# Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 7 and 8 August 2018.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record European record | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 25.95 | Budapest | 25 July 2017 |
| Championship record | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.62 | Berlin | 22 August 2014 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 7 August | Heat | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.50 | CR |
| 7 August | Semifinal | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.23 | CR |
| 8 August | Final | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.09 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 7 August at 09:14.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.50 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 27.04 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus | 27.09 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 3 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 27.12 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Ties Elzerman | Netherlands | 27.16 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Alessandro Pinzuti | Italy | 27.17 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 27.21 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | Peter John Stevens | Slovenia | 27.21 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 27.27 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Johannes Skagius | Sweden | 27.27 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | James Wilby | Great Britain | 27.44 | |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Fabian Schwingenschlögl | Germany | 27.49 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Nikola Obrovac | Croatia | 27.62 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 7 | Darragh Greene | Ireland | 27.66 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | 27.66 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | 27.71 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 8 | Ioannis Karpouzlis | Greece | 27.74 | Q |
| 18 | 6 | 7 | Emre Sakçı | Turkey | 27.76 | |
| 19 | 5 | 6 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 27.78 | |
| 20 | 5 | 2 | Ilya Khomenko | Russia | 27.79 | |
| 21 | 6 | 9 | Tobias Bjerg | Denmark | 27.84 | |
| 22 | 5 | 9 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 27.85 | |
| 23 | 5 | 8 | Marek Botík | Slovakia | 27.89 | |
| 23 | 4 | 3 | Oleg Kostin | Russia | 27.89 | |
| 25 | 6 | 0 | Luca Pizzini | Italy | 27.93 | |
| 26 | 4 | 9 | Tomáš Klobučník | Slovakia | 28.03 | |
| 27 | 4 | 7 | Alex Murphy | Ireland | 28.09 | |
| 27 | 3 | 6 | Christopher Rothbauer | Austria | 28.09 | |
| 29 | 3 | 4 | Yannick Käser | Switzerland | 28.28 | |
| 30 | 3 | 5 | William Wihanto | Finland | 28.30 | |
| 31 | 3 | 8 | Valentin Bayer | Austria | 28.33 | |
| 32 | 5 | 0 | Lachezar Shumkov | Bulgaria | 28.40 | |
| 33 | 2 | 5 | Bartłomiej Roguski | Poland | 28.43 | |
| 34 | 5 | 1 | Itay Goldfaden | Israel | 28.47 | |
| 35 | 2 | 6 | Mikhail Dorinov | Russia | 28.51 | |
| 36 | 3 | 2 | Martin Allikvee | Estonia | 28.54 | |
| 36 | 1 | 5 | Ivan Strilets | Ukraine | 28.54 | |
| 38 | 1 | 4 | Mykyta Kopytelov | Ukraine | 28.65 | |
| 39 | 3 | 7 | Demir Atasoy | Turkey | 28.69 | |
| 40 | 4 | 8 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 28.71 | |
| 41 | 3 | 0 | Filipp Provorkov | Estonia | 28.77 | |
| 42 | 2 | 4 | Berkay Öğretir | Turkey | 28.90 | |
| 43 | 2 | 3 | Teemu Vuorela | Finland | 28.93 | |
| 44 | 2 | 2 | Jozef Beňo | Slovakia | 28.95 | |
| 45 | 2 | 7 | Daniils Bobrovs | Latvia | 28.99 | |
| 46 | 3 | 1 | Dávid Horváth | Hungary | 29.03 | |
| 47 | 1 | 6 | Andri Aedma | Estonia | 29.34 | |
| 48 | 2 | 8 | Johannes Dietrich | Austria | 29.49 | |
| 49 | 2 | 0 | Lyubomir Epitropov | Bulgaria | 29.63 | |
| 50 | 2 | 1 | Oktaycan Emirbayer | Turkey | 29.72 | |
| 51 | 3 | 9 | Oleksandr Karpenko | Ukraine | 29.79 | |
| 52 | 1 | 3 | Michael Stafrace | Malta | 30.03 | |
| 53 | 1 | 2 | Deni Baholli | Albania | 31.43 | |
| | 2 | 9 | Jacques Laeuffer | Switzerland | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 1 | Marcin Stolarski | Poland | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 7 August at 17:18.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 26.80 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 26.99 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 6 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 27.17 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Alessandro Pinzuti | Italy | 27.32 | |
| 5 | 2 | Johannes Skagius | Sweden | 27.39 | |
| 6 | 1 | Darragh Greene | Ireland | 27.44 | |
| 7 | 7 | Nikola Obrovac | Croatia | 27.75 | |
| 8 | 8 | Ioannis Karpouzlis | Greece | 27.97 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.23 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 6 | Peter John Stevens | Slovenia | 27.08 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus | 27.09 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Ties Elzerman | Netherlands | 27.15 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Fabian Schwingenschlögl | Germany | 27.16 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 27.39 | |
| 7 | 1 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | 27.47 | |
| 8 | 8 | Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | 27.72 | |

### Final

The final was started on 8 August at 16:48.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.09 | CR |
| | 5 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 26.79 | |
| | 6 | Peter John Stevens | Slovenia | 27.06 | |
| 4 | 8 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 27.18 | |
| 5 | 3 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 27.20 | |
| 6 | 7 | Ties Elzerman | Netherlands | 27.24 | |
| 7 | 1 | Fabian Schwingenschlögl | Germany | 27.29 | |
| 8 | 2 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus | 27.32 | |