The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships was held on 15 and 16 August 2026. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nationality Time Location Date World record Thomas Ceccon 51.60 Budapest 20 June 2022 European record Championship record Camille Lacourt 52.11 10 August 2010

Results Heats The heats were started on 15 August at 10:01. Qualification Rules: The 16 fastest from the heats qualify to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Country Time Notes 1 7 3 52.73 Q 2 7 6 52.94 Q 3 5 3 Neutral Athletes B 52.96 Q 4 6 4 53.05 Q 5 7 2 Neutral Athletes B 53.15 Q 6 7 5 Neutral Athletes B 53.16 7 5 8 53.39 Q 8 7 4 53.51 Q 9 5 2 53.67 Q 10 5 7 53.73 Q 11 7 1 53.76 Q 12 6 5 53.78 Q 12 7 9 53.78 Q, NR 14 5 5 53.91 15 6 2 53.92 Q 16 6 0 53.98 Q 16 6 3 53.98 Q 18 5 0 54.04 Q 19 7 7 Neutral Athletes B 54.11 20 4 1 54.13 21 6 7 54.17 22 6 1 54.19 22 5 6 54.19 24 4 5 54.24 25 4 6 Neutral Athletes A 54.28 26 3 3 54.44 NR 27 5 1 54.45 28 4 7 54.53 29 6 8 54.58 30 3 2 54.61 31 4 9 54.62 32 7 0 54.72 33 4 3 54.87 34 3 6 54.92 34 6 9 Neutral Athletes A 54.92 36 3 4 54.96 37 3 5 55.02 38 4 4 55.17 39 3 1 55.19 40 6 6 55.36 41 4 8 55.46 42 3 8 55.58 43 2 0 55.61 44 3 0 55.64 45 2 3 55.71 46 4 0 55.76 47 2 4 56.00 48 2 5 56.01 49 1 4 56.05 50 5 9 56.08 51 2 1 56.13 52 2 7 56.14 53 1 3 56.17 NR 54 1 5 56.20 55 2 6 56.31 56 3 7 56.38 57 2 9 56.49 58 2 2 56.63 59 2 8 56.73 59 3 9 56.73 61 1 7 56.95 62 1 6 57.37 63 1 2 57.93 64 1 1 58.39 65 1 0 66 1 8 7 8 5 4 4 2

Semifinals The semifinals were started on 15 August at 20:18. Qualification Rules: The first 2 competitors of each semifinal and the remaining fastest (up to a total of 8 qualified competitors) from the semifinals advance to the final.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 3 Neutral Athletes B 52.89 Q 2 2 6 52.93 Q 3 2 4 52.94 Q 4 2 5 Neutral Athletes B 53.12 Q 5 1 5 53.16 Q 6 1 4 53.17 Q 7 1 2 53.21 Q 8 2 8 53.24 Q 9 1 3 53.48 10 1 7 53.57 11 1 6 53.61 12 2 2 53.65 13 2 7 53.71 NR 14 1 1 53.84 15 2 1 53.89 16 1 8 54.27

Final The final was held on 16 August at 19:06.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 52.27 5 52.28 6 Neutral Athletes B 52.57 4 2 52.71 5 4 Neutral Athletes B 52.73 6 8 52.92 7 7 53.47 8 1 53.65

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