| Event: | Men's 50 metre butterfly |
| Championship: | 2016 European Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 16–17 May |
| Competitors: | 62 |
| Nations: | 34 |
| Gold: | Andriy Hovorov |
| Goldnoc: | UKR |
| Silver: | László Cseh |
| Silvernoc: | HUN |
| Bronze: | Benjamin Proud |
| Bronzenoc: | GBR |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The Men's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 May 2016.[1] [2]
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 | Andriy Hovorov | 22.87 | Berlin | 18 August 2014 |
The heats were held on 16 May at 11:44.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 23.00 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 23.54 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 5 | 23.67 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 23.86 | Q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 4 | 23.89 | Q | |||
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 23.93 | Q | |||
| 7 | 7 | 3 | 23.95 | Q | |||
| 8 | 7 | 5 | 23.97 | Q | |||
| 9 | 7 | 6 | 24.03 | Q | |||
| 10 | 6 | 6 | 24.06 | Q | |||
| 11 | 4 | 0 | 24.07 | ||||
| 12 | 6 | 7 | 24.09 | Q | |||
| 13 | 7 | 0 | 24.16 | Q | |||
| 14 | 7 | 7 | 24.17 | Q | |||
| 14 | 5 | 5 | 24.17 | Q | |||
| 16 | 5 | 7 | 24.19 | Q | |||
| 17 | 7 | 1 | 24.21 | ||||
| 18 | 5 | 6 | 24.29 | Q | |||
| 19 | 5 | 9 | 24.32 | ||||
| 19 | 6 | 2 | 24.32 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 3 | 24.39 | ||||
| 22 | 5 | 0 | 24.43 | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 8 | 24.49 | ||||
| 24 | 6 | 1 | 24.52 | ||||
| 25 | 7 | 9 | 24.54 | ||||
| 26 | 3 | 1 | 24.55 | ||||
| 27 | 4 | 9 | 24.56 | ||||
| 28 | 7 | 8 | 24.61 | ||||
| 29 | 5 | 3 | 24.63 | ||||
| 30 | 4 | 4 | 24.67 | ||||
| 30 | 4 | 2 | 24.67 | ||||
| 32 | 3 | 0 | 24.68 | ||||
| 33 | 5 | 1 | 24.69 | ||||
| 34 | 3 | 4 | 24.71 | ||||
| 34 | 4 | 6 | 24.71 | ||||
| 36 | 4 | 7 | 24.73 | ||||
| 37 | 4 | 1 | 24.74 | ||||
| 38 | 6 | 8 | 24.78 | ||||
| 38 | 6 | 0 | 24.78 | ||||
| 40 | 3 | 7 | 24.80 | ||||
| 41 | 6 | 9 | 24.81 | ||||
| 42 | 3 | 5 | 24.82 | ||||
| 43 | 2 | 7 | 24.88 | ||||
| 44 | 3 | 6 | 24.95 | ||||
| 45 | 2 | 8 | 24.98 | ||||
| 46 | 1 | 3 | 25.01 | ||||
| 47 | 4 | 5 | 25.04 | ||||
| 48 | 2 | 6 | 25.06 | ||||
| 49 | 2 | 3 | 25.07 | ||||
| 50 | 3 | 9 | 25.16 | ||||
| 51 | 4 | 8 | 25.27 | ||||
| 52 | 3 | 2 | 25.34 | ||||
| 53 | 2 | 4 | 25.43 | ||||
| 54 | 2 | 1 | 25.45 | ||||
| 55 | 2 | 0 | 25.52 | ||||
| 56 | 3 | 3 | 25.54 | ||||
| 57 | 2 | 5 | 25.55 | ||||
| 58 | 2 | 9 | 25.64 | ||||
| 59 | 2 | 2 | 25.77 | ||||
| 60 | 1 | 4 | 26.51 | ||||
| 61 | 1 | 5 | 27.00 | ||||
| 62 | 5 | 8 | 27.71 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | DNS | |||||
The semifinals were held on 16 May at 19:03.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 23.42 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 23.69 | Q | |||
| 3 | 8 | 23.70 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 23.72 | Q | |||
| 5 | 5 | 23.73 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 23.91 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 24.00 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 24.04 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 22.73 | Q, CR | |||
| 2 | 5 | 23.55 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 23.57 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 23.67 | Q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 23.92 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 24.01 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 24.02 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 24.13 |
The final was held on 17 May at 18:02.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 22.92 | |||||
| 6 | 23.31 | |||||
| 5 | 23.34 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 23.46 | ||||
| 5 | 8 | 23.67 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 23.71 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 23.82 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 23.93 |