# Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 3 and 4 August 2018.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record European record | Liam Tancock | Great Britain | 24.04 | Rome | 2 August 2009 |
| Championship record | Camille Lacourt | France | 24.07 | Budapest | 12 August 2010 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 4 August | Final | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 24.00 | WR, CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 3 August at 10:24.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 5 | Shane Ryan | Ireland | 24.32 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 24.58 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Robert Glință | Romania | 24.59 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 24.65 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | Christian Diener | Germany | 24.89 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 24.92 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Mikita Tsmyh | Belarus | 24.95 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Sergey Fesikov | Russia | 25.01 | |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Jonatan Kopelev | Israel | 25.02 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 25.05 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 7 | Conor Ferguson | Ireland | 25.08 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 25.17 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 7 | Kacper Stokowski | Poland | 25.22 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Yakov Toumarkin | Israel | 25.25 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Nikita Ulyanov | Russia | 25.29 | |
| 16 | 4 | 7 | Thierry Bollin | Switzerland | 25.40 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Nicholas Pyle | Great Britain | 25.49 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | 8 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 25.50 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | 0 | Stanislas Huille | France | 25.54 | |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | Ralf Tribuntsov | Estonia | 25.60 | |
| 20 | 4 | 9 | Gytis Stankevičius | Lithuania | 25.60 | |
| 22 | 3 | 3 | Karl Luht | Estonia | 25.62 | |
| 23 | 4 | 8 | Björn Seeliger | Sweden | 25.65 | |
| 24 | 3 | 5 | David Gamburg | Israel | 25.68 | |
| 25 | 3 | 4 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece | 25.69 | |
| 25 | 6 | 0 | Paul-Gabriel Bedel | France | 25.69 | |
| 27 | 3 | 6 | Markus Lie | Norway | 25.73 | |
| 28 | 5 | 1 | Georgios Spanoudakis | Greece | 25.74 | |
| 29 | 3 | 8 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | 25.78 | |
| 30 | 4 | 2 | Kamil Kaźmierczak | Poland | 25.80 | |
| 31 | 6 | 8 | Maksim Dzialendzik | Belarus | 25.81 | |
| 32 | 4 | 1 | Viktar Staselovich | Belarus | 25.82 | |
| 33 | 3 | 7 | Gabriel Lópes | Portugal | 25.85 | |
| 34 | 2 | 5 | Başlakov İskender | Turkey | 25.99 | |
| 35 | 5 | 0 | Gustav Hökfelt | Sweden | 26.01 | |
| 36 | 2 | 6 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 26.16 | |
| 37 | 5 | 9 | Tomáš Franta | Czech Republic | 26.26 | |
| 38 | 3 | 1 | Girts Feldbergs | Latvia | 26.22 | |
| 39 | 3 | 0 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 26.23 | |
| 40 | 1 | 6 | Ziv Kalontarov | Israel | 26.30 | |
| 41 | 2 | 4 | Ümitcan Güreş | Turkey | 26.41 | |
| 42 | 6 | 9 | Andrei-Mircea Anghel | Romania | 26.50 | |
| 43 | 3 | 9 | Armin Lelle | Estonia | 26.53 | |
| 44 | 1 | 4 | Ege Başer | Turkey | 26.59 | |
| 45 | 2 | 8 | Anton Lončar | Croatia | 26.62 | |
| 46 | 2 | 2 | Niko Mäkelä | Finland | 26.66 | |
| 47 | 2 | 7 | Rasim Gör | Turkey | 26.82 | |
| 48 | 2 | 9 | Nikola Acin | Serbia | 26.83 | |
| 49 | 2 | 3 | Adam Černek | Slovakia | 26.96 | |
| 50 | 2 | 1 | Marko-Matteus Langel | Estonia | 27.33 | |
| 51 | 2 | 0 | Sergey Kuznetsov | Finland | 27.35 | |
| 52 | 1 | 5 | Matthew Galea | Malta | 28.14 | |
| 53 | 1 | 3 | Dren Ukimeraj | Kosovo | 29.78 | |
| — | 6 | 6 | Richárd Bohus | Hungary | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 3 August at 17:25.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 24.25 | Q, WJR, NR |
| 2 | 5 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 24.29 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 24.88 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Jonatan Kopelev | Israel | 24.92 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Conor Ferguson | Ireland | 24.99 | |
| 6 | 7 | Kacper Stokowski | Poland | 25.46 | |
| 7 | 1 | Thierry Bollin | Switzerland | 25.47 | |
| 8 | 8 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | 25.50 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Robert Glință | Romania | 24.12 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Shane Ryan | Ireland | 24.57 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Mikita Tsmyh | Belarus | 24.66 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 24.96 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Simone Sabbioni | Italy | 24.99 | |
| 6 | 1 | Yakov Toumarkin | Israel | 25.09 | |
| 7 | 8 | Nicholas Pyle | Great Britain | 25.10 | |
| 8 | 3 | Christian Diener | Germany | 25.13 | |

### Final

The final was held on 4 August at 18:18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 24.00 | WR |
| | 4 | Robert Glință | Romania | 24.55 | |
| | 6 | Shane Ryan | Ireland | 24.64 | |
| 4 | 3 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 24.69 | |
| 5 | 7 | Jérémy Stravius | France | 24.83 | |
| 6 | 2 | Mikita Tsmyh | Belarus | 25.04 | |
| 7 | 8 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 25.14 | |
| 8 | 1 | Jonatan Kopelev | Israel | 25.41 | |