| Event: | Men's 50 metre backstroke |
| Competition: | 2024 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Sports Centre Milan Gale Muškatirović |
| Dates: | 20 June (heats and semifinals) 21 June (final) |
| Competitors: | 40 |
| Nations: | 25 |
| Win Value: | 24.39 |
| Gold: | Apostolos Christou |
| Gold Nation: | GRE |
| Silver: | Ksawery Masiuk |
| Silver Nation: | POL |
| Bronze: | Evangelos Makrygiannis |
| Bronze Nation: | GRE |
| Prev: | 2022 |
| Next: | 2026 |
The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 June 2024.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 23.55 | 27 July 2023 | |||
| European record Championship record | 23.80 | 18 May 2021 |
The heats were started on 20 June at 10:05.
Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 24.66 | Q | ||
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 24.84 | Q | ||
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 24.95 | Q | ||
| 4 | 3 | 8 | 24.96 | Q | ||
| 5 | 5 | 6 | 25.04 | Q | ||
| 6 | 4 | 7 | 25.18 | Q | ||
| 7 | 5 | 4 | 25.19 | Q | ||
| 8 | 3 | 7 | 25.22 | Q | ||
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 25.29 | Q | ||
| 10 | 3 | 5 | 25.41 | Q | ||
| 11 | 3 | 6 | 25.46 | |||
| 12 | 5 | 3 | 25.55 | Q | ||
| 13 | 5 | 0 | 25.57 | Q | ||
| 14 | 4 | 3 | 25.58 | Q | ||
| 15 | 3 | 1 | 25.65 | |||
| 16 | 3 | 9 | 25.81 | Q | ||
| 17 | 3 | 3 | 25.82 | Q | ||
| 18 | 4 | 1 | 25.88 | Q | ||
| 19 | 3 | 2 | 25.89 | |||
| 20 | 4 | 2 | 25.93 | |||
| 21 | 2 | 1 | 25.94 | |||
| 22 | 4 | 9 | 25.96 | |||
| 23 | 2 | 6 | 25.99 | |||
| 24 | 5 | 8 | 26.09 | |||
| 25 | 2 | 4 | 26.16 | |||
| 26 | 2 | 3 | 26.18 | |||
| 27 | 4 | 0 | 26.19 | |||
| 28 | 5 | 9 | 26.20 | |||
| 29 | 2 | 5 | 26.23 | |||
| 30 | 2 | 8 | 26.37 | |||
| 31 | 2 | 0 | 26.43 | |||
| 32 | 2 | 2 | 26.51 | |||
| 33 | 5 | 1 | 26.57 | |||
| 34 | 1 | 4 | 26.62 | |||
| 35 | 2 | 9 | 26.88 | |||
| 3 | 0 | |||||
| 37 | 1 | 5 | 27.17 | |||
| 38 | 1 | 3 | 27.63 | |||
| 39 | 1 | 1 | 27.81 | |||
| 40 | 1 | 6 | 27.86 | |||
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 1 | 7 | |||||
| 2 | 7 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | |||||
| 4 | 8 | |||||
| 5 | 2 | |||||
| 5 | 7 |
The semifinals were started on 20 June at 19:00.
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 | 4 | 24.52 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 24.72 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 24.73 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 6 | 24.87 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 7 | 24.89 | Q, NR | |||
| 6 | 1 | 6 | 24.97 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 7 | 25.01 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 5 | 25.07 | Q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 2 | 25.21 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 3 | 25.33 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 8 | 25.38 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | 3 | 25.39 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | 2 | 25.43 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | 8 | 25.53 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 26.09 | ||||
| 16 | 2 | 1 | 26.81 |
The final was held on 21 June at 19:54.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 24.39 | |||||
| 5 | 24.63 | |||||
| 3 | 24.74 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 24.76 | ||||
| 5 | 8 | 24.85 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 24.87 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 24.91 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 25.18 |