# Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle

The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 12 and 13 August 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | César Cielo | Brazil | 46.91 | Rome | 30 July 2009 |
| European record | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 47.11 | Tokyo | 28 July 2021 |
| Championship record | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 47.37 | Budapest | 19 May 2021 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 12 August | Heats | David Popovici | Romania | 47.20 | CR |
| 12 August | Semifinals | David Popovici | Romania | 46.98 | ER, CR |
| 13 August | Final | David Popovici | Romania | 46.86 | WR, ER, CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 12 August at 09:10.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | 4 | David Popovici | Romania | 47.20 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy | 47.60 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 3 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy | 48.27 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Maxime Grousset | France | 48.31 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | 5 | Nándor Németh | Hungary | 48.32 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | 1 | Heiko Gigler | Austria | 48.43 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 7 | 2 | Stan Pijnenburg | Netherlands | 48.57 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 5 | Andrej Barna | Serbia | 48.59 | Q |
| 9 | 8 | 2 | Hadrien Salvan | France | 48.60 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 6 | Manuel Frigo | Italy | 48.76 | |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Thomas Dean | Great Britain | 48.79 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | 6 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 48.88 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | 7 | Diogo Ribeiro | Portugal | 48.88 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 5 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 48.92 | |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Luis Domínguez | Spain | 48.98 | Q, NR |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Björn Seeliger | Sweden | 49.01 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | 6 | Matthew Richards | Great Britain | 49.02 | Q |
| 18 | 6 | 2 | Charles Rihoux | France | 49.15 | |
| 19 | 8 | 7 | Karol Ostrowski | Poland | 49.22 | Q |
| 20 | 7 | 8 | Kamil Sieradzki | Poland | 49.24 | |
| 21 | 4 | 4 | Carles Coll | Spain | 49.29 | |
| 22 | 6 | 8 | Sergio de Celis | Spain | 49.34 | |
| 23 | 6 | 3 | Jacob Whittle | Great Britain | 49.35 | |
| 24 | 6 | 7 | Edward Mildred | Great Britain | 49.45 | |
| 24 | 7 | 9 | Deniel Nankov | Bulgaria | 49.45 | |
| 26 | 6 | 1 | Robin Hanson | Sweden | 49.52 | |
| 27 | 8 | 0 | Guillaume Guth | France | 49.59 | |
| 28 | 8 | 8 | Sergii Shevtsov | Ukraine | 49.60 | |
| 29 | 5 | 0 | Illya Linnyk | Ukraine | 49.69 | |
| 30 | 4 | 5 | Uroš Nikolić | Serbia | 49.73 | |
| 30 | 5 | 2 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 49.73 | |
| 32 | 4 | 8 | Frederik Lentz | Denmark | 49.76 | |
| 33 | 4 | 1 | Mario Mollà | Spain | 49.90 | |
| 34 | 5 | 7 | Valentyn Nesterkin | Ukraine | 49.95 | |
| 35 | 6 | 9 | Denis Loktev | Israel | 49.98 | |
| 35 | 5 | 6 | Dániel Mészáros | Hungary | 49.98 | |
| 37 | 3 | 2 | George Stoica-Constantin | Romania | 50.01 | |
| 38 | 5 | 4 | Nikola Aćin | Serbia | 50.06 | |
| 39 | 4 | 6 | Stergios Bilas | Greece | 50.11 | |
| 40 | 3 | 0 | Rémi Fabiani | Luxembourg | 50.12 | |
| 40 | 5 | 5 | Max McCusker | Ireland | 50.12 | |
| 42 | 5 | 8 | Markus Lie | Norway | 50.15 | |
| 42 | 8 | 9 | Odysseus Meladinis | Greece | 50.15 | |
| 44 | 5 | 9 | Matej Duša | Slovakia | 50.29 | |
| 45 | 3 | 5 | Oleksii Khnykin | Ukraine | 50.32 | |
| 46 | 2 | 5 | Martin Kartavi | Israel | 50.35 | |
