| Event: | Men's 50 metre butterfly |
| Competition: | 2018 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Tollcross International Swimming Centre |
| Dates: | 6 August (heats and semifinals) 7 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 64 |
| Nations: | 29 |
| Win Value: | 22.48 |
| Gold: | Andriy Govorov |
| Gold Nation: | UKR |
| Silver: | Ben Proud |
| Silver Nation: | GBR |
| Bronze: | Oleg Kostin |
| Bronze Nation: | RUS |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2020 |
The Men's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 6 and 7 August 2018.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record European record | Andriy Govorov | 22.27 | Rome | 1 July 2018 | ||
| Championship record | Andriy Govorov | 22.73 | London | 16 May 2016 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
The heats were started on 6 August at 10:09.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 4 | 22.90 | Q | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 23.29 | Q | ||
| 3 | 5 | 6 | 23.40 | Q | ||
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 23.42 | Q | ||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 23.45 | Q | ||
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 23.45 | Q | ||
| 7 | 7 | 3 | 23.53 | Q | ||
| 8 | 7 | 5 | 23.56 | Q | ||
| 9 | 4 | 4 | 23.58 | Q | ||
| 10 | 7 | 6 | 23.60 | Q | ||
| 10 | 6 | 5 | 23.60 | Q | ||
| 12 | 6 | 7 | 23.61 | Q | ||
| 13 | 3 | 7 | 23.68 | Q | ||
| 14 | 6 | 3 | 23.71 | Q | ||
| 15 | 6 | 2 | 23.72 | Q, | ||
| 16 | 5 | 8 | 23.75 | Q | ||
| 17 | 5 | 3 | 23.81 | |||
| 17 | 6 | 1 | 23.81 | |||
| 17 | 4 | 5 | 23.81 | |||
| 20 | 2 | 3 | 23.82 | |||
| 21 | 6 | 8 | 23.89 | |||
| 22 | 4 | 7 | 23.95 | |||
| 22 | 7 | 2 | 23.95 | |||
| 24 | 5 | 1 | 23.98 | |||
| 25 | 4 | 6 | 23.99 | |||
| 26 | 5 | 9 | 24.02 | |||
| 26 | 7 | 9 | 24.02 | |||
| 28 | 5 | 2 | 24.03 | |||
| 29 | 4 | 2 | 24.07 | |||
| 30 | 3 | 8 | 24.13 | |||
| 31 | 4 | 1 | 24.22 | |||
| 31 | 3 | 1 | 24.22 | |||
| 33 | 5 | 7 | 24.23 | |||
| 33 | 4 | 3 | 24.23 | |||
| 35 | 5 | 0 | 24.24 | |||
| 36 | 3 | 6 | 24.28 | |||
| 37 | 7 | 8 | Kristóf Milák | 24.29 | ||
| 38 | 3 | 5 | 24.33 | |||
| 39 | 4 | 9 | 24.34 | |||
| 39 | 7 | 0 | 24.34 | |||
| 41 | 7 | 1 | 24.36 | |||
| 41 | 3 | 3 | 24.36 | |||
| 43 | 2 | 5 | 24.37 | |||
| 44 | 2 | 0 | 24.39 | |||
| 45 | 4 | 8 | 24.42 | |||
| 46 | 3 | 4 | 24.43 | |||
| 47 | 2 | 7 | 24.52 | |||
| 48 | 3 | 2 | 24.54 | |||
| 49 | 6 | 0 | 24.59 | |||
| 50 | 2 | 6 | 24.69 | |||
| 51 | 3 | 9 | 24.72 | |||
| 52 | 4 | 0 | 24.77 | |||
| 53 | 2 | 8 | 24.82 | |||
| 54 | 1 | 6 | 24.86 | |||
| 55 | 2 | 1 | 24.88 | |||
| 56 | 2 | 9 | 24.89 | |||
| 57 | 1 | 4 | 24.92 | |||
| 58 | 3 | 0 | 24.93 | |||
| 59 | 6 | 9 | 24.99 | |||
| 60 | 1 | 5 | 25.26 | |||
| 61 | 1 | 7 | 25.28 | |||
| 62 | 1 | 3 | 25.42 | |||
| 63 | 1 | 2 | 26.29 | |||
| 64 | 1 | 1 | 27.63 | |||
| 2 | 2 | Did not start | ||||
| 7 | 7 |
The swim-off was held on 6 August at 11:34.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 23.45 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 23.60 |
The semifinals were started on 6 August at 17:41.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 23.01 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 23.22 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 23.34 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 23.37 | Q | |||
| 4 | 7 | 23.37 | Q | |||
| 6 | 8 | 23.58 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 23.61 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 23.63 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 22.85 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 23.38 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 23.41 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 23.48 | ||||
| 5 | 7 | 23.54 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 23.73 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 23.77 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 23.82 |
The final was started on 7 August at 16:50.[6]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 22.48 | CR | ||||
| 5 | 22.78 | |||||
| 8 | 22.97 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 23.19 | ||||
| 5 | 7 | 23.34 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 23.38 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 23.46 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 23.49 |