| Event: | Men's 100 metre backstroke |
| Competition: | Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 18–19 August |
| Competitors: | 42 |
| Nations: | 25 |
| Win Value: | 53.32 |
| Gold: | Chris Walker-Hebborn |
| Goldnoc: | GBR |
| Silver: | Jérémy Stravius |
| Silvernoc: | FRA |
| Bronze: | Jan-Philip Glania |
| Bronzenoc: | GER |
The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18–19 August.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Aaron Peirsol | 51.94 | Indianapolis | 8 July 2009 | ||||
| European record | align=left rowspan=2 | Camille Lacourt | align=left rowspan=2 | align=left rowspan=2 | 52.11 | Budapest | 10 August 2010 | |
| Championship record |
The heats were held at 10:12.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 53.88 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 54.14 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 54.27 | Q | |||
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 54.47 | Q | |||
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 54.71 | Q | |||
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 54.85 | Q | |||
| 7 | 5 | 2 | 54.87 | Q | |||
| 8 | 4 | 6 | 54.94 | Q | |||
| 9 | 5 | 6 | 54.99 | Q | |||
| 10 | 3 | 6 | 55.01 | Q | |||
| 11 | 4 | 1 | 55.09 | Q | |||
| 12 | 3 | 4 | 55.29 | Q | |||
| 13 | 5 | 0 | 55.43 | Q | |||
| 14 | 5 | 8 | 55.46 | Q | |||
| 15 | 3 | 5 | 55.49 | ||||
| 16 | 5 | 5 | 55.50 | Q | |||
| 17 | 4 | 2 | 55.53 | Q | |||
| 18 | 3 | 7 | 55.59 | ||||
| 19 | 4 | 8 | 55.61 | ||||
| 19 | 5 | 7 | 55.61 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 3 | 55.63 | ||||
| 22 | 5 | 1 | 55.84 | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 8 | 55.86 | ||||
| 24 | 3 | 0 | 55.93 | ||||
| 25 | 4 | 0 | 56.04 | ||||
| 25 | 4 | 7 | 56.04 | ||||
| 27 | 3 | 1 | 56.23 | ||||
| 28 | 5 | 9 | 56.44 | ||||
| 29 | 3 | 9 | 56.74 | ||||
| 30 | 4 | 9 | 56.87 | ||||
| 31 | 1 | 5 | 56.96 | ||||
| 31 | 2 | 2 | 56.96 | ||||
| 33 | 2 | 4 | 57.02 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 3 | 57.11 | ||||
| 35 | 2 | 8 | 57.23 | ||||
| 36 | 2 | 9 | 57.32 | ||||
| 37 | 2 | 1 | 57.33 | ||||
| 38 | 2 | 6 | 57.38 | ||||
| 39 | 2 | 7 | 57.50 | ||||
| 40 | 2 | 0 | 57.60 | ||||
| 41 | 1 | 4 | 57.71 | ||||
| 42 | 1 | 3 | 1:03.11 | ||||
| — | 2 | 5 | DNS |
The semifinals were held at 18:22.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 53.93 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 54.09 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 54.24 | Q | |||
| 4 | 8 | 54.76 | Q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 54.92 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 54.93 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 55.02 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 55.06 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 53.62 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 54.17 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 54.76 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 54.80 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 54.85 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 54.95 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 54.96 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 55.37 |
The final was held at 18:19.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 53.32 | |||||
| 5 | 53.64 | |||||
| 3 | 54.15 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 54.23 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 54.49 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 54.57 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 54.82 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 54.87 |