List of European records in swimming
Men
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by LEN; WR – World record; Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

List of European records in swimming

Section Title: Men
Table Section Text: Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by LEN; WR – World record; Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Event	Time	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref

50 m freestyle	20.94	Frédérick Bousquet	France	26 Apr 2009	French Championships	Montpellier, France	, ​

100 m freestyle	47.12	Alain Bernard	France	29 Jul 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	, ​

200 m freestyle	1:42.00	WR	Paul Biedermann	Germany	28 Jul 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	, ​

400 m freestyle	3:40.07	WR	Paul Biedermann	Germany	26 Jul 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

800 m freestyle	7:40.77	Gabriele Detti	Italy	26 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary

1500 m freestyle	14:34.04	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	18 May 2016	European Championships	London, United Kingdom

50 m backstroke	24.00	WR	Kliment Kolesnikov	Russia	4 August 2018	European Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom

100 m backstroke	52.11	Camille Lacourt	France	10 Aug 2010	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary

200 m backstroke	1:53.36	Evgeny Rylov	Russia	8 August 2018	European Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom

50 m breaststroke	25.95	sf, WR	Adam Peaty	Great Britain	25 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary

100 m breaststroke	57.10	WR	Adam Peaty	Great Britain	4 August 2018	European Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom

200m breaststroke	2:06.80	Anton Chupkov	Russia	6 August 2018	European Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom

50 m butterfly	22.27	WR	Andriy Govorov	Ukraine	1 July 2018	Sette Colli Trophy	Rome, Italy

100 m butterfly	49.95	Milorad Čavić	Serbia	1 Aug 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

200 m butterfly	1:52.70	László Cseh	Hungary	13 Aug 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China

200 m individual medley	1:55.18	sf	László Cseh	Hungary	29 Jul 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

400 m individual medley	4:06.16	László Cseh	Hungary	10 Aug 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China

4×100 m freestyle relay	3:08.32	(47.91)Amaury Leveaux (47.05)Fabien Gilot (46.63)Frédérick Bousquet (46.73)Alain Bernard	France	11 Aug 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China

4×200 m freestyle relay	6:59.15	(1:45.10)Nikita Lobintsev (1:45.42)Michail Polishuk (1:44.48)Danila Izotov (1:44.15)Alexander Sukhorukov	Russia	31 Jul 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

4×100 m medley relay	3:28.58	(52.27)Helge Meeuw (58.51)Hendrik Feldwehr (50.91)Benjamin Starke (46.89)Paul Biedermann	Germany	2 Aug 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

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Rylov had the European record in the 200 m backstroke.

final_sentence: Rylov had the European record in the 200 m backstroke.