The Men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships was held on 12 and 13 August 2026.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Time Swimmer Location Date World record 49.45 Tokyo 31 July 2021 European record 49.62 Singapore 2 August 2025 Championship record 50.18 Budapest 23 May 2021

Results Heats The heats were started on 12 August 2026. Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.Heats results

Ranks Heats Lane Swimmer Country Time Notes 1 6 4 Noè Ponti 50.47 Q 2 5 4 Kristóf Milák 50.81 Q 3 7 4 Maxime Grousset 51.03 Q 4 7 6 Edward Mildred 51.18 Q 5 6 2 Jakub Majerski 51.35 Q 6 5 3 Kaii Winkler 51.38 Q 7 5 2 Denis Popescu 51.44 Q 8 6 5 Hubert Kós 51.49 Q 9 7 8 Alberto Razzetti 51.70 Q 10 7 3 Andrey Minakov Neutral Athletes B 51.78 Q 11 6 6 Luca Nik Armbruster 51.80 Q 12 7 7 Michele Busa 51.82 Q 13 5 6 Josha Salchow 51.87 14 5 5 Roman Shevliakov Neutral Athletes B 51.96 Q 14 7 1 Lorenzo Gargani 51.96 16 6 9 Ihor Troianovskyi 51.98 Q 17 6 7 Ksawery Masiuk 52.02 Q 18 4 3 Vlad Mihalache 52.07 Q 19 5 0 Casper Puggaard 52.11 R 20 6 8 Joshua Gammon 52.12 R 20 7 2 Jacob Peters 52.12 22 4 6 Lukas Edl 52.20 22 5 8 Richárd Márton 52.20 24 4 4 Isak Fernández 52.28 24 7 0 Adrian Jaśkiewicz 52.28 26 6 3 Simon Bucher 52.37 27 5 7 Björn Kammann 52.39 28 6 0 Vili Sivec 52.40 29 4 0 Alex Ahtiainen 52.42 30 4 2 Maro Miknić 52.66 31 4 7 Konstantinos Stamou 52.78 32 3 8 Kregor Zirk 52.89 33 3 4 Miloš Milenković 52.91 34 3 2 Elias Klev 53.11 35 7 9 Egor Iurchenko Neutral Athlete B 53.17 36 4 9 Ivan Shamshuryn Neutral Athlete A 53.22 37 3 5 Rasmus Skovgaard Nickelsen 53.25 37 4 5 Grigori Pekarski Neutral Athlete A 53.25 39 1 2 Daniel Krichevsky 53.30 40 4 1 Matthew Hamilton 53.32 40 6 1 Martin Espernberger 53.32 42 2 4 Tom Sela 53.37 43 3 0 Florian Frippiat 53.49 44 3 6 Vasco Morgado 53.51 45 1 8 Inbar Ono Danziger 53.53 46 3 3 Robin Yeboah 53.54 47 3 1 Ludvig Bartolek 53.61 48 3 7 Mathias Christensen 53.78 49 5 9 Mateusz Chowaniec 53.79 50 2 0 Simen Schmitz-Lund 53.82 51 2 6 Lukas Peacock 53.91 52 2 1 Enrico Sottile 53.96 53 4 8 Melker Rosengren 54.05 54 2 5 Iason Routoulas 54.13 55 2 3 Birnir Freyr Hálfdánarson 54.38 56 2 7 Jacob Armon 54.72 57 2 8 Jan Jurčík 54.74 58 2 2 Ondřej Slavík 54.96 59 1 4 Marius Toscan 55.23 60 1 7 Ārons Roderts 55.57 61 3 9 Luka Kmetić 55.61 62 1 5 Ísak Dag Brisenfeldt 55.71 63 1 6 Ronens Kermans 55.95 64 2 9 Dmitrijs Tolstihs 56.08 65 1 3 Nathan Cachia 56.09 66 1 1 Arion Budima 59.29 5 1 Tajus Juška Did not start

Semifinals The semifinals were started on 12 August at 19:33. 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 Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 2 4 Noè Ponti 50.21 Q 2 1 4 Kristóf Milák 50.50 Q 3 2 5 Maxime Grousset 50.78 Q 4 1 6 Hubert Kós 51.05 Q 5 1 3 Kaii Winkler 51.34 Q 6 2 3 Jakub Majerski 51.37 Q 7 1 2 Andrey Minakov Neutral Athletes B 51.43 Q 8 1 5 Edward Mildred 51.44 Q 9 2 2 Alberto Razzetti 51.50 10 1 1 Ihor Troianovskyi 51.57 10 2 8 Ksawery Masiuk 51.57 12 2 6 Denis Popescu 51.67 13 1 7 Michele Busa 51.72 14 2 1 Roman Shevliakov Neutral Athletes B 51.73 14 2 7 Luca Nik Armbruster 51.73 16 1 8 Vlad Mihalache 52.40

Final The final was held on 13 August at 18:30.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Kristóf Milák 49.48 ER, CR 3 Maxime Grousset 49.70 4 Noè Ponti 49.93 4 6 Hubert Kós 50.25 5 8 Edward Mildred 51.06 6 2 Kaii Winkler 51.08 7 7 Jakub Majerski 51.78 8 1 Andrey Minakov Neutral Athletes B 51.89

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