Swimming at the 2015 European Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2015 European Games
Venue	Aquatic Palace
Dates	23–24 June
Competitors	50 from 27 nations
Winning time	54.76
Medalists
Luke Greenbank    Great Britain      Russia   Marek Ulrich    Germany

Swimming at the 2015 European Games
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
	mixed
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
	mixed
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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.^[1]

Results[]

Heats[]

The heats were started on 23 June at 10:47.^[2]

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		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		Russia	56.09	Q
7	4	6		Russia	56.13	Q
8	4	3		Greece	56.29	Q
9	3	2		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		Croatia	56.58	Q
13	3	7		Hungary	56.79	Q
14	4	8		Spain	56.81	Q
15	3	3		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		Czech Republic	56.94
20	5	6		Italy	57.07
21	2	0		Sweden	57.22
21	5	1		Italy	57.22
23	4	0		Poland	57.33
24	2	4		Finland	57.41
25	3	6		Russia	57.46
26	2	7		Estonia	57.48
27	5	8		Hungary	57.50
28	3	9	Lorenzo Mora	Italy	57.72
29	2	5	Berk Özkul	Turkey	57.91
30	5	7		Italy	57.95
31	3	1		Spain	58.05
32	5	0		Germany	58.08
33	5	9		Ireland	58.20
34	1	8		Israel	58.36
35	2	1		Germany	58.51
36	2	3		Turkey	58.66
37	3	0		Israel	58.67
38	2	6		Switzerland	58.99
39	2	9		Israel	59.09
40	2	2		Ireland	59.15
41	4	9		Luxembourg	59.23
42	2	8		Israel	59.27
43	1	7		Portugal	59.47
44	1	2		Slovakia	59.53
45	1	5		Azerbaijan	59.79
46	1	3		Slovenia	59.83
47	1	6		Switzerland	59.84
48	1	0		Iceland	1:00.13
49	1	9		Moldova	1:00.41
50	1	1		Liechtenstein	1:04.56

Semifinals[]

The semifinals were started on 23 June at 18:37.^[3]

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Marek Ulrich	Germany	54.99	Q
2	6		Greece	55.58	Q
3	5	Robert Glință	Romania	55.70	qSO
3	2	Tomáš Franta	Czech Republic	55.70	qSO
5	3		Russia	55.82
6	7		Croatia	56.02
7	8	Gabriel Lópes	Portugal	56.23
8	1		Spain	57.01

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Luke Greenbank	Great Britain	54.65	Q, GR
2	6		Russia	55.18	Q
3	3	Mikita Tsmyh	Belarus	55.23	q
4	5		Great Britain	55.36	q
5	7	Jakub Skierka	Poland	55.47	q
6	1		Hungary	56.05
7	2		Sweden	56.38
8	8	Ole Braunschweig	Germany	56.67

Swim-off[]

The swim-off was held on 23 June at 20:19.^[4]

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.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Luke Greenbank	Great Britain	54.76
	3		Russia	54.81
	5	Marek Ulrich	Germany	55.35
4	2		Great Britain	55.37
5	1		Greece	55.43
6	7	Jakub Skierka	Poland	55.62
7	8	Robert Glință	Romania	55.91
8	6	Mikita Tsmyh	Belarus	56.00

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