Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre butterfly
Championship:	2016 European Aquatics Championships
Dates:	20–21 May
Competitors:	62
Nations:	29
Win Value:	50.86
Gold:	László Cseh
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Konrad Czerniak
Silvernoc:	POL
Bronze:	Mehdy Metella
Bronzenoc:	FRA
Prev:	2014
Next:	2018

The Men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 May 2016.^[1] ^[2]

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	Konrad Czerniak	51.38	Berlin	23 August 2014

The heats were held on 20 May at 10:42.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	7	4	52.05	Q
2	7	5	52.38	Q
3	6	5	52.46	Q
4	5	4	52.48	Q
5	6	4	52.49	Q
6	5	5	52.65	Q
6	6	3	52.65	Q
8	6	9	52.78	Q
9	5	2	52.79	Q
10	6	7	52.88
11	5	3	52.89	Q
12	5	6	53.06	Q
13	7	7	53.09	Q
14	7	1	53.21	Q
15	6	1	53.23	Q
15	7	6	53.23	Q
17	5	1	53.24	Q
18	5	0	53.39
19	6	6	53.45
20	5	7	53.48
21	4	8	53.50
22	5	8	53.58
23	5	9	53.60
24	3	5	53.69
25	6	0	53.70
26	3	2	53.74
27	6	2	53.75
28	3	3	53.78
29	4	2	53.80
30	3	9	53.85
31	7	9	53.87
32	3	7	53.92
32	4	6	53.92
34	4	5	53.94
34	7	0	53.94
36	7	2	53.96
37	7	8	53.97
38	3	6	54.01
39	2	7	54.04
40	4	7	54.07
41	4	1	54.08
42	4	4	54.09
43	3	0	54.24
44	4	0	54.30
44	3	8	54.30
46	4	3	54.33
47	2	6	54.34
48	3	4	54.41
49	2	8	54.54
50	3	1	54.55
51	1	5	54.58
52	2	3	54.75
53	2	2	54.87
54	2	9	54.90
55	2	4	54.95
56	4	9	55.00
57	1	3	55.03
58	2	1	55.82
59	1	4	56.23
60	1	6	57.62
61	1	2	57.69
	7	3
	2	0
	2	5
	6	8

The semifinals were held on 20 May at 18:25.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	51.90	Q
2	4	52.16	Q
3	3	52.38	Q
4	2	52.43	Q
5	7	52.76
6	1	52.96
7	6	52.99
8	8	53.18

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	51.64	Q
2	3	52.00	Q
3	5	52.11	Q
4	6	52.33	Q
5	7	52.69
6	2	52.73
7	1	52.98
8	8	53.07

The final was on 21 May at 16:30.^[5]