Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

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Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Danube Arena
Dates22 May 2021 (heats and semifinals)
23 May 2021 (final)
Competitors69 from 36 nations
Winning time21.61
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
  2018
2022  

The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 May 2021. [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 Ben Proud Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 21.11 Glasgow 8 August 2018

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 22 May at 10:15.

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
175 Thom de Boer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 21.76Q
264 Florent Manaudou Flag of France.svg  France 21.86Q
384 Ben Proud Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 21.93Q
482 Alessandro Miressi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21.97Q
574 Kristian Golomeev Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 21.98Q
666 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 21.99Q
777 Konrad Czerniak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 22.00Q
886 Lorenzo Zazzeri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 22.01Q
972 Vladyslav Bukhov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.05Q
1085 Paweł Juraszek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 22.08Q
1165 Leonardo Deplano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 22.11
1262 Kenzo Simons Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 22.13Q
1379 Björn Seeliger Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 22.15Q
1468 Andriy Govorov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.19Q
1483 Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 22.19Q
1676 Kliment Kolesnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22.24Q
1788 Andrej Barna Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 22.27QSO
1760 Heiko Gigler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 22.27QSO, NR
1963 Jesse Puts Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 22.28
2073 Meiron Cheruti Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 22.30
2156 Daniel Zaitsev Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 22.32 NR
2287 Stan Pijnenburg Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 22.35
2346 Nicholas Lia Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 22.37
2440 David Popovici Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 22.43
2551 Péter Holoda Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 22.44
2581 Nándor Németh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 22.44
2771 Miguel Nascimento Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 22.46
2859 Matej Duša Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 22.49 NR
2950 Isak Eliasson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 22.50
3036 Nikola Aćin Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 22.51
3178 Sergii Shevtsov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.64
3269 Jacob Whittle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 22.65
3357 Illya Linnyk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.67
3355 Artsiom Machekin Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 22.67
3589 Niksa Stojkovski Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 22.71
3653 Anton Herrala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 22.74
3758 Jokūbas Keblys Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 22.77
3843 Jasper Aerents Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 22.80
3835 Jan Holub Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 22.80
3854 Jakub Kraska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 22.80
4180 Odyssefs Meladinis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 22.83
4270 Simonas Bilis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 22.84
4334 Sebastien De Meulemeester Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 22.91
4433 Elias Persson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 22.97
4445 Juan Segura Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 22.97
4641 George Stoica-Constantin Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 22.99
4744 Robin Hanson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 23.03
4839 Markus Lie Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 23.06
4942 Mario Mollà Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 23.15
5049 Artur Barseghyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 23.22
5148 Yalım Acımış Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 23.29
5232 Nikola Bjelajac Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 23.31
5347 Julien Henx Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 23.33
5430 Nikolas Antoniou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 23.34
5531 Dadó Fenrir Jasminuson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 23.44
5525 Bernat Lomero Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 23.44 NR
5737 Constantin Malachi Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 23.65
5838 Doğa Çelik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 23.72
5924 David Abesadze Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 23.75
6026 Tomás Lomero Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 23.98
6113 Vladimir Mamikonyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 24.01
6223 Boško Radulović Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 24.51
6321 Giacomo Casadei Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 24.74
6327 Ethan Faloppa Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 24.74
6522 Théo Chiabaut Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 24.93
6614 Vigan Bytyqi Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 25.04
6720 Eduard Tshagharyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 25.15
6828 Olt Kondirolli Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 25.44
6915 Dren Ukimeraj Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 25.85
67 Vladislav Grinev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Did not start
61 Kristof Milak Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
52 Nikola Miljenić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia

Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 22 May at 11:50. [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Heiko Gigler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 22.05Q, NR
25 Andrej Barna Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 22.14 NR

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 22 May at 18:34. [4]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Florent Manaudou Flag of France.svg  France 21.67Q
23 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 21.72Q
35 Alessandro Miressi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21.86q
36 Lorenzo Zazzeri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21.86q
51 Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 21.95q
62 Paweł Juraszek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 21.97
78 Heiko Gigler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 22.10
77 Björn Seeliger Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 22.10

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 Kristian Golomeev Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 21.60Q
24 Thom de Boer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 21.80Q
35 Ben Proud Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 21.84q
42 Vladyslav Bukhov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.07
57 Kenzo Simons Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 22.14
66 Konrad Czerniak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 22.21
71 Andriy Govorov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.24
88 Kliment Kolesnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22.32

Final

The final was held on 23 May at 18:05. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 21.61
Silver medal icon.svg2 Ben Proud Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 21.69
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Kristian Golomeev Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 21.73
46 Thom de Boer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 21.80
55 Florent Manaudou Flag of France.svg  France 21.81
61 Lorenzo Zazzeri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21.92
78 Maxime Grousset Flag of France.svg  France 22.02
87 Alessandro Miressi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 22.19

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