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

The Men's 100 metre backstroke 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 | Aaron Peirsol | United States | 51.94 | Indianapolis | 8 July 2009 |
| European record | Camille Lacourt | France | 52.11 | Budapest | 10 August 2010 |
| Championship record | Camille Lacourt | France | 52.11 | Budapest | 10 August 2010 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 16 May at 10:37.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 2 | Robert Glință | Romania | 53.43 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 5 | 6 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 53.77 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | Shane Ryan | Ireland | 54.21 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Yakov Toumarkin | Israel | 54.22 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Grigoriy Tarasevich | Russia | 54.31 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 54.54 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 54.63 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 7 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 54.81 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Gábor Balog | Hungary | 54.86 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | Great Britain | 54.94 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Camille Lacourt | France | 55.04 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Conor Ferguson | Ireland | 55.06 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | Tomasz Polewka | Poland | 55.10 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 7 | David Gamburg | Israel | 55.14 | |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Christopher Ciccarese | Italy | 55.14 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Jonatan Kopelev | Israel | 55.15 | |
| 17 | 6 | 6 | Nikita Ulyanov | Russia | 55.25 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 9 | Dávid Földházi | Hungary | 55.37 | S-off |
| 18 | 6 | 9 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 55.37 | S-off |
| 20 | 5 | 9 | Tomáš Franta | Czech Republic | 55.38 | |
| 21 | 4 | 1 | Viktar Staselovich | Belarus | 55.40 | |
| 22 | 6 | 1 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 55.45 | |
| 23 | 6 | 7 | Benjamin Stasiulis | France | 55.52 | |
| 24 | 3 | 6 | Mattias Carlsson | Sweden | 55.53 | |
| 25 | 2 | 4 | Petter Fredriksson | Sweden | 55.76 | |
| 26 | 5 | 0 | Anton Loncar | Croatia | 55.83 | |
| 27 | 5 | 8 | Ralf Tribuntsov | Estonia | 55.92 | |
| 28 | 4 | 0 | Marcin Tarczyński | Poland | 56.02 | |
| 29 | 2 | 5 | Marko Rabar | Croatia | 56.09 | |
| 30 | 6 | 8 | Carl-Louis Schwarz | Germany | 56.16 | |
| 31 | 3 | 5 | Gabriel Lopes | Portugal | 56.17 | |
| 32 | 3 | 2 | Ģirts Feldbergs | Latvia | 56.22 | |
| 33 | 3 | 4 | Doruk Tekin | Turkey | 56.32 | |
| 34 | 3 | 7 | Zámbó Balázs | Hungary | 56.39 | |
| 35 | 3 | 3 | Kristian Komlenić | Croatia | 56.43 | |
| 36 | 1 | 4 | Raphaël Stacchiotti | Luxembourg | 56.48 | |
| 37 | 3 | 8 | Ege Başer | Turkey | 56.60 | |
| 38 | 2 | 7 | Baslakov İskender | Turkey | 56.66 | |
| 39 | 1 | 5 | Karl Luht | Estonia | 56.76 | |
| 39 | 6 | 0 | Michail Kontizas | Greece | 56.76 | |
| 41 | 2 | 2 | Teo Kolonic | Croatia | 56.79 | |
| 42 | 1 | 3 | Endri Vinter | Estonia | 56.80 | |
| 43 | 3 | 9 | Axel Pettersson | Sweden | 56.85 | |
| 44 | 3 | 0 | Daniel Martin | Romania | 56.91 | |
| 45 | 4 | 8 | Joseph Hulme | Great Britain | 57.21 | |
| 46 | 2 | 6 | Nils Van Audekerke | Belgium | 57.33 | |
| 47 | 3 | 1 | Gytis Stankevičius | Lithuania | 57.41 | |
| 48 | 2 | 0 | Boris Kirillov | Azerbaijan | 57.53 | |
| 49 | 2 | 1 | Roman Dmitriyev | Czech Republic | 57.56 | |
| 50 | 2 | 3 | Pāvels Vilcāns | Latvia | 58.17 | |
| 51 | 2 | 8 | Andrei Gussev | Estonia | 58.25 | |
| | 5 | 2 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | DNS | DNS |

#### Swim-off

The Swim-off were held on 16 May at 12:18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Dávid Földházi | Hungary | 55.26 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 55.58 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 16 May at 18:17.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 53.36 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 53.86 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Yakov Toumarkin | Israel | 54.18 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | Great Britain | 54.77 | |
| 5 | 7 | Conor Ferguson | Ireland | 54.99 | |
| 6 | 6 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 55.03 | |
| 7 | 1 | Christopher Ciccarese | Italy | 55.06 | |
| 8 | 8 | Dávid Földházi | Hungary | 55.35 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Grigoriy Tarasevich | Russia | 53.70 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Camille Lacourt | France | 54.09 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Robert Glință | Romania | 54.14 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Gábor Balog | Hungary | 54.20 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Shane Ryan | Ireland | 54.39 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Tomasz Polewka | Poland | 54.43 | |
| 7 | 8 | Nikita Ulyanov | Russia | 54.48 | |
| 8 | 6 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 54.64 | |

### Final

The final was on 17 May at 18:15.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Camille Lacourt | France | 53.79 |
| | 5 | Grigoriy Tarasevich | Russia | 53.89 |
| | 3 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 54.19 |
| | 4 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 54.19 |
| 5 | 1 | Gábor Balog | Hungary | 54.35 |
| 6 | 2 | Robert Glință | Romania | 54.36 |
| 6 | 7 | Yakov Toumarkin | Israel | 54.36 |
| 8 | 8 | Shane Ryan | Ireland | 54.49 |