# Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 May 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.42 | Kazan | 4 August 2015 |
| European record | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.42 | Kazan | 4 August 2015 |
| Championship record | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.62 | Berlin | 22 August 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 20 May at 11:07.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.93 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | Peter John Stevens | Slovenia | 27.32 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Andrea Toniato | Italy | 27.37 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 27.49 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 5 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 27.54 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 27.57 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Panagiotis Samilidis | Greece | 27.72 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Sami Aaltomaa | Finland | 27.73 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 27.74 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 8 | Petr Bartůněk | Czech Republic | 27.79 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Johannes Skagius | Sweden | 27.82 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Giacomo Perez-Dortona | France | 27.84 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 6 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 27.84 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Marek Botík | Slovakia | 27.92 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 7 | Yaron Shagalov | Israel | 27.93 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 3 | Alexander Murphy | Ireland | 28.00 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 9 | Jørgen Bråthen | Norway | 28.11 | |
| 18 | 6 | 2 | Martin Schweizer | Switzerland | 28.15 | |
| 19 | 6 | 7 | Demir Atasoy | Turkey | 28.17 | |
| 20 | 3 | 5 | Luchezar Shumkov | Bulgaria | 28.21 | |
| 21 | 5 | 1 | Gábor Financsek | Hungary | 28.22 | |
| 22 | 4 | 9 | Charlie Attwood | Great Britain | 28.29 | |
| 23 | 4 | 7 | Nikolajs Maskaļenko | Latvia | 28.33 | |
| 24 | 6 | 0 | Emre Sakçı | Turkey | 28.42 | |
| 25 | 4 | 1 | Kristijan Tomić | Croatia | 28.44 | |
| 26 | 5 | 9 | Lyubomir Agov | Bulgaria | 28.56 | |
| 26 | 5 | 8 | Itay Goldfaden | Israel | 28.56 | |
| 28 | 4 | 0 | Filipp Provorkov | Estonia | 28.59 | |
| 28 | 3 | 7 | Anton Sveinn McKee | Iceland | 28.59 | |
| 30 | 3 | 2 | Théo Bussiere | France | 28.60 | |
| 31 | 4 | 8 | Matěj Kuchar | Slovakia | 28.66 | |
| 32 | 2 | 4 | Martin Liivamägi | Estonia | 28.70 | |
| 33 | 5 | 0 | Martin Allikvee | Estonia | 28.76 | |
| 34 | 3 | 0 | Valeriy Dymo | Ukraine | 28.85 | |
| 35 | 3 | 3 | Dávid Horváth | Hungary | 28.94 | |
| 36 | 2 | 5 | Max Pilger | Germany | 28.96 | |
| 37 | 3 | 1 | Mikhail Dorinov | Russia | 29.01 | |
| 38 | 3 | 6 | Jolann Bovey | Switzerland | 29.05 | |
| 39 | 3 | 4 | Martti Aljand | Estonia | 29.06 | |
| 40 | 3 | 9 | Johannes Dietrich | Austria | 29.12 | |
| 41 | 2 | 6 | Dimitrios Koulouris | Greece | 29.14 | |
| 42 | 2 | 1 | Luca Pfyffer | Switzerland | 29.31 | |
| 43 | 2 | 3 | Markos Kalopsidiotis | Cyprus | 29.34 | |
| 44 | 2 | 7 | Omiros Zagkas | Cyprus | 29.63 | |
| 45 | 2 | 8 | Tomas Veloso | Portugal | 29.85 | |
| 46 | 3 | 8 | Dan Sweeney | Ireland | 30.11 | |
| 47 | 1 | 5 | Berkay Şendikici | Turkey | 30.24 | |
| 48 | 1 | 4 | Adi Mešetović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.50 | |
| 49 | 1 | 3 | Lum Zhaveli | Kosovo | 30.85 | |
| | 2 | 2 | Sverre Næss | Norway | DNS | DNS |
| | 6 | 1 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 20 May at 19:32.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 27.25 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Peter John Stevens | Slovenia | 27.29 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 27.46 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 27.77 | |
| 5 | 1 | Marek Botík | Slovakia | 27.78 | |
| 6 | 6 | Sami Aaltomaa | Finland | 27.82 | |
| 7 | 8 | Alexander Murphy | Ireland | 27.83 | |
| 8 | 2 | Petr Bartůněk | Czech Republic | 27.89 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.66 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 27.48 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Andrea Toniato | Italy | 27.53 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 27.56 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Johannes Skagius | Sweden | 27.64 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Panagiotis Samilidis | Greece | 27.71 | |
| 7 | 1 | Giacomo Perez-Dortona | France | 27.87 | |
| 8 | 8 | Yaron Shagalov | Israel | 28.11 | |

### Final

The final was on 21 May at 17:43.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.66 |
| | 3 | Peter Stevens | Slovenia | 27.09 |
| | 5 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 27.31 |
| 4 | 2 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 27.46 |
| 5 | 8 | Johannes Skagius | Sweden | 27.54 |
| 6 | 6 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 27.56 |
| 7 | 1 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 27.72 |
| 8 | 7 | Andrea Toniato | Italy | 27.79 |