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

The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 May 2021.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | César Cielo | Brazil | 20.91 | São Paulo | 18 December 2009 |
| European record | Frédérick Bousquet | France | 20.94 | Montpellier | 26 April 2009 |
| Championship record | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 21.11 | Glasgow | 8 August 2018 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 22 May at 10:15.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 5 | Thom de Boer | Netherlands | 21.76 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Florent Manaudou | France | 21.86 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 4 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 21.93 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | 2 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy | 21.97 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 4 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece | 21.98 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 21.99 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland | 22.00 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy | 22.01 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Vladyslav Bukhov | Ukraine | 22.05 | Q |
| 10 | 8 | 5 | Paweł Juraszek | Poland | 22.08 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 5 | Leonardo Deplano | Italy | 22.11 | |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Kenzo Simons | Netherlands | 22.13 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 9 | Björn Seeliger | Sweden | 22.15 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | 8 | Andriy Govorov | Ukraine | 22.19 | Q |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Maxime Grousset | France | 22.19 | Q |
| 16 | 7 | 6 | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 22.24 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | 8 | Andrej Barna | Serbia | 22.27 | QSO |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Heiko Gigler | Austria | 22.27 | QSO, NR |
| 19 | 6 | 3 | Jesse Puts | Netherlands | 22.28 | |
| 20 | 7 | 3 | Meiron Cheruti | Israel | 22.30 | |
| 21 | 5 | 6 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 22.32 | NR |
| 22 | 8 | 7 | Stan Pijnenburg | Netherlands | 22.35 | |
| 23 | 4 | 6 | Nicholas Lia | Norway | 22.37 | |
| 24 | 4 | 0 | David Popovici | Romania | 22.43 | |
| 25 | 5 | 1 | Péter Holoda | Hungary | 22.44 | |
| 25 | 8 | 1 | Nándor Németh | Hungary | 22.44 | |
| 27 | 7 | 1 | Miguel Nascimento | Portugal | 22.46 | |
| 28 | 5 | 9 | Matej Duša | Slovakia | 22.49 | NR |
| 29 | 5 | 0 | Isak Eliasson | Sweden | 22.50 | |
| 30 | 3 | 6 | Nikola Aćin | Serbia | 22.51 | |
| 31 | 7 | 8 | Sergii Shevtsov | Ukraine | 22.64 | |
| 32 | 6 | 9 | Jacob Whittle | Great Britain | 22.65 | |
| 33 | 5 | 7 | Illya Linnyk | Ukraine | 22.67 | |
| 33 | 5 | 5 | Artsiom Machekin | Belarus | 22.67 | |
| 35 | 8 | 9 | Niksa Stojkovski | Norway | 22.71 | |
| 36 | 5 | 3 | Anton Herrala | Finland | 22.74 | |
| 37 | 5 | 8 | Jokūbas Keblys | Lithuania | 22.77 | |
| 38 | 4 | 3 | Jasper Aerents | Belgium | 22.80 | |
| 38 | 3 | 5 | Jan Holub | Poland | 22.80 | |
| 38 | 5 | 4 | Jakub Kraska | Poland | 22.80 | |
| 41 | 8 | 0 | Odyssefs Meladinis | Greece | 22.83 | |
| 42 | 7 | 0 | Simonas Bilis | Lithuania | 22.84 | |
| 43 | 3 | 4 | Sebastien De Meulemeester | Belgium | 22.91 | |
| 44 | 3 | 3 | Elias Persson | Sweden | 22.97 | |
| 44 | 4 | 5 | Juan Segura | Spain | 22.97 | |
| 46 | 4 | 1 | George Stoica-Constantin | Romania | 22.99 | |
| 47 | 4 | 4 | Robin Hanson | Sweden | 23.03 | |
| 48 | 3 | 9 | Markus Lie | Norway | 23.06 | |
| 49 | 4 | 2 | Mario Mollà | Spain | 23.15 | |
| 50 | 4 | 9 | Artur Barseghyan | Armenia | 23.22 | |
| 51 | 4 | 8 | Yalım Acımış | Turkey | 23.29 | |
| 52 | 3 | 2 | Nikola Bjelajac | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23.31 | |
| 53 | 4 | 7 | Julien Henx | Luxembourg | 23.33 | |
| 54 | 3 | 0 | Nikolas Antoniou | Cyprus | 23.34 | |
| 55 | 3 | 1 | Dadó Fenrir Jasminuson | Iceland | 23.44 | |
| 55 | 2 | 5 | Bernat Lomero | Andorra | 23.44 | NR |
| 57 | 3 | 7 | Constantin Malachi | Moldova | 23.65 | |
| 58 | 3 | 8 | Doğa Çelik | Turkey | 23.72 | |
| 59 | 2 | 4 | David Abesadze | Georgia | 23.75 | |
| 60 | 2 | 6 | Tomás Lomero | Andorra | 23.98 | |
| 61 | 1 | 3 | Vladimir Mamikonyan | Armenia | 24.01 | |
| 62 | 2 | 3 | Boško Radulović | Montenegro | 24.51 | |
| 63 | 2 | 1 | Giacomo Casadei | San Marino | 24.74 | |
| 63 | 2 | 7 | Ethan Faloppa | Monaco | 24.74 | |
| 65 | 2 | 2 | Théo Chiabaut | Monaco | 24.93 | |
| 66 | 1 | 4 | Vigan Bytyqi | Kosovo | 25.04 | |
| 67 | 2 | 0 | Eduard Tshagharyan | Armenia | 25.15 | |
| 68 | 2 | 8 | Olt Kondirolli | Kosovo | 25.44 | |
| 69 | 1 | 5 | Dren Ukimeraj | Kosovo | 25.85 | |
| | 6 | 7 | Vladislav Grinev | Russia | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 6 | 1 | Kristof Milak | Hungary | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 5 | 2 | Nikola Miljenić | Croatia | Did not start | Did not start |

#### Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 22 May at 11:50.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Heiko Gigler | Austria | 22.05 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 5 | Andrej Barna | Serbia | 22.14 | NR |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 22 May at 18:34.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Florent Manaudou | France | 21.67 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 21.72 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy | 21.86 | q |
| 3 | 6 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy | 21.86 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Maxime Grousset | France | 21.95 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Paweł Juraszek | Poland | 21.97 | |
| 7 | 8 | Heiko Gigler | Austria | 22.10 | |
| 7 | 7 | Björn Seeliger | Sweden | 22.10 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece | 21.60 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Thom de Boer | Netherlands | 21.80 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 21.84 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Vladyslav Bukhov | Ukraine | 22.07 | |
| 5 | 7 | Kenzo Simons | Netherlands | 22.14 | |
| 6 | 6 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland | 22.21 | |
| 7 | 1 | Andriy Govorov | Ukraine | 22.24 | |
| 8 | 8 | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 22.32 | |

### Final

The final was held on 23 May at 18:05.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 3 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 21.61 |
| | 2 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 21.69 |
| | 4 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece | 21.73 |
| 4 | 6 | Thom de Boer | Netherlands | 21.80 |
| 5 | 5 | Florent Manaudou | France | 21.81 |
| 6 | 1 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy | 21.92 |
| 7 | 8 | Maxime Grousset | France | 22.02 |
| 8 | 7 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy | 22.19 |