# Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 May 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Liam Tancock | Great Britain | 24.04 | Rome | 2 August 2009 |
| European record | Liam Tancock | Great Britain | 24.04 | Rome | 2 August 2009 |
| Championship record | Camille Lacourt | France | 24.07 | Budapest | 12 August 2010 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 18 May at 11:04.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Grigory Tarasevich | Russia | 24.85 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Camille Lacourt | France | 24.93 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Tomasz Polewka | Poland | 25.00 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Jonatan Kopelev | Israel | 25.17 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Shane Ryan | Ireland | 25.19 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Robert Glință | Romania | 25.23 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 25.25 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Nikita Ulyanov | Russia | 25.29 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 7 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary | 25.44 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 25.45 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Carl-Louis Schwarz | Germany | 25.54 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 6 | Viktar Staselovich | Belarus | 25.55 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 25.55 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 5 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | Great Britain | 25.59 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Ralf Tribuntsov | Estonia | 25.74 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 8 | Baskalov İskender | Turkey | 25.81 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Doruk Tekin | Turkey | 25.84 | |
| 18 | 5 | 1 | Benjamin Stasiulis | France | 25.93 | |
| 19 | 5 | 0 | David Gamburg | Israel | 25.96 | |
| 20 | 5 | 8 | Daniel Macovei | Romania | 26.05 | |
| 21 | 5 | 9 | Tomáš Franta | Czech Republic | 26.07 | |
| 22 | 1 | 6 | Markus Lie | Norway | 26.18 | |
| 23 | 2 | 6 | Karl Luht | Estonia | 26.22 | |
| 24 | 4 | 7 | Michail Kontizas | Greece | 26.24 | |
| 25 | 1 | 2 | Boris Kirillov | Azerbaijan | 26.29 | |
| 26 | 3 | 9 | Ģirts Feldbergs | Latvia | 26.31 | |
| 27 | 2 | 5 | Daniel Martin | Romania | 26.43 | |
| 28 | 4 | 0 | Gytis Stankevičius | Lithuania | 26.44 | |
| 29 | 2 | 9 | Marko Krce Rabar | Croatia | 26.46 | |
| 30 | 2 | 4 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 26.50 | |
| 31 | 3 | 0 | Mattias Carlsson | Sweden | 26.51 | |
| 32 | 4 | 8 | Kristian Komlenić | Croatia | 26.53 | |
| 33 | 2 | 1 | Petter Fredriksson | Sweden | 26.55 | |
| 34 | 2 | 0 | Ege Başer | Turkey | 26.57 | |
| 35 | 2 | 3 | Gabriel Lopes | Portugal | 26.58 | |
| 36 | 3 | 1 | Endri Vinter | Estonia | 26.65 | |
| 37 | 1 | 7 | Anton Loncar | Croatia | 26.67 | |
| 38 | 4 | 9 | Balázs Zámbó | Hungary | 26.70 | |
| 39 | 1 | 4 | Axel Pettersson | Sweden | 26.73 | |
| 40 | 2 | 8 | Teo Kolonić | Croatia | 26.74 | |
| 41 | 2 | 2 | Andrei Gussev | Estonia | 26.76 | |
| 42 | 2 | 7 | Pāvels Vilcāns | Latvia | 26.94 | |
| 43 | 1 | 5 | Berk Özkul | Turkey | 27.03 | |
| 44 | 1 | 3 | Thomas Maurer | Switzerland | 27.13 | |
| 45 | 1 | 1 | Bogdan Plavin | Ukraine | 28.75 | |
| | 3 | 6 | Gábor Balog | Hungary | DNS | DNS |
| | 3 | 7 | Alexis Santos | Portugal | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 18 May at 19:49.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Camille Lacourt | France | 24.79 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Robert Glință | Romania | 24.97 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Nikita Ulyanov | Russia | 25.06 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Jonatan Kopelev | Israel | 25.20 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Viktar Staselovich | Belarus | 25.25 | |
| 6 | 1 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | Great Britain | 25.36 | |
| 7 | 2 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 25.37 | |
| 8 | 8 | Baskalov İskender | Turkey | 25.94 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Tomasz Polewka | Poland | 24.87 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Grigory Tarasevich | Russia | 25.02 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary | 25.04 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 25.09 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 25.28 | |
| 6 | 3 | Shane Ryan | Ireland | 25.32 | |
| 7 | 7 | Carl-Louis Schwarz | Germany | 25.77 | |
| 8 | 8 | Ralf Tribuntsov | Estonia | 25.84 | |

### Final

The final was held on 19 May at 19:32.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Camille Lacourt | France | 24.77 |
| | 2 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary | 24.82 |
| | 6 | Grigoriy Tarasevich | Russia | 24.86 |
| 4 | 7 | Nikita Ulyanov | Russia | 24.96 |
| 5 | 8 | Jonatan Kopelev | Israel | 25.00 |
| 6 | 1 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 25.02 |
| 7 | 3 | Robert Glință | Romania | 25.03 |
| 7 | 5 | Tomasz Polewka | Poland | 25.03 |