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

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Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates8 August (heats and semifinals)
9 August (final)
Competitors66 from 32 nations
Winning time21.34
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2016
2020  

The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 8 and 9 August 2018. [1] [2]

Contents

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record César Cielo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 20.91 São Paulo 18 December 2009
European record Frédérick Bousquet Flag of France.svg  France 20.94 Montpellier 26 April 2009
Championship record Florent Manaudou Flag of France.svg  France 21.32 Berlin 24 August 2014

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
8 August Semifinal Ben Proud Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 21.11 CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 8 August at 09:12. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
175 Kristian Golomeev Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 21.68Q
184 Ben Proud Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 21.68Q
365 Andrea Vergani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21.72Q
474 Paweł Juraszek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 21.81Q
564 Vladimir Morozov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21.85Q
666 Andriy Govorov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 21.95Q
783 Jesse Puts Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 22.03Q
886 Luca Dotto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 22.15Q
985 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 22.19Q
1062 Thomas Fannon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 22.26Q
1187 Sergey Fesikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22.31Q
1255 Alessandro Miressi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 22.34
1357 Andrej Barna Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 22.36Q
1381 Yonel Govindin Flag of France.svg  France 22.36Q
1560 Simonas Bilis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 22.42Q
1672 Lorenzo Zazzeri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 22.47
1771 Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 22.48Q
1882 David Cumberlidge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 22.49
1959 Bruno Blašković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 22.50Q
2088 Meiron Cheruti Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 22.51
2179 Niksa Stojkovski Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 22.52
2277 Ivan Kuzmenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22.64
2367 Sergii Shevtsov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.67
2463 Paweł Sendyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 22.68
2568 Nyls Korstanje Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 22.74
2656 Nándor Németh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 22.77
2734 Péter Holoda Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 22.78
2778 Björn Seeliger Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 22.78
2989 Odyssefs Meladinis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 22.81
3050 Christoffer Carlsen Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 22.82
3152 Mislav Sever Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 22.86
3245 Isak Eliasson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 22.89
3354 Anton Latkin Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 22.95
3444 Bernhard Reitshammer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 22.97
3553 Anton Herrala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 23.00
3651 Nikola Aćin Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 23.02
3748 Tobias Bjerg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 23.06
3842 Yalım Acımış Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 23.08
3969 Miguel Nascimento Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 23.10
4070 Calum Bain Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 23.11
4049 George-Adrian Raţiu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 23.11
4240 Daniel Zaitsev Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 23.12
4346 Julien Henx Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 23.17
4480 Andrey Zhilkin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23.18
4547 Emir Muratović Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 23.19
4537 Alexander Trampitsch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 23.19
4743 Nikola Miljenić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 23.21
4736 Predrag Miloš Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 23.21
4922 Karl Luht Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 23.22
5041 Viktar Krasochka Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 23.24
5131 Robert Powell Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 23.35
5225 İskender Başlakov Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 23.40
5339 Nikita Tsernosev Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 23.52
5424 Artur Barseghyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 23.57
5527 Vahan Mkhitaryan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 23.59
5633 Tomas Sungaila Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 23.65
5726 Georgia Biganishvili Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 23.74
5838 Kemal Arda Gürdal Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 23.76
5930 Matthew Zammit Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 23.84
6013 Vladimir Mamikonyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 23.87
6123 Marko-Matteus Langel Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 24.10
6221 Matthew Galea Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 24.60
6320 Cristian Santi Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 25.64
6428 Gianluca Pasolini Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 25.69
6515 Ruben Gharibyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 26.07
6614 Dren Ukimeraj Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 26.14
32 Richárd Bohus Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Did not start
58 Ziv Kalontarov Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
61 Pieter Timmers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
73 Konrad Czerniak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
76 Damian Wierling Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 8 August at 17:04. [4]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Ben Proud Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 21.11Q, CR , NR
25 Paweł Juraszek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 21.67Q
31 Simonas Bilis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 22.04QSO
33 Andriy Govorov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.04QSO
58 Bruno Blašković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 22.06
56 Luca Dotto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 22.06
72 Thomas Fannon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 22.14
87 Yonel Govindin Flag of France.svg  France 22.18

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Andrea Vergani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21.37Q, NR
23 Vladimir Morozov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21.44Q, =NR
34 Kristian Golomeev Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 21.52Q, NR
42 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 21.96Q
56 Jesse Puts Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 22.02Q
67 Sergey Fesikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22.15
71 Andrej Barna Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 22.27
88 Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 22.27

Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 8 August at 18:40. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Simonas Bilis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 21.70Q, NR
25 Andriy Govorov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 21.74

Final

The final was started on 9 August at 16:50. [6]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Ben Proud Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 21.34
Silver medal icon.svg6 Kristian Golomeev Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 21.44NR
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Andrea Vergani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21.68
43 Vladimir Morozov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21.74
58 Simonas Bilis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 21.97
61 Jesse Puts Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 22.08
77 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 22.11
82 Paweł Juraszek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 22.14

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