Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle
The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 8 and 9 August 2018.Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 8 August | [|Semifinal] | Ben Proud | | 21.11 | CR |
Results
Heats
The heats were started on 8 August at 09:12.Semifinals
The semifinals were started on 8 August at 17:04.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Swim-off
The swim-off was held on 8 August at 18:40.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Simonas Bilis | | 21.70 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 5 | Andriy Govorov | | 21.74 | |
Final
The final was started on 9 August at 16:50.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Ben Proud | | 21.34 | |
| 6 | Kristian Golomeev | | 21.44 | NR |
| 5 | Andrea Vergani | | 21.68 | |
| 4 | 3 | Vladimir Morozov | | 21.74 | |
| 5 | 8 | Simonas Bilis | | 21.97 | |
| 6 | 1 | Jesse Puts | | 22.08 | |
| 7 | 7 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | | 22.11 | |
| 8 | 2 | Paweł Juraszek | | 22.14 | |
