# Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly

The Men's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18–19 August.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Rafael Muñoz | Spain | 22.43 | Málaga | 5 April 2009 |
| European record | Rafael Muñoz | Spain | 22.43 | Málaga | 5 April 2009 |
| Championship record | Milorad Čavić | Serbia | 23.11 | Eindhoven | 19 March 2008 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 11:15.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Andriy Hovorov | Ukraine | 22.87 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | Florent Manaudou | France | 23.06 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 5 | Steffen Deibler | Germany | 23.38 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Rafael Muñoz | Spain | 23.43 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 4 | Yauhen Tsurkin | Belarus | 23.54 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 4 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 23.55 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 3 | Piero Codia | Italy | 23.58 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Nikita Konovalov | Russia | 23.61 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Joeri Verlinden | Netherlands | 23.68 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 8 | László Cseh | Hungary | 23.73 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | 6 | Mario Todorović | Croatia | 23.84 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 7 | François Heersbrandt | Belgium | 23.95 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Tadas Duškinas | Lithuania | 23.98 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 6 | Ivan Lenđer | Serbia | 24.02 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 5 | Tuomas Pokkinen | Finland | 24.04 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Adam Barrett | Great Britain | 24.04 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 7 | Yevgeny Korotyshkin | Russia | 24.07 | |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Viacheslav Prudnikov | Russia | 24.11 | |
| 19 | 5 | 0 | Pavel Sankovich | Belarus | 24.23 | |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Riku Pöytäkivi | Finland | 24.23 | |
| 21 | 5 | 8 | Jan Šefl | Czech Republic | 24.24 | |
| 21 | 7 | 8 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece | 24.24 | |
| 23 | 3 | 0 | Krisztián Takács | Hungary | 24.27 | |
| 24 | 2 | 2 | Mindaugas Sadauskas | Lithuania | 24.30 | |
| 25 | 4 | 5 | Martin Spitzer | Austria | 24.31 | |
| 26 | 3 | 9 | Viktor Bromer | Denmark | 24.33 | |
| 27 | 7 | 7 | Radovan Siljevski | Serbia | 24.38 | |
| 28 | 4 | 9 | Robert Žbogar | Slovenia | 24.40 | |
| 29 | 4 | 4 | Bence Pulai | Hungary | 24.41 | |
| 30 | 3 | 3 | Almog Olshtein | Israel | 24.42 | |
| 31 | 7 | 0 | Deividas Margevicius | Lithuania | 24.44 | |
| 32 | 3 | 2 | Nico van Duijn | Switzerland | 24.50 | |
| 33 | 3 | 6 | Nikša Stojkovski | Croatia | 24.51 | |
| 33 | 6 | 2 | Matteo Rivolta | Italy | 24.51 | |
| 35 | 1 | 3 | Tom Kremer | Israel | 24.54 | |
| 36 | 7 | 9 | Romain Sassot | France | 24.58 | |
| 36 | 2 | 8 | Alexandru Coci | Romania | 24.58 | |
| 38 | 5 | 9 | Baslakov İskender | Turkey | 24.63 | |
| 39 | 4 | 6 | Péter Holoda | Hungary | 24.66 | |
| 40 | 3 | 1 | Sindri Thor Jakobsson | Iceland | 24.68 | |
| 41 | 4 | 2 | Paul Lemaire | France | 24.73 | |
| 41 | 4 | 3 | Christos Katrantzis | Greece | 24.73 | |
| 43 | 4 | 7 | Andreas Vazaios | Greece | 24.75 | |
| 44 | 2 | 7 | Martin Verner | Czech Republic | 24.80 | |
| 44 | 2 | 1 | Julien Henx | Luxembourg | 24.80 | |
| 46 | 4 | 1 | Michal Navara | Slovakia | 24.83 | |
| 47 | 3 | 4 | Viktar Staselovich | Belarus | 24.89 | |
| 48 | 4 | 8 | Filip Milcevic | Austria | 24.96 | |
| 49 | 2 | 5 | Alexandre Bakhtiarov | Cyprus | 25.02 | |
| 50 | 3 | 7 | Brendan Hyland | Ireland | 25.10 | |
| 51 | 2 | 6 | Konstantinos Markozis | Greece | 25.11 | |
| 52 | 3 | 8 | Alexandre Haldemann | Switzerland | 25.13 | |
| 53 | 1 | 4 | Pjotr Degtjarjov | Estonia | 25.19 | |
| 54 | 2 | 3 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 25.29 | |
| 55 | 2 | 9 | Etay Gurevich | Israel | 25.40 | |
| 56 | 2 | 4 | Teimuraz Kobakhidze | Georgia | 25.51 | |
| 57 | 2 | 0 | Daniel Skaaning | Denmark | 25.68 | |
| 58 | 1 | 5 | Fred Karu | Estonia | 25.71 | |
| — | 4 | 0 | Sidni Hoxha | Albania | | DNS |
| — | 5 | 2 | Evgeny Koptelov | Russia | | DNS |
| — | 6 | 6 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland | | DNS |
| — | 7 | 1 | Mehdy Metella | France | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The Semifinals were held at 19:02.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Florent Manaudou | France | 23.23 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Rafael Muñoz | Spain | 23.48 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 23.49 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Adam Barrett | Great Britain | 23.51 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Ivan Lenđer | Serbia | 23.68 | |
| 6 | 6 | Nikita Konovalov | Russia | 23.70 | |
| 7 | 7 | François Heersbrandt | Belgium | 23.84 | |
| 8 | 2 | László Cseh | Hungary | 23.95 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Andriy Hovorov | Ukraine | 23.04 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Steffen Deibler | Germany | 23.41 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Piero Codia | Italy | 23.47 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Yauhen Tsurkin | Belarus | 23.60 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Tadas Duškinas | Lithuania | 23.72 | |
| 6 | 2 | Joeri Verlinden | Netherlands | 23.79 | |
| 7 | 7 | Mario Todorović | Croatia | 23.83 | |
| 8 | 8 | Tuomas Pokkinen | Finland | 24.02 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:07.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Florent Manaudou | France | 23.00 |
| | 8 | Yauhen Tsurkin | Belarus | 23.00 |
| | 4 | Andriy Hovorov | Ukraine | 23.21 |
| | 7 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 23.21 |
| 5 | 2 | Rafael Muñoz | Spain | 23.24 |
| 6 | 6 | Piero Codia | Italy | 23.37 |
| 7 | 1 | Adam Barrett | Great Britain | 23.40 |
| 8 | 3 | Steffen Deibler | Germany | 23.64 |