# Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 May 2021.

## Records

Prior the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record European record | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 25.95 | Budapest | 25 July 2017 |
| Championship record | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.09 | Glasgow | 8 August 2018 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 21 May 2021 at 10:17.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.34 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Nicolò Martinenghi | Italy | 26.54 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus | 26.72 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Jan Kozakiewicz | Poland | 26.82 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 6 | 5 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 26.93 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Melvin Imoudu | Germany | 27.00 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lucas Matzerath | Germany | 27.18 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 6 | Alessandro Pinzuti | Italy | 27.26 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 27.27 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Federico Poggio | Italy | 27.33 | |
| 11 | 5 | 5 | Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | 27.36 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Johannes Skagius | Sweden | 27.43 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | 27.44 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | James Wilby | Great Britain | 27.51 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Danil Semyaninov | Russia | 27.58 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Olivér Gál | Hungary | 27.64 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Christopher Rothbauer | Austria | 27.71 | Q |
| 18 | 6 | 7 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 27.73 | |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 27.73 | |
| 20 | 5 | 7 | Caspar Corbeau | Netherlands | 27.76 | |
| 20 | 5 | 1 | Berkay Ömer Öğretir | Turkey | 27.76 | |
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Heiko Gigler | Austria | 27.77 | |
| 22 | 3 | 5 | Tomáš Klobučník | Slovakia | 27.77 | |
| 24 | 4 | 9 | Miikka Ruohoniemi | Finland | 27.90 | |
| 25 | 5 | 9 | Arkadios Aspougalis | Greece | 27.93 | |
| 26 | 3 | 4 | Kristian Pitshugin | Israel | 27.94 | |
| 26 | 5 | 8 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 27.94 | |
| 28 | 6 | 1 | Theo Bussiere | France | 27.95 | |
| 29 | 2 | 9 | André Klippenberg Grindheim | Norway | 27.96 | |
| 30 | 6 | 8 | Valentin Bayer | Austria | 28.02 | |
| 31 | 2 | 2 | Christoffer Tofte Haarsaker | Norway | 28.05 | |
| 32 | 3 | 3 | Joonas Niine | Estonia | 28.06 | |
| 33 | 3 | 0 | Konstantinos Meretsolias | Greece | 28.12 | |
| 34 | 6 | 0 | Aleksandr Zhigalov | Russia | 28.16 | |
| 35 | 2 | 5 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 28.20 | |
| 36 | 4 | 0 | Eoin Corby | Ireland | 28.25 | |
| 36 | 3 | 6 | Lyubomir Epitropov | Bulgaria | 28.25 | |
| 36 | 3 | 9 | Volodymyr Lisovets | Ukraine | 28.25 | |
| 39 | 2 | 3 | Gonzalo Carazo | Spain | 28.27 | |
| 39 | 5 | 0 | Rostyslav Kryzhanivskyy | Ukraine | 28.27 | |
| 41 | 2 | 4 | Jaime Morote | Spain | 28.35 | |
| 42 | 2 | 8 | Alexis Santos | Portugal | 28.43 | |
| 42 | 2 | 1 | Tamás Takács | Hungary | 28.43 | |
| 44 | 6 | 9 | Martin Allikvee | Estonia | 28.45 | |
| 45 | 3 | 2 | Yannick Käser | Switzerland | 28.46 | |
| 46 | 2 | 7 | Francisco Quintas | Portugal | 28.52 | |
| 46 | 2 | 6 | Martin Szöllősi | Hungary | 28.52 | |
| 48 | 3 | 8 | Jan Kalusowski | Poland | 28.53 | |
| 49 | 1 | 7 | Nicholas Lia | Norway | 28.57 | |
| 50 | 1 | 4 | Matej Zabojnik | Czech Republic | 28.86 | |
| 51 | 1 | 5 | Constantin Malachi | Moldova | 29.03 | |
| 52 | 1 | 3 | Daniils Bobrovs | Latvia | 29.49 | |
| 53 | 1 | 6 | Giacomo Casadei | San Marino | 29.72 | |
| 54 | 1 | 1 | Anton Herrala | Finland | 30.60 | |
| 55 | 1 | 2 | Even Qarri | Albania | 32.57 | |
| | 6 | 3 | Tobias Bjerg | Denmark | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 2 | 0 | Dávid Horváth | Hungary | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 21 May at 18:57.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Nicolò Martinenghi | Italy | 26.49 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Jan Kozakiewicz | Poland | 27.09 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Alessandro Pinzuti | Italy | 27.11 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | 27.13 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Melvin Imoudu | Germany | 27.20 | |
| 6 | 1 | Danil Semyaninov | Russia | 27.32 | |
| 7 | 7 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | 27.44 | |
| 8 | 8 | Christopher Rothbauer | Austria | 27.80 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.38 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus | 26.47 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Lucas Matzerath | Germany | 27.14 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 27.16 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Johannes Skagius | Sweden | 27.33 | |
| 6 | 2 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 27.34 | |
| 7 | 1 | James Wilby | Great Britain | 27.36 | |
| 8 | 8 | Olivér Gál | Hungary | 27.79 | |

### Final

The final was held on 22 May 2021 at 18:18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.21 |
| | 5 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus | 26.55 |
| | 3 | Nicolò Martinenghi | Italy | 26.68 |
| 4 | 6 | Jan Kozakiewicz | Poland | 27.10 |
| 5 | 7 | Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | 27.13 |
| 5 | 1 | Lucas Matzerath | Germany | 27.13 |
| 7 | 8 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 27.30 |
| 8 | 2 | Alessandro Pinzuti | Italy | 27.54 |