Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle

Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Danube Arena
Dates	18 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 19 May 2021 (final)
Competitors	98 from 40 nations
Winning time	47.37
Medalists
Kliment Kolesnikov    Russia   Alessandro Miressi    Italy   Andrey Minakov    Russia
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The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 May 2021. ^{[1] [2]}

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	46.91	Rome	30 July 2009
European record	Alain Bernard	France	47.12
Championship record			47.50	Eindhoven	22 March 2008

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
19 May	Final	Kliment Kolesnikov	Russia	47.37	CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 18 May at 10:00. ^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	10	4	Kliment Kolesnikov	Russia	47.53	Q
2	10	3	Alessandro Miressi	Italy	47.81	Q, NR
3	8	4	Andrey Minakov	Russia	47.88	Q
4	10	1	Andrej Barna	Serbia	48.17	Q
5	7	5	David Popovici	Romania	48.30	Q, NR
6	9	4	Vladislav Grinev	Russia	48.36
6	10	2	Maxime Grousset	France	48.36	Q
8	8	5	Nándor Németh	Hungary	48.38	Q
9	8	2	Andrey Zhilkin	Russia	48.40
10	8	7	Roman Mityukov	Switzerland	48.56	Q
11	10	6	Szebasztián Szabó	Hungary	48.59	Q
12	9	6	Thomas Dean	Great Britain	48.66	Q
13	9	5	Kristof Milak	Hungary	48.72
14	9	3	Matthew Richards	Great Britain	48.73	Q
15	7	3	Antonio Djakovic	Switzerland	48.74	Q
16	9	7	Stan Pijnenburg	Netherlands	48.76	Q
17	9	1	Jacob Whittle	Great Britain	48.78
18	10	8	Lorenzo Zazzeri	Italy	48.80	Q
19	8	6	Manuel Frigo	Italy	48.90
20	4	5	Björn Seeliger	Sweden	48.98	Q
21	8	3	Sergii Shevtsov	Ukraine	49.02	Q
22	7	2	Charles Rihoux	France	49.04
23	9	8	Kristian Golomeev	Greece	49.05
23	10	7	Velimir Stjepanović	Serbia	49.05
25	9	2	Jakub Kraska	Poland	49.08
26	7	8	Sebastien De Meulemeester	Belgium	49.33
27	7	6	Julien Berol	France	49.35
28	8	1	Josha Salchow	Germany	49.37
29	10	0	Simonas Bilis	Lithuania	49.38
29	7	0	Heiko Gigler	Austria	49.38
29	7	1	Bartosz Piszczorowicz	Poland	49.38
32	7	4	Jesse Puts	Netherlands	49.41
33	4	4	Artem Bondar	Ukraine	49.42
33	8	8	Kacper Majchrzak	Poland	49.42
35	10	9	Nyls Korstanje	Netherlands	49.46
35	6	3	Thomas Thijs	Belgium	49.46
37	7	7	Péter Holoda	Hungary	49.50
38	6	7	Daniel Zaitsev	Estonia	49.51
39	6	4	Moritz Berg	Spain	49.56
40	6	6	Nils Liess	Switzerland	49.58
40	6	2	Alexandre Marcourt	Belgium	49.58
42	8	9	Robin Hanson	Sweden	49.61
43	5	7	Isak Eliasson	Sweden	49.66
44	9	9	Miguel Nascimento	Portugal	49.68
45	4	7	Nikola Miljenić	Croatia	49.69
46	4	3	Nikola Aćin	Serbia	49.75
46	8	0	Meiron Cheruti	Israel	49.75
48	9	0	Leonardo Deplano	Italy	49.77
49	7	9	Valentyn Nesterki	Ukraine	49.82
50	5	2	Björn Kammann	Germany	49.83
51	5	1	Markus Lie	Norway	49.85
52	6	9	Uroš Nikolić	Serbia	49.93
53	4	2	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen	Finland	49.99
54	3	5	Anton Herrala	Finland	50.00
55	2	5	Alex Ahtiainen	Estonia	50.06
56	5	9	Marcin Cieślak	Poland	50.08
56	5	3	Yauhen Tsurkin	Belarus	50.08
58	6	1	Artsiom Machekin	Belarus	50.09
59	3	8	Ralph Daleiden Ciuferri	Luxembourg	50.11
60	2	4	Nicholas Lia	Norway	50.13
61	5	5	Mario Mollà	Spain	50.15
62	5	8	Odysseus Meladinis	Greece	50.19
63	4	1	Yalım Acımış	Turkey	50.20
64	3	2	George Stoica-Constantin	Romania	50.22
65	5	6	Niksa Stojkovski	Norway	50.25
66	5	4	Tomer Frankel	Israel	50.28
67	3	6	Grigori Pekarski	Finland	50.38
68	2	6	Pit Brandenburger	Luxembourg	50.41
69	3	9	Matej Duša	Slovakia	50.50
70	6	5	Jasper Aerents	Belgium	50.51
71	4	0	Daniil Pancerevas	Lithuania	50.56
72	3	3	Illya Linnyk	Ukraine	50.60
73	4	6	Artur Barseghyan	Armenia	50.63
74	6	0	Gal Cohen Groumi	Israel	50.76
75	3	0	Nikolas Antoniou	Cyprus	50.78
76	4	9	Jokūbas Keblys	Lithuania	50.79
77	3	4	Doğa Çelik	Turkey	50.80
77	3	1	Marcus Holmquist	Sweden	50.80
79	4	8	Yordan Yanchev	Bulgaria	50.92
80	3	7	Tomas Navikonis	Lithuania	51.09
81	2	2	Nikola Bjelajac	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.23
82	2	7	Sašo Boškan	Slovenia	51.30
83	2	8	Melikşah Düğen	Turkey	51.54
84	5	0	Baturalp Ünlü	Turkey	51.63
85	2	3	Constantin Malachi	Moldova	51.95
86	2	1	David Abesadze	Georgia	52.03
87	2	0	Bernat Lomero	Andorra	52.07	NR
88	1	4	Tomás Lomero	Andorra	52.58
89	2	9	Boško Radulović	Montenegro	52.95
90	1	5	Ado Gargović	Montenegro	53.56
91	1	6	Eduard Tshagharyan	Armenia	54.26
92	1	9	Vladimir Mamikonyan	Armenia	54.68
92	1	8	Paolo Priska	Albania	54.68
94	1	0	Vigan Bytyqi	Kosovo	54.79
95	1	3	Théo Chiabaut	Monaco	54.96
96	1	2	Olt Kondirolli	Kosovo	55.13
97	1	7	Ethan Faloppa	Monaco	55.17
98	1	1	Dren Ukimeraj	Kosovo	57.09
	6	8	Denis Loktev	Israel	Did not start
	10	5	Duncan Scott	Great Britain

