Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre freestyle
Championship:	2016 European Aquatics Championships
Dates:	21–22 May
Competitors:	70
Nations:	34
Win Value:	21.73
Gold:	Florent Manaudou
Goldnoc:	FRA
Silver:	Andriy Hovorov
Silvernoc:	UKR
Bronze:	Benjamin Proud
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	2014
Next:	2018

The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 May 2016.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

	Name	Time	Location	Date
World record	César Cielo	20.91	São Paulo	18 December 2009
European record	Frédérick Bousquet	20.94	Montpellier	26 April 2009
Championship record	Florent Manaudou	21.32	Berlin	24 August 2014

The heats were held on 21 May at 09.09.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	7	4	22.15	Q
2	8	4	22.18	Q
3	8	5	22.23	Q
4	7	5	22.25	Q
5	8	3	22.32	Q
6	7	3	22.34	Q
7	6	5	22.39	Q
8	7	6	22.41	Q
9	8	2	22.42	Q
9	6	8	22.42	Q
11	6	4	22.45
12	5	3	22.46	Q
13	6	3	22.49	Q
14	7	1	22.51
15	8	6	22.55	Q
16	7	2	22.57	Q
17	8	9	22.58	Q
18	8	0	22.59	Q
19	5	8	22.68
20	6	6	22.75
21	7	7	22.79
22	6	1	22.80
23	6	0	22.82
24	8	8	22.85
24	5	2	22.85
24	3	4	22.85
27	8	7	22.87
28	8	1	22.88
29	7	9	22.91
29	6	2	22.91
31	4	5	22.94
32	6	9	22.95
33	3	3	22.98
34	5	9	23.00
35	4	8	23.02
35	5	4	23.02
37	3	1	23.05
37	5	5	23.05
39	5	1	23.10
40	4	6	23.17
41	4	1	23.20
42	4	4	23.23
42	7	0	23.23
44	4	3	23.24
44	2	2	23.24
46	5	0	23.25
47	3	6	23.33
48	3	5	23.37
49	3	2	23.40
49	5	6	23.40
49	4	2	23.40
52	4	7	23.42
53	2	3	23.50
54	2	7	23.53
55	2	4	23.55
56	4	0	23.60
57	3	7	23.67
57	3	0	23.67
59	2	6	23.69
60	3	8	23.70
61	2	5	23.71
62	3	9	23.82
63	2	1	23.93
64	2	0	24.08
65	4	9	24.16
66	1	3	24.26
67	2	8	24.43
68	2	9	24.53
69	1	4	24.62
70	1	5	25.49
	6	7
	5	7
	7	8

The semifinals were held on 21 May at 16:50.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	21.84	Q
2	5	21.92	Q
3	6	22.09	Q
4	8	22.12	Q
5	3	22.17	Q
6	2	22.22
7	1	22.44
8	7	22.47

The final was held on 22 May at 16:07.^[5]