title: Swimming at the 2015 European Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke
text: # Swimming at the 2015 European Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke
  
  The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2015 European Games in Baku took place on 26 June at the Aquatic Palace.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  The heats were started at 09:41.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | 4 | Robert Glință | Romania | 25.78 | Q, GR |
  | 2 | 5 | 5 | Filipp Shopin | Russia | 25.79 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | 4 | Marek Ulrich | Germany | 25.80 | Q |
  | 4 | 4 | 5 | Andriy Khloptsov | Ukraine | 26.02 | Q |
  | 5 | 4 | 2 | Ole Braunschweig | Germany | 26.20 | Q |
  | 6 | 3 | 3 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece | 26.26 | Q |
  | 6 | 4 | 7 | Javier Romero | Spain | 26.26 | Q |
  | 8 | 4 | 3 | Bence Szucsik | Hungary | 26.27 | Q, WD |
  | 9 | 5 | 6 | Mikita Tsmyh | Belarus | 26.31 | Q |
  | 10 | 4 | 1 | Tomáš Franta | Czech Republic | 26.37 | Q |
  | 11 | 3 | 5 | Roman Larin | Russia | 26.39 | Q, WD |
  | 12 | 5 | 2 | Petter Fredriksson | Sweden | 26.50 | Q |
  | 13 | 5 | 4 | Marek Osina | Czech Republic | 26.54 | Q |
  | 14 | 3 | 2 | Kristian Komlenić | Croatia | 26.55 | Q |
  | 15 | 4 | 6 | Kirill Titov | Russia | 26.60 | |
  | 16 | 2 | 5 | Andrei Gussev | Estonia | 26.65 | Q |
  | 17 | 3 | 6 | Cristiano Hantjoglu | Italy | 26.67 | Q |
  | 18 | 5 | 3 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 26.70 | Q |
  | 19 | 3 | 0 | Gabriel Lópes | Portugal | 26.80 | Q |
  | 20 | 3 | 1 | Franz Müller | Germany | 26.83 | |
  | 20 | 4 | 8 | Dawid Murzyn | Poland | 26.83 | |
  | 22 | 2 | 9 | Daniel Aizenberg | Israel | 26.88 | |
  | 23 | 3 | 8 | Idan Dotan | Israel | 26.89 | |
  | 24 | 5 | 1 | Lorenzo Glessi | Italy | 27.01 | |
  | 25 | 5 | 8 | Berk Özkul | Turkey | 27.12 | |
  | 26 | 5 | 7 | Timothy Schlatter | Switzerland | 27.31 | |
  | 27 | 4 | 9 | Rory McEvoy | Ireland | 27.34 | |
  | 28 | 2 | 4 | Alan Corby | Ireland | 27.43 | |
  | 29 | 4 | 0 | Rasim Oğulcan Gör | Turkey | 27.47 | |
  | 30 | 2 | 6 | Bruno Blašković | Croatia | 27.52 | |
  | 31 | 5 | 0 | Dmytro Prozhoha | Ukraine | 27.56 | |
  | 32 | 2 | 2 | Alexander Světlík | Slovakia | 27.58 | |
  | 33 | 2 | 3 | Max Mannes | Luxembourg | 27.60 | |
  | 34 | 3 | 9 | Michał Brzuś | Poland | 27.66 | |
  | 35 | 2 | 4 | Moritz Walaschewski | Germany | 27.81 | |
  | 36 | 2 | 1 | Qriqoriy Kalminskiy | Azerbaijan | 27.89 | |
  | 37 | 1 | 5 | Bragi Snær Hallsson | Iceland | 27.91 | |
  | 37 | 5 | 9 | Daniel Kaplan | Israel | 27.91 | |
  | 39 | 1 | 4 | Ljupcho Angelovski | Macedonia | 28.15 | |
  | 40 | 1 | 3 | Adrian Negru | Moldova | 28.17 | |
  | 41 | 2 | 8 | Vito Vodenik | Slovenia | 28.25 | |
  | 42 | 2 | 0 | Tarik Hoch | Liechtenstein | 29.86 | |
  | | 3 | 7 | Joe Hulme | Great Britain | DNS | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  The semifinals were started at 17:36.
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Filipp Shopin | Russia | 25.67 | Q, GR |
  | 2 | 5 | Andriy Khloptsov | Ukraine | 25.84 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece | 26.03 | q |
  | 4 | 7 | Kristian Komlenić | Croatia | 26.20 | q |
  | 5 | 6 | Mikita Tsmyh | Belarus | 26.41 | |
  | 6 | 2 | Petter Fredriksson | Sweden | 26.62 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Cristiano Hantjoglu | Italy | 26.74 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Gabriel Lópes | Portugal | 26.86 | |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 5 | Marek Ulrich | Germany | 25.73 | Q |
  | 2 | 4 | Robert Glință | Romania | 25.86 | Q |
  | 3 | 6 | Javier Romero | Spain | 26.12 | q |
  | 4 | 3 | Ole Braunschweig | Germany | 26.34 | q |
  | 5 | 1 | Andrei Gussev | Estonia | 26.40 | |
  | 6 | 2 | Tomáš Franta | Czech Republic | 26.57 | |
  | 7 | 8 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 26.66 | |
  | 8 | 7 | Marek Osina | Czech Republic | 26.73 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held at 19:33.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Filipp Shopin | Russia | 25.40 | GR |
  | | 5 | Marek Ulrich | Germany | 25.44 | |
  | | 3 | Andriy Khloptsov | Ukraine | 25.71 | |
  | 4 | 6 | Robert Glință | Romania | 25.80 | |
  | 5 | 2 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece | 25.92 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Javier Romero | Spain | 26.20 | |
  | 7 | 8 | Ole Braunschweig | Germany | 26.34 | |
  | 8 | 1 | Kristian Komlenić | Croatia | 26.47 | |
  