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

The men's 50 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21 and 22. The heats and semifinals took place on May 21, the final on May 22.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record European record | Rafael Muñoz | Spain | 22.43 | Málaga | April 5, 2009 |
| Championship record | Milorad Čavić | Serbia | 23.11 | Eindhoven | March 19, 2008 |

## Results
### Heats

44 swimmers participated in 6 heats.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Frédérick Bousquet | France | 23.60 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | Milorad Čavić | Serbia | 23.70 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Rafael Muñoz | Spain | 23.76 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Nikita Konovalov | Russia | 23.78 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Francois Heersbrandt | Belgium | 23.81 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | Piero Codia | Italy | 23.87 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Amaury Leveaux | France | 23.90 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 6 | Yauhen Tsurkin | Belarus | 23.91 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | Steffen Deibler | Germany | 23.94 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 7 | Mario Todorović | Croatia | 23.95 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 6 | Romain Sassot | France | 24.04 | |
| 12 | 4 | 7 | Alon Mandel | Israel | 24.05 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 5 | Andriy Govorov | Ukraine | 24.08 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 5 | Ivan Lenđer | Serbia | 24.14 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Fotios Koliopoulos | Greece | 24.20 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 7 | Martin Spitzer | Austria | 24.20 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | 3 | Tom Kremer | Israel | 24.27 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | Duje Draganja | Croatia | 24.28 | |
| 19 | 1 | 6 | Ádám Madarassy | Hungary | 24.30 | |
| 20 | 4 | 6 | Philip Heintz | Germany | 24.36 | |
| 21 | 5 | 1 | Simao Gomes Morgado | Portugal | 24.38 | |
| 22 | 4 | 1 | Bence Pulai | Hungary | 24.42 | |
| 23 | 6 | 1 | Marco Belotti | Italy | 24.43 | |
| 24 | 3 | 6 | Michal Poprawa | Poland | 24.51 | |
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Martin Verner | Czech Republic | 24.60 | |
| 25 | 6 | 8 | Norbert Trandafir | Romania | 24.60 | |
| 27 | 3 | 4 | Nico van Duijn | Switzerland | 24.61 | |
| 28 | 2 | 1 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 24.90 | |
| 29 | 5 | 8 | Duarte Rafael Mourao | Portugal | 24.98 | |
| 30 | 3 | 5 | Alexandru Coci | Romania | 24.99 | |
| 31 | 3 | 1 | Lubos Grznar | Slovakia | 25.03 | |
| 31 | 3 | 7 | Tadas Duškinas | Lithuania | 25.03 | |
| 33 | 3 | 2 | Robert Zbogar | Slovenia | 25.08 | |
| 34 | 2 | 3 | Sindri Thor Jakobsson | Norway | 25.15 | |
| 35 | 3 | 3 | Mindaugas Sadauskas | Lithuania | 25.18 | |
| 36 | 3 | 8 | Marko Tiidla | Estonia | 25.22 | |
| 37 | 2 | 5 | Konstantinos Markozis | Greece | 25.23 | |
| 38 | 2 | 4 | Pavels Kondrahins | Latvia | 25.26 | |
| 39 | 1 | 5 | Dmitry Gorbunov | Russia | 25.34 | |
| 40 | 2 | 7 | Bernhard Wolf | Austria | 25.59 | |
| 41 | 2 | 2 | Bence Gyárfás | Hungary | 25.61 | |
| 42 | 2 | 8 | Avi Cohen | Israel | 25.90 | |
| 43 | 2 | 6 | Edgaras Štura | Lithuania | 26.03 | |
| 44 | 1 | 4 | Hedin Olsen | Faroe Islands | 26.41 | |

### Semifinals

The eight fastest swimmers advanced to the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Milorad Čavić | Serbia | 23.41 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Andriy Govorov | Ukraine | 23.43 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Nikita Konovalov | Russia | 23.55 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Yauhen Tsurkin | Belarus | 23.77 | NR |
| 5 | 3 | Piero Codia | Italy | 23.84 | |
| 6 | 2 | Mario Todorović | Croatia | 23.86 | |
| 7 | 1 | Fotios Koliopoulos | Greece | 23.92 | |
| 8 | 8 | Tom Kremer | Israel | 24.20 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Amaury Leveaux | France | 23.51 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Frédérick Bousquet | France | 23.68 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Rafael Muñoz | Spain | 23.70 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Ivan Lenđer | Serbia | 23.71 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Francois Heersbrandt | Belgium | 23.77 | |
| 6 | 2 | Steffen Deibler | Germany | 23.96 | |
| 7 | 8 | Martin Spitzer | Austria | 24.04 | |
| 8 | 7 | Alon Mandel | Israel | 24.05 | |

#### Swim-off

The race determined the last participant for the final.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Yauhen Tsurkin | Belarus | 23.59 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 5 | Francois Heersbrandt | Belgium | 23.66 | |

### Final

The final was held at 17:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 7 | Rafael Muñoz | Spain | 23.16 | |
| | 2 | Frédérick Bousquet | France | 23.30 | |
| | 8 | Yauhen Tsurkin | Belarus | 23.37 | NR |
| 4 | 6 | Nikita Konovalov | Russia | 23.43 | |
| 5 | 4 | Milorad Čavić | Serbia | 23.53 | |
| 5 | 5 | Andriy Govorov | Ukraine | 23.53 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ivan Lenđer | Serbia | 23.68 | |
| 8 | 3 | Amaury Leveaux | France | 23.80 | |