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

Event:	Men's 50 metre backstroke
Competition:	2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Danube Arena
Dates:	17 May 2021 (heats and semifinals) 18 May 2021 (final)
Competitors:	54
Nations:	31
Win Value:	23.80
Gold:	Kliment Kolesnikov
Gold Nation:	RUS
Silver:	Robert Glință
Silver Nation:	ROU
Bronze:	Hugo González
Bronze Nation:	ESP
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 May 2021.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
17 May				23.93	WR, CR
18 May		23.80			WR, CR

The heats were started on 17 May at 10:53.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	4	24.23	Q
2	5	4	24.51	Q
3	4	7	24.62	Q
4	4	4	24.67	Q
5	6	5	24.78	Q
6	5	3	24.96	Q
7	1	5	24.98	Q
8	6	1	25.05	Q
9	5	5	25.08	Q
10	6	3	25.09	Q
11	4	3	25.11	Q
12	5	1	25.14	Q
13	6	0	25.21	Q
14	6	6	25.23	Q
15	6	9	25.28	Q, NR
15	6	7	25.28	Q
17	5	7	25.29
17	5	6	25.29
17	5	2	25.29
20	5	9	25.41
21	4	8	25.42
22	4	5	25.44
23	3	4	25.46
24	4	2	25.50
25	4	6	25.51
26	4	1	25.52
27	6	2	25.53
28	1	3	25.62
29	5	0	25.64
30	3	3	25.69
31	3	9	25.71
32	5	8	25.76
33	4	9	25.80
34	3	6	25.91
35	3	5	25.93
35	4	0	25.93
35	6	8	25.93
38	3	0	25.98
39	3	1	26.02
40	2	2	26.14
41	3	2	26.16
42	2	3	26.27
43	3	8	26.32
44	2	1	26.42
45	3	7	26.58
46	2	7	26.62
46	2	6	26.62
48	2	4	26.66
49	2	5	26.85
50	1	4	27.11
51	2	8	27.14
52	2	0	27.27
53	1	6	27.76
54	2	9	29.02

The semifinals were held on 17 May at 18:24.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	23.93	Q, WR
2	3	24.49	Q, NR
3	5	24.60	q
4	1	24.81	q
5	7	25.02	q
5	8	25.02	q
7	6	25.03
8	2	25.19

The final was held on 18 May at 19:18.^[5]