# Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

The Men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 May 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 57.92 | London | 17 April 2015 |
| European record | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 57.92 | London | 17 April 2015 |
| Championship record | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 58.68 | Berlin | 18 August 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 16 May at 11:11.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 58.94 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 59.91 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 59.95 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 3 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 1:00.33 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 2 | Andrea Toniato | Italy | 1:00.41 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | Craig Benson | Great Britain | 1:00.63 | |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Anton Sveinn McKee | Iceland | 1:00.79 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Panagiotis Samilidis | Greece | 1:00.86 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 1:01.13 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 8 | Peter Stevens | Slovenia | 1:01.27 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Giacomo Perez-Dortona | France | 1:01.29 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Valeriy Dymo | Ukraine | 1:01.30 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 5 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 1:01.44 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Matti Mattsson | Finland | 1:01.49 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Gábor Financsek | Hungary | 1:01.51 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 6 | Charlie Attwood | Great Britain | 1:01.56 | |
| 17 | 4 | 4 | Johannes Dietrich | Austria | 1:01.57 | Q |
| 18 | 7 | 6 | Yannick Käser | Switzerland | 1:01.59 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | 0 | Martin Allikvee | Estonia | 1:01.60 | |
| 20 | 5 | 6 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 1:01.65 | |
| 20 | 6 | 7 | Erik Persson | Sweden | 1:01.65 | |
| 22 | 5 | 2 | Nicholas Quinn | Ireland | 1:01.69 | |
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Luchezar Shumkov | Bulgaria | 1:01.83 | |
| 24 | 7 | 0 | Johannes Skagius | Sweden | 1:01.84 | |
| 25 | 5 | 7 | Théo Bussiere | France | 1:01.85 | |
| 26 | 4 | 7 | Dávid Horváth | Hungary | 1:02.04 | |
| 27 | 4 | 2 | Martin Liivamägi | Estonia | 1:02.05 | |
| 28 | 4 | 3 | Demir Atasoy | Turkey | 1:02.06 | |
| 29 | 7 | 7 | Alexander Murphy | Ireland | 1:02.15 | |
| 30 | 7 | 8 | Dmytro Oseledets | Ukraine | 1:02.22 | |
| 31 | 2 | 4 | Petr Bartůněk | Czech Republic | 1:02.23 | |
| 31 | 5 | 1 | Mikhail Dorinov | Russia | 1:02.23 | |
| 33 | 4 | 8 | Kristijan Tomić | Croatia | 1:02.26 | |
| 34 | 7 | 9 | Jonas Coreelman | Belgium | 1:02.33 | |
| 35 | 3 | 0 | Marek Botík | Slovakia | 1:02.57 | |
| 36 | 3 | 5 | Yaron Shagalov | Israel | 1:02.59 | |
| 37 | 3 | 4 | Iliy Gladishev | Israel | 1:02.64 | |
| 38 | 2 | 7 | Sami Aaltomaa | Finland | 1:02.65 | |
| 39 | 6 | 9 | Max Pilger | Germany | 1:02.66 | |
| 40 | 5 | 9 | Martti Aljand | Estonia | 1:02.67 | |
| 41 | 5 | 0 | Sverre Næss | Norway | 1:02.71 | |
| 42 | 3 | 8 | Daniils Bobrovs | Latvia | 1:02.86 | |
| 43 | 2 | 5 | Christopher Rothbauer | Austria | 1:02.89 | |
| 44 | 4 | 6 | Patrik Schwarzenbach | Switzerland | 1:02.91 | |
| 45 | 4 | 5 | Eduardo Solaeche | Spain | 1:03.20 | |
| 46 | 2 | 3 | Jakub Maly | Austria | 1:03.23 | |
| 47 | 2 | 6 | Gal Nevo | Israel | 1:03.30 | |
| 48 | 1 | 4 | Irakli Bolkvadze | Georgia | 1:03.41 | |
| 49 | 2 | 2 | Filipp Provorkov | Estonia | 1:03.46 | |
| 49 | 3 | 3 | Nikolajs Maskaļenko | Latvia | 1:03.46 | |
| 51 | 3 | 9 | Itay Goldfaden | Israel | 1:03.47 | |
| 52 | 3 | 6 | Martin Schweizer | Switzerland | 1:03.49 | |
| 53 | 2 | 0 | Marko Blaževski | Macedonia | 1:03.57 | |
| 54 | 3 | 2 | Jørgen Bråthen | Norway | 1:03.73 | |
| 55 | 3 | 7 | Jolann Bovey | Switzerland | 1:03.75 | |
| 56 | 2 | 9 | Christoph Meier | Liechtenstein | 1:03.80 | |
| 57 | 2 | 1 | Berkay Şendikici | Turkey | 1:03.98 | |
| 58 | 1 | 5 | Lyubomir Agov | Bulgaria | 1:04.14 | |
| 59 | 4 | 1 | Dan Sweeney | Ireland | 1:04.76 | |
| 60 | 1 | 3 | Markos Kalopsidiotis | Cyprus | 1:04.79 | |
| 61 | 1 | 6 | Deni Baholli | Albania | 1:08.28 | |
| | 5 | 8 | Dimitrios Koulouris | Greece | DSQ | DSQ |
| | 2 | 8 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | DNS | DNS |
| | 4 | 9 | Alpkan Örnek | Turkey | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 16 May 18:44.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 59.67 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 1:00.06 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Anton Sveinn McKee | Iceland | 1:00.98 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Yannick Käser | Switzerland | 1:01.13 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 1:01.14 | |
| 6 | 7 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 1:01.27 | |
| 7 | 1 | Gábor Financsek | Hungary | 1:01.46 | |
| 8 | 2 | Giacomo Perez-Dortona | France | 1:01.56 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 58.74 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 59.99 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Andrea Toniato | Italy | 1:00.48 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Panagiotis Samilidis | Greece | 1:00.59 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Matti Mattsson | Finland | 1:01.32 | |
| 6 | 7 | Valeriy Dymo | Ukraine | 1:01.41 | |
| 7 | 2 | Peter Stevens | Slovenia | 1:01.53 | |
| 8 | 8 | Johannes Dietrich | Austria | 1:01.65 | |

### Final

The final was held on 17 May 18:36.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 58.36 | CR |
| | 5 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 59.73 | |
| | 3 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 1:00.10 | |
| 4 | 2 | Andrea Toniato | Italy | 1:00.42 | |
| 5 | 7 | Panagiotis Samilidis | Greece | 1:00.66 | |
| 6 | 6 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 1:00.75 | |
| 7 | 1 | Anton Sveinn McKee | Iceland | 1:01.29 | |
| 8 | 8 | Yannick Käser | Switzerland | 1:01.36 | |