Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre butterfly
Competition:	2022 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	11 August (heats and semifinals) 12 August (final)
Competitors:	57
Nations:	32
Win Value:	22.89
Gold:	Thomas Ceccon
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Maxime Grousset
Silver Nation:	FRA
Bronze:	Diogo Ribeiro
Bronze Nation:	POR
Prev:	2020
Next:	2024

The Men's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 11 and 12 August 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to 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 11 August at 09:00.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	5	22.90	Q, NR
2	6	5	23.20	Q
3	4	3	23.24	Q, NR
4	4	6	23.28	Q
5	6	4	23.38	Q
6	4	4	23.41	Q
7	5	0	23.46	Q, NR
8	6	3	23.47	Q
9	5	4	23.49	Q
10	5	6	23.52	Q
11	4	9	23.54	Q
12	5	5	23.55	Q
13	6	7	23.57	Q
14	5	7	23.61	Q
15	5	9	23.62	Q
15	6	8	23.62	Q
17	6	9	23.65
18	5	3	23.72
19	3	4	23.79
19	4	2	23.79
21	5	2	23.82
22	6	2	23.89
23	4	0	23.93
23	6	1	23.93
25	5	8	23.95
26	4	8	23.97
26	2	5	23.97
26	4	7	23.97
29	6	0	23.98
30	6	6	24.06
30	2	3	24.06
32	3	7	24.12
32	3	5	24.12
34	3	8	24.13
34	4	1	24.13
36	3	9	24.14
37	3	3	24.18
38	2	4	24.19
39	3	2	24.22
40	1	8	24.32
41	2	8	24.35
42	2	6	24.37
43	2	2	24.41
44	3	1	24.42
45	3	0	24.51
46	3	6	24.54
47	2	1	24.57
48	1	5	24.63
49	1	4	24.64
49	2	0	24.64
51	2	7	25.09
52	1	1	25.25
53	2	9	25.26
54	1	3	25.51
55	1	2	25.54
56	1	6	25.81
57	1	7	29.80
	5	1

The semifinals were started on 11 August at 18:00.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	22.88	Q, NR
2	1	4	22.90	Q
3	2	3	23.14	Q
4	2	5	23.18	Q, NR
5	2	6	23.20	Q, NR
6	1	3	23.34	Q
7	2	2	23.36	Q
8	1	6	23.39	Q
9	1	5	23.48
10	2	7	23.61
11	2	1	23.64
12	2	8	23.66
13	1	7	23.70
14	1	8	23.71
15	1	1	23.75
16	1	2	23.88

The final was held on 12 August at 18:07.^[5]