Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre butterfly
Competition:	2022 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	13 August (heats and semifinals) 14 August (final)
Competitors:	53
Nations:	28
Win Value:	50.33
Gold:	Kristóf Milák
Gold Nation:	HUN
Silver:	Noè Ponti
Silver Nation:	SUI
Bronze:	Jakub Majerski
Bronze Nation:	POL
Prev:	2020
Next:	2024

The Men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 13 and 14 August 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 13 August at 09:15.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	4	51.56	Q
2	6	3	51.81	Q
3	6	4	51.82	Q
4	5	6	51.88	Q
5	6	6	51.90	Q
6	4	5	51.95	Q
7	5	5	52.19	Q
7	4	2	52.19	Q
9	4	4	52.21	Q
10	4	3	52.26
11	6	5	52.27	Q
12	6	2	52.30	Q
13	5	3	52.35	Q
14	6	7	52.38	Q
15	5	7	52.56	Q
16	4	6	52.67	Q
17	6	9	52.68
17	4	9	52.68
19	5	8	52.82
20	4	1	52.84
21	4	7	52.86
22	4	0	52.95
23	5	2	53.06
24	3	2	53.24
25	4	8	53.31
26	3	4	53.36
27	6	0	53.76
27	5	0	53.76
29	5	9	53.87
29	2	3	53.87
31	3	6	53.90
32	3	5	53.91
33	3	7	53.96
34	6	1	54.09
35	3	3	54.10
36	3	0	54.23
37	2	7	54.28
38	5	1	54.29
39	6	8	54.36
40	3	1	54.43
41	2	2	54.54
42	2	6	54.63
43	3	9	54.77
44	3	8	54.84
45	2	4	54.92
46	2	1	55.32
47	2	9	55.38
48	2	8	55.67
49	2	5	56.05
50	1	4	56.44
51	1	5	56.52
52	2	0	57.01
53	1	3

The swim-off was held on 13 August at 10:16.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			52.07	Q
2	5			52.71

The semifinals were started on 13 August at 18:34.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	5	51.01	Q
2	2	4	51.16	Q
3	1	4	51.46	Q
4	2	2	51.58	q
5	2	1	51.61	q, NR
5	2	3	51.61	q
7	1	6	51.62	Q
8	1	5	51.69	q
9	2	6	51.79
10	1	3	51.82
11	1	1	52.10
12	1	2	52.34
13	1	7	52.52
14	2	7	52.68
15	2	8	52.95
16	1	8	53.13

The final was held on 14 August at 18:00.^[6]