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 18 May at 18:24. ^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Alessandro Miressi	Italy	47.53	Q, NR
2	3	Maxime Grousset	France	48.09	Q
3	6	Roman Mityukov	Switzerland	48.28	q
4	2	Thomas Dean	Great Britain	48.39	q
5	5	Andrej Barna	Serbia	48.41
6	1	Lorenzo Zazzeri	Italy	48.59
7	7	Antonio Djakovic	Switzerland	48.96
8	8	Sergii Shevtsov	Ukraine	49.33

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Andrey Minakov	Russia	47.82	Q
2	4	Kliment Kolesnikov	Russia	47.85	Q
3	6	Nándor Németh	Hungary	48.02	q
4	3	David Popovici	Romania	48.28	q, NR
5	2	Szebasztián Szabó	Hungary	48.87
6	1	Stan Pijnenburg	Netherlands	48.89
7	8	Björn Seeliger	Sweden	48.99
8	7	Matthew Richards	Great Britain	49.01

Final

The final was held on 19 May at 18:19. ^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Kliment Kolesnikov	Russia	47.37	CR
	4	Alessandro Miressi	Italy	47.45	NR
	5	Andrey Minakov	Russia	47.74
4	6	Nándor Németh	Hungary	47.84	NR
5	2	Maxime Grousset	France	47.90
6	1	David Popovici	Romania	48.08	NR
7	8	Thomas Dean	Great Britain	48.30
8	7	Roman Mityukov	Switzerland	48.47

References

1. Schedule
2. Start list
3. Heats results
4. Semifinals results
5. Final results