# Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 8 and 9 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 | 20.91 | São Paulo | 18 December 2009 |
| European record | Frédérick Bousquet | France | 20.94 | Montpellier | 26 April 2009 |
| Championship record | Florent Manaudou | France | 21.32 | Berlin | 24 August 2014 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 8 August | Semifinal | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 21.11 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 8 August at 09:12.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 5 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece | 21.68 | Q |
| 1 | 8 | 4 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 21.68 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Andrea Vergani | Italy | 21.72 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 4 | Paweł Juraszek | Poland | 21.81 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 4 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 21.85 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Andriy Govorov | Ukraine | 21.95 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | 3 | Jesse Puts | Netherlands | 22.03 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | Luca Dotto | Italy | 22.15 | Q |
| 9 | 8 | 5 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 22.19 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Thomas Fannon | Great Britain | 22.26 | Q |
| 11 | 8 | 7 | Sergey Fesikov | Russia | 22.31 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 5 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy | 22.34 | |
| 13 | 5 | 7 | Andrej Barna | Serbia | 22.36 | Q |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Yonel Govindin | France | 22.36 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Simonas Bilis | Lithuania | 22.42 | Q |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy | 22.47 | |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Maxime Grousset | France | 22.48 | Q |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | David Cumberlidge | Great Britain | 22.49 | |
| 19 | 5 | 9 | Bruno Blašković | Croatia | 22.50 | Q |
| 20 | 8 | 8 | Meiron Cheruti | Israel | 22.51 | |
| 21 | 7 | 9 | Niksa Stojkovski | Norway | 22.52 | |
| 22 | 7 | 7 | Ivan Kuzmenko | Russia | 22.64 | |
| 23 | 6 | 7 | Sergii Shevtsov | Ukraine | 22.67 | |
| 24 | 6 | 3 | Paweł Sendyk | Poland | 22.68 | |
| 25 | 6 | 8 | Nyls Korstanje | Netherlands | 22.74 | |
| 26 | 5 | 6 | Nándor Németh | Hungary | 22.77 | |
| 27 | 3 | 4 | Péter Holoda | Hungary | 22.78 | |
| 27 | 7 | 8 | Björn Seeliger | Sweden | 22.78 | |
| 29 | 8 | 9 | Odyssefs Meladinis | Greece | 22.81 | |
| 30 | 5 | 0 | Christoffer Carlsen | Sweden | 22.82 | |
| 31 | 5 | 2 | Mislav Sever | Croatia | 22.86 | |
| 32 | 4 | 5 | Isak Eliasson | Sweden | 22.89 | |
| 33 | 5 | 4 | Anton Latkin | Belarus | 22.95 | |
| 34 | 4 | 4 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | 22.97 | |
| 35 | 5 | 3 | Anton Herrala | Finland | 23.00 | |
| 36 | 5 | 1 | Nikola Aćin | Serbia | 23.02 | |
| 37 | 4 | 8 | Tobias Bjerg | Denmark | 23.06 | |
| 38 | 4 | 2 | Yalım Acımış | Turkey | 23.08 | |
| 39 | 6 | 9 | Miguel Nascimento | Portugal | 23.10 | |
| 40 | 7 | 0 | Calum Bain | Ireland | 23.11 | |
| 40 | 4 | 9 | George-Adrian Raţiu | Romania | 23.11 | |
| 42 | 4 | 0 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 23.12 | |
| 43 | 4 | 6 | Julien Henx | Luxembourg | 23.17 | |
| 44 | 8 | 0 | Andrey Zhilkin | Russia | 23.18 | |
| 45 | 4 | 7 | Emir Muratović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23.19 | |
| 45 | 3 | 7 | Alexander Trampitsch | Austria | 23.19 | |
| 47 | 4 | 3 | Nikola Miljenić | Croatia | 23.21 | |
| 47 | 3 | 6 | Predrag Miloš | Iceland | 23.21 | |
| 49 | 2 | 2 | Karl Luht | Estonia | 23.22 | |
| 50 | 4 | 1 | Viktar Krasochka | Belarus | 23.24 | |
| 51 | 3 | 1 | Robert Powell | Ireland | 23.35 | |
| 52 | 2 | 5 | İskender Başlakov | Turkey | 23.40 | |
| 53 | 3 | 9 | Nikita Tsernosev | Estonia | 23.52 | |
| 54 | 2 | 4 | Artur Barseghyan | Armenia | 23.57 | |
| 55 | 2 | 7 | Vahan Mkhitaryan | Armenia | 23.59 | |
| 56 | 3 | 3 | Tomas Sungaila | Lithuania | 23.65 | |
| 57 | 2 | 6 | Georgia Biganishvili | Georgia | 23.74 | |
| 58 | 3 | 8 | Kemal Arda Gürdal | Turkey | 23.76 | |
| 59 | 3 | 0 | Matthew Zammit | Malta | 23.84 | |
| 60 | 1 | 3 | Vladimir Mamikonyan | Armenia | 23.87 | |
| 61 | 2 | 3 | Marko-Matteus Langel | Estonia | 24.10 | |
| 62 | 2 | 1 | Matthew Galea | Malta | 24.60 | |
| 63 | 2 | 0 | Cristian Santi | San Marino | 25.64 | |
| 64 | 2 | 8 | Gianluca Pasolini | San Marino | 25.69 | |
| 65 | 1 | 5 | Ruben Gharibyan | Armenia | 26.07 | |
| 66 | 1 | 4 | Dren Ukimeraj | Kosovo | 26.14 | |
| | 3 | 2 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 5 | 8 | Ziv Kalontarov | Israel | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 6 | 1 | Pieter Timmers | Belgium | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 7 | 3 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 7 | 6 | Damian Wierling | Germany | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 8 August at 17:04.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 21.11 | Q, CR, NR |
| 2 | 5 | Paweł Juraszek | Poland | 21.67 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Simonas Bilis | Lithuania | 22.04 | QSO |
| 3 | 3 | Andriy Govorov | Ukraine | 22.04 | QSO |
| 5 | 8 | Bruno Blašković | Croatia | 22.06 | |
| 5 | 6 | Luca Dotto | Italy | 22.06 | |
| 7 | 2 | Thomas Fannon | Great Britain | 22.14 | |
| 8 | 7 | Yonel Govindin | France | 22.18 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Andrea Vergani | Italy | 21.37 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 3 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 21.44 | Q, =NR |
| 3 | 4 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece | 21.52 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 21.96 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Jesse Puts | Netherlands | 22.02 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Sergey Fesikov | Russia | 22.15 | |
| 7 | 1 | Andrej Barna | Serbia | 22.27 | |
| 8 | 8 | Maxime Grousset | France | 22.27 | |

#### Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 8 August at 18:40.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Simonas Bilis | Lithuania | 21.70 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 5 | Andriy Govorov | Ukraine | 21.74 | |

### Final

The final was started on 9 August at 16:50.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 21.34 | |
| | 6 | Kristian Golomeev | Greece | 21.44 | NR |
| | 5 | Andrea Vergani | Italy | 21.68 | |
| 4 | 3 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 21.74 | |
| 5 | 8 | Simonas Bilis | Lithuania | 21.97 | |
| 6 | 1 | Jesse Puts | Netherlands | 22.08 | |
| 7 | 7 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 22.11 | |
| 8 | 2 | Paweł Juraszek | Poland | 22.14 | |