# Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 May 2021.

## Records

Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| World record European record Championship record | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 24.00 | Glasgow | 4 August 2018 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 17 May | Semifinals | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 23.93 | WR, CR |
| 18 May | Final | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 23.80 | WR, CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 17 May at 10:53.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 24.23 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Robert Glință | Romania | 24.51 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | Hugo González | Spain | 24.62 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Grigoriy Tarasevich | Russia | 24.67 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 5 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 24.78 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | France | 24.96 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Marek Ulrich | Germany | 24.98 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland | 25.05 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary | 25.08 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Mikita Tsmyh | Belarus | 25.09 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 25.11 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 25.14 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Conor Ferguson | Ireland | 25.21 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | Tomasz Polewka | Poland | 25.23 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 9 | Alexis Santos | Portugal | 25.28 | Q, NR |
| 15 | 6 | 7 | Viktar Staselovich | Belarus | 25.28 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 7 | Jan Čejka | Czech Republic | 25.29 | |
| 17 | 5 | 6 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | 25.29 | |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Bence Szentes | Hungary | 25.29 | |
| 20 | 5 | 9 | Kacper Stokowski | Poland | 25.41 | |
| 21 | 4 | 8 | Tomáš Franta | Czech Republic | 25.42 | |
| 22 | 4 | 5 | Michael Laitarovsky | Israel | 25.44 | |
| 23 | 3 | 4 | Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas | Norway | 25.46 | |
| 24 | 4 | 2 | Thierry Bollin | Switzerland | 25.50 | |
| 25 | 4 | 6 | Juan Segura | Spain | 25.51 | |
| 26 | 4 | 1 | Gustav Hökfelt | Sweden | 25.52 | |
| 27 | 6 | 2 | Benedek Kovács | Hungary | 25.53 | |
| 28 | 1 | 3 | Daniel Zaitsev | Estonia | 25.62 | |
| 29 | 5 | 0 | David Gerchik | Israel | 25.64 | |
| 30 | 3 | 3 | Grigori Pekarski | Belarus | 25.69 | |
| 31 | 3 | 9 | Nicolás García | Spain | 25.71 | |
| 32 | 5 | 8 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 25.76 | |
| 33 | 4 | 9 | Marvin Miglbauer | Austria | 25.80 | |
| 34 | 3 | 6 | Francisco Santos | Portugal | 25.91 | |
| 35 | 3 | 5 | Ádám Jászó | Hungary | 25.93 | |
| 35 | 4 | 0 | Maxence Orange | France | 25.93 | |
| 35 | 6 | 8 | Yakov Toumarkin | Israel | 25.93 | |
| 38 | 3 | 0 | Saša Boškan | Slovenia | 25.98 | |
| 39 | 3 | 1 | Manuel Martos | Spain | 26.02 | |
| 40 | 2 | 2 | Max Mannes | Luxembourg | 26.14 | |
| 41 | 3 | 2 | Kaloyan Levterov | Bulgaria | 26.16 | |
| 42 | 2 | 3 | Ģirts Feldbergs | Latvia | 26.27 | |
| 43 | 3 | 8 | Metin Aydın | Turkey | 26.32 | |
| 44 | 2 | 1 | Alex Ahtiainen | Estonia | 26.42 | |
| 45 | 3 | 7 | Adam Maraana | Israel | 26.58 | |
| 46 | 2 | 7 | Tryfonas Hadjichristoforou | Cyprus | 26.62 | |
| 46 | 2 | 6 | Filippos Iakovidis | Cyprus | 26.62 | |
| 48 | 2 | 4 | Kristinn Þórarinsson | Iceland | 26.66 | |
| 49 | 2 | 5 | Niko Mäkelä | Finland | 26.85 | |
| 50 | 1 | 4 | Denys Kesil | Ukraine | 27.11 | |
| 51 | 2 | 8 | Alex Kušík | Slovakia | 27.14 | |
| 52 | 2 | 0 | Tomáš Ludvík | Czech Republic | 27.27 | |
| 53 | 1 | 6 | Artur Barseghyan | Armenia | 27.76 | |
| 54 | 2 | 9 | Dren Ukimeraj | Kosovo | 29.02 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 17 May at 18:24.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Robert Glință | Romania | 24.57 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Grigoriy Tarasevich | Russia | 24.68 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | France | 25.11 | |
| 4 | 1 | Tomasz Polewka | Poland | 25.23 | |
| 5 | 6 | Ksawery Masiuk | Poland | 25.25 | |
| 6 | 7 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 25.26 | |
| 7 | 2 | Mikita Tsmyh | Belarus | 25.36 | |
| 2 | 8 | Alexis Santos | Portugal | 25.40 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 23.93 | Q, WR |
| 2 | 3 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 24.49 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 5 | Hugo González | Spain | 24.60 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Conor Ferguson | Ireland | 24.81 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 25.02 | q |
| 5 | 8 | Viktar Staselovich | Belarus | 25.02 | q |
| 7 | 6 | Marek Ulrich | Germany | 25.03 | |
| 8 | 2 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary | 25.19 | |

### Final

The final was held on 18 May at 19:18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 23.80 | WR |
| | 3 | Robert Glință | Romania | 24.42 | |
| | 6 | Hugo González | Spain | 24.47 | NR |
| 4 | 5 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 24.59 | |
| 5 | 2 | Grigoriy Tarasevich | Russia | 24.72 | |
| 6 | 1 | Viktar Staselovich | Belarus | 24.89 | |
| 7 | 7 | Conor Ferguson | Ireland | 24.92 | |
| 7 | 8 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 24.92 | |