# Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle

The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 4 and 5 August 2018.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | César Cielo | Brazil | 46.91 | Rome | 30 July 2009 |
| European record | Alain Bernard | France | 47.12 | Rome | 29 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Alain Bernard | France | 47.50 | Eindhoven | 22 March 2008 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 4 August at 09:30.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 6 | Vladislav Grinev | Russia | 48.38 | Q |
| 2 | 9 | 5 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy | 48.53 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 3 | Danila Izotov | Russia | 48.57 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | 4 | Mehdy Metella | France | 48.62 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | 4 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 48.75 | |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | Sergii Shevtsov | Ukraine | 48.78 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 4 | Duncan Scott | Great Britain | 48.87 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | Bruno Blašković | Croatia | 48.88 | Q |
| 9 | 8 | 6 | Damian Wierling | Germany | 48.93 | Q |
| 9 | 9 | 3 | Nándor Németh | Hungary | 48.93 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Simonas Bilis | Lithuania | 49.00 | Q |
| 12 | 8 | 5 | Dominik Kozma | Hungary | 49.11 | Q |
| 13 | 9 | 6 | Luca Dotto | Italy | 49.13 | Q |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 49.16 | Q |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Nyls Korstanje | Netherlands | 49.20 | Q |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy | 49.25 | |
| 17 | 8 | 8 | Kyle Stolk | Netherlands | 49.27 | Q |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 49.32 | Q |
| 19 | 7 | 3 | Kacper Majchrzak | Poland | 49.33 | |
| 20 | 9 | 8 | Stan Pijnenburg | Netherlands | 49.36 | |
| 21 | 9 | 7 | Ivan Kuzmenko | Russia | 49.43 | |
| 22 | 6 | 4 | Maxime Grousset | France | 49.51 | |
| 23 | 7 | 9 | Christoffer Carlsen | Sweden | 49.63 | |
| 24 | 8 | 7 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary | 49.71 | |
| 25 | 7 | 8 | Jan Hołub | Poland | 49.75 | |
| 26 | 6 | 8 | Andrej Barna | Serbia | 49.76 | |
| 27 | 9 | 9 | Mislav Sever | Croatia | 49.78 | |
| 28 | 6 | 2 | Markus Lie | Norway | 49.79 | |
| 29 | 5 | 7 | Uroš Nikolić | Serbia | 49.84 | |
| 30 | 7 | 0 | Jakub Kraska | Poland | 49.90 | |
| 31 | 5 | 4 | Odysseus Meladinis | Greece | 49.94 | |
| 31 | 5 | 8 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | 49.94 | |
| 33 | 6 | 1 | Péter Holoda | Hungary | 49.96 | |
| 34 | 6 | 0 | Jasper Aerents | Belgium | 49.97 | |
| 35 | 4 | 7 | Niksa Stojkovski | Norway | 49.99 | |
| 35 | 7 | 2 | Ivano Vendrame | Italy | 49.99 | |
| 37 | 3 | 4 | Craig McLean | Great Britain | 50.00 | |
| 38 | 6 | 3 | Valentin Borisavljevic | Belgium | 50.02 | |
| 38 | 8 | 9 | Emmanuel Vanluchene | Belgium | 50.02 | |
| 40 | 5 | 6 | Alexander Trampitsch | Austria | 50.06 | |
| 41 | 3 | 3 | Ivan Lenđer | Serbia | 50.17 | |
| 42 | 7 | 1 | David Cumberlidge | Great Britain | 50.23 | |
| 43 | 5 | 3 | Isak Eliasson | Sweden | 50.27 | |
| 44 | 4 | 5 | Julien Henx | Luxembourg | 50.30 | |
| 45 | 5 | 9 | Ziv Kalontarov | Israel | 50.33 | |
| 46 | 6 | 7 | Jordan Sloan | Ireland | 50.34 | |
| 47 | 6 | 6 | Calum Jarvis | Great Britain | 50.37 | |
| 48 | 5 | 0 | Meiron Cheruti | Israel | 50.40 | |
| 49 | 6 | 9 | David Gamburg | Israel | 50.42 | |
| 50 | 5 | 2 | Viktar Krasochka | Belarus | 50.54 | |
| 51 | 6 | 5 | Björn Seeliger | Sweden | 50.55 | |
| 52 | 2 | 7 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 50.65 | |
