Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke explained

The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 May 2021.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nationality	Time	Location	Date
World record			51.85		13 August 2016
European record Championship record			52.11		10 August 2010

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 19 May at 10:30.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4			52.32	Q
2	5	5			53.24	Q
3	5	3			53.26	Q, NR
4	5	6			53.37	Q
4	6	4			53.37	Q
6	4	4			53.43	Q
7	4	5			53.46	Q
8	6	3			53.47	Q
9	6	5			53.55
10	6	1			53.87	Q,
11	5	2			53.92	Q
12	4	6			54.17	Q
13	5	8			54.28	Q
14	4	1			54.29	Q
15	5	9			54.33	Q
15	4	3			54.33	Q
17	6	8			54.45	Q
18	5	1			54.49	Q
19	6	2			54.53
20	3	5			54.55
21	4	2			54.58
22	6	9			54.69
23	3	8			54.70	NR
24	2	4			54.72
25	4	7			54.83
26	3	3			54.86
27	5	0			54.90
28	3	4			54.97
29	3	6			54.98
30	4	8			55.00
31	3	7			55.02
32	3	2			55.18
33	2	3			55.20
34	3	9			55.21
35	2	5			55.24
36	4	9			55.35
37	2	2			55.63
38	3	0			55.65
39	6	0			55.66
40	4	0			55.69
41	2	7			55.72
42	5	7			55.73
43	2	9			55.80
44	2	8			55.83	NR
45	3	1			56.06
46	2	6			56.19
47	2	0			56.29
48	6	6			56.38
49	2	1			56.48
50	1	4			57.00
51	1	6			57.16
52	1	8			57.25
53	1	7			57.67
54	1	3			57.88
55	1	2			58.19
56	1	5			58.24
57	1	1			58.50
58	1	0
	6	7

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 19 May at 18:30.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6			52.77	Q, NR
2	4			53.01	Q
3	5			53.15	q
4	3			53.34	q
5	7			54.36
6	2			54.42
7	8			54.47
8	1			54.66

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6			52.86	Q
2	5			52.97	Q, NR
3	3			53.14	q
4	2			53.69	q
5	1			54.03	NR
6	8			54.21
7	7			54.32
8	4			54.86

Final

The final was held on 20 May at 18:06.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			52.88	NR
	2			52.90
	4			52.97
	6			52.97
5	5			53.00
6	1			53.02
7	8			53.34
8	7			53.51

Notes and References

1. http://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWM_Schedule_1.2.pdf Schedule
2. http://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWMM100MBA------------HEAT--------_51A1%201.0.pdf Start list
3. http://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWMM100MBA------------HEAT--------_74A%201.0.pdf Heats results
4. http://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWMM100MBA------------SFNL--------_73A2%201.0.pdf Semifinals results
5. http://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWMM100MBA------------FNL-000100--_73A1%201.0.pdf Final results