Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates8 August (heats and semifinals)
9 August (final)
Competitors66 from 32 nations
Winning time21.34
Medalists
gold medal Ben Proud   Great Britain
silver medal Kristian Golomeev   Greece
bronze medal Andrea Vergani   Italy
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The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 8 and 9 August 2018.[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 Florent Manaudou  France 21.32 Berlin 24 August 2014

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
8 August Semifinal Ben Proud  Great Britain 21.11 CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 8 August at 09:12.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 5 Kristian Golomeev  Greece 21.68 Q
1 8 4 Ben Proud  Great Britain 21.68 Q
3 6 5 Andrea Vergani  Italy 21.72 Q
4 7 4 Paweł Juraszek  Poland 21.81 Q
5 6 4 Vladimir Morozov  Russia 21.85 Q
6 6 6 Andriy Govorov  Ukraine 21.95 Q
7 8 3 Jesse Puts  Netherlands 22.03 Q
8 8 6 Luca Dotto  Italy 22.15 Q
9 8 5 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen  Finland 22.19 Q
10 6 2 Thomas Fannon  Great Britain 22.26 Q
11 8 7 Sergey Fesikov  Russia 22.31 Q
12 5 5 Alessandro Miressi  Italy 22.34
13 5 7 Andrej Barna  Serbia 22.36 Q
13 8 1 Yonel Govindin  France 22.36 Q
15 6 0 Simonas Bilis  Lithuania 22.42 Q
16 7 2 Lorenzo Zazzeri  Italy 22.47
17 7 1 Maxime Grousset  France 22.48 Q
18 8 2 David Cumberlidge  Great Britain 22.49
19 5 9 Bruno Blašković  Croatia 22.50 Q
20 8 8 Meiron Cheruti  Israel 22.51
21 7 9 Niksa Stojkovski  Norway 22.52
22 7 7 Ivan Kuzmenko  Russia 22.64
23 6 7 Sergii Shevtsov  Ukraine 22.67
24 6 3 Paweł Sendyk  Poland 22.68
25 6 8 Nyls Korstanje  Netherlands 22.74
26 5 6 Nándor Németh  Hungary 22.77
27 3 4 Péter Holoda  Hungary 22.78
27 7 8 Björn Seeliger  Sweden 22.78
29 8 9 Odyssefs Meladinis  Greece 22.81
30 5 0 Christoffer Carlsen  Sweden 22.82
31 5 2 Mislav Sever  Croatia 22.86
32 4 5 Isak Eliasson  Sweden 22.89
33 5 4 Anton Latkin  Belarus 22.95
34 4 4 Bernhard Reitshammer  Austria 22.97
35 5 3 Anton Herrala  Finland 23.00
36 5 1 Nikola Aćin  Serbia 23.02
37 4 8 Tobias Bjerg  Denmark 23.06
38 4 2 Yalım Acımış  Turkey 23.08
39 6 9 Miguel Nascimento  Portugal 23.10
40 7 0 Calum Bain  Ireland 23.11
40 4 9 George-Adrian Raţiu  Romania 23.11
42 4 0 Daniel Zaitsev  Estonia 23.12
43 4 6 Julien Henx  Luxembourg 23.17
44 8 0 Andrey Zhilkin  Russia 23.18
45 4 7 Emir Muratović  Bosnia and Herzegovina 23.19
45 3 7 Alexander Trampitsch  Austria 23.19
47 4 3 Nikola Miljenić  Croatia 23.21
47 3 6 Predrag Miloš  Iceland 23.21
49 2 2 Karl Luht  Estonia 23.22
50 4 1 Viktar Krasochka  Belarus 23.24
51 3 1 Robert Powell  Ireland 23.35
52 2 5 İskender Başlakov  Turkey 23.40
53 3 9 Nikita Tsernosev  Estonia 23.52
54 2 4 Artur Barseghyan  Armenia 23.57
55 2 7 Vahan Mkhitaryan  Armenia 23.59
56 3 3 Tomas Sungaila  Lithuania 23.65
57 2 6 Georgia Biganishvili  Georgia 23.74
58 3 8 Kemal Arda Gürdal  Turkey 23.76
59 3 0 Matthew Zammit  Malta 23.84
60 1 3 Vladimir Mamikonyan  Armenia 23.87
61 2 3 Marko-Matteus Langel  Estonia 24.10
62 2 1 Matthew Galea  Malta 24.60
63 2 0 Cristian Santi  San Marino 25.64
64 2 8 Gianluca Pasolini  San Marino 25.69
65 1 5 Ruben Gharibyan  Armenia 26.07
66 1 4 Dren Ukimeraj  Kosovo 26.14
3 2 Richárd Bohus  Hungary Did not start
5 8 Ziv Kalontarov  Israel
6 1 Pieter Timmers  Belgium
7 3 Konrad Czerniak  Poland
7 6 Damian Wierling  Germany

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 8 August at 17:04.[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Ben Proud  Great Britain 21.11 Q, CR, NR
2 5 Paweł Juraszek  Poland 21.67 Q
3 1 Simonas Bilis  Lithuania 22.04 QSO
3 3 Andriy Govorov  Ukraine 22.04 QSO
5 8 Bruno Blašković  Croatia 22.06
5 6 Luca Dotto  Italy 22.06
7 2 Thomas Fannon  Great Britain 22.14
8 7 Yonel Govindin  France 22.18

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Andrea Vergani  Italy 21.37 Q, NR
2 3 Vladimir Morozov  Russia 21.44 Q, =NR
3 4 Kristian Golomeev  Greece 21.52 Q, NR
4 2 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen  Finland 21.96 Q
5 6 Jesse Puts  Netherlands 22.02 Q
6 7 Sergey Fesikov  Russia 22.15
7 1 Andrej Barna  Serbia 22.27
8 8 Maxime Grousset  France 22.27

Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 8 August at 18:40.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Simonas Bilis  Lithuania 21.70 Q, NR
2 5 Andriy Govorov  Ukraine 21.74

Final

The final was started on 9 August at 16:50.[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Ben Proud  Great Britain 21.34
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Kristian Golomeev  Greece 21.44 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Andrea Vergani  Italy 21.68
4 3 Vladimir Morozov  Russia 21.74
5 8 Simonas Bilis  Lithuania 21.97
6 1 Jesse Puts  Netherlands 22.08
7 7 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen  Finland 22.11
8 2 Paweł Juraszek  Poland 22.14

References

  1. ^ Schedule
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ Heats results
  4. ^ Semifinals results
  5. ^ Swim-off results
  6. ^ Final results