Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre freestyle
Competition:	2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Danube Arena
Dates:	22 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 23 May 2021 (final)
Competitors:	69
Nations:	36
Win Value:	21.61
Gold:	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen
Gold Nation:	FIN
Silver:	Ben Proud
Silver Nation:	GBR
Bronze:	Kristian Golomeev
Bronze Nation:	GRE
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 May 2021.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 22 May at 10:15.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	7	5	21.76	Q
2	6	4	21.86	Q
3	8	4	21.93	Q
4	8	2	21.97	Q
5	7	4	21.98	Q
6	6	6	21.99	Q
7	7	7	22.00	Q
8	8	6	22.01	Q
9	7	2	22.05	Q
10	8	5	22.08	Q
11	6	5	22.11
12	6	2	22.13	Q
13	7	9	22.15	Q
14	6	8	22.19	Q
14	8	3	22.19	Q
16	7	6	22.24	Q
17	8	8	22.27
17	6	0	22.27	, NR
19	6	3	22.28
20	7	3	22.30
21	5	6	22.32	NR
22	8	7	22.35
23	4	6	22.37
24	4	0	22.43
25	5	1	22.44
25	8	1	22.44
27	7	1	22.46
28	5	9	22.49	NR
29	5	0	22.50
30	3	6	22.51
31	7	8	22.64
32	6	9	22.65
33	5	7	22.67
33	5	5	22.67
35	8	9	22.71
36	5	3	22.74
37	5	8	22.77
38	4	3	22.80
38	3	5	22.80
38	5	4	22.80
41	8	0	22.83
42	7	0	22.84
43	3	4	22.91
44	3	3	22.97
44	4	5	22.97
46	4	1	22.99
47	4	4	23.03
48	3	9	23.06
49	4	2	23.15
50	4	9	23.22
51	4	8	23.29
52	3	2	23.31
53	4	7	23.33
54	3	0	23.34
55	3	1	23.44
55	2	5	23.44	NR
57	3	7	23.65
58	3	8	23.72
59	2	4	23.75
60	2	6	23.98
61	1	3	24.01
62	2	3	24.51
63	2	1	24.74
63	2	7	24.74
65	2	2	24.93
66	1	4	25.04
67	2	0	25.15
68	2	8	25.44
69	1	5	25.85
	6	7
	6	1
	5	2

The swim-off was held on 22 May at 11:50.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			22.05	Q, NR
2	5			22.14	NR

The semifinals were held on 22 May at 18:34.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	21.67	Q
2	3	21.72	Q
3	5	21.86	q
3	6	21.86	q
5	1	21.95	q
6	2	21.97
7	8	22.10
7	7	22.10

The final was held on 23 May at 18:05.^[5]