Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre backstroke
Competition:	2022 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	16 August (heats and semifinals) 17 August (final)
Competitors:	43
Nations:	22
Win Value:	52.21
Gold:	Thomas Ceccon
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Apostolos Christou
Silver Nation:	GRE
Bronze:	Yohann Ndoye-Brouard
Bronze Nation:	FRA
Prev:	2020
Next:	2024

The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 August 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

	Name	Nationality	Time	Location	Date
World record European record			51.60		20 June 2022
Championship record			52.11		10 August 2010

The heats were started on 16 August at 09:30.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	4	53.71	Q
2	4	4	53.78	Q
3	4	3	53.87	Q, NR
4	5	3	54.01	Q
5	5	5	54.04	Q
6	3	2	54.37	Q
7	3	1	54.41
8	3	8	54.43	Q
9	4	6	54.44	Q
10	3	4	54.49	Q
11	4	7	54.52	Q
12	3	3	54.53	Q
13	4	1	54.57	Q
14	5	7	54.67	Q
15	5	1	54.69
16	4	5	55.33	Q
17	2	5	55.34	Q
18	5	6	55.49	WD
19	3	0	55.57	Q
20	2	8	55.63
21	2	3	55.65
21	5	8	55.65
23	1	4	55.67
23	4	0	55.67
25	5	2	55.77
26	3	7	55.81
27	2	1	55.87
28	2	6	55.94
29	5	0	55.98
30	2	4	56.13
31	3	9	56.17
32	2	9	56.24
33	3	6	56.38
34	5	9	56.40
35	3	5	56.70
36	4	8	56.95
37	2	0	57.21
38	2	2	57.50
39	4	9	57.54
40	1	3
41	1	7
42	1	6
43	1	2
	1	5
	2	7
	4	2

The semifinals were started on 16 August at 19:52.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	2	52.97	Q
2	1	4	53.20	Q
3	2	4	53.48	Q
4	2	3	53.71	q
5	1	5	53.75	Q, NR
6	1	1	53.89	q
7	2	5	53.90	q
8	2	7	54.05	q
9	1	6	54.18
10	1	2	54.27
11	1	7	54.43
12	2	1	54.47
13	1	3	54.56
14	2	6	54.76
15	2	8	54.91
16	1	8	55.52

The final was held on 17 August at 18:10.^[5]