# Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 25 and 26. The heats and semifinals took place on May 25, the final on May 26.

## 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 | July 29, 2009 |
| European record | Hendrik Feldwehr | Germany | 26.83 | Rome | July 28, 2009 |
| Championship record | Oleg Lisogor | Ukraine | 27.18 | Berlin | August 2, 2002 |

## Results
### Heats

52 swimmers participated in 7 heats.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 27.36 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 27.56 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 5 | Mattia Pesce | Italy | 27.78 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Matjaž Markič | Slovenia | 27.81 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 3 | Panagiotis Samilidis | Greece | 27.93 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 7 | Filipp Provorkov | Estonia | 27.93 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Valeriy Dymo | Ukraine | 27.94 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Aleksander Hetland | Norway | 27.97 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 27.99 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 7 | Gábor Financsek | Hungary | 28.01 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 5 | Dragos Agache | Romania | 28.02 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 8 | Viktar Vabishchevich | Belarus | 28.03 | Q, NR |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Petr Bartůněk | Czech Republic | 28.05 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Emil Tahirovič | Slovenia | 28.09 | Q scratched |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | Eetu Karvonen | Finland | 28.20 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 6 | Kirill Strelnikov | Russia | 28.20 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 7 | Dawid Szulich | Poland | 28.21 | |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | Martin Schweizer | Switzerland | 28.22 | |
| 19 | 4 | 3 | Robert Vovk | Slovenia | 28.38 | |
| 20 | 4 | 6 | Ante Krizan | Croatia | 28.40 | |
| 20 | 7 | 6 | Ömer Aslanoğlu | Turkey | 28.40 | |
| 22 | 4 | 5 | Carlos Esteves Almeida | Portugal | 28.43 | NR |
| 22 | 6 | 2 | Andriy Kovalenko | Ukraine | 28.43 | |
| 24 | 4 | 8 | Johannes Skagius | Sweden | 28.44 | |
| 25 | 5 | 6 | Anton Lobanov | Russia | 28.45 | |
| 26 | 3 | 3 | Tomáš Klobučník | Slovakia | 28.50 | |
| 26 | 4 | 2 | Sasa Gerbec | Croatia | 28.50 | |
| 28 | 6 | 8 | Laurent Carnol | Luxembourg | 28.57 | NR |
| 29 | 4 | 7 | Filip Wypych | Poland | 28.60 | |
| 30 | 7 | 8 | Yaron Shagalov | Israel | 28.61 | |
| 31 | 3 | 8 | Tamás Szabó | Hungary | 28.66 | |
| 32 | 6 | 1 | Marek Botik | Slovakia | 28.72 | |
| 33 | 3 | 7 | Imri Ganiel | Israel | 28.78 | |
| 34 | 3 | 6 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 28.83 | |
| 35 | 3 | 5 | Igor Borysik | Ukraine | 28.84 | |
| 36 | 3 | 2 | Matti Mattsson | Finland | 28.85 | |
| 37 | 2 | 6 | Sverre Næss | Norway | 28.86 | |
| 37 | 3 | 4 | Yannick Kaeser | Switzerland | 28.86 | |
| 39 | 7 | 1 | Hunor Mate | Austria | 28.88 | |
| 40 | 2 | 7 | Oleg Kostin | Russia | 28.91 | |
| 40 | 3 | 1 | Danila Artiomov | Moldova | 28.91 | |
| 42 | 2 | 2 | Vaidotas Blažys | Lithuania | 29.09 | |
| 43 | 2 | 3 | Martin Baďura | Czech Republic | 29.23 | |
| 44 | 1 | 4 | Daniel Vacval | Slovakia | 29.32 | |
| 45 | 4 | 1 | Matej Kuchar | Slovakia | 29.42 | |
| 46 | 2 | 8 | Lachezar Shumkov | Bulgaria | 29.45 | |
| 47 | 2 | 4 | Jowan Qupty | Israel | 29.53 | |
| 48 | 2 | 1 | Uldis Tazans | Latvia | 29.55 | |
| 49 | 2 | 5 | Maxim Podoprigora | Austria | 29.59 | |
| 50 | 1 | 3 | Olexiy Rozhkov | Ukraine | 29.65 | |
| 51 | 1 | 5 | Ákos Molnár | Hungary | 30.42 | |
| 52 | 1 | 6 | Marius Mikalauskas | Lithuania | 30.66 | |

### Semifinals

The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Matjaž Markič | Slovenia | 27.43 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Aleksander Hetland | Norway | 27.68 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 27.73 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Filipp Provorkov | Estonia | 28.07 | |
| 5 | 8 | Dawid Szulich | Poland | 28.08 | |
| 6 | 2 | Gábor Financsek | Hungary | 28.13 | |
| 7 | 1 | Eetu Karvonen | Finland | 28.26 | |
| 7 | 7 | Viktar Vabishchevich | Belarus | 28.26 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 27.60 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Mattia Pesce | Italy | 27.63 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Petr Bartůněk | Czech Republic | 27.89 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Panagiotis Samilidis | Greece | 27.92 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Valeriy Dymo | Ukraine | 27.99 | |
| 5 | 7 | Dragos Agache | Romania | 27.99 | |
| 7 | 2 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 28.04 | |
| 8 | 8 | Kirill Strelnikov | Russia | 28.25 | |

#### Swim-off

A swim-off was needed to determine the last participant in the final.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Dragos Agache | Romania | 28.14 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Valeriy Dymo | Ukraine | 28.26 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:30.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 27.32 |
| | 2 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 27.49 |
| | 1 | Panagiotis Samilidis | Greece | 27.64 |
| 4 | 3 | Mattia Pesce | Italy | 27.65 |
| 5 | 4 | Matjaž Markič | Slovenia | 27.67 |
| 6 | 6 | Aleksander Hetland | Norway | 27.82 |
| 7 | 8 | Dragos Agache | Romania | 27.84 |
| 8 | 7 | Petr Bartůněk | Czech Republic | 27.89 |