# Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 May 2021.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Ryan Murphy | United States | 51.85 | Rio de Janeiro | 13 August 2016 |
| European record Championship record | Camille Lacourt | France | 52.11 | Budapest | 10 August 2010 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 19 May at 10:30.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 52.32 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | France | 53.24 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | Robert Glință | Romania | 53.26 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Hugo González | Spain | 53.37 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 53.37 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 53.43 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | Mewen Tomac | France | 53.46 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 53.47 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 5 | Grigoriy Tarasevich | Russia | 53.55 | |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 53.87 | Q, WD |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 53.92 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary | 54.17 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 8 | Evangelos Makrygiannis | Greece | 54.28 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Benedek Kovács | Hungary | 54.29 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 9 | Jan Čejka | Czech Republic | 54.33 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 3 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 54.33 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 8 | Tomáš Franta | Czech Republic | 54.45 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | 1 | Kacper Stokowski | Poland | 54.49 | Q |
| 19 | 6 | 2 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 54.53 | |
| 20 | 3 | 5 | Viktar Staselovich | Belarus | 54.55 | |
| 21 | 4 | 2 | Marek Ulrich | Germany | 54.58 | |
| 22 | 6 | 9 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 54.69 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | João Costa | Portugal | 54.70 | NR |
| 24 | 2 | 4 | Francisco Santos | Portugal | 54.72 | |
| 25 | 4 | 7 | Joe Litchfield | Great Britain | 54.83 | |
| 26 | 3 | 3 | Thierry Bollin | Switzerland | 54.86 | |
| 27 | 5 | 0 | Maxence Orange | France | 54.90 | |
| 28 | 3 | 4 | Nicolás García | Spain | 54.97 | |
| 29 | 3 | 6 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 54.98 | |
| 30 | 4 | 8 | Brodie Williams | Great Britain | 55.00 | |
| 31 | 3 | 7 | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland | 55.02 | |
| 32 | 3 | 2 | Ádám Jászó | Hungary | 55.18 | |
| 33 | 2 | 3 | Gustav Hökfelt | Sweden | 55.20 | |
| 34 | 3 | 9 | Manuel Martos | Spain | 55.21 | |
| 35 | 2 | 5 | Tomasz Polewka | Poland | 55.24 | |
| 36 | 4 | 9 | Elliot Clogg | Great Britain | 55.35 | |
| 37 | 2 | 2 | Björn Kammann | Germany | 55.63 | |
| 38 | 3 | 0 | Armin Evert Lelle | Estonia | 55.65 | |
| 39 | 6 | 0 | Michael Laitarovsky | Israel | 55.66 | |
| 40 | 4 | 0 | Matteo Restivo | Italy | 55.69 | |
| 41 | 2 | 7 | Ģirts Feldbergs | Latvia | 55.72 | |
| 42 | 5 | 7 | Mikita Tsmyh | Belarus | 55.73 | |
| 43 | 2 | 9 | Erikas Grigaitis | Lithuania | 55.80 | |
| 44 | 2 | 8 | Max Mannes | Luxembourg | 55.83 | NR |
| 45 | 3 | 1 | Kaloyan Levterov | Bulgaria | 56.06 | |
| 46 | 2 | 6 | Adam Maraana | Israel | 56.19 | |
| 47 | 2 | 0 | David Gerchik | Israel | 56.29 | |
| 48 | 6 | 6 | Daniel Martin | Romania | 56.38 | |
| 49 | 2 | 1 | Saša Boškan | Slovenia | 56.48 | |
| 50 | 1 | 4 | Samuel Törnqvist | Sweden | 57.00 | |
| 51 | 1 | 6 | Primož Šenica Pavletič | Slovenia | 57.16 | |
| 52 | 1 | 8 | Alex Ahtiainen | Estonia | 57.25 | |
| 53 | 1 | 7 | Melikşah Düğen | Turkey | 57.67 | |
| 54 | 1 | 3 | Filippos Iakovidis | Cyprus | 57.88 | |
| 55 | 1 | 2 | Tomáš Ludvík | Czech Republic | 58.19 | |
| 56 | 1 | 5 | Kristinn Þórarinsson | Iceland | 58.24 | |
| 57 | 1 | 1 | Tryfonas Hadjichristoforou | Cyprus | 58.50 | |
| 58 | 1 | 0 | Dren Ukimeraj | Kosovo | 1:03.65 | |
| | 6 | 7 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 19 May at 18:30.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 52.77 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 4 | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | France | 53.01 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 53.15 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 53.34 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Benedek Kovács | Hungary | 54.36 | |
| 6 | 2 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary | 54.42 | |
| 7 | 8 | Kacper Stokowski | Poland | 54.47 | |
| 8 | 1 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 54.66 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Mewen Tomac | France | 52.86 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Robert Glință | Romania | 52.97 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 3 | Hugo González | Spain | 53.14 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 53.69 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Jan Čejka | Czech Republic | 54.03 | NR |
| 6 | 8 | Tomáš Franta | Czech Republic | 54.21 | |
| 7 | 7 | Evangelos Makrygiannis | Greece | 54.32 | |
| 8 | 4 | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 54.86 | |

### Final

The final was held on 20 May at 18:06.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Robert Glință | Romania | 52.88 | NR |
| | 2 | Hugo González | Spain | 52.90 | |
| | 4 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 52.97 | |
| | 6 | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | France | 52.97 | |
| 5 | 5 | Mewen Tomac | France | 53.00 | |
| 6 | 1 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 53.02 | |
| 7 | 8 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 53.34 | |
| 8 | 7 | Evgeny Rylov | Russia | 53.51 | |