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

Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
VenueDanube Arena
Dates22 May 2021 (heats and semifinals)
23 May 2021 (final)
Competitors69 from 36 nations
Winning time21.61
Medalists
gold medal    Finland
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    Greece
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The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 May 2021.[1][2]

Records

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

Name Nation 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 22 May at 10:15.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 5 Thom de Boer  Netherlands 21.76 Q
2 6 4 Florent Manaudou  France 21.86 Q
3 8 4 Ben Proud  Great Britain 21.93 Q
4 8 2 Alessandro Miressi  Italy 21.97 Q
5 7 4 Kristian Golomeev  Greece 21.98 Q
6 6 6 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen  Finland 21.99 Q
7 7 7 Konrad Czerniak  Poland 22.00 Q
8 8 6 Lorenzo Zazzeri  Italy 22.01 Q
9 7 2 Vladyslav Bukhov  Ukraine 22.05 Q
10 8 5 Paweł Juraszek  Poland 22.08 Q
11 6 5 Leonardo Deplano  Italy 22.11
12 6 2 Kenzo Simons  Netherlands 22.13 Q
13 7 9 Björn Seeliger  Sweden 22.15 Q
14 6 8 Andriy Govorov  Ukraine 22.19 Q
14 8 3 Maxime Grousset  France 22.19 Q
16 7 6 Kliment Kolesnikov  Russia 22.24 Q
17 8 8 Andrej Barna  Serbia 22.27 QSO
17 6 0 Heiko Gigler  Austria 22.27 QSO, NR
19 6 3 Jesse Puts  Netherlands 22.28
20 7 3 Meiron Cheruti  Israel 22.30
21 5 6 Daniel Zaitsev  Estonia 22.32 NR
22 8 7 Stan Pijnenburg  Netherlands 22.35
23 4 6 Nicholas Lia  Norway 22.37
24 4 0 David Popovici  Romania 22.43
25 5 1 Péter Holoda  Hungary 22.44
25 8 1 Nándor Németh  Hungary 22.44
27 7 1 Miguel Nascimento  Portugal 22.46
28 5 9 Matej Duša  Slovakia 22.49 NR
29 5 0 Isak Eliasson  Sweden 22.50
30 3 6 Nikola Aćin  Serbia 22.51
31 7 8 Sergii Shevtsov  Ukraine 22.64
32 6 9 Jacob Whittle  Great Britain 22.65
33 5 7 Illya Linnyk  Ukraine 22.67
33 5 5 Artsiom Machekin  Belarus 22.67
35 8 9 Niksa Stojkovski  Norway 22.71
36 5 3 Anton Herrala  Finland 22.74
37 5 8 Jokūbas Keblys  Lithuania 22.77
38 4 3 Jasper Aerents  Belgium 22.80
38 3 5 Jan Holub  Poland 22.80
38 5 4 Jakub Kraska  Poland 22.80
41 8 0 Odyssefs Meladinis  Greece 22.83
42 7 0 Simonas Bilis  Lithuania 22.84
43 3 4 Sebastien De Meulemeester  Belgium 22.91
44 3 3 Elias Persson  Sweden 22.97
44 4 5 Juan Segura  Spain 22.97
46 4 1 George Stoica-Constantin  Romania 22.99
47 4 4 Robin Hanson  Sweden 23.03
48 3 9 Markus Lie  Norway 23.06
49 4 2 Mario Mollà  Spain 23.15
50 4 9 Artur Barseghyan  Armenia 23.22
51 4 8 Yalım Acımış  Turkey 23.29
52 3 2 Nikola Bjelajac  Bosnia and Herzegovina 23.31
53 4 7 Julien Henx  Luxembourg 23.33
54 3 0 Nikolas Antoniou  Cyprus 23.34
55 3 1 Dadó Fenrir Jasminuson  Iceland 23.44
55 2 5 Bernat Lomero  Andorra 23.44 NR
57 3 7 Constantin Malachi  Moldova 23.65
58 3 8 Doğa Çelik  Turkey 23.72
59 2 4 David Abesadze  Georgia 23.75
60 2 6 Tomás Lomero  Andorra 23.98
61 1 3 Vladimir Mamikonyan  Armenia 24.01
62 2 3 Boško Radulović  Montenegro 24.51
63 2 1 Giacomo Casadei  San Marino 24.74
63 2 7 Ethan Faloppa  Monaco 24.74
65 2 2 Théo Chiabaut  Monaco 24.93
66 1 4 Vigan Bytyqi  Kosovo 25.04
67 2 0 Eduard Tshagharyan  Armenia 25.15
68 2 8 Olt Kondirolli  Kosovo 25.44
69 1 5 Dren Ukimeraj  Kosovo 25.85
6 7 Vladislav Grinev  Russia Did not start
6 1 Kristof Milak  Hungary
5 2 Nikola Miljenić  Croatia

Swim-off

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Heiko Gigler  Austria 22.05 Q, NR
2 5 Andrej Barna  Serbia 22.14 NR

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Florent Manaudou  France 21.67 Q
2 3 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen  Finland 21.72 Q
3 5 Alessandro Miressi  Italy 21.86 q
3 6 Lorenzo Zazzeri  Italy 21.86 q
5 1 Maxime Grousset  France 21.95 q
6 2 Paweł Juraszek  Poland 21.97
7 8 Heiko Gigler  Austria 22.10
7 7 Björn Seeliger  Sweden 22.10

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Kristian Golomeev  Greece 21.60 Q
2 4 Thom de Boer  Netherlands 21.80 Q
3 5 Ben Proud  Great Britain 21.84 q
4 2 Vladyslav Bukhov  Ukraine 22.07
5 7 Kenzo Simons  Netherlands 22.14
6 6 Konrad Czerniak  Poland 22.21
7 1 Andriy Govorov  Ukraine 22.24
8 8 Kliment Kolesnikov  Russia 22.32

Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen  Finland 21.61
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Ben Proud  Great Britain 21.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Kristian Golomeev  Greece 21.73
4 6 Thom de Boer  Netherlands 21.80
5 5 Florent Manaudou  France 21.81
6 1 Lorenzo Zazzeri  Italy 21.92
7 8 Maxime Grousset  France 22.02
8 7 Alessandro Miressi  Italy 22.19

References