title: Swimming at the 2015 European Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke
text: # Swimming at the 2015 European Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke
  
  The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2015 European Games in Baku took place on 23 and 24 June at the Aquatic Palace.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  The heats were started on 23 June at 10:47.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | 4 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 55.12 | Q, GR |
  | 2 | 3 | 4 | Marek Ulrich | Germany | 55.45 | Q |
  | 3 | 5 | 5 | Joe Hulme | Great Britain | 55.74 | Q |
  | 4 | 5 | 4 | Robert Glință | Romania | 55.92 | Q |
  | 5 | 3 | 5 | Mikita Tsmyh | Belarus | 55.95 | Q |
  | 6 | 4 | 5 | Roman Larin | Russia | 56.09 | Q |
  | 7 | 4 | 6 | Filipp Shopin | Russia | 56.13 | Q |
  | 8 | 4 | 3 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece | 56.29 | Q |
  | 9 | 3 | 2 | Petter Fredriksson | Sweden | 56.42 | Q |
  | 10 | 4 | 7 | Tomáš Franta | Czech Republic | 56.45 | Q |
  | 11 | 4 | 2 | Jakub Skierka | Poland | 56.57 | Q |
  | 12 | 5 | 3 | Kristian Komlenić | Croatia | 56.58 | Q |
  | 13 | 3 | 7 | Bence Szucsik | Hungary | 56.79 | Q |
  | 14 | 4 | 8 | Javier Romero | Spain | 56.81 | Q |
  | 15 | 3 | 3 | Kirill Titov | Russia | 56.89 | |
  | 16 | 5 | 2 | Ole Braunschweig | Germany | 56.91 | Q |
  | 17 | 3 | 8 | Joe Litchfield | Great Britain | 56.92 | |
  | 17 | 4 | 1 | Gabriel Lópes | Portugal | 56.92 | Q |
  | 19 | 1 | 4 | Marek Osina | Czech Republic | 56.94 | |
  | 20 | 5 | 6 | Lorenzo Glessi | Italy | 57.07 | |
  | 21 | 2 | 0 | Oskar Ericsson | Sweden | 57.22 | |
  | 21 | 5 | 1 | Jacopo Bietti | Italy | 57.22 | |
  | 23 | 4 | 0 | Dawid Murzyn | Poland | 57.33 | |
  | 24 | 2 | 4 | Christoffer Fredrikson | Finland | 57.41 | |
  | 25 | 3 | 6 | Nikolay Snegirev | Russia | 57.46 | |
  | 26 | 2 | 7 | Andrei Gussev | Estonia | 57.48 | |
  | 27 | 5 | 8 | Dominik Varga | Hungary | 57.50 | |
  | 28 | 3 | 9 | Lorenzo Mora | Italy | 57.72 | |
  | 29 | 2 | 5 | Berk Özkul | Turkey | 57.91 | |
  | 30 | 5 | 7 | Cristiano Hantjoglu | Italy | 57.95 | |
  | 31 | 3 | 1 | Joan Casanovas | Spain | 58.05 | |
  | 32 | 5 | 0 | Franz Müller | Germany | 58.08 | |
  | 33 | 5 | 9 | Rory McEvoy | Ireland | 58.20 | |
  | 34 | 1 | 8 | Daniel Aizenberg | Israel | 58.36 | |
  | 35 | 2 | 1 | Moritz Walaschewski | Germany | 58.51 | |
  | 36 | 2 | 3 | Rasim Oğulcan Gör | Turkey | 58.66 | |
  | 37 | 3 | 0 | Daniel Kaplan | Israel | 58.67 | |
  | 38 | 2 | 6 | Timothy Schlatter | Switzerland | 58.99 | |
  | 39 | 2 | 9 | Idan Dotan | Israel | 59.09 | |
  | 40 | 2 | 2 | Alan Corby | Ireland | 59.15 | |
  | 41 | 4 | 9 | Max Mannes | Luxembourg | 59.23 | |
  | 42 | 2 | 8 | Tomer Drori | Israel | 59.27 | |
  | 43 | 1 | 7 | João Vital | Portugal | 59.47 | |
  | 44 | 1 | 2 | Alexander Světlík | Slovakia | 59.53 | |
  | 45 | 1 | 5 | Qriqoriy Kalminskiy | Azerbaijan | 59.79 | |
  | 46 | 1 | 3 | Vito Vodenik | Slovenia | 59.83 | |
  | 47 | 1 | 6 | Thomas Maurer | Switzerland | 59.84 | |
  | 48 | 1 | 0 | Bragi Snær Hallsson | Iceland | 1:00.13 | |
  | 49 | 1 | 9 | Adrian Negru | Moldova | 1:00.41 | |
  | 50 | 1 | 1 | Tarik Hoch | Liechtenstein | 1:04.56 | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  The semifinals were started on 23 June at 18:37.
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Marek Ulrich | Germany | 54.99 | Q |
  | 2 | 6 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece | 55.58 | Q |
  | 3 | 5 | Robert Glință | Romania | 55.70 | qSO |
  | 3 | 2 | Tomáš Franta | Czech Republic | 55.70 | qSO |
  | 5 | 3 | Roman Larin | Russia | 55.82 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Kristian Komlenić | Croatia | 56.02 | |
  | 7 | 8 | Gabriel Lópes | Portugal | 56.23 | |
  | 8 | 1 | Javier Romero | Spain | 57.01 | |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 54.65 | Q, GR |
  | 2 | 6 | Filipp Shopin | Russia | 55.18 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Mikita Tsmyh | Belarus | 55.23 | q |
  | 4 | 5 | Joe Hulme | Great Britain | 55.36 | q |
  | 5 | 7 | Jakub Skierka | Poland | 55.47 | q |
  | 6 | 1 | Bence Szucsik | Hungary | 56.05 | |
  | 7 | 2 | Petter Fredriksson | Sweden | 56.38 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Ole Braunschweig | Germany | 56.67 | |
  
  ### Swim-off
  
  The swim-off was held on 23 June at 20:19.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Robert Glință | Romania | 55.31 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Tomáš Franta | Czech Republic | 56.02 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held on 24 June at 17:30.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 54.76 |
  | | 3 | Filipp Shopin | Russia | 54.81 |
  | | 5 | Marek Ulrich | Germany | 55.35 |
  | 4 | 2 | Joe Hulme | Great Britain | 55.37 |
  | 5 | 1 | Nikolaos Sofianidis | Greece | 55.43 |
  | 6 | 7 | Jakub Skierka | Poland | 55.62 |
  | 7 | 8 | Robert Glință | Romania | 55.91 |
  | 8 | 6 | Mikita Tsmyh | Belarus | 56.00 |
  