | 2 | 24.73 | ||||
| 41 | 4 | 3 | 24.73 | ||||
| 43 | 4 | 7 | 24.75 | ||||
| 44 | 2 | 7 | 24.80 | ||||
| 44 | 2 | 1 | 24.80 | ||||
| 46 | 4 | 1 | 24.83 | ||||
| 47 | 3 | 4 | 24.89 | ||||
| 48 | 4 | 8 | 24.96 | ||||
| 49 | 2 | 5 | 25.02 | ||||
| 50 | 3 | 7 | 25.10 | ||||
| 51 | 2 | 6 | 25.11 | ||||
| 52 | 3 | 8 | 25.13 | ||||
| 53 | 1 | 4 | 25.19 | ||||
| 54 | 2 | 3 | 25.29 | ||||
| 55 | 2 | 9 | 25.40 | ||||
| 56 | 2 | 4 | 25.51 | ||||
| 57 | 2 | 0 | 25.68 | ||||
| 58 | 1 | 5 | 25.71 | ||||
| — | 4 | 0 | DNS | ||||
| — | 5 | 2 | DNS | ||||
| — | 6 | 6 | DNS | ||||
| — | 7 | 1 | DNS |
The Semifinals were held at 19:02.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 23.23 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 23.48 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 23.49 | Q | |||
| 4 | 8 | 23.51 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 23.68 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 23.70 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 23.84 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 23.95 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 23.04 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 23.41 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 23.47 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 23.60 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 23.72 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 23.79 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 23.83 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 24.02 |
The final was held at 18:07.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 23.00 | |||||
| 8 | 23.00 | |||||
| 4 | 23.21 | |||||
| 7 | 23.21 | |||||
| 5 | 2 | 23.24 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 23.37 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 23.40 | ||||
| 8 | 3 | 23.64 |