Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre backstroke
Competition:	2022 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	14 August (heats and semifinals) 15 August (final)
Competitors:	47
Nations:	28
Win Value:	24.36
Gold:	Apostolos Christou
Gold Nation:	GRE
Silver:	Thomas Ceccon
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Ole Braunschweig
Bronze Nation:	GER
Prev:	2020
Next:	2024

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 14 and 15 August 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record			23.71		28 April 2022
European record Championship record			23.80		18 May 2021

The heats were started on 14 August at 09:35.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	24.69	Q
2	5	4	24.72	Q
3	3	6	24.79	Q, NR
4	5	5	24.81	Q
5	4	5	24.88	Q
6	3	5	24.89	Q
7	5	6	24.97
8	4	3	25.04	Q
9	3	3	25.05	Q
10	3	7	25.09	Q
11	4	2	25.18
12	4	6	25.24	Q
13	3	4	25.27
14	4	8	25.31	Q
15	1	9	25.33	Q
16	5	0	25.37	Q
16	4	7	25.37	Q
18	5	7	25.42	Q
19	5	2	25.46
20	2	5	25.49
20	3	9	25.49
22	3	1	25.65
23	5	1	25.69
24	4	9	25.70
25	2	4	25.73
26	3	0	25.76
27	4	1	25.81
28	5	8	25.85
29	2	2	25.88
30	3	2	25.89
31	2	3	25.91
32	2	8	26.03
33	2	0	26.07
34	4	0	26.09
35	5	9	26.10
36	2	6	26.15
37	2	7	26.30
38	1	4	26.34
39	1	6	26.40
40	1	5	26.43
41	2	9	26.46
42	2	1	26.89
43	1	2	27.92
44	1	8	28.15
45	1	7	28.35
46	1	1	29.98
47	1	0	31.32
	1	3
	3	8
	5	3

The swim-off was held on 14 August at 10:15.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			25.11	Q
2	4			25.26

The semifinals were started on 14 August at 18:30.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	4	24.48	Q
2	2	4	24.65	Q
3	1	6	24.74	Q
4	1	5	24.75	q
5	2	3	24.82	Q
6	1	3	24.96	q
7	2	2	24.98	q
8	2	6	25.04	q
9	2	5	25.09
10	2	7	25.11
11	2	1	25.12
12	1	1	25.14
13	1	7	25.19
14	2	8	25.26
15	1	8	25.27
16	1	2	25.48

The final was held on 15 August at 19:24.^[6]