| Event: | Men's 100 metre backstroke |
| Competition: | 2024 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Sports Centre Milan Gale Muškatirović |
| Dates: | 22 June (heats and semifinals) 23 June (final) |
| Competitors: | 41 |
| Nations: | 22 |
| Win Value: | 52.23 |
| Gold: | Apostolos Christou |
| Gold Nation: | GRE |
| Silver Nation: | GRE |
| Bronze: | Ksawery Masiuk |
| Bronze Nation: | POL |
| Prev: | 2022 |
| Next: | 2026 |
The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 June 2024.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 51.60 | 20 June 2022 | |||
| European record | |||||
| Championship record | 52.11 | 10 August 2010 |
The heats were started on 22 June at 09:56.
Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 54.04 | Q | ||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 54.28 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 54.49 | Q | ||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 54.56 | Q | ||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 54.60 | Q | ||
| 6 | 4 | 6 | 54.74 | Q | ||
| =7 | 3 | 6 | 54.86 | |||
| =7 | 5 | 4 | 54.86 | Q | ||
| 9 | 5 | 8 | 54.94 | Q | ||
| 10 | 3 | 5 | 54.96 | Q | ||
| 11 | 5 | 5 | 55.09 | Q | ||
| =12 | 4 | 1 | 55.11 | Q | ||
| =12 | 4 | 2 | 55.11 | Q | ||
| 14 | 4 | 5 | 55.18 | Q | ||
| 15 | 5 | 2 | 55.65 | Q | ||
| 16 | 3 | 1 | 55.67 | |||
| 17 | 4 | 8 | 55.74 | |||
| 18 | 3 | 9 | 55.79 | Q | ||
| 19 | 4 | 7 | 55.97 | Q | ||
| 20 | 5 | 0 | 56.08 | |||
| 21 | 3 | 0 | 56.14 | |||
| 22 | 5 | 9 | 56.24 | |||
| 23 | 3 | 8 | 56.31 | |||
| 24 | 2 | 3 | 56.44 | |||
| 25 | 2 | 4 | 56.52 | |||
| 26 | 5 | 7 | 56.73 | |||
| 27 | 1 | 4 | 57.03 | |||
| 28 | 2 | 5 | 57.19 | |||
| 29 | 2 | 8 | 57.21 | |||
| 30 | 2 | 2 | 57.55 | |||
| 31 | 4 | 9 | 57.57 | |||
| 32 | 2 | 6 | 57.91 | |||
| 33 | 2 | 7 | 57.98 | |||
| 34 | 2 | 1 | 58.37 | |||
| 35 | 1 | 3 | 59.00 | |||
| 36 | 1 | 5 | 59.27 | |||
| 3 | 7 | Did not start | ||||
| 4 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | 3 | |||||
| 5 | 6 |
The semifinal were started on 22 June at 20:14.
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.[4]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 53.20 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 53.31 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 53.54 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 6 | 53.85 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 5 | 53.98 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 54.12 | Q | |||
| 7 | 1 | 4 | 54.25 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 6 | 54.48 | Q | |||
| 9 | 1 | 7 | 54.58 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 2 | 54.68 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 2 | 54.83 | ||||
| 12 | 2 | 7 | 54.99 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 1 | 55.47 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 8 | 55.85 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 55.97 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 8 | 56.58 |
The final was held on 23 June at 18:40.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 52.23 | |||||
| 5 | 52.83 | |||||
| 3 | 53.56 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 53.85 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 53.90 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 54.56 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 54.93 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 55.23 |