| 47 | 3 | 6 | Daniel Namir | Israel | 50.36 | |
| 48 | 4 | 0 | Tomas Navikonis | Lithuania | 50.42 | |
| 49 | 4 | 2 | Tomas Sungaila | Lithuania | 50.44 | |
| 50 | 2 | 1 | Adi Mešetović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50.46 | |
| 51 | 3 | 3 | Christos Papadopoulos | Greece | 50.55 | |
| 52 | 3 | 9 | Elias Persson | Sweden | 50.56 | |
| 53 | 3 | 8 | Patrick Dinu | Romania | 50.59 | |
| 54 | 3 | 4 | Alex Ahtiainen | Estonia | 50.62 | |
| 55 | 4 | 7 | Nicholas Lia | Norway | 50.71 | |
| 56 | 3 | 1 | Pit Brandenburger | Luxembourg | 50.81 | |
| 57 | 2 | 4 | Elias Meeus | Belgium | 50.89 | |
| 58 | 2 | 7 | Mihai Gergely | Romania | 50.90 | |
| 58 | 2 | 8 | Luka Kukhalashvili | Georgia | 50.90 | NR |
| 60 | 2 | 3 | Marcus Holmquist | Sweden | 50.91 | |
| 61 | 4 | 3 | Artur Barseghyan | Armenia | 50.93 | |
| 62 | 2 | 6 | Robert Powell | Ireland | 50.99 | |
| 63 | 7 | 0 | Mateusz Chowaniec | Poland | 51.14 | |
| 64 | 3 | 7 | Malthe Lindeblad | Denmark | 51.31 | |
| 65 | 2 | 2 | Nikola Bjelajac | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.54 | |
| 66 | 2 | 9 | Símon Elías Statkevicius | Iceland | 51.94 | |
| 67 | 2 | 0 | Uroš Živanović | Serbia | 52.10 | |
| 68 | 1 | 4 | Tomàs Lomero | Andorra | 52.25 | |
| 69 | 4 | 9 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 52.62 | |
| 70 | 1 | 6 | Rudi Spiteri | Malta | 52.90 | |
| 71 | 1 | 3 | Ronens Kermans | Latvia | 52.92 | |
| 72 | 1 | 5 | Bernat Lomero | Andorra | 53.04 | |
| 73 | 1 | 1 | Raoul Stafrace | Malta | 53.70 | |
| 74 | 1 | 2 | Matthew Galea | Malta | 53.73 | |
| 75 | 1 | 7 | Ado Gargović | Montenegro | 54.45 | |
| 76 | 1 | 8 | Vladimir Mamikonyan | Armenia | 54.92 | |
| 77 | 1 | 0 | Martin Muja | Kosovo | 55.76 | |
| | 6 | 0 | Meiron Cheruti | Israel | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 5 | 1 | Nils Liess | Switzerland | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinal were started on 12 August at 18:33.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | David Popovici | Romania | 46.98 | Q, WJ, ER |
| 2 | 1 | 7 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 47.76 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy | 47.96 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy | 48.05 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Maxime Grousset | France | 48.15 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Andrej Barna | Serbia | 48.21 | q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Nándor Németh | Hungary | 48.22 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Thomas Dean | Great Britain | 48.44 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Diogo Ribeiro | Portugal | 48.52 | NR |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Hadrien Salvan | France | 48.58 | |
| 11 | 1 | 8 | Karol Ostrowski | Poland | 48.69 | |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Heiko Gigler | Austria | 48.85 | |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Stan Pijnenburg | Netherlands | 48.94 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Björn Seeliger | Sweden | 48.96 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Matthew Richards | Great Britain | 49.01 | |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Luis Domínguez | Spain | 49.04 | |

### Final

The final was held on 13 August at 18:22.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | David Popovici | Romania | 46.86 | WR, WJ |
| | 5 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 47.47 | NR |
| | 3 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy | 47.63 | |
| 4 | 2 | Maxime Grousset | France | 47.78 | |
| 5 | 1 | Nándor Németh | Hungary | 48.01 | |
| 6 | 6 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy | 48.10 | |
| 7 | 8 | Thomas Dean | Great Britain | 48.23 | |
| 8 | 7 | Andrej Barna | Serbia | 48.38 | |