| Event: | Men's 50 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2018 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Tollcross International Swimming Centre |
| Dates: | 8 August (heats and semifinals) 9 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 66 |
| Nations: | 32 |
| Win Value: | 21.34 |
| Gold: | Ben Proud |
| Gold Nation: | GBR |
| Silver: | Kristian Golomeev |
| Silver Nation: | GRE |
| Bronze: | Andrea Vergani |
| Bronze Nation: | ITA |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2020 |
The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 8 and 9 August 2018.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | César Cielo | 20.91 | São Paulo | 18 December 2009 | ||
| European record | Frédérick Bousquet | 20.94 | Montpellier | 26 April 2009 | ||
| Championship record | Florent Manaudou | 21.32 | Berlin | 24 August 2014 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
The heats were started on 8 August at 09:12.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 5 | Kristian Golomeev | 21.68 | Q | |
| 1 | 8 | 4 | Ben Proud | 21.68 | Q | |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Andrea Vergani | 21.72 | Q | |
| 4 | 7 | 4 | Paweł Juraszek | 21.81 | Q | |
| 5 | 6 | 4 | Vladimir Morozov | 21.85 | Q | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Andriy Govorov | 21.95 | Q | |
| 7 | 8 | 3 | Jesse Puts | 22.03 | Q | |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | Luca Dotto | 22.15 | Q | |
| 9 | 8 | 5 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | 22.19 | Q | |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Thomas Fannon | 22.26 | Q | |
| 11 | 8 | 7 | Sergey Fesikov | 22.31 | Q | |
| 12 | 5 | 5 | Alessandro Miressi | 22.34 | ||
| 13 | 5 | 7 | Andrej Barna | 22.36 | Q | |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Yonel Govindin | 22.36 | Q | |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Simonas Bilis | 22.42 | Q | |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | 22.47 | ||
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Maxime Grousset | 22.48 | Q | |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | David Cumberlidge | 22.49 | ||
| 19 | 5 | 9 | Bruno Blašković | 22.50 | Q | |
| 20 | 8 | 8 | Meiron Cheruti | 22.51 | ||
| 21 | 7 | 9 | Niksa Stojkovski | 22.52 | ||
| 22 | 7 | 7 | Ivan Kuzmenko | 22.64 | ||
| 23 | 6 | 7 | Sergii Shevtsov | 22.67 | ||
| 24 | 6 | 3 | Paweł Sendyk | 22.68 | ||
| 25 | 6 | 8 | Nyls Korstanje | 22.74 | ||
| 26 | 5 | 6 | Nándor Németh | 22.77 | ||
| 27 | 3 | 4 | Péter Holoda | 22.78 | ||
| 27 | 7 | 8 | Björn Seeliger | 22.78 | ||
| 29 | 8 | 9 | Odyssefs Meladinis | 22.81 | ||
| 30 | 5 | 0 | Christoffer Carlsen | 22.82 | ||
| 31 | 5 | 2 | Mislav Sever | 22.86 | ||
| 32 | 4 | 5 | Isak Eliasson | 22.89 | ||
| 33 | 5 | 4 | Anton Latkin | 22.95 | ||
| 34 | 4 | 4 | Bernhard Reitshammer | 22.97 | ||
| 35 | 5 | 3 | 23.00 | |||
| 36 | 5 | 1 | Nikola Aćin | 23.02 | ||
| 37 | 4 | 8 | Tobias Bjerg | 23.06 | ||
| 38 | 4 | 2 | Yalım Acımış | 23.08 | ||
| 39 | 6 | 9 | Miguel Nascimento | 23.10 | ||
| 40 | 7 | 0 | Calum Bain | 23.11 | ||
| 40 | 4 | 9 | George-Adrian Raţiu | 23.11 | ||
| 42 | 4 | 0 | Daniel Zaitsev | 23.12 | ||
| 43 | 4 | 6 | Julien Henx | 23.17 | ||
| 44 | 8 | 0 | Andrey Zhilkin | 23.18 | ||
| 45 | 4 | 7 | Emir Muratović | 23.19 | ||
| 45 | 3 | 7 | Alexander Trampitsch | 23.19 | ||
| 47 | 4 | 3 | Nikola Miljenić | 23.21 | ||
| 47 | 3 | 6 | Predrag Miloš | 23.21 | ||
| 49 | 2 | 2 | Karl Luht | 23.22 | ||
| 50 | 4 | 1 | Viktar Krasochka | 23.24 | ||
| 51 | 3 | 1 | Robert Powell | 23.35 | ||
| 52 | 2 | 5 | İskender Başlakov | 23.40 | ||
| 53 | 3 | 9 | Nikita Tsernosev | 23.52 | ||
| 54 | 2 | 4 | Artur Barseghyan | 23.57 | ||
| 55 | 2 | 7 | Vahan Mkhitaryan | 23.59 | ||
| 56 | 3 | 3 | Tomas Sungaila | 23.65 | ||
| 57 | 2 | 6 | Georgia Biganishvili | 23.74 | ||
| 58 | 3 | 8 | Kemal Arda Gürdal | 23.76 | ||
| 59 | 3 | 0 | Matthew Zammit | 23.84 | ||
| 60 | 1 | 3 | Vladimir Mamikonyan | 23.87 | ||
| 61 | 2 | 3 | Marko-Matteus Langel | 24.10 | ||
| 62 | 2 | 1 | Matthew Galea | 24.60 | ||
| 63 | 2 | 0 | Cristian Santi | 25.64 | ||
| 64 | 2 | 8 | Gianluca Pasolini | 25.69 | ||
| 65 | 1 | 5 | Ruben Gharibyan | 26.07 | ||
| 66 | 1 | 4 | Dren Ukimeraj | 26.14 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Richárd Bohus | ||||
| 5 | 8 | Ziv Kalontarov | ||||
| 6 | 1 | Pieter Timmers | ||||
| 7 | 3 | Konrad Czerniak | ||||
| 7 | 6 | Damian Wierling |
The semifinals were started on 8 August at 17:04.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Ben Proud | 21.11 | Q, CR, NR | ||
| 2 | 5 | Paweł Juraszek | 21.67 | Q | ||
| 3 | 1 | Simonas Bilis | 22.04 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Andriy Govorov | 22.04 | |||
| 5 | 8 | Bruno Blašković | 22.06 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Luca Dotto | 22.06 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Thomas Fannon | 22.14 | |||
| 8 | 7 | Yonel Govindin | 22.18 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Andrea Vergani | 21.37 | Q, NR | ||
| 2 | 3 | Vladimir Morozov | 21.44 | Q, =NR | ||
| 3 | 4 | Kristian Golomeev | 21.52 | Q, NR | ||
| 4 | 2 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | 21.96 | Q | ||
| 5 | 6 | Jesse Puts | 22.02 | Q | ||
| 6 | 7 | Sergey Fesikov | 22.15 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Andrej Barna | 22.27 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Maxime Grousset | 22.27 |
The swim-off was held on 8 August at 18:40.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Simonas Bilis | 21.70 | Q, NR | ||
| 2 | 5 | Andriy Govorov | 21.74 |
The final was started on 9 August at 16:50.[6]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Ben Proud | 21.34 | ||||
| 6 | Kristian Golomeev | 21.44 | NR | |||
| 5 | Andrea Vergani | 21.68 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | Vladimir Morozov | 21.74 | |||
| 5 | 8 | 21.97 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | Jesse Puts | 22.08 | |||
| 7 | 7 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | 22.11 | |||
| 8 | 2 | Paweł Juraszek | 22.14 |