| Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Sports Centre Milan Gale Muškatirović | |||||||||
| Dates | 18 June (heats and semifinals) 19 June (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 85 from 33 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 46.88 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| ← 20222026 → | ||||||||||
| 2024 European Aquatics Championships | ||
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| Artistic swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | men | women |
| Free | men | women |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Technical | mixed | |
| Free | women | |
| Free | mixed | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | open | |
| Free | open | |
| Combination | open | |
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| 10 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Team | team | |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 June 2024.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Pan Zhanle |  China |
46.80 | Doha | 11 February 2024 |
| European record | David Popovici |  Romania |
46.86 | Rome | 13 August 2022 |
| Championship record |
Results
Heats
The heats were started on 18 June at 09:38.
Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.
Semifinals
The semifinal were started on 18 June at 19:03.
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 | David Popovici | Romania |
47.82 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Andrej Barna |  Serbia |
48.04 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Nándor Németh |  Hungary |
48.05 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary |
48.26 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Danas Rapsys |  Lithuania |
48.39 | Q, NR |
| 1 | 6 | Shane Ryan |  Ireland |
Q, NR | ||
| 1 | 8 | Jere Hribar |  Croatia |
Q | ||
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Kamil Sieradzki |  Poland |
48.48 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Mateusz Chowaniec | Poland |
48.51 | |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Tomas Navikonis | Lithuania |
48.62 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Peter Varjasi |  Germany |
48.83 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Heiko Gigler |  Austria |
48.84 | |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Ralph Daleiden Ciuferri |  Luxembourg |
48.85 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Patrick Dinu | Romania |
48.87 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Martin Wrede | Germany |
49.09 | |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Rémi Fabiani | Luxembourg |
49.10 |
Final
The final was held on 19 June at 18:52.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | David Popovici | Romania |
46.88 | |
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3 | Nándor Németh | Hungary |
47.49 | |
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5 | Andrej Barna | Serbia |
47.66 | NR |
| 4 | 2 | Danas Rapsys | Lithuania |
48.04 | NR |
| 5 | 1 | Jere Hribar | Croatia |
48.38 | |
| 6 | 6 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary |
48.41 | |
| 7 | 7 | Shane Ryan | Ireland |
48.76 | |
| 8 | 8 | Kamil Sieradzki | Poland |
48.84 |