# Swimming at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 June 2024.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 23.55 | Kazan | 27 July 2023 |
| European recordChampionship record | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 23.80 | Budapest | 18 May 2021 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 20 June at 10:05. Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 24.66 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Evangelos Makrygiannis | Greece | 24.84 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland | 24.95 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 8 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 24.96 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | Thierry Bollin | Switzerland | 25.04 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 7 | Tomer Shuster | Israel | 25.18 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | Michael Laitarovsky | Israel | 25.19 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Ádám Jászó | Hungary | 25.22 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Oleksandr Zheltyakov | Ukraine | 25.29 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | Kacper Stokowski | Poland | 25.41 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | David Gerchik | Israel | 25.46 | |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Conor Ferguson | Ireland | 25.55 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Ralf Tribuntsov | Estonia | 25.57 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Denis-Laurean Popescu | Romania | 25.58 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 1 | Piotr Ludwiczak | Poland | 25.65 | |
| 16 | 3 | 9 | Dino Hasibović Sirotanović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.81 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 3 | Cornelius Jahn | Germany | 25.82 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Robert Falborg Pedersen | Denmark | 25.88 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | 2 | Anastasios Kougkoulos | Greece | 25.89 | |
| 20 | 4 | 2 | Mert Ali Satır | Turkey | 25.93 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Max Halbeisen | Austria | 25.94 | |
| 22 | 4 | 9 | Moritz Dittrich | Austria | 25.96 | |
| 23 | 2 | 6 | Ognjen Kovačević | Serbia | 25.99 | |
| 24 | 5 | 8 | Djordje Dragojlović | Serbia | 26.09 | |
| 25 | 2 | 4 | Kaloyan Levterov | Bulgaria | 26.16 | |
| 26 | 2 | 3 | Ronny Brannkarr | Finland | 26.18 | |
| 27 | 4 | 0 | Samuel Tornqvist | Sweden | 26.19 | |
| 28 | 5 | 9 | Andrea Petković | Serbia | 26.20 | |
| 29 | 2 | 5 | Christian Diener | Germany | 26.23 | |
| 30 | 2 | 8 | Artem Selin | Germany | 26.37 | |
| 31 | 2 | 0 | Lovro Serdarević | Croatia | 26.43 | |
| 32 | 2 | 2 | Nikola Dokmanović | Serbia | 26.51 | |
| 33 | 5 | 1 | Adam Maraana | Israel | 26.57 | |
| 34 | 1 | 4 | Anže Ferš Eržen | Slovenia | 26.62 | |
| 35 | 2 | 9 | Ronens Kermans | Latvia | 26.88 | |
| 35 | 3 | 0 | Jack Skerry | Great Britain | 26.88 | |
| 37 | 1 | 5 | Zhulian Lavdaniti | Albania | 27.17 | |
| 38 | 1 | 3 | Andrej Stojanovski | North Macedonia | 27.63 | |
| 39 | 1 | 1 | Olli Kokko | Finland | 27.81 | |
| 40 | 1 | 6 | Rashad Alguliev | Azerbaijan | 27.86 | |
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### Semifinals

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.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 24.52 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland | 24.72 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Evangelos Makrygiannis | Greece | 24.73 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Michael Laitarovsky | Israel | 24.87 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 7 | Ralf Tribuntsov | Estonia | 24.89 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Ádám Jászó | Hungary | 24.97 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Conor Ferguson | Ireland | 25.01 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 25.07 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Oleksandr Zheltyakov | Ukraine | 25.21 | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Thierry Bollin | Switzerland | 25.33 | |
| 11 | 2 | 8 | Cornelius Jahn | Germany | 25.38 | |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Tomer Shuster | Israel | 25.39 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Kacper Stokowski | Poland | 25.43 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Robert Falborg Pedersen | Denmark | 25.53 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Dino Hasibović Sirotanović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.09 | |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Denis-Laurean Popescu | Romania | 26.81 | |

### Final

The final was held on 21 June at 19:54.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 24.39 |
| | 5 | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland | 24.63 |
| | 3 | Evangelos Makrygiannis | Greece | 24.74 |
| 4 | 6 | Michael Laitarovsky | Israel | 24.76 |
| 5 | 8 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 24.85 |
| 6 | 1 | Conor Ferguson | Ireland | 24.87 |
| 7 | 7 | Ádám Jászó | Hungary | 24.91 |
| 8 | 2 | Ralf Tribuntsov | Estonia | 25.18 |