| Event: | Men's 50 metre backstroke |
| Competition: | Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 20–21 August |
| Competitors: | 40 |
| Nations: | 25 |
| Win Value: | 24.64 |
| Gold: | Vladimir Morozov |
| Goldnoc: | RUS |
| Silver: | Jérémy Stravius |
| Silvernoc: | FRA |
| Bronze: | Chris Walker-Hebborn |
| Bronzenoc: | GBR |
The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20–21 August.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | align=left rowspan=2 | Liam Tancock | align=left rowspan=2 | align=left rowspan=2 | 24.04 | Rome | 2 August 2009 | |
| European record | ||||||||
| Championship record | Camille Lacourt | 24.07 | Budapest | 12 August 2010 |
The heats were held at 10:30.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 24.99 | Q | |||
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 24.99 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 25.04 | Q | |||
| 4 | 4 | 6 | 25.15 | Q | |||
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 25.22 | Q | |||
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 25.28 | ||||
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 25.29 | Q | |||
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 25.30 | Q | |||
| 8 | 3 | 4 | 25.30 | Q | |||
| 10 | 3 | 6 | 25.33 | Q | |||
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 25.44 | Q | |||
| 12 | 5 | 6 | 25.45 | Q | |||
| 13 | 4 | 7 | 25.55 | Q | |||
| 14 | 5 | 7 | 25.57 | Q | |||
| 15 | 3 | 3 | 25.65 | Q | |||
| 15 | 5 | 2 | 25.65 | Q | |||
| 17 | 3 | 2 | 25.69 | Q | |||
| 18 | 4 | 0 | 26.05 | ||||
| 18 | 2 | 4 | 26.05 | ||||
| 20 | 3 | 7 | 26.07 | ||||
| 21 | 5 | 1 | 26.11 | ||||
| 22 | 5 | 8 | 26.15 | ||||
| 23 | 2 | 5 | 26.30 | ||||
| 24 | 3 | 8 | 26.32 | ||||
| 25 | 3 | 1 | 26.33 | ||||
| 26 | 3 | 0 | 26.34 | ||||
| 27 | 4 | 9 | 26.37 | ||||
| 28 | 5 | 9 | 26.47 | ||||
| 29 | 2 | 6 | 26.56 | ||||
| 30 | 3 | 9 | 26.57 | ||||
| 31 | 2 | 3 | 26.59 | ||||
| 32 | 2 | 7 | 26.68 | ||||
| 33 | 2 | 1 | 26.69 | ||||
| 34 | 5 | 0 | 26.74 | ||||
| 35 | 2 | 0 | 26.76 | ||||
| 36 | 2 | 8 | 26.82 | ||||
| 36 | 2 | 9 | 26.82 | ||||
| 36 | 2 | 2 | 26.82 | ||||
| 39 | 1 | 4 | 27.51 | ||||
| 40 | 1 | 3 | 28.41 | ||||
| — | 1 | 5 | DNS | ||||
| — | 4 | 1 | DNS | ||||
| — | 4 | 8 | DNS |
The semifinals were held at 19:43.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 24.61 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 25.05 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 25.07 | Q | |||
| 4 | 5 | 25.11 | Q | |||
| 5 | 8 | 25.41 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 25.47 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 25.51 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 25.60 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 24.99 | Q | |||
| 2 | 8 | 25.14 | Q | |||
| 3 | 5 | 25.21 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 25.23 | Q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 25.24 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 25.27 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 25.37 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 25.40 |
The final was held at 19:24.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 24.64 | |||||
| 1 | 24.84 | |||||
| 3 | 25.00 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 25.02 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 25.05 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 25.11 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 25.28 | ||||
| 8 | 6 | 25.56 |