Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre freestyle
Competition:	2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Danube Arena
Dates:	18 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 19 May 2021 (final)
Competitors:	98
Nations:	40
Win Value:	47.37
Gold:	Kliment Kolesnikov
Gold Nation:	RUS
Silver:	Alessandro Miressi
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Andrey Minakov
Bronze Nation:	RUS
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 May 2021.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

The following new records were set during this competition.

The heats were started on 18 May at 10:00.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	10	4		47.53	Q
2	10	3		47.81	Q, NR
3	8	4		47.88	Q
4	10	1		48.17	Q
5	7	5		48.30	Q, NR
6	9	4		48.36
6	10	2		48.36	Q
8	8	5		48.38	Q
9	8	2		48.40
10	8	7		48.56	Q
11	10	6		48.59	Q
12	9	6		48.66	Q
13	9	5		48.72
14	9	3		48.73	Q
15	7	3		48.74	Q
16	9	7		48.76	Q
17	9	1		48.78
18	10	8		48.80	Q
19	8	6		48.90
20	4	5		48.98	Q
21	8	3		49.02	Q
22	7	2		49.04
23	9	8		49.05
23	10	7		49.05
25	9	2		49.08
26	7	8		49.33
27	7	6		49.35
28	8	1		49.37
29	10	0		49.38
29	7	0		49.38
29	7	1		49.38
32	7	4		49.41
33	4	4		49.42
33	8	8		49.42
35	10	9		49.46
35	6	3		49.46
37	7	7		49.50
38	6	7		49.51
39	6	4		49.56
40	6	6		49.58
40	6	2		49.58
42	8	9		49.61
43	5	7		49.66
44	9	9		49.68
45	4	7		49.69
46	4	3		49.75
46	8	0		49.75
48	9	0		49.77
49	7	9		49.82
50	5	2		49.83
51	5	1		49.85
52	6	9		49.93
53	4	2		49.99
54	3	5		50.00
55	2	5		50.06
56	5	9		50.08
56	5	3		50.08
58	6	1		50.09
59	3	8		50.11
60	2	4		50.13
61	5	5		50.15
62	5	8		50.19
63	4	1		50.20
64	3	2		50.22
65	5	6		50.25
66	5	4		50.28
67	3	6		50.38
68	2	6		50.41
69	3	9		50.50
70	6	5		50.51
71	4	0	Daniil Pancerevas	50.56
72	3	3		50.60
73	4	6		50.63
74	6	0		50.76
75	3	0		50.78
76	4	9		50.79
77	3	4		50.80
77	3	1		50.80
79	4	8		50.92
80	3	7		51.09
81	2	2		51.23
82	2	7		51.30
83	2	8		51.54
84	5	0		51.63
85	2	3		51.95
86	2	1		52.03
87	2	0		52.07	NR
88	1	4		52.58
89	2	9		52.95
90	1	5		53.56
91	1	6		54.26
92	1	9		54.68
92	1	8		54.68
94	1	0		54.79
95	1	3		54.96
96	1	2		55.13
97	1	7		55.17
98	1	1		57.09
	6	8
	10	5

The semifinals were held on 18 May at 18:24.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	47.53	Q, NR
2	3	48.09	Q
3	6	48.28	q
4	2	48.39	q
5	5	48.41
6	1	48.59
7	7	48.96
8	8	49.33

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	47.82	Q
2	4	47.85	Q
3	6	48.02	q
4	3	48.28	q, NR
5	2	48.87
6	1	48.89
7	8	48.99
8	7	49.01

The final was held on 19 May at 18:19.^[5]