The men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 25 and 26. The heats and semifinals took place on May 25, the final on May 26.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

Results

Heats

52 swimmers participated in 7 heats.

Semifinals

The eight fasters swimmers advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Swim-off

A swim-off was needed to determine the last participant in the final.

Final

The final was held at 18:30.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre breaststroke Final results
from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.

References

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