| Event: | Men's 100 metre breaststroke |
| Competition: | 2020 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Danube Arena |
| Dates: | 17 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 18 May 2021 (final) |
| Competitors: | 66 |
| Nations: | 31 |
| Win Value: | 57.66 |
| Gold: | Adam Peaty |
| Gold Nation: | GBR |
| Silver: | Arno Kamminga |
| Silver Nation: | NED |
| Bronze: | James Wilby |
| Bronze Nation: | GBR |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The Men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 May 2021.[1] [2]
Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record European record | 56.88 | 21 July 2019 | |||
| Championship record | 57.10 | 4 August 2018 |
The heats were started on 17 May at 11:18.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Q | ||||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Q | ||||
| 3 | 7 | 5 | Q | ||||
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Q | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Q | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 3 | Q | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | Q | ||||
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Q | ||||
| 9 | 6 | 5 | Q | ||||
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Q | ||||
| 11 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| 12 | 6 | 6 | Q | ||||
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Q | ||||
| 14 | 5 | 0 | 1:00.04 | Q, NR | |||
| 15 | 7 | 6 | 1:00.14 | Q | |||
| 16 | 5 | 3 | 1:00.19 | ||||
| 17 | 6 | 7 | 1:00.20 | Q | |||
| 18 | 7 | 1 | 1:00.22 | ||||
| 19 | 7 | 9 | 1:00.23 | Q | |||
| 20 | 6 | 1 | 1:00.32 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 6 | 1:00.38 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 4 | 1:00.38 | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 4 | 1:00.43 | NR | |||
| 24 | 7 | 2 | 1:00.52 | ||||
| 25 | 7 | 8 | 1:00.64 | ||||
| 26 | 5 | 8 | 1:00.70 | ||||
| 27 | 5 | 1 | 1:00.84 | ||||
| 28 | 5 | 9 | 1:00.85 | ||||
| 29 | 7 | 0 | 1:00.91 | ||||
| 30 | 4 | 5 | 1:01.06 | ||||
| 31 | 3 | 2 | 1:01.08 | ||||
| 32 | 6 | 8 | 1:01.22 | ||||
| 33 | 4 | 3 | 1:01.34 | ||||
| 34 | 5 | 7 | 1:01.40 | ||||
| 35 | 3 | 6 | 1:01.41 | ||||
| 36 | 4 | 2 | 1:01.43 | ||||
| 37 | 4 | 9 | 1:01.45 | ||||
| 38 | 4 | 7 | 1:01.50 | ||||
| 39 | 3 | 5 | 1:01.56 | ||||
| 40 | 3 | 7 | 1:01.61 | ||||
| 41 | 2 | 6 | 1:01.84 | ||||
| 42 | 2 | 4 | 1:01.87 | ||||
| 42 | 4 | 0 | 1:01.87 | ||||
| 44 | 3 | 3 | 1:01.90 | ||||
| 45 | 3 | 0 | 1:01.91 | ||||
| 46 | 4 | 1 | 1:01.96 | ||||
| 46 | 6 | 0 | 1:01.96 | ||||
| 48 | 2 | 7 | 1:01.99 | ||||
| 48 | 2 | 2 | Aleksas Savickas | 1:01.99 | |||
| 50 | 6 | 9 | 1:02.11 | ||||
| 51 | 2 | 8 | 1:02.14 | ||||
| 52 | 3 | 8 | 1:02.32 | ||||
| 53 | 2 | 1 | 1:02.43 | ||||
| 54 | 2 | 0 | 1:02.44 | ||||
| 55 | 1 | 5 | 1:02.50 | ||||
| 56 | 1 | 4 | 1:02.74 | ||||
| 57 | 3 | 1 | 1:02.76 | ||||
| 57 | 1 | 3 | 1:02.76 | ||||
| 59 | 3 | 9 | 1:02.77 | ||||
| 60 | 2 | 5 | 1:02.87 | ||||
| 61 | 2 | 9 | 1:03.10 | ||||
| 62 | 1 | 6 | 1:03.19 | ||||
| 63 | 4 | 8 | 1:03.20 | ||||
| 64 | 2 | 3 | 1:03.28 | ||||
| 65 | 1 | 2 | 1:04.11 | ||||
| 66 | 1 | 7 | 1:11.21 |
The semifinals were held on 17 May at 18:53.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 58.74 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 59.23 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 59.23 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 59.30 | q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 59.36 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 59.72 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | |||||
| 8 | 8 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 57.67 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 58.45 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 58.80 | q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 59.20 | q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 59.49 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 59.65 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 59.99 | NR | |||
| 8 | 8 |
The final was held on 18 May at 18:12.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 57.66 | |||||
| 3 | 58.10 | |||||
| 6 | 58.58 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 58.75 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 58.94 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 59.31 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 59.50 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 59.52 |