# Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18–19 August.

## 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 at 10:12.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | Great Britain | 53.88 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 54.14 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Benjamin Stasiulis | France | 54.27 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Jan-Philip Glania | Germany | 54.47 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Christopher Ciccarese | Italy | 54.71 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Nikita Ulyanov | Russia | 54.85 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Luca Mencarini | Italy | 54.87 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Christian Diener | Germany | 54.94 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 6 | Juan Miguel Rando | Spain | 54.99 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Lavrans Solli | Norway | 55.01 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Gábor Balog | Hungary | 55.09 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 4 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 55.29 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Mattias Carlsson | Sweden | 55.43 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 8 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 55.46 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 5 | Niccolò Bonacchi | Italy | 55.49 | |
| 16 | 5 | 5 | Bastiaan Lijesen | Netherlands | 55.50 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | David Gamburg | Israel | 55.53 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Guy Barnea | Israel | 55.59 | |
| 19 | 4 | 8 | Pavel Sankovich | Belarus | 55.61 | |
| 19 | 5 | 7 | Yakov Toumarkin | Israel | 55.61 | |
| 21 | 3 | 3 | Andrey Shabasov | Russia | 55.63 | |
| 22 | 5 | 1 | Danas Rapšys | Lithuania | 55.84 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Viktar Staselovich | Belarus | 55.86 | |
| 24 | 3 | 0 | Pedro Oliveira | Portugal | 55.93 | |
| 25 | 4 | 0 | Nicolas Graesser | Germany | 56.04 | |
| 25 | 4 | 7 | Jonatan Kopelev | Israel | 56.04 | |
| 27 | 3 | 1 | Eric Ress | France | 56.23 | |
| 28 | 5 | 9 | Martin Baďura | Czech Republic | 56.44 | |
| 29 | 3 | 9 | Petar Petrović | Serbia | 56.74 | |
| 30 | 4 | 9 | Axel Pettersson | Sweden | 56.87 | |
| 31 | 1 | 5 | Marko Krce-Rabar | Croatia | 56.96 | |
| 31 | 2 | 2 | Doruk Tekin | Turkey | 56.96 | |
| 33 | 2 | 4 | Gytis Stankevičius | Lithuania | 57.02 | |
| 34 | 2 | 3 | Martin Zhelev | Bulgaria | 57.11 | |
| 35 | 2 | 8 | Boris Kirillov | Azerbaijan | 57.23 | |
| 36 | 2 | 9 | Antons Voitovs | Latvia | 57.32 | |
| 37 | 2 | 1 | Sergiy Varvaruk | Ukraine | 57.33 | |
| 38 | 2 | 6 | Teo Kolonić | Croatia | 57.38 | |
| 39 | 2 | 7 | Jean-François Schneiders | Luxembourg | 57.50 | |
| 40 | 2 | 0 | Roman Dmytriyev | Czech Republic | 57.60 | |
| 41 | 1 | 4 | Elijah Stolz | Switzerland | 57.71 | |
| 42 | 1 | 3 | Aram Kostanyan | Armenia | 1:03.11 | |
| — | 2 | 5 | Baslakov İskender | Turkey | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:22.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 53.93 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Jan-Philip Glania | Germany | 54.09 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Christian Diener | Germany | 54.24 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | David Gamburg | Israel | 54.76 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 54.92 | |
| 6 | 1 | Péter Bernek | Hungary | 54.93 | |
| 7 | 3 | Nikita Ulyanov | Russia | 55.02 | |
| 8 | 2 | Lavrans Solli | Norway | 55.06 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | Great Britain | 53.62 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Benjamin Stasiulis | France | 54.17 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Luca Mencarini | Italy | 54.76 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Juan Miguel Rando | Spain | 54.80 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Mattias Carlsson | Sweden | 54.85 | |
| 6 | 7 | Gábor Balog | Hungary | 54.95 | |
| 7 | 3 | Christopher Ciccarese | Italy | 54.96 | |
| 8 | 8 | Bastiaan Lijesen | Netherlands | 55.37 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:19.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | Great Britain | 53.32 |
| | 5 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 53.64 |
| | 3 | Jan-Philip Glania | Germany | 54.15 |
| 4 | 2 | Christian Diener | Germany | 54.23 |
| 5 | 6 | Benjamin Stasiulis | France | 54.49 |
| 6 | 1 | Luca Mencarini | Italy | 54.57 |
| 7 | 8 | Juan Miguel Rando | Spain | 54.82 |
| 8 | 7 | David Gamburg | Israel | 54.87 |