| Event: | Men's 50 metre backstroke |
| Championship: | 2016 European Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 18–19 May |
| Competitors: | 45 |
| Nations: | 24 |
| Win Value: | 24.77 |
| Gold: | Camille Lacourt |
| Goldnoc: | FRA |
| Silver: | Richárd Bohus |
| Silvernoc: | HUN |
| Bronze: | Grigory Tarasevich |
| Bronzenoc: | RUS |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 May 2016.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | align=left rowspan=2 | Liam Tancock | align=left rowspan=2 | align=left rowspan=2 | 24.04 | Rome | 2 August 2009 | |
| European record | ||||||||
| Championship record | Camille Lacourt | 24.07 | Budapest | 12 August 2010 |
The heats were held on 18 May at 11:04.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 24.85 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 24.93 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 25.00 | Q | |||
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 25.17 | Q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 5 | 25.19 | Q | |||
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 25.23 | Q | |||
| 7 | 4 | 6 | 25.25 | Q | |||
| 8 | 5 | 5 | 25.29 | Q | |||
| 9 | 5 | 7 | 25.44 | Q | |||
| 10 | 4 | 3 | 25.45 | Q | |||
| 11 | 5 | 3 | 25.54 | Q | |||
| 12 | 5 | 6 | 25.55 | Q | |||
| 12 | 5 | 2 | 25.55 | Q | |||
| 14 | 4 | 5 | 25.59 | Q | |||
| 15 | 4 | 2 | 25.74 | Q | |||
| 16 | 3 | 8 | 25.81 | Q | |||
| 17 | 4 | 1 | 25.84 | ||||
| 18 | 5 | 1 | 25.93 | ||||
| 19 | 5 | 0 | 25.96 | ||||
| 20 | 5 | 8 | 26.05 | ||||
| 21 | 5 | 9 | 26.07 | ||||
| 22 | 1 | 6 | 26.18 | ||||
| 23 | 2 | 6 | 26.22 | ||||
| 24 | 4 | 7 | 26.24 | ||||
| 25 | 1 | 2 | 26.29 | ||||
| 26 | 3 | 9 | 26.31 | ||||
| 27 | 2 | 5 | 26.43 | ||||
| 28 | 4 | 0 | 26.44 | ||||
| 29 | 2 | 9 | 26.46 | ||||
| 30 | 2 | 4 | 26.50 | ||||
| 31 | 3 | 0 | 26.51 | ||||
| 32 | 4 | 8 | 26.53 | ||||
| 33 | 2 | 1 | 26.55 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 0 | 26.57 | ||||
| 35 | 2 | 3 | 26.58 | ||||
| 36 | 3 | 1 | 26.65 | ||||
| 37 | 1 | 7 | 26.67 | ||||
| 38 | 4 | 9 | 26.70 | ||||
| 39 | 1 | 4 | 26.73 | ||||
| 40 | 2 | 8 | 26.74 | ||||
| 41 | 2 | 2 | 26.76 | ||||
| 42 | 2 | 7 | 26.94 | ||||
| 43 | 1 | 5 | 27.03 | ||||
| 44 | 1 | 3 | 27.13 | ||||
| 45 | 1 | 1 | 28.75 | ||||
| 3 | 6 | ||||||
| 3 | 7 | ||||||
The semifinals were held on 18 May at 19:49.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 24.79 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 24.97 | Q | |||
| 3 | 6 | 25.06 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 25.20 | Q | |||
| 5 | 7 | 25.25 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 25.36 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 25.37 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 25.94 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 24.87 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 25.02 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 25.04 | Q | |||
| 4 | 6 | 25.09 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 25.28 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 25.32 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 25.77 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 25.84 |
The final was held on 19 May at 19:32.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 24.77 | |||||
| 2 | 24.82 | |||||
| 6 | 24.86 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 24.96 | ||||
| 5 | 8 | 25.00 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 25.02 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 25.03 | ||||
| 7 | 5 | 25.03 |