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

The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 15 and 16 August 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World recordEuropean record | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 25.95 | Budapest | 25 July 2017 |
| Championship record | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.09 | Glasgow | 8 August 2018 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 15 August at 09:12.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Nicolò Martinenghi | Italy | 26.71 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Simone Cerasuolo | Italy | 26.85 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 26.89 | |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Federico Poggio | Italy | 27.07 | |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Lucas Matzerath | Germany | 27.10 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Jan Kozakiewicz | Poland | 27.32 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Peter John Stevens | Slovenia | 27.38 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 7 | Volodymyr Lisovets | Ukraine | 27.41 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | 27.42 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 7 | Olli Kokko | Finland | 27.46 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Kristian Pitshugin | Israel | 27.48 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 27.52 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Valentin Bayer | Austria | 27.57 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Tonislav Sabev | Bulgaria | 27.58 | Q, NR |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Arkadios Aspougalis | Greece | 27.62 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 8 | Carl Aitkaci | France | 27.75 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | Bartosz Skóra | Poland | 27.81 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | Antoine Viquerat | France | 27.87 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | 3 | James Wilby | Great Britain | 27.93 | |
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Heiko Gigler | Austria | 28.00 | |
| 21 | 5 | 2 | Jørgen Bråthen | Norway | 28.01 | |
| 22 | 3 | 2 | Gregory Butler | Great Britain | 28.13 | |
| 23 | 2 | 4 | Darragh Greene | Ireland | 28.22 | |
| 24 | 4 | 9 | Daniel Räisänen | Sweden | 28.24 | |
| 25 | 3 | 6 | Nicholas Lia | Norway | 28.26 | |
| 26 | 5 | 9 | Eoin Corby | Ireland | 28.30 | |
| 27 | 4 | 1 | Konstantinos Meretsolias | Greece | 28.32 | |
| 28 | 3 | 0 | Maksym Ovchinnikov | Ukraine | 28.35 | |
| 29 | 4 | 0 | Christoffer Haarsaker | Norway | 28.38 | |
| 30 | 2 | 3 | Panayiotis Panaretos | Cyprus | 28.41 | |
| 31 | 3 | 9 | Lyubomir Epitropov | Bulgaria | 28.46 | |
| 32 | 5 | 1 | Uroš Živanović | Serbia | 28.47 | |
| 33 | 1 | 5 | Maksym Tkachuk | Ukraine | 28.80 | |
| 34 | 2 | 7 | Constantin Malachi | Moldova | 28.85 | |
| 35 | 2 | 6 | Markos Iakovidis | Cyprus | 28.88 | |
| 36 | 1 | 4 | Emil Hassling | Sweden | 28.89 | |
| 37 | 1 | 6 | David Kyzymenko | Ukraine | 28.91 | |
| 38 | 2 | 1 | Matěj Zábojník | Czech Republic | 28.97 | |
| 39 | 2 | 5 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 29.04 | |
| 40 | 2 | 8 | Luka Mladenovic | Austria | 29.06 | |
| 41 | 1 | 3 | Denis Svet | Moldova | 29.07 | |
| 42 | 2 | 2 | Savvas Thomoglou | Greece | 29.28 | |
| 43 | 2 | 9 | Aleksas Savickas | Lithuania | 29.55 | |
| 44 | 1 | 2 | Daniils Bobrovs | Latvia | 29.59 | |
| 45 | 1 | 7 | Luka Eradze | Georgia | 29.64 | |
| 46 | 1 | 8 | Raoul Stafrace | Malta | 29.97 | |
| | 1 | 1 | Giacomo Casadei | San Marino | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 2 | 0 | Oskar Hoff | Sweden | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started at 18:29.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Nicolò Martinenghi | Italy | 26.64 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Simone Cerasuolo | Italy | 26.86 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Lucas Matzerath | Germany | 27.16 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | 27.19 | q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Peter John Stevens | Slovenia | 27.27 | q |
| 6 | 2 | 7 | Valentin Bayer | Austria | 27.34 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Volodymyr Lisovets | Ukraine | 27.34 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Olli Kokko | Finland | 27.43 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Jan Kozakiewicz | Poland | 27.50 | |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Arkadios Aspougalis | Greece | 27.55 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Kristian Pitshugin | Israel | 27.68 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 27.70 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Carl Aitkaci | France | 27.73 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Tonislav Sabev | Bulgaria | 27.73 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Bartosz Skóra | Poland | 27.77 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Antoine Viquerat | France | 27.98 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:12.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Nicolò Martinenghi | Italy | 26.33 | NR |
| | 5 | Simone Cerasuolo | Italy | 26.95 | |
| | 3 | Lucas Matzerath | Germany | 27.11 | |
| 4 | 7 | Valentin Bayer | Austria | 27.19 | |
| 5 | 8 | Olli Kokko | Finland | 27.26 | NR |
| 6 | 6 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | 27.29 | |
| 7 | 1 | Volodymyr Lisovets | Ukraine | 27.59 | |
| 8 | 2 | Peter John Stevens | Slovenia | 27.74 | |