The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships was held on 14 and 15 August 2026.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nationality Time Location Date World record Adam Peaty 25.95 Budapest 25 July 2017 European record Championship record 26.09 Glasgow 8 August 2018

Results Heats The heats were started on 14 August at 09:44. Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Country Time Notes 1 6 4 26.20 Q, NR 2 5 3 26.65 Q 3 7 5 26.84 Q 4 7 3 26.85 Q 5 6 6 Neutral Athletes A 26.89 Q 6 7 4 26.90 7 5 4 Neutral Athletes B 26.96 Q 8 6 5 Neutral Athletes B 26.99 Q 9 6 7 27.06 Q 10 5 2 27.08 Q 11 6 2 27.12 Q 12 7 2 27.15 Q 13 5 1 27.17 Q 14 6 3 27.22 Q 15 7 8 27.23 Q 16 5 7 27.26 Q 17 5 0 27.29 Q 18 7 7 27.31 R 19 5 8 27.32 R 20 5 5 27.34 21 5 6 27.35 22 7 6 27.37 23 6 0 27.38 24 4 2 27.48 24 6 1 27.48 26 3 7 27.58 27 3 4 27.62 28 7 1 Neutral Athletes B 27.66 29 3 1 27.70 30 3 0 27.77 30 4 4 27.77 30 6 9 27.77 30 7 0 27.77 34 4 3 Neutral Athletes B 27.78 35 2 1 27.79 35 4 5 27.79 37 6 8 27.84 38 7 9 27.85 39 3 6 27.90 39 5 9 27.90 41 2 2 27.91 42 4 0 27.97 42 4 8 27.97 44 3 5 28.03 45 2 6 28.04 46 3 2 28.09 47 3 3 28.10 48 4 7 28.24 49 4 1 28.25 50 2 3 28.26 50 4 6 28.26 52 4 9 28.31 53 2 5 28.32 54 1 7 28.41 54 3 8 28.41 56 2 4 28.44 57 1 4 28.48 58 3 9 28.60 59 1 3 28.66 60 2 7 28.79 61 1 5 28.91 62 2 8 28.93 63 2 9 29.32 64 2 0 29.34 65 1 8 29.38 66 1 2 31.05 1 6 1 1

Semifinals The semifinals were started on 14 August at 18:59. Qualification Rules: The first 2 competitors of each semifinal and the remaining fastest (up to a total of 8 qualified competitors) from the semifinals advance to the final.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 26.23 Q 2 1 4 26.62 Q 3 1 5 26.71 Q 4 2 3 Neutral Athletes A 26.77 Q 5 1 1 26.84 Q 6 1 3 Neutral Athletes B 26.85 Q 7 2 2 26.91 Q 8 2 5 26.93 Q 9 2 6 Neutral Athletes B 27.01 10 2 7 27.07 11 1 2 27.09 11 1 8 27.09 NR 13 2 8 27.11 14 1 6 27.19 15 1 7 27.27 16 2 1 27.37

Final The final was held on 15 August at 18:42.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 26.57 3 26.62 NR 4 26.62 4 1 26.72 5 2 26.78 6 8 26.87 7 6 Neutral Athletes A 26.93 8 7 Neutral Athletes B 27.01

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