100 m Backstroke, Men

Competition 2026 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Paris FRA
Held 15 – 16 August 2026
Status Medal
Competitors 66
Countries 33
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Apostolos Christou GRE 52.73
(1 h7)		 52.94
(3 h2)		 52.27
(1 F)
🥈 Thomas Ceccon ITA 53.51
(5 h7)		 52.93
(2 h2)		 52.28
(2 F)
🥉 Pavel Samusenko
Team: NAB		 NEU 52.96
(1 h5)		 53.12
(4 h2)		 52.57
(3 F)
4 Yohann Ndoye-Brouard FRA 53.05
(1 h6)		 53.16
(1 h1)		 52.71
(4 F)
5 Georgy Yakovlev
Team: NAB		 NEU 53.15
(3 h7)		 52.89
(1 h2)		 52.73
(5 F)
6 Ksawery Masiuk POL 53.98
(5 h6)		 53.24
(5 h2)		 52.92
(6 F)
7 Mewen Tomac FRA 52.94
(2 h7)		 53.17
(2 h1)		 53.47
(7 F)
8 Jack Skerry GBR 53.76
(6 h7)		 53.21
(3 h1)		 53.65
(8 F)
9 Tomer Shuster ISR 53.39
(2 h5)		 53.48
(4 h1)		 —
10 Roman Mityukov SUI 53.78
(2 h6)		 53.57
(5 h1)		 —
11 Iván Martínez ESP 53.67
(3 h5)		 53.61
(6 h1)		 —
12 Matthew Ward GBR 53.73
(4 h5)		 53.65
(6 h2)		 —
13 Robert Falborg Pedersen DEN 53.78
(7 h7)		 53.71
(7 h2)		 —
14 Cornelius Jahn GER 53.98
(4 h6)		 53.84
(7 h1)		 —
15 Kaii Winkler GER 53.92
(3 h6)		 53.89
(8 h2)		 —
16 Denis Popescu ROU 54.04
(6 h5)		 54.27
(8 h1)		 —
17 Kliment Kolesnikov
Team: NAB		 NEU 53.16
(4 h7)		 — — *
18 Oliver Morgan GBR 53.91
(5 h5)		 — — *
19 Georgy Smirnov
Team: NAB		 NEU 54.11
(8 h7)		 — —
20 Inbar Danziger ISR 54.13
(1 h4)		 — —
21 Evangelos Makrygiannis GRE 54.17
(6 h6)		 — —
=22 John Shortt IRL 54.19
(7 h5)		 — —
=22 Nathan Muratory FRA 54.19
(7 h6)		 — —
24 Luke Greenbank GBR 54.24
(2 h4)		 — —
25 Artsiom Yarmak
Team: NAA		 NEU 54.28
(3 h4)		 — —
26 Luka Čarapović CRO 54.44
(1 h3)		 — —
27 Noah Verreth BEL 54.45
(8 h5)		 — —
28 Aukan Goldin ISR 54.53
(4 h4)		 — —
29 Michele Lamberti ITA 54.58
(8 h6)		 — —
30 Flavio Bucca SUI 54.61
(2 h3)		 — —
31 Max Halbeisen AUT 54.62
(5 h4)		 — —
32 Francesco Lazzari ITA 54.72
(9 h7)		 — —
33 Aleksander Styś POL 54.87
(6 h4)		 — —
=34 Lukas Edl AUT 54.92
(3 h3)		 — —
=34 Uladzimir Mamekin
Team: NAA		 NEU 54.92
(9 h6)		 — —
36 Bernhard Reitshammer AUT 54.96
(4 h3)		 — —
37 Alexandru Constantinescu ROU 55.02
(5 h3)		 — —
38 Daniele del Signore ITA 55.17
(7 h4)		 — —
39 Filip Kosiński POL 55.19
(6 h3)		 — —
40 Miroslav Knedla CZE 55.36
(10 h6)		 — —
41 Zsombor Rácz HUN 55.46
(8 h4)		 — —
42 Tudor Iordache ROU 55.58
(7 h3)		 — —
43 Dominik Grudinskij LTU 55.61
(1 h2)		 — —
44 Giovanni Phillipson NED 55.64
(8 h3)		 — —
45 Rufus Bernhardt LIE 55.71
(2 h2)		 — —
46 Jakub Krischke CZE 55.76
(9 h4)		 — —
47 Michael Laitarovsky ISR 56.00
(3 h2)		 — —
48 Ajjuub Ezzat FIN 56.01
(4 h2)		 — —
49 Kristians Brenčs LAT 56.05
(1 h1)		 — —
50 Mantas Kaušpėdas LTU 56.08
(9 h5)		 — —
51 Guðmundur Rafnsson ISL 56.13
(5 h2)		 — —
52 Vidar Carlbaum SWE 56.14
(6 h2)		 — —
53 Kenan Dračić BIH 56.17
(2 h1)		 — —
54 Ricardo Santos POR 56.20
(3 h1)		 — —
55 Primož Šenica Pavletič SLO 56.31
(7 h2)		 — —
56 Noe Pantskhava GEO 56.38
(9 h3)		 — —
57 Charlie Macmillan SWE 56.49
(8 h2)		 — —
58 Nikolass Deičmans LAT 56.63
(9 h2)		 — —
=59 Leon Opatril AUT 56.73
(10 h2)		 — —
=59 Daren Kirilov BUL 56.73
(10 h3)		 — —
61 Lars Kuljus EST 56.95
(4 h1)		 — —
62 Roope Koskela FIN 57.37
(5 h1)		 — —
63 Dmitri Sillaste EST 57.93
(6 h1)		 — —
64 Ronens Kermans LAT 58.39
(7 h1)		 — —
65 Gevorg Tonoyan ARM 1:00.35
(8 h1)		 — —
66 Arion Budima KOS 1:01.26
(9 h1)		 — —
DNS Ole BraunschweigDNS GER —
(DNS h4)		 — —
DNS Hubert KósDNS HUN —
(DNS h5)		 — —
DNS Hugo GonzálezDNS ESP —
(DNS h7)		 — —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Kristians Brenčs LAT 56.05
2 Kenan Dračić BIH 56.17
3 Ricardo Santos POR 56.20
4 Lars Kuljus EST 56.95
5 Roope Koskela FIN 57.37
6 Dmitri Sillaste EST 57.93
7 Ronens Kermans LAT 58.39
8 Gevorg Tonoyan ARM 1:00.35
9 Arion Budima KOS 1:01.26

