# Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 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 | 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 16 August at 09:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Thom de Boer | Netherlands | 21.59 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | 4 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 21.78 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 6 | Leonardo Deplano | Italy | 21.89 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 3 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy | 21.89 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 3 | Vladyslav Bukhov | Ukraine | 22.02 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | Kristian Gkolomeev | Greece | 22.06 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 2 | Björn Seeliger | Sweden | 22.13 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 6 | Jesse Puts | Netherlands | 22.15 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 7 | Heiko Gigler | Austria | 22.17 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | Illya Linnyk | Ukraine | 22.18 | Q |
| 11 | 8 | 9 | Diogo Ribeiro | Portugal | 22.20 | Q |
| 12 | 8 | 7 | Meiron Cheruti | Israel | 22.21 | Q |
| 13 | 8 | 5 | Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | 22.22 | Q |
| 14 | 9 | 8 | Andrej Barna | Serbia | 22.23 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Maxime Grousset | France | 22.23 | Q |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Paweł Juraszek | Poland | 22.24 | Q |
| 17 | 7 | 0 | Matej Duša | Slovakia | 22.25 | NR |
| 18 | 6 | 6 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy | 22.26 | |
| 19 | 7 | 8 | Andriy Govorov | Ukraine | 22.38 | |
| 19 | 4 | 4 | Matthew Richards | Great Britain | 22.38 | |
| 21 | 7 | 1 | Nicholas Lia | Norway | 22.39 | |
| 22 | 8 | 2 | Luca Dotto | Italy | 22.41 | |
| 23 | 6 | 2 | Nikola Miljenić | Croatia | 22.45 | |
| 24 | 6 | 1 | Kenzo Simons | Netherlands | 22.46 | |
| 25 | 4 | 6 | Sergio de Celis | Spain | 22.55 | |
| 26 | 4 | 1 | Deniel Nankov | Bulgaria | 22.58 | |
| 27 | 3 | 6 | Alex Ahtiainen | Estonia | 22.61 | |
| 28 | 7 | 7 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland | 22.63 | |
| 28 | 5 | 7 | Rémi Fabiani | Luxembourg | 22.63 | |
| 28 | 7 | 9 | Charles Rihoux | France | 22.63 | |
| 31 | 5 | 3 | Carles Coll | Spain | 22.67 | |
| 32 | 5 | 4 | Thomas Piron | France | 22.68 | |
| 33 | 6 | 9 | Odysseus Meladinis | Greece | 22.70 | |
| 34 | 6 | 5 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 22.71 | |
| 35 | 4 | 3 | Stergios Bilas | Greece | 22.73 | |
| 36 | 6 | 0 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 22.74 | |
| 37 | 5 | 2 | Malthe Lindeblad | Denmark | 22.77 | |
| 38 | 3 | 7 | Adi Mešetović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.78 | |
| 39 | 8 | 1 | Karol Ostrowski | Poland | 22.79 | |
| 40 | 6 | 8 | Frederik Lentz | Denmark | 22.83 | |
| 41 | 5 | 8 | Simon Bucher | Austria | 22.85 | |
| 42 | 5 | 6 | Nikola Aćin | Serbia | 22.86 | |
| 43 | 5 | 1 | Martin Kartavi | Israel | 22.87 | |
| 44 | 3 | 5 | Elias Meeus | Belgium | 22.88 | |
| 45 | 3 | 4 | Julien Henx | Luxembourg | 22.95 | |
| 46 | 5 | 0 | Julien Berol | France | 23.00 | |
| 47 | 8 | 0 | Jasper Aerents | Belgium | 23.02 | |
| 48 | 4 | 7 | Christos Papadopoulos | Greece | 23.05 | |
| 49 | 2 | 5 | Josif Miladinov | Bulgaria | 23.07 | |
| 50 | 1 | 1 | Shane Ryan | Ireland | 23.08 | |
| 51 | 3 | 2 | Oleksii Khnykin | Ukraine | 23.17 | |
| 52 | 4 | 8 | Nikola Bjelajac | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23.20 | |
| 53 | 4 | 5 | Robin Hanson | Sweden | 23.24 | |
| 54 | 3 | 8 | Jan Šefl | Czech Republic | 23.26 | |
| 55 | 4 | 2 | Juan Segura | Spain | 23.27 | |
| 55 | 2 | 6 | Símon Elías Statkevicius | Iceland | 23.27 | |
| 57 | 3 | 1 | Artur Barseghyan | Armenia | 23.34 | |
| 58 | 3 | 9 | Marcus Holmquist | Sweden | 23.37 | |
| 59 | 3 | 3 | Tomas Navikonis | Lithuania | 23.38 | |
| 60 | 4 | 9 | Tomas Sungaila | Lithuania | 23.45 | |
| 61 | 2 | 4 | Bernat Lomero | Andorra | 23.56 | |
| 62 | 5 | 9 | Max McCusker | Ireland | 23.58 | |
| 63 | 3 | 0 | Erik Falk | Sweden | 23.74 | |
| 64 | 2 | 3 | Markos Iakovidis | Cyprus | 23.77 | |
| 65 | 2 | 7 | Raoul Stafrace | Malta | 23.81 | |
| 66 | 1 | 4 | Uroš Živanović | Serbia | 23.98 | |
| 67 | 2 | 8 | Luka Kukhalashvili | Georgia | 24.05 | |
| 68 | 2 | 0 | Rudi Spiteri | Malta | 24.11 | |
| 69 | 2 | 9 | Vladimir Mamikonyan | Armenia | 24.16 | |
| 70 | 1 | 5 | Matthew Galea | Malta | 24.22 | |
| 71 | 1 | 3 | Luka Eradze | Georgia | 24.49 | |
| 72 | 1 | 7 | Martin Muja | Kosovo | 25.14 | |
| 73 | 1 | 6 | Drini Ujkashej | Albania | 26.64 | |
| 74 | 1 | 2 | Ared Ruci | Albania | 26.94 | |
| | 2 | 1 | Filippos Iakovidis | Cyprus | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 2 | 2 | Olli Kokko | Finland | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 0 | Mateusz Chowaniec | Poland | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 16 August at 18:24.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 21.40 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Thom de Boer | Netherlands | 21.72 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy | 21.72 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Leonardo Deplano | Italy | 21.73 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 8 | Maxime Grousset | France | 21.75 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Kristian Gkolomeev | Greece | 21.76 | q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Vladyslav Bukhov | Ukraine | 21.91 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 8 | Paweł Juraszek | Poland | 21.92 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Jesse Puts | Netherlands | 22.02 | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Björn Seeliger | Sweden | 22.04 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Meiron Cheruti | Israel | 22.07 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Diogo Ribeiro | Portugal | 22.07 | NR |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Andrej Barna | Serbia | 22.09 | NR |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | 22.13 | |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Heiko Gigler | Austria | 22.14 | |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Illya Linnyk | Ukraine | 22.33 | |

### Final

The final was started on 17 August at 18:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 21.58 |
| | 6 | Leonardo Deplano | Italy | 21.60 |
| | 7 | Kristian Gkolomeev | Greece | 21.75 |
| 4 | 8 | Paweł Juraszek | Poland | 21.78 |
| 5 | 2 | Maxime Grousset | France | 21.87 |
| 6 | 5 | Thom de Boer | Netherlands | 21.90 |
| 6 | 3 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy | 21.90 |
| 8 | 1 | Vladyslav Bukhov | Ukraine | 22.19 |