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

The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 May 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | César Cielo | Brazil | 20.91 | São Paulo | 18 December 2009 |
| European record | Frédérick Bousquet | France | 20.94 | Montpellier | 26 April 2009 |
| Championship record | Florent Manaudou | France | 21.32 | Berlin | 24 August 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 21 May at 09.09.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Benjamin Proud | Great Britain | 22.15 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | 4 | Florent Manaudou | France | 22.18 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 5 | Andriy Hovorov | Ukraine | 22.23 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 5 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece | 22.25 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | 3 | Luca Dotto | Italy | 22.32 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 3 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland | 22.34 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 5 | Krisztián Takács | Hungary | 22.39 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 6 | Federico Bocchia | Italy | 22.41 | Q |
| 9 | 8 | 2 | Simonas Bilis | Lithuania | 22.42 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 8 | Filip Wypych | Poland | 22.42 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Marco Orsi | Italy | 22.45 | |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary | 22.46 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 22.49 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Péter Holoda | Hungary | 22.51 | |
| 15 | 8 | 6 | Andrey Grechin | Russia | 22.55 | Q |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Odyssefs Meladinis | Greece | 22.57 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | 9 | Norbert Trandafir | Romania | 22.58 | Q |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate | Spain | 22.59 | Q |
| 19 | 5 | 8 | Curtis Coulter | Ireland | 22.68 | |
| 20 | 6 | 6 | Frédérick Bousquet | France | 22.75 | |
| 21 | 7 | 7 | Thomas Fannon | Great Britain | 22.79 | |
| 22 | 6 | 1 | Markel Alberdi | Spain | 22.80 | |
| 23 | 6 | 0 | Mindaugas Sadauskas | Lithuania | 22.82 | |
| 24 | 8 | 8 | Mario Todorović | Croatia | 22.85 | |
| 24 | 5 | 2 | Meiron Cheruti | Israel | 22.85 | |
| 24 | 3 | 4 | Isak Eliasson | Sweden | 22.85 | |
| 27 | 8 | 7 | Jasper Aerents | Belgium | 22.87 | |
| 28 | 8 | 1 | Giuseppe Guttuso | Italy | 22.88 | |
| 29 | 7 | 9 | Pjotr Degtarjov | Estonia | 22.91 | |
| 29 | 6 | 2 | Ziv Kalontarov | Israel | 22.91 | |
| 31 | 4 | 5 | Mislav Sever | Croatia | 22.94 | |
| 32 | 6 | 9 | Marius Radu | Romania | 22.95 | |
| 33 | 3 | 3 | Daniel Macovei | Romania | 22.98 | |
| 34 | 5 | 9 | Or Sabatier | Israel | 23.00 | |
| 35 | 4 | 8 | Andrej Barna | Serbia | 23.02 | |
| 35 | 5 | 4 | Erik van Dooren | Switzerland | 23.02 | |
| 37 | 3 | 1 | Anže Tavčar | Slovenia | 23.05 | |
| 37 | 5 | 5 | Christoffer Carlsen | Sweden | 23.05 | |
| 39 | 5 | 1 | Emre Sakcı | Turkey | 23.10 | |
| 40 | 4 | 6 | Kemal Arda Gürdal | Turkey | 23.17 | |
| 41 | 4 | 1 | Tomáš Púchly | Slovakia | 23.20 | |
| 42 | 4 | 4 | Marcus Schlesinger | Israel | 23.23 | |
| 42 | 7 | 0 | Bogdan Plavin | Ukraine | 23.23 | |
| 44 | 4 | 3 | Ivan Levaj | Croatia | 23.24 | |
| 44 | 2 | 2 | Tadas Duškinas | Lithuania | 23.24 | |
| 46 | 5 | 0 | Shane Ryan | Ireland | 23.25 | |
| 47 | 3 | 6 | Andriy Khloptsov | Ukraine | 23.33 | |
| 48 | 3 | 5 | Julien Henx | Luxembourg | 23.37 | |
| 49 | 3 | 2 | Heiko Gigler | Austria | 23.40 | |
| 49 | 5 | 6 | Viktar Staselovich | Belarus | 23.40 | |
| 49 | 4 | 2 | Christos Katrantzis | Greece | 23.40 | |
| 52 | 4 | 7 | Baslakov İskender | Turkey | 23.42 | |
| 53 | 2 | 3 | Alin Coste | Romania | 23.50 | |
| 54 | 2 | 7 | Adi Mešetović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23.53 | |
| 55 | 2 | 4 | Doğa Çelik | Turkey | 23.55 | |
| 56 | 4 | 0 | Daniel Macovei | Romania | 23.60 | |
| 57 | 3 | 7 | Vahan Mkhitaryan | Armenia | 23.67 | |
| 57 | 3 | 0 | Alexander Linge | Sweden | 23.67 | |
| 59 | 2 | 6 | Kregor Zirk | Estonia | 23.69 | |
| 60 | 3 | 8 | Robin Andreasson | Sweden | 23.70 | |
| 61 | 2 | 5 | Matthew Zammit | Malta | 23.71 | |
| 62 | 3 | 9 | Markus Lie | Norway | 23.82 | |
| 63 | 2 | 1 | Andri Aedma | Estonia | 23.93 | |
| 64 | 2 | 0 | Omiros Zagkas | Cyprus | 24.08 | |
| 65 | 4 | 9 | Pavel Izbisciuc | Moldova | 24.16 | |
| 66 | 1 | 3 | Vladimir Mamikonyan | Armenia | 24.26 | |
| 67 | 2 | 8 | Markos Kalopsidiotis | Cyprus | 24.43 | |
| 68 | 2 | 9 | Marek Botík | Slovakia | 24.53 | |
| 69 | 1 | 4 | Lum Zhaveli | Kosovo | 24.62 | |
| 70 | 1 | 5 | Gianluca Pasolini | San Marino | 25.49 | |
| | 6 | 7 | Pieter Timmers | Belgium | DNS | DNS |
| | 5 | 7 | Ben Schwietert | Netherlands | DNS | DNS |
| | 7 | 8 | Glenn Surgeloose | Belgium | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 21 May at 16:50.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Florent Manaudou | France | 21.64 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece | 21.89 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 21.92 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland | 22.29 | |
| 5 | 6 | Federico Bocchia | Italy | 22.31 | |
| 6 | 1 | Odyssefs Meladinis | Greece | 22.37 | |
| 7 | 2 | Filip Wypych | Poland | 22.39 | |
| 8 | 8 | Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate | Spain | 22.46 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Benjamin Proud | Great Britain | 21.84 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Andriy Hovorov | Ukraine | 21.92 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Krisztián Takács | Hungary | 22.09 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Norbert Trandafir | Romania | 22.12 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Luca Dotto | Italy | 22.17 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Simonas Bilis | Lithuania | 22.22 | |
| 7 | 1 | Andrey Grechin | Russia | 22.44 | |
| 8 | 7 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary | 22.47 | |

### Final

The final was held on 22 May at 16:07.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Florent Manaudou | France | 21.73 |
| | 6 | Andriy Hovorov | Ukraine | 21.79 |
| | 5 | Benjamin Proud | Great Britain | 21.85 |
| 4 | 3 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece | 21.89 |
| 5 | 2 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 22.01 |
| 6 | 7 | Krisztián Takács | Hungary | 22.07 |
| 6 | 8 | Luca Dotto | Italy | 22.07 |
| 8 | 1 | Norbert Trandafir | Romania | 22.51 |