The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships was held on 11 and 12 August 2026.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nationality Time Location Date World record Pan Zhanle 46.40 Paris 31 July 2024 European record David Popovici 46.51 Singapore 31 July 2025 Championship record 46.86 Rome 13 August 2022
Results Heats The heats were started on 11 August at 09:38. Qualification Rules:The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.
Ranks Heats Lane Swimmer Country Time Notes 1 10 4 David Popovici 47.13 Q 2 10 2 Jere Hribar 47.80 Q, NR 3 10 3 Luca Hoek 47.90 Q 4 8 6 Kristóf Milák 47.92 Q 5 9 4 Egor Kornev Neutral Athletes B 47.97 Q 6 8 3 Carlos D'Ambrosio 48.02 Q 7 10 6 Sean Niewold 48.05 Q 8 8 5 Nándor Németh 48.11 Q 9 9 6 Josha Salchow 48.35 Q 10 10 1 Aleksandr Shchegolev Neutral Athletes B 48.36 Q 11 10 5 Matthew Richards 48.37 Q 12 8 1 Vlaho Nenadić 48.42 Q 13 9 5 Ivan Giryov Neutral Athletes B 48.43 14 7 1 Rémi Fabiani 48.44 Q 15 9 3 Jacob Mills 48.46 Q 16 8 8 Tomas Navikonis 48.50 Q 17 10 9 Gabriel Shepherd 48.54 18 5 3 Oliver Søgaard-Andersen 48.55 Q, NR 18 9 8 Kamil Sieradzki 48.55 20 9 1 Kaii Liam Winkler 48.56 21 7 7 Toni Dragoja 48.58 22 8 7 Manuel Frigo 48.59 23 7 8 Nikola Aćin 48.71 24 7 3 Ralph Daleiden Ciuferri 48.72 25 10 0 Miguel Pérez-Godoy 48.74 26 9 0 Robin Hanson 48.81 27 9 7 Patrick Dinu 48.83 28 5 4 Vili Sivec 48.85 28 6 2 Ludvig Bartolek 48.85 30 10 8 Andreas Vazaios 48.86 31 7 4 Tajus Juška 48.96 32 6 5 Evan Bailey 48.97 33 7 5 Mateusz Chowaniec 49.04 34 8 9 Jacob Whittle 49.08 35 8 0 Alexey Glivinskiy 49.09 35 10 7 Andrey Minakov Neutral Athletes B 49.09 37 5 5 Balint Ashton 49.10 38 9 2 César Castro 49.14 39 6 6 Denis Loktev 49.17 40 6 7 Brandon van den Berg 49.19 41 7 2 Sander Kiær Sørensen 49.23 42 7 0 Daniel Krichevsky 49.24 42 9 9 Alessandro Miressi 49.24 44 5 6 Charlie Skoglund Macmillan 49.26 45 7 6 Lorenzo Ballarati 49.34 46 3 4 Nikita Sheremet 49.45 46 5 9 Lukas Edl 49.45 46 8 2 Velimir Stjepanović 49.45 49 3 6 Mattia Mauri 49.48 50 7 9 Frederik Riedel Lentz 49.50 51 6 4 Merlin Belmon 49.51 52 4 7 Elias Nordeng Refstie 49.60 53 3 3 Ronny Brännkärr 49.63 54 5 7 Kristupas Trepočka 49.67 55 4 4 Christian Giefing 49.68 56 6 9 Illia Linnyk 49.70 57 6 8 Heiko Gigler 49.75 58 4 3 Eric Andrieș 49.79 59 6 0 Roman Fuchs 49.81 60 4 5 Tiago Behar 49.87 61 3 5 Bjørnar Grytnes Laskerud 49.88 62 5 8 Floris Tanis 49.91 63 4 8 Erik Falk 49.95 64 6 1 Justin Cvetkov 49.97 65 4 1 Jakob Austevoll Harlem 49.98 66 1 3 Kenan Dračić 50.04 67 3 7 Lars Kuljus 50.05 68 5 2 Ahmet Mete Boylu 50.10 69 4 6 Jakub Jan Krischke 50.12 70 3 8 Luukas Vainio 50.20 71 3 2 Viktor Kopf 50.23 72 4 9 Jānis Deivs Dzirkalis 50.33 73 1 5 Arian Kadić 50.34 74 4 0 Siim Kesküla 50.45 74 4 2 Matthew Hamilton 50.45 76 3 1 Nooa Matela 50.62 77 5 0 Robin Yeboah 50.67 78 2 5 Roope Koskela 50.79 79 5 1 Martin Kartavi 50.85 80 3 0 Miroslav Terziev 51.24 81 2 3 Valērijs Čurgelis 51.67 82 2 4 Vasil Tushev 51.97 83 3 9 Andrea Poladashvili 52.08 84 2 6 Dmitrijs Tolstihs 53.08 85 2 2 Arion Budima 54.32 86 2 7 Evghenii Poponin 55.22 87 1 4 Dion Daja 55.30 88 2 1 Edlijano Huna 55.36 89 2 8 Krasniqi Dior 56.22 6 3 Tomas Lukminas Did not start 8 4 Maxime Grousset
Semifinals The semifinals were started on 11 August at 19:32.
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 2 4 David Popovici 46.72 Q, CR 2 2 5 Luca Hoek 47.26 Q NR 3 2 3 Egor Kornev Neutral Athletes B 47.27 Q 4 2 6 Nándor Németh 47.44 Q 5 1 3 Carlos D'Ambrosio 47.70 Q 6 1 1 Tomas Navikonis 47.91 Q, NR 7 1 5 Kristóf Milák 47.97 Q 8 1 4 Jere Hribar 48.04 Q 9 2 1 Jacob Mills 48.11 10 1 6 Josha Salchow 48.28 11 2 2 Aleksandr Shchegolev Neutral Athletes B 48.31 12 2 7 Vlaho Nenadić 48.44 13 2 8 Oliver Søgaard-Andersen 48.50 NR 14 1 8 Manuel Frigo 48.54 15 1 7 Rémi Fabiani 48.66 16 1 2 Matthew Richards 48.88
Final The final was held on 12 August at 18:52. Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 4 David Popovici 46.56 CR 3 Egor Kornev Neutral Athletes B 46.74 NR 1 Kristóf Milák 46.87 4 5 Luca Hoek 47.39 5 8 Jere Hribar 47.42 NR 6 6 Nándor Németh 47.47 7 2 Carlos D'Ambrosio 47.58 8 7 Tomas Navikonis 47.75 NR
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