| Event: | Men's 50 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2024 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Sports Centre Milan Gale Muškatirović |
| Dates: | 22 June (heats and semifinals) 23 June (final) |
| Competitors: | 74 |
| Nations: | 34 |
| Win Value: | 21.72 |
| Gold: | Kristian Gkolomeev |
| Gold Nation: | GRE |
| Silver: | Stergios Bilas |
| Silver Nation: | GRE |
| Bronze: | Vladyslav Bukhov |
| Bronze Nation: | UKR |
| Prev: | 2022 |
| Next: | 2026 |
The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 June 2024.[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 22 June at 09:30.
Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 21.82 | Q, NR | ||
| 2 | 9 | 5 | 21.95 | Q | ||
| 3 | 4 | 7 | 22.09 | Q | ||
| 4 | 7 | 5 | 22.10 | Q | ||
| 5 | 8 | 2 | 22.11 | Q | ||
| 9 | 8 | Q | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 22.12 | Q | ||
| 8 | 7 | 3 | 22.19 | Q | ||
| 9 | 7 | 2 | 22.21 | Q | ||
| 7 | 4 | Q | ||||
| 11 | 8 | 6 | 22.22 | Q | ||
| 9 | 4 | Q | ||||
| 9 | 7 | Q | ||||
| 14 | 8 | 4 | 22.25 | Q | ||
| 15 | 8 | 5 | 22.26 | Q | ||
| 16 | 8 | 7 | 22.27 | Q | ||
| 17 | 5 | 6 | 22.33 | |||
| 7 | 8 | |||||
| 19 | 7 | 6 | 22.34 | |||
| 20 | 6 | 6 | 22.37 | |||
| 21 | 8 | 8 | 22.39 | |||
| 22 | 6 | 8 | 22.42 | |||
| 23 | 8 | 1 | 22.45 | |||
| 9 | 2 | |||||
| 25 | 9 | 9 | 22.47 | |||
| 26 | 6 | 5 | 22.49 | |||
| 27 | 6 | 7 | 22.50 | |||
| 28 | 5 | 3 | 22.51 | |||
| 29 | 7 | 0 | 22.53 | |||
| 30 | 6 | 2 | 22.54 | |||
| 31 | 9 | 0 | 22.56 | |||
| 32 | 7 | 9 | 22.60 | |||
| 33 | 8 | 3 | 22.61 | |||
| 34 | 6 | 4 | 22.67 | |||
| 35 | 4 | 6 | 22.68 | |||
| 36 | 5 | 2 | 22.71 | |||
| 37 | 6 | 1 | 22.74 | |||
| 38 | 9 | 6 | 22.75 | |||
| 39 | 8 | 0 | 22.79 | |||
| 40 | 5 | 4 | 22.80 | NR | ||
| 6 | 3 | |||||
| 42 | 4 | 8 | 22.81 | |||
| 43 | 7 | 1 | 22.85 | |||
| 44 | 4 | 4 | 22.86 | |||
| 45 | 8 | 9 | 22.87 | |||
| 46 | 4 | 5 | 22.88 | |||
| 47 | 5 | 5 | 22.90 | |||
| 5 | 8 | |||||
| 49 | 6 | 0 | 22.91 | |||
| 50 | 4 | 9 | 22.92 | |||
| 51 | 4 | 1 | 22.94 | |||
| 52 | 5 | 7 | 22.95 | |||
| 53 | 5 | 1 | 22.97 | |||
| 54 | 2 | 2 | 23.09 | |||
| 5 | 9 | |||||
| 56 | 4 | 3 | 23.11 | |||
| 57 | 2 | 6 | 23.15 | |||
| 58 | 3 | 0 | 23.17 | |||
| 59 | 3 | 9 | 23.18 | |||
| 4 | 2 | |||||
| 61 | 4 | 0 | 23.26 | |||
| 62 | 3 | 8 | 23.36 | |||
| 63 | 2 | 5 | 23.38 | |||
| 64 | 2 | 4 | 23.48 | |||
| 65 | 3 | 3 | 23.54 | |||
| 66 | 5 | 0 | 23.58 | |||
| 67 | 3 | 5 | 23.67 | |||
| 68 | 2 | 8 | 23.74 | |||
| 69 | 3 | 2 | 23.80 | |||
| 70 | 2 | 1 | 23.85 | |||
| 71 | 3 | 1 | 24.03 | |||
| 72 | 2 | 7 | 24.09 | |||
| 73 | 1 | 4 | 24.25 | |||
| 74 | 1 | 5 | 24.27 | |||
| 2 | 3 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | |||||
| 3 | 7 | |||||
| 6 | 9 | |||||
| 9 | 1 | |||||
| 9 | 3 |
The swim-off was held on 22 June at 10:40.
Qualification Rules: The best time advance to reserve.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 22.17 | ||||
| 2 | 4 | 22.32 |
The semifinals were started on 22 June at 19:12.
Qualification Rules: The first 2 competitors of each semifinal and the remaining fastest (up to a total of 8 qualified competitors) from the semifinals advance to the final.[5]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 21.73 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 5 | 21.92 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 7 | 21.94 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 4 | 21.96 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 22.03 | Q | |||
| 2 | 7 | Q | |||||
| 7 | 1 | 3 | 22.08 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 8 | 22.10 | Q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 3 | 22.12 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 1 | 22.14 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 2 | 22.16 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | 6 | 22.19 | ||||
| 2 | 5 | ||||||
| 14 | 2 | 6 | 22.24 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 22.30 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 8 | 22.33 |
The final was started on 23 June at 18:30.[6]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 21.72 | |||||
| 8 | 21.73 | |||||
| 3 | 21.85 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | 21.90 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 21.93 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 21.99 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 22.09 | ||||
| 8 | 6 | 22.17 |