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

The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22–23 August.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.67 | Rome | 29 July 2009 |
| European record | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.78 | Glasgow | 28 July 2014 |
| Championship record | Oleg Lisogor | Ukraine | 27.18 | Berlin | 2 August 2002 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:24.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.91 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 27.25 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | Giacomo Perez-Dortona | France | 27.39 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Andrea Toniato | Italy | 27.44 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 27.55 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 7 | Petr Bartůněk | Czech Republic | 27.63 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Andrey Nikolaev | Russia | 27.64 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Hendrik Feldwehr | Germany | 27.66 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 27.66 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Mattia Pesce | Italy | 27.74 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Yaron Shagalov | Israel | 27.85 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Ioannis Karpouzlis | Greece | 27.88 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 7 | Martin Schweizer | Switzerland | 27.94 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 6 | Barry Murphy | Ireland | 28.01 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Martti Aljand | Estonia | 28.03 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Matjaž Markič | Slovenia | 28.04 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 0 | Dániel Gyurta | Hungary | 28.15 | |
| 18 | 5 | 0 | Tomáš Klobučník | Slovakia | 28.16 | |
| 19 | 4 | 6 | Eetu Karvonen | Finland | 28.17 | |
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Vsevolod Zanko | Russia | 28.18 | |
| 21 | 5 | 1 | Marek Botík | Slovakia | 28.26 | |
| 22 | 5 | 7 | Nikolajs Maskalenko | Latvia | 28.33 | |
| 23 | 4 | 8 | Carlos Almeida | Portugal | 28.37 | |
| 24 | 5 | 9 | Grigory Falko | Russia | 28.39 | |
| 25 | 4 | 9 | Martin Allikvee | Estonia | 28.40 | |
| 26 | 3 | 8 | Matěj Kuchar | Slovakia | 28.41 | |
| 27 | 2 | 4 | Valeriy Dymo | Ukraine | 28.48 | |
| 28 | 2 | 7 | Yannick Käser | Switzerland | 28.49 | |
| 29 | 1 | 8 | Dmytro Oseledets | Ukraine | 28.58 | |
| 30 | 2 | 2 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 28.61 | |
| 31 | 2 | 3 | Laurent Carnol | Luxembourg | 28.78 | |
| 32 | 3 | 9 | Bram Dekker | Netherlands | 28.83 | |
| 33 | 2 | 6 | Matti Mattsson | Finland | 28.89 | |
| 34 | 2 | 5 | Yahav Shahaff | Israel | 28.96 | |
| 35 | 3 | 0 | Filipp Provorkov | Estonia | 29.04 | |
| 36 | 2 | 1 | Nicholas Quinn | Ireland | 29.07 | |
| 37 | 2 | 0 | Sverre Næss | Norway | 29.18 | |
| 38 | 2 | 9 | Patrik Schwarzenbach | Switzerland | 29.31 | |
| 39 | 1 | 4 | Dan Sweeney | Ireland | 29.49 | |
| 40 | 1 | 2 | Martin Baďura | Czech Republic | 29.67 | |
| 41 | 1 | 5 | Antonin Svěcený | Czech Republic | 29.68 | |
| 42 | 1 | 6 | Lefkios Xanthou | Cyprus | 29.82 | |
| 43 | 1 | 7 | Dario Tunjić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.06 | |
| 44 | 1 | 3 | Heiko Gigler | Austria | 30.08 | |
| 45 | 1 | 1 | Ensar Hajder | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.10 | |
| — | 2 | 8 | Erik Persson | Sweden | | DNS |
| — | 4 | 5 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | | DNS |
| — | 5 | 8 | Anton Lobanov | Russia | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:26.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 27.33 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Andrea Toniato | Italy | 27.60 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Hendrik Feldwehr | Germany | 27.70 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Mattia Pesce | Italy | 27.78 | |
| 5 | 1 | Barry Murphy | Ireland | 27.90 | |
| 6 | 3 | Petr Bartůněk | Czech Republic | 27.91 | |
| 7 | 7 | Ioannis Karpouzlis | Greece | 28.08 | |
| 8 | 8 | Matjaž Markič | Slovenia | 28.16 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.62 | Q, WR |
| 2 | 2 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 27.39 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 27.40 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Giacomo Perez-Dortona | France | 27.61 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Andrey Nikolaev | Russia | 27.68 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Yaron Shagalov | Israel | 27.83 | |
| 7 | 1 | Martin Schweizer | Switzerland | 27.87 | |
| 8 | 8 | Martti Aljand | Estonia | 28.18 | |

### Final

The final was held at 17:30.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 27.00 |
| | 3 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 27.34 |
| | 6 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 27.48 |
| 4 | 5 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 27.50 |
| 5 | 1 | Andrey Nikolaev | Russia | 27.53 |
| 5 | 2 | Andrea Toniato | Italy | 27.53 |
| 7 | 7 | Giacomo Perez-Dortona | France | 27.54 |
| 8 | 8 | Hendrik Feldwehr | Germany | 27.72 |