| Event: | Men's 50 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2022 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Foro Italico |
| Dates: | 16 August (heats and semifinals) 17 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 74 |
| Nations: | 35 |
| Win Value: | 21.58 |
| Gold: | Ben Proud |
| Gold Nation: | GBR |
| Silver: | Leonardo Deplano |
| Silver Nation: | ITA |
| Bronze: | Kristian Gkolomeev |
| Bronze Nation: | GRE |
| Prev: | 2020 |
| Next: | 2024 |
The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 August 2022.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 20.91 | 18 December 2009 | ||||
| European record | 20.94 | 26 April 2009 | ||||
| Championship record | 21.11 | 8 August 2018 |
The heats were started on 16 August at 09:00.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 21.59 | Q | ||
| 2 | 8 | 4 | 21.78 | Q | ||
| 3 | 8 | 6 | 21.89 | Q | ||
| 3 | 8 | 3 | 21.89 | Q | ||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 22.02 | Q | ||
| 6 | 7 | 5 | 22.06 | Q | ||
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 22.13 | Q | ||
| 8 | 7 | 6 | 22.15 | Q | ||
| 9 | 6 | 7 | 22.17 | Q | ||
| 10 | 5 | 5 | 22.18 | Q | ||
| 11 | 8 | 9 | 22.20 | Q | ||
| 12 | 8 | 7 | 22.21 | Q | ||
| 13 | 8 | 5 | 22.22 | Q | ||
| 14 | 9 | 8 | 22.23 | Q | ||
| 14 | 7 | 4 | 22.23 | Q | ||
| 16 | 7 | 3 | 22.24 | Q | ||
| 17 | 7 | 0 | 22.25 | NR | ||
| 18 | 6 | 6 | 22.26 | |||
| 19 | 7 | 8 | 22.38 | |||
| 19 | 4 | 4 | 22.38 | |||
| 21 | 7 | 1 | 22.39 | |||
| 22 | 8 | 2 | 22.41 | |||
| 23 | 6 | 2 | 22.45 | |||
| 24 | 6 | 1 | 22.46 | |||
| 25 | 4 | 6 | 22.55 | |||
| 26 | 4 | 1 | 22.58 | |||
| 27 | 3 | 6 | 22.61 | |||
| 28 | 7 | 7 | 22.63 | |||
| 28 | 5 | 7 | 22.63 | |||
| 28 | 7 | 9 | 22.63 | |||
| 31 | 5 | 3 | 22.67 | |||
| 32 | 5 | 4 | 22.68 | |||
| 33 | 6 | 9 | 22.70 | |||
| 34 | 6 | 5 | 22.71 | |||
| 35 | 4 | 3 | 22.73 | |||
| 36 | 6 | 0 | 22.74 | |||
| 37 | 5 | 2 | 22.77 | |||
| 38 | 3 | 7 | 22.78 | |||
| 39 | 8 | 1 | 22.79 | |||
| 40 | 6 | 8 | 22.83 | |||
| 41 | 5 | 8 | 22.85 | |||
| 42 | 5 | 6 | 22.86 | |||
| 43 | 5 | 1 | 22.87 | |||
| 44 | 3 | 5 | 22.88 | |||
| 45 | 3 | 4 | 22.95 | |||
| 46 | 5 | 0 | 23.00 | |||
| 47 | 8 | 0 | 23.02 | |||
| 48 | 4 | 7 | 23.05 | |||
| 49 | 2 | 5 | 23.07 | |||
| 50 | 1 | 1 | 23.08 | |||
| 51 | 3 | 2 | 23.17 | |||
| 52 | 4 | 8 | 23.20 | |||
| 53 | 4 | 5 | 23.24 | |||
| 54 | 3 | 8 | 23.26 | |||
| 55 | 4 | 2 | 23.27 | |||
| 55 | 2 | 6 | 23.27 | |||
| 57 | 3 | 1 | 23.34 | |||
| 58 | 3 | 9 | 23.37 | |||
| 59 | 3 | 3 | 23.38 | |||
| 60 | 4 | 9 | 23.45 | |||
| 61 | 2 | 4 | 23.56 | |||
| 62 | 5 | 9 | 23.58 | |||
| 63 | 3 | 0 | 23.74 | |||
| 64 | 2 | 3 | 23.77 | |||
| 65 | 2 | 7 | 23.81 | |||
| 66 | 1 | 4 | 23.98 | |||
| 67 | 2 | 8 | 24.05 | |||
| 68 | 2 | 0 | 24.11 | |||
| 69 | 2 | 9 | 24.16 | |||
| 70 | 1 | 5 | 24.22 | |||
| 71 | 1 | 3 | 24.49 | |||
| 72 | 1 | 7 | 25.14 | |||
| 73 | 1 | 6 | 26.64 | |||
| 74 | 1 | 2 | 26.94 | |||
| 2 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | 2 | |||||
| 4 | 0 |
The semifinals were started on 16 August at 18:24.[4]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 21.40 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 21.72 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 5 | 21.72 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 5 | 21.73 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 8 | 21.75 | q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 21.76 | q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 21.91 | q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 8 | 21.92 | q | |||
| 9 | 1 | 6 | 22.02 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 6 | 22.04 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | 7 | 22.07 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 7 | 22.07 | NR | |||
| 13 | 1 | 1 | 22.09 | NR | |||
| 14 | 2 | 1 | 22.13 | ||||
| 15 | 2 | 2 | 22.14 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 2 | 22.33 |
The final was started on 17 August at 18:00.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 21.58 | |||||
| 6 | 21.60 | |||||
| 7 | 21.75 | |||||
| 4 | 8 | 21.78 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 21.87 | ||||
| 6 | 5 | 21.90 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 21.90 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 22.19 |