| 53 | 3 | 2 | Povilas Strazdas | Lithuania | 50.67 | |
| 54 | 4 | 1 | Robert Powell | Ireland | 50.71 | |
| 54 | 4 | 3 | Tomas Sungaila | Lithuania | 50.71 | |
| 56 | 4 | 8 | Kemal Arda Gürdal | Turkey | 50.73 | |
| 57 | 4 | 2 | Anton Herrala | Finland | 50.75 | |
| 58 | 2 | 4 | Doğa Çelik | Turkey | 50.80 | |
| 59 | 3 | 7 | Yalım Acımış | Turkey | 50.84 | |
| 60 | 3 | 0 | Jan Šefl | Czech Republic | 50.88 | |
| 61 | 4 | 9 | Gustaf Dahlman | Sweden | 50.93 | |
| 62 | 4 | 0 | Emir Muratović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50.95 | |
| 63 | 3 | 5 | Teemu Vuorela | Finland | 51.04 | |
| 64 | 3 | 1 | İskender Başlakov | Turkey | 51.27 | |
| 65 | 3 | 8 | Anton Latkin | Belarus | 51.44 | |
| 65 | 3 | 6 | Nikola Miljenić | Croatia | 51.44 | |
| 67 | 2 | 3 | Artur Barseghyan | Armenia | 51.54 | |
| 68 | 2 | 1 | Georgia Biganishvili | Georgia | 51.58 | |
| 69 | 3 | 9 | Nikita Tsernosev | Estonia | 51.61 | |
| 70 | 2 | 5 | Andri Aedma | Estonia | 51.73 | |
| 71 | 2 | 0 | Teimuraz Kobakhidze | Georgia | 51.91 | |
| 72 | 2 | 6 | Marko-Matteus Langel | Estonia | 51.95 | |
| 73 | 5 | 5 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 51.96 | |
| 74 | 2 | 2 | Adam Halas | Slovakia | 52.09 | |
| 75 | 2 | 8 | Matthew Zammit | Malta | 52.45 | |
| 76 | 1 | 5 | Vladimir Mamikonyan | Armenia | 53.89 | |
| 77 | 2 | 9 | Matthew Galea | Malta | 53.90 | |
| 78 | 1 | 3 | Gianluca Pasolini | San Marino | 54.51 | |
| 79 | 1 | 4 | Cristian Santi | San Marino | 54.60 | |
| 80 | 1 | 7 | Deni Baholli | Albania | 55.60 | |
| 81 | 1 | 6 | Dren Ukimeraj | Kosovo | 56.69 | |
| 82 | 1 | 2 | Dijon Kadriju | Kosovo | 56.86 | |
| 83 | 1 | 1 | Ruben Gharibyan | Armenia | 57.53 | |
| — | 1 | 8 | Vahan Mkhitaryan | Armenia | Did not start | Did not start |
| — | 4 | 6 | Denis Loktev | Israel | Did not start | Did not start |
| — | 7 | 7 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece | Did not start | Did not start |
| — | 8 | 1 | Jesse Puts | Netherlands | Did not start | Did not start |
| — | 9 | 0 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 4 August at 17:24.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy | 48.21 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Mehdy Metella | France | 48.41 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Nándor Németh | Hungary | 48.58 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Duncan Scott | Great Britain | 48.62 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Luca Dotto | Italy | 48.76 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 48.93 | |
| 7 | 2 | Simonas Bilis | Lithuania | 49.08 | |
| 8 | 1 | Nyls Korstanje | Netherlands | 49.33 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Vladislav Grinev | Russia | 48.58 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Sergii Shevtsov | Ukraine | 48.72 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Bruno Blašković | Croatia | 48.90 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Danila Izotov | Russia | 48.92 | |
| 5 | 2 | Damian Wierling | Germany | 48.96 | |
| 6 | 7 | Dominik Kozma | Hungary | 49.15 | |
| 6 | 1 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 49.15 | |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Stolk | Netherlands | 49.32 | |

### Final

The final was held on 5 August at 17:20.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy | 48.01 |
| | 2 | Duncan Scott | Great Britain | 48.23 |
| | 5 | Mehdy Metella | France | 48.24 |
| 4 | 3 | Vladislav Grinev | Russia | 48.36 |
| 5 | 1 | Luca Dotto | Italy | 48.45 |
| 6 | 6 | Nándor Németh | Hungary | 48.55 |
| 7 | 7 | Sergii Shevtsov | Ukraine | 48.74 |
| 8 | 8 | Bruno Blašković | Croatia | 49.02 |