| Event: | Men's 50 metre butterfly |
| Competition: | 2020 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Danube Arena |
| Dates: | 20 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 21 May 2021 (final) |
| Competitors: | 65 |
| Nations: | 32 |
| Win Value: | 23.00 |
| Gold: | Szebasztián Szabó |
| Gold Nation: | HUN |
| Silver: | Andriy Govorov |
| Silver Nation: | UKR |
| Bronze: | Andrey Zhilkin |
| Bronze Nation: | RUS |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The Men's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 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 | 22.27 | 1 July 2018 | |||
| Championship record | 22.48 | 7 August 2018 |
The heats were started on 20 May at 10:44.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 23.03 | Q | ||
| 2 | 6 | 5 | 23.32 | Q | ||
| 3 | 7 | 3 | 23.39 | Q | ||
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 23.39 | Q | ||
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 23.39 | Q | ||
| 6 | 7 | 4 | 23.41 | Q | ||
| 6 | 5 | 6 | 23.41 | Q | ||
| 8 | 6 | 6 | 23.44 | Q | ||
| 9 | 5 | 1 | 23.45 | Q | ||
| 10 | 5 | 5 | 23.47 | Q | ||
| 11 | 7 | 2 | 23.52 | Q | ||
| 12 | 6 | 7 | 23.53 | Q | ||
| 12 | 5 | 2 | 23.53 | |||
| 14 | 7 | 1 | 23.54 | Q | ||
| 15 | 5 | 7 | 23.55 | Q | ||
| 15 | 6 | 3 | 23.55 | Q | ||
| 17 | 5 | 3 | 23.57 | Q | ||
| 18 | 7 | 6 | 23.61 | |||
| 18 | 6 | 2 | 23.61 | |||
| 20 | 5 | 9 | 23.65 | |||
| 21 | 4 | 7 | 23.67 | |||
| 21 | 4 | 4 | 23.67 | |||
| 21 | 6 | 1 | 23.67 | |||
| 24 | 4 | 9 | 23.70 | |||
| 25 | 4 | 2 | 23.78 | |||
| 26 | 6 | 9 | 23.81 | |||
| 27 | 5 | 8 | 23.86 | |||
| 28 | 7 | 8 | 23.87 | |||
| 28 | 5 | 0 | 23.87 | |||
| 30 | 3 | 4 | 23.93 | |||
| 31 | 7 | 9 | 23.96 | |||
| 31 | 3 | 1 | 23.96 | |||
| 33 | 4 | 5 | 24.02 | |||
| 34 | 3 | 6 | 24.09 | |||
| 34 | 4 | 6 | 24.09 | |||
| 36 | 1 | 7 | 24.13 | |||
| 37 | 4 | 8 | 24.17 | |||
| 37 | 6 | 8 | 24.17 | |||
| 39 | 4 | 0 | 24.18 | |||
| 40 | 3 | 5 | 24.20 | |||
| 41 | 3 | 9 | 24.21 | |||
| 42 | 3 | 7 | 24.23 | |||
| 42 | 4 | 3 | 24.23 | |||
| 44 | 3 | 8 | 24.30 | |||
| 45 | 7 | 0 | 24.35 | |||
| 46 | 3 | 2 | 24.39 | |||
| 47 | 1 | 6 | 24.41 | |||
| 48 | 2 | 6 | 24.42 | |||
| 48 | 3 | 3 | 24.42 | |||
| 50 | 4 | 1 | 24.43 | |||
| 51 | 2 | 4 | 24.45 | |||
| 52 | 2 | 7 | 24.56 | |||
| 53 | 3 | 0 | 24.57 | |||
| 54 | 2 | 9 | 24.62 | |||
| 55 | 2 | 3 | 24.63 | |||
| 56 | 2 | 2 | 24.82 | NR | ||
| 57 | 1 | 4 | 24.83 | |||
| 58 | 2 | 1 | 24.86 | |||
| 59 | 2 | 5 | 24.89 | |||
| 60 | 2 | 0 | 25.01 | |||
| 61 | 2 | 8 | 25.19 | |||
| 62 | 1 | 3 | 25.34 | |||
| 63 | 1 | 5 | 25.49 | |||
| 64 | 1 | 2 | 26.17 | |||
| 65 | 1 | 1 | 27.92 | |||
| 6 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | 7 |
The semifinals were started on 20 May at 18:41.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 23.02 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 23.34 | Q | |||
| 3 | 8 | 23.35 | q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 23.36 | q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 23.39 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 23.39 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 23.43 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 23.57 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 22.97 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 23.10 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 23.10 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 23.31 | q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 23.41 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 23.47 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 23.51 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 23.59 |
The final was held on 21 May at 18:20.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 23.00 | |||||
| 4 | 23.01 | |||||
| 5 | 23.08 | |||||
| 4 | 8 | 23.09 | ||||
| 5 | 7 | 23.14 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 23.18 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 23.54 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 23.56 |