50 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 2026 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Paris FRA
Held 15 – 16 August 2026
Status Medal
Competitors 77
Countries 35
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Nikita Sheremet UKR 21.56
(1 h6)
21.38
(1 h2)
21.13
(1 F)
🥈 Yegor Kornev
Team: NAB
NEU 21.67
(2 h8)
21.44
(2 h2)
21.37
(=2 F)
🥈 Andrej Barna SRB 21.84
(3 h7)
21.52
(3 h2)
21.37
(=2 F)
4 Kristóf Milák HUN 21.87
(3 h6)
21.58
(4 h2)
21.46
(4 F)
5 Vladyslav Bukhov UKR 21.87
(5 h8)
21.51
(1 h1)
21.58
(5 F)
=6 Thomas Fannon IRL 21.85
(4 h8)
21.65
(5 h2)
21.59
(=6 F)
=6 Diogo Ribeiro POR 21.77
(3 h8)
21.72
(6 h2)
21.59
(=6 F)
8 Giovanni Guatti ITA 21.82
(2 h7)
21.72
(2 h1)
21.83
(8 F)
9 Maxime Grousset FRA 21.91
(4 h6)
21.76
(3 h1)
10 Jere Hribar CRO 21.62
(1 h8)
21.77
(4 h1)
11 Sean Niewold NED 21.84
(2 h6)
21.78
(5 h1)
12 Lorenzo Ballarati ITA 21.95
(5 h6)
21.81
(7 h2)
13 Nikita Báez FRA 21.72
(1 h7)
21.85
(6 h1)
14 Meiron Cheruti ISR 21.96
(4 h7)
21.87
(7 h1)
15 Matej Duša SVK 22.01
(5 h7)
21.89
(8 h2)
16 Ralf Tribuntsov EST 22.07
(1 h5)
21.91
(8 h1)
17 Leonardo Deplano ITA 22.04
(6 h7)
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18 Martin Kartavi ISR 22.08
(6 h8)
19 Vincent Van Hooydonck BEL 22.10
(2 h5)
20 Luka Cvetko CRO 22.11
(3 h5)
21 Nikola Miljenić CRO 22.14
(7 h8)
22 Rémi Fabiani LUX 22.15
(6 h6)
23 Elias Persson SWE 22.16
(7 h6)
=24 Nikola Aćin SRB 22.21
(1 h4)
=24 Stergios Bilas GRE 22.21
(8 h8)
26 Vasily Kukushkin
Team: NAB
NEU 22.25
(7 h7)
27 Nicholas Lia NOR 22.27
(2 h4)
28 Luca Hoek ESP 22.30
(9 h8)
29 Nooa Matela FIN 22.31
(1 h2)
30 Roman Zhidkov
Team: NAB
NEU 22.33
(8 h7)
31 Sergio de Celis ESP 22.37
(9 h7)
32 Alexander Cohoon GBR 22.41
(8 h6)
=33 Daniel Zaitsev EST 22.42
(1 h3)
=33 Manuel Frigo ITA 22.42
(3 h4)
=33 Jacob Mills GBR 22.42
(9 h6)
36 Brandon van den Berg NED 22.43
(4 h5)
37 Jokūbas Keblys LTU 22.45
(10 h6)
=38 Julian Koch GER 22.48
(2 h3)
=38 Piotr Ludwiczak POL 22.48
(10 h8)
40 Oliver Søgaard-Andersen DEN 22.49
(1 h1)
41 Jakob Harlem NOR 22.53
(4 h4)
=42 Patrick Dinu ROU 22.55
(=5 h4)
=42 Frederik Lentz DEN 22.55
(=5 h4)
44 Iliya Linnik UKR 22.56
(5 h5)
45 Max Halbeisen AUT 22.57
(7 h4)
=46 Matthew Hamilton IRL 22.61
(=3 h3)
=46 Erik Falk SWE 22.61
(=3 h3)
48 Ralph Daleiden LUX 22.62
(2 h2)
49 Heiko Gigler AUT 22.69
(6 h5)
=50 Bjørnar Laskerud NOR 22.71
(7 h5)
=50 Božo Puhalović CRO 22.71
(10 h7)
52 Jānis Dzirkalis LAT 22.72
(8 h4)
53 Justin Cvetkov SRB 22.76
(9 h4)
54 Alex Ahtiainen EST 22.77
(2 h1)
55 Elias Refstie NOR 22.78
(5 h3)
56 Velimir Stjepanović SRB 22.80
(3 h1)
57 Símon Statkevičius ISL 22.81
(3 h2)
58 Ondřej Slavík CZE 22.86
(4 h2)
59 Balint Ashton SUI 22.87
(6 h3)
60 Robin Yeboah SUI 22.89
(10 h4)
61 Szymon Mróz POL 22.90
(7 h3)
=62 Floris Tanis NED 23.02
(8 h3)
=62 Mateusz Chowaniec POL 23.02
(8 h5)
64 Andrea Poladashvili GEO 23.03
(9 h3)
65 Rio Daodu GBR 23.04
(10 h3)
66 Tajus Juška LTU 23.08
(9 h5)
67 Merlin Belmon NED 23.10
(5 h2)
68 Tiago Behar SUI 23.16
(6 h2)
69 Tom Sela ISR 23.17
(7 h2)
70 Viktor Kopf AUT 23.21
(8 h2)
71 Arian Kadić BIH 23.26
(4 h1)
72 Valērijs Čurgelis LAT 23.33
(5 h1)
73 Siim Kesküla EST 23.34
(9 h2)
74 Dmitrijs Tolstihs LAT 23.59
(6 h1)
75 Davin Lindholm FIN 23.68
(7 h1)
76 Krasniqi Dior KOS 24.95
(8 h1)
77 Dion Daja ALB 25.23
(9 h1)
DNS Thierry BollinDNS SUI
(DNS h2)
DNS Tomas LukminasDNS LTU
(DNS h5)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Oliver Søgaard-Andersen DEN 22.49
2 Alex Ahtiainen EST 22.77
3 Velimir Stjepanović SRB 22.80
4 Arian Kadić BIH 23.26
5 Valērijs Čurgelis LAT 23.33
6 Dmitrijs Tolstihs LAT 23.59
7 Davin Lindholm FIN 23.68
8 Krasniqi Dior KOS 24.95
9 Dion Daja ALB 25.23

