Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke
The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18–19 August.Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 10:12.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | | 53.88 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Jérémy Stravius | | 54.14 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Benjamin Stasiulis | | 54.27 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Jan-Philip Glania | | 54.47 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Christopher Ciccarese | | 54.71 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Nikita Ulyanov | | 54.85 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Luca Mencarini | | 54.87 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Christian Diener | | 54.94 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 6 | Juan Miguel Rando | | 54.99 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Lavrans Solli | | 55.01 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Gábor Balog | | 55.09 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 4 | Radosław Kawęcki | | 55.29 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Mattias Carlsson | | 55.43 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 8 | Péter Bernek | | 55.46 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 5 | Niccolò Bonacchi | | 55.49 | |
| 16 | 5 | 5 | Bastiaan Lijesen | | 55.50 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | David Gamburg | | 55.53 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Guy Barnea | | 55.59 | |
| 19 | 4 | 8 | Pavel Sankovich | | 55.61 | |
| 19 | 5 | 7 | Yakov Toumarkin | | 55.61 | |
| 21 | 3 | 3 | Andrey Shabasov | | 55.63 | |
| 22 | 5 | 1 | Danas Rapšys | | 55.84 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Viktar Staselovich | | 55.86 | |
| 24 | 3 | 0 | Pedro Oliveira | | 55.93 | |
| 25 | 4 | 0 | Nicolas Graesser | | 56.04 | |
| 25 | 4 | 7 | Jonatan Kopelev | | 56.04 | |
| 27 | 3 | 1 | Eric Ress | | 56.23 | |
| 28 | 5 | 9 | Martin Baďura | | 56.44 | |
| 29 | 3 | 9 | Petar Petrović | | 56.74 | |
| 30 | 4 | 9 | Axel Pettersson | | 56.87 | |
| 31 | 1 | 5 | Marko Krce-Rabar | | 56.96 | |
| 31 | 2 | 2 | Doruk Tekin | | 56.96 | |
| 33 | 2 | 4 | Gytis Stankevičius | | 57.02 | |
| 34 | 2 | 3 | Martin Zhelev | | 57.11 | |
| 35 | 2 | 8 | Boris Kirillov | | 57.23 | |
| 36 | 2 | 9 | Antons Voitovs | | 57.32 | |
| 37 | 2 | 1 | Sergiy Varvaruk | | 57.33 | |
| 38 | 2 | 6 | Teo Kolonić | | 57.38 | |
| 39 | 2 | 7 | | | 57.50 | |
| 40 | 2 | 0 | Roman Dmytriyev | | 57.60 | |
| 41 | 1 | 4 | Elijah Stolz | | 57.71 | |
| 42 | 1 | 3 | Aram Kostanyan | | 1:03.11 | |
| — | 2 | 5 | Baslakov İskender | | | DNS |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 18:22.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
The final was held at 18:19.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | | 53.32 | |
| 5 | Jérémy Stravius | | 53.64 | |
| 3 | Jan-Philip Glania | | 54.15 | |
| 4 | 2 | Christian Diener | | 54.23 | |
| 5 | 6 | Benjamin Stasiulis | | 54.49 | |
| 6 | 1 | Luca Mencarini | | 54.57 | |
| 7 | 8 | Juan Miguel Rando | | 54.82 | |
| 8 | 7 | David Gamburg | | 54.87 | |
