# Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20–21 August.

## 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 at 10:30.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 24.99 | Q |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 24.99 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 25.04 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | Nicolas Grässer | Germany | 25.15 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Nikita Ulyanov | Russia | 25.22 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Sergey Fesikov | Russia | 25.28 | |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | Great Britain | 25.29 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Stefano Pizzamiglio | Italy | 25.30 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Niccolò Bonacchi | Italy | 25.30 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Juan Miguel Rando | Spain | 25.33 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Jesse Puts | Netherlands | 25.44 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 6 | Jonatan Kopelev | Israel | 25.45 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 7 | Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate | Spain | 25.55 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 7 | Pavel Sankovich | Belarus | 25.57 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | Bastiaan Lijesen | Netherlands | 25.65 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Lavrans Solli | Norway | 25.65 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Viktar Staselovich | Belarus | 25.69 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 0 | David Gamburg | Israel | 26.05 | |
| 18 | 2 | 4 | Andrey Shabasov | Russia | 26.05 | |
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Yakov Toumarkin | Israel | 26.07 | |
| 21 | 5 | 1 | Baslakov İskender | Turkey | 26.11 | |
| 22 | 5 | 8 | Pedro Oliveira | Portugal | 26.15 | |
| 23 | 2 | 5 | Daniel Macovei | Romania | 26.30 | |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Antons Voitovs | Latvia | 26.32 | |
| 25 | 3 | 1 | Eric Ress | France | 26.33 | |
| 26 | 3 | 0 | Axel Pettersson | Sweden | 26.34 | |
| 27 | 4 | 9 | Martin Zhelev | Bulgaria | 26.37 | |
| 28 | 5 | 9 | Gytis Stankevičius | Lithuania | 26.47 | |
| 29 | 2 | 6 | Teo Kolonić | Croatia | 26.56 | |
| 30 | 3 | 9 | Martin Baďura | Czech Republic | 26.57 | |
| 31 | 2 | 3 | Martin Verner | Czech Republic | 26.59 | |
| 32 | 2 | 7 | David Kunčar | Czech Republic | 26.68 | |
| 33 | 2 | 1 | Boris Kirillov | Azerbaijan | 26.69 | |
| 34 | 5 | 0 | Doruk Tekin | Turkey | 26.74 | |
| 35 | 2 | 0 | Jean-François Schneiders | Luxembourg | 26.76 | |
| 36 | 2 | 8 | Marko Krce-Rabar | Croatia | 26.82 | |
| 36 | 2 | 9 | Petar Petrović | Serbia | 26.82 | |
| 36 | 2 | 2 | Sergiy Varvaruk | Ukraine | 26.82 | |
| 39 | 1 | 4 | Elijah Stolz | Switzerland | 27.51 | |
| 40 | 1 | 3 | Aram Kostanyan | Armenia | 28.41 | |
| — | 1 | 5 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | | DNS |
| — | 4 | 1 | Alexis Santos | Portugal | | DNS |
| — | 4 | 8 | Benjamin Stasiulis | France | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:43.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 24.61 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | Great Britain | 25.05 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Jesse Puts | Netherlands | 25.07 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Nicolas Grässer | Germany | 25.11 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Viktar Staselovich | Belarus | 25.41 | |
| 6 | 6 | Niccolò Bonacchi | Italy | 25.47 | |
| 7 | 1 | Bastiaan Lijesen | Netherlands | 25.51 | |
| 8 | 7 | Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate | Spain | 25.60 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 24.99 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Lavrans Solli | Norway | 25.14 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 25.21 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Pavel Sankovich | Belarus | 25.23 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Nikita Ulyanov | Russia | 25.24 | |
| 6 | 6 | Stefano Pizzamiglio | Italy | 25.27 | |
| 7 | 7 | Jonatan Kopelev | Israel | 25.37 | |
| 8 | 2 | Juan Miguel Rando | Spain | 25.40 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:24.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 24.64 |
| | 1 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 24.84 |
| | 3 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | Great Britain | 25.00 |
| 4 | 2 | Nicolas Grässer | Germany | 25.02 |
| 5 | 5 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 25.05 |
| 6 | 8 | Pavel Sankovich | Belarus | 25.11 |
| 7 | 7 | Lavrans Solli | Norway | 25.28 |
| 8 | 6 | Jesse Puts | Netherlands | 25.56 |