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Nooa Matela FIN 22.31
2 Ralph Daleiden LUX 22.62
3 Símon Statkevičius ISL 22.81
4 Ondřej Slavík CZE 22.86
5 Merlin Belmon NED 23.10
6 Tiago Behar SUI 23.16
7 Tom Sela ISR 23.17
8 Viktor Kopf AUT 23.21
9 Siim Kesküla EST 23.34
DNS Thierry BollinDNS SUI

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Daniel Zaitsev EST 22.42
2 Julian Koch GER 22.48
=3 Matthew Hamilton IRL 22.61
=3 Erik Falk SWE 22.61
5 Elias Refstie NOR 22.78
6 Balint Ashton SUI 22.87
7 Szymon Mróz POL 22.90
8 Floris Tanis NED 23.02
9 Andrea Poladashvili GEO 23.03
10 Rio Daodu GBR 23.04

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Nikola Aćin SRB 22.21
2 Nicholas Lia NOR 22.27
3 Manuel Frigo ITA 22.42
4 Jakob Harlem NOR 22.53
=5 Patrick Dinu ROU 22.55
=5 Frederik Lentz DEN 22.55
7 Max Halbeisen AUT 22.57
8 Jānis Dzirkalis LAT 22.72
9 Justin Cvetkov SRB 22.76
10 Robin Yeboah SUI 22.89

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ralf Tribuntsov EST 22.07
2 Vincent Van Hooydonck BEL 22.10
3 Luka Cvetko CRO 22.11
4 Brandon van den Berg NED 22.43
5 Iliya Linnik UKR 22.56
6 Heiko Gigler AUT 22.69
7 Bjørnar Laskerud NOR 22.71
8 Mateusz Chowaniec POL 23.02
9 Tajus Juška LTU 23.08
DNS Tomas LukminasDNS LTU

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Nikita Sheremet UKR 21.56
2 Sean Niewold NED 21.84
3 Kristóf Milák HUN 21.87
4 Maxime Grousset FRA 21.91
5 Lorenzo Ballarati ITA 21.95
6 Rémi Fabiani LUX 22.15
7 Elias Persson SWE 22.16
8 Alexander Cohoon GBR 22.41
9 Jacob Mills GBR 22.42
10 Jokūbas Keblys LTU 22.45

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Nikita Báez FRA 21.72
2 Giovanni Guatti ITA 21.82
3 Andrej Barna SRB 21.84
4 Meiron Cheruti ISR 21.96
5 Matej Duša SVK 22.01
6 Leonardo Deplano ITA 22.04
7 Vasily Kukushkin
Team: NAB
NEU 22.25
8 Roman Zhidkov
Team: NAB
NEU 22.33
9 Sergio de Celis ESP 22.37
10 Božo Puhalović CRO 22.71

Heat 8

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Jere Hribar CRO 21.62
2 Yegor Kornev
Team: NAB
NEU 21.67
3 Diogo Ribeiro POR 21.77
4 Thomas Fannon IRL 21.85
5 Vladyslav Bukhov UKR 21.87
6 Martin Kartavi ISR 22.08
7 Nikola Miljenić CRO 22.14
8 Stergios Bilas GRE 22.21
9 Luca Hoek ESP 22.30
10 Piotr Ludwiczak POL 22.48

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Vladyslav Bukhov UKR 21.51
2 Giovanni Guatti ITA 21.72
3 Maxime Grousset FRA 21.76
4 Jere Hribar CRO 21.77
5 Sean Niewold NED 21.78
6 Nikita Báez FRA 21.85
7 Meiron Cheruti ISR 21.87
8 Ralf Tribuntsov EST 21.91

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Nikita Sheremet UKR 21.38
2 Yegor Kornev
Team: NAB
NEU 21.44
3 Andrej Barna SRB 21.52
4 Kristóf Milák HUN 21.58
5 Thomas Fannon IRL 21.65
6 Diogo Ribeiro POR 21.72
7 Lorenzo Ballarati ITA 21.81
8 Matej Duša SVK 21.89

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Nikita Sheremet UKR 21.13
=2 Yegor Kornev
Team: NAB
NEU 21.37
=2 Andrej Barna SRB 21.37
4 Kristóf Milák HUN 21.46
5 Vladyslav Bukhov UKR 21.58
=6 Thomas Fannon IRL 21.59
=6 Diogo Ribeiro POR 21.59
8 Giovanni Guatti ITA 21.83