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Dominik Grudinskij LTU 55.61
2 Rufus Bernhardt LIE 55.71
3 Michael Laitarovsky ISR 56.00
4 Ajjuub Ezzat FIN 56.01
5 Guðmundur Rafnsson ISL 56.13
6 Vidar Carlbaum SWE 56.14
7 Primož Šenica Pavletič SLO 56.31
8 Charlie Macmillan SWE 56.49
9 Nikolass Deičmans LAT 56.63
10 Leon Opatril AUT 56.73

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Luka Čarapović CRO 54.44
2 Flavio Bucca SUI 54.61
3 Lukas Edl AUT 54.92
4 Bernhard Reitshammer AUT 54.96
5 Alexandru Constantinescu ROU 55.02
6 Filip Kosiński POL 55.19
7 Tudor Iordache ROU 55.58
8 Giovanni Phillipson NED 55.64
9 Noe Pantskhava GEO 56.38
10 Daren Kirilov BUL 56.73

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Inbar Danziger ISR 54.13
2 Luke Greenbank GBR 54.24
3 Artsiom Yarmak
Team: NAA		 NEU 54.28
4 Aukan Goldin ISR 54.53
5 Max Halbeisen AUT 54.62
6 Aleksander Styś POL 54.87
7 Daniele del Signore ITA 55.17
8 Zsombor Rácz HUN 55.46
9 Jakub Krischke CZE 55.76
DNS Ole BraunschweigDNS GER —

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Pavel Samusenko
Team: NAB		 NEU 52.96
2 Tomer Shuster ISR 53.39
3 Iván Martínez ESP 53.67
4 Matthew Ward GBR 53.73
5 Oliver Morgan GBR 53.91
6 Denis Popescu ROU 54.04
7 John Shortt IRL 54.19
8 Noah Verreth BEL 54.45
9 Mantas Kaušpėdas LTU 56.08
DNS Hubert KósDNS HUN —

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yohann Ndoye-Brouard FRA 53.05
2 Roman Mityukov SUI 53.78
3 Kaii Winkler GER 53.92
4 Cornelius Jahn GER 53.98
5 Ksawery Masiuk POL 53.98
6 Evangelos Makrygiannis GRE 54.17
7 Nathan Muratory FRA 54.19
8 Michele Lamberti ITA 54.58
9 Uladzimir Mamekin
Team: NAA		 NEU 54.92
10 Miroslav Knedla CZE 55.36

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Apostolos Christou GRE 52.73
2 Mewen Tomac FRA 52.94
3 Georgy Yakovlev
Team: NAB		 NEU 53.15
4 Kliment Kolesnikov
Team: NAB		 NEU 53.16
5 Thomas Ceccon ITA 53.51
6 Jack Skerry GBR 53.76
7 Robert Falborg Pedersen DEN 53.78
8 Georgy Smirnov
Team: NAB		 NEU 54.11
9 Francesco Lazzari ITA 54.72
DNS Hugo GonzálezDNS ESP —

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yohann Ndoye-Brouard FRA 53.16
2 Mewen Tomac FRA 53.17
3 Jack Skerry GBR 53.21
4 Tomer Shuster ISR 53.48
5 Roman Mityukov SUI 53.57
6 Iván Martínez ESP 53.61
7 Cornelius Jahn GER 53.84
8 Denis Popescu ROU 54.27

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Georgy Yakovlev
Team: NAB		 NEU 52.89
2 Thomas Ceccon ITA 52.93
3 Apostolos Christou GRE 52.94
4 Pavel Samusenko
Team: NAB		 NEU 53.12
5 Ksawery Masiuk POL 53.24
6 Matthew Ward GBR 53.65
7 Robert Falborg Pedersen DEN 53.71
8 Kaii Winkler GER 53.89

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Apostolos Christou GRE 52.27
2 Thomas Ceccon ITA 52.28
3 Pavel Samusenko
Team: NAB		 NEU 52.57
4 Yohann Ndoye-Brouard FRA 52.71
5 Georgy Yakovlev
Team: NAB		 NEU 52.73
6 Ksawery Masiuk POL 52.92
7 Mewen Tomac FRA 53.47
8 Jack Skerry GBR 53.65