| Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Foro Italico | |||||||||
| Dates | 16 August (heats and semifinals) 17 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 74 from 35 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 21.58 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2022 European Aquatics Championships | ||
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| Artistic swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | men | women |
| Free | men | women |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Technical | mixed | |
| Free | women | |
| Free | mixed | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Highlights | women | |
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| 10 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| High diving | ||
| 20 m | women | |
| 27 m | men | |
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Team | team | |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 August 2022.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | |
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| 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 16 August at 09:00.
Semifinals
The semifinals were started on 16 August at 18:24.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 | 4 | Ben Proud | Great Britain |
21.40 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Thom de Boer |  Netherlands |
21.72 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Lorenzo Zazzeri |  Italy |
21.72 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Leonardo Deplano | Italy |
21.73 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 8 | Maxime Grousset | France |
21.75 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Kristian Gkolomeev |  Greece |
21.76 | q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Vladyslav Bukhov |  Ukraine |
21.91 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 8 | Paweł Juraszek |  Poland |
21.92 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Jesse Puts | Netherlands |
22.02 | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Björn Seeliger |  Sweden |
22.04 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Meiron Cheruti |  Israel |
22.07 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Diogo Ribeiro |  Portugal |
22.07 | NR |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Andrej Barna |  Serbia |
22.09 | NR |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Szebasztián Szabó |  Hungary |
22.13 | |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Heiko Gigler |  Austria |
22.14 | |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Illya Linnyk | Ukraine |
22.33 |
Final
The final was started on 17 August at 18:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Ben Proud | Great Britain |
21.58 | |
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6 | Leonardo Deplano | Italy |
21.60 | |
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7 | Kristian Gkolomeev | Greece |
21.75 | |
| 4 | 8 | Paweł Juraszek | Poland |
21.78 | |
| 5 | 2 | Maxime Grousset | France |
21.87 | |
| 6 | 5 | Thom de Boer | Netherlands |
21.90 | |
| 6 | 3 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy |
21.90 | |
| 8 | 1 | Vladyslav Bukhov | Ukraine |
22.19 |
References
| European Champions in Men's 50 m Freestyle | |
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