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

Men's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
VenueDanube Arena
Dates21 May 2021 (heats and semifinals)
22 May (final)
Competitors55 from 31 nations
Winning time26.21
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    Belarus
bronze medal    Italy
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The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 May 2021.[1][2]

Records

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

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World record
European record
Adam Peaty  Great Britain 25.95 Budapest 25 July 2017
Championship record 26.09 Glasgow 8 August 2018

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 21 May 2021 at 10:17.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Adam Peaty  Great Britain 26.34 Q
2 5 4 Nicolò Martinenghi  Italy 26.54 Q
3 4 4 Ilya Shymanovich  Belarus 26.72 Q
4 5 3 Jan Kozakiewicz  Poland 26.82 Q, NR
5 6 5 Kirill Prigoda  Russia 26.93 Q
6 4 3 Melvin Imoudu  Germany 27.00 Q
7 3 1 Lucas Matzerath  Germany 27.18 Q
8 5 6 Alessandro Pinzuti  Italy 27.26 Q
9 4 5 Čaba Silađi  Serbia 27.27 Q
10 4 2 Federico Poggio  Italy 27.33
11 5 5 Arno Kamminga  Netherlands 27.36 Q
12 5 2 Johannes Skagius  Sweden 27.43 Q
13 4 6 Bernhard Reitshammer  Austria 27.44 Q
14 6 6 James Wilby  Great Britain 27.51 Q
15 6 2 Danil Semyaninov  Russia 27.58 Q
16 3 7 Olivér Gál  Hungary 27.64 Q
17 4 1 Christopher Rothbauer  Austria 27.71 Q
18 6 7 Ross Murdoch  Great Britain 27.73
18 4 7 Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania 27.73
20 5 7 Caspar Corbeau  Netherlands 27.76
20 5 1 Berkay Ömer Öğretir  Turkey 27.76
22 4 8 Heiko Gigler  Austria 27.77
22 3 5 Tomáš Klobučník  Slovakia 27.77
24 4 9 Miikka Ruohoniemi  Finland 27.90
25 5 9 Arkadios Aspougalis  Greece 27.93
26 3 4 Kristian Pitshugin  Israel 27.94
26 5 8 Andrius Šidlauskas  Lithuania 27.94
28 6 1 Theo Bussiere  France 27.95
29 2 9 André Klippenberg Grindheim  Norway 27.96
30 6 8 Valentin Bayer  Austria 28.02
31 2 2 Christoffer Tofte Haarsaker  Norway 28.05
32 3 3 Joonas Niine  Estonia 28.06
33 3 0 Konstantinos Meretsolias  Greece 28.12
34 6 0 Aleksandr Zhigalov  Russia 28.16
35 2 5 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen  Finland 28.20
36 4 0 Eoin Corby  Ireland 28.25
36 3 6 Lyubomir Epitropov  Bulgaria 28.25
36 3 9 Volodymyr Lisovets  Ukraine 28.25
39 2 3 Gonzalo Carazo  Spain 28.27
39 5 0 Rostyslav Kryzhanivskyy  Ukraine 28.27
41 2 4 Jaime Morote  Spain 28.35
42 2 8 Alexis Santos  Portugal 28.43
42 2 1 Tamás Takács  Hungary 28.43
44 6 9 Martin Allikvee  Estonia 28.45
45 3 2 Yannick Käser  Switzerland 28.46
46 2 7 Francisco Quintas  Portugal 28.52
46 2 6 Martin Szöllősi  Hungary 28.52
48 3 8 Jan Kalusowski  Poland 28.53
49 1 7 Nicholas Lia  Norway 28.57
50 1 4 Matej Zabojnik  Czech Republic 28.86
51 1 5 Constantin Malachi  Moldova 29.03
52 1 3 Daniils Bobrovs  Latvia 29.49
53 1 6 Giacomo Casadei  San Marino 29.72
54 1 1 Anton Herrala  Finland 30.60
55 1 2 Even Qarri  Albania 32.57
6 3 Tobias Bjerg  Denmark Did not start
2 0 Dávid Horváth  Hungary

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 21 May at 18:57.[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Nicolò Martinenghi  Italy 26.49 Q
2 5 Jan Kozakiewicz  Poland 27.09 Q
3 6 Alessandro Pinzuti  Italy 27.11 q
4 2 Arno Kamminga  Netherlands 27.13 q
5 3 Melvin Imoudu  Germany 27.20
6 1 Danil Semyaninov  Russia 27.32
7 7 Bernhard Reitshammer  Austria 27.44
8 8 Christopher Rothbauer  Austria 27.80

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Adam Peaty  Great Britain 26.38 Q
2 5 Ilya Shymanovich  Belarus 26.47 Q
3 6 Lucas Matzerath  Germany 27.14 q
4 3 Kirill Prigoda  Russia 27.16 q
5 7 Johannes Skagius  Sweden 27.33
6 2 Čaba Silađi  Serbia 27.34
7 1 James Wilby  Great Britain 27.36
8 8 Olivér Gál  Hungary 27.79

Final

The final was held on 22 May 2021 at 18:18.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Adam Peaty  Great Britain 26.21
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Ilya Shymanovich  Belarus 26.55
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Nicolò Martinenghi  Italy 26.68
4 6 Jan Kozakiewicz  Poland 27.10
5 7 Arno Kamminga  Netherlands 27.13
5 1 Lucas Matzerath  Germany 27.13
7 8 Kirill Prigoda  Russia 27.30
8 2 Alessandro Pinzuti  Italy 27.54

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