| Men 100m Backstroke XXV Swimming European Championship 2000 Helsinki, Finland - Tuesday, 4th July - Gold Medal: David Ortega Spain | 
| Final | 18:15 | time | gap | L | 50m | Y |  | 1. David Ortega Pitarch |   Spain | 55.50s |   | 1 | 26.70s | 79 |  | 2. Volodymyr Nikolajtsjuk |   Ukraine | 55.64s | +0.14s | 5 | 27.43s | 75 |  | 3. Derya Büyükunçu |   Turkey | 55.84s | +0.34s | 8 | 27.14s | 76 |  | 4. Eithan Urbach |   Israel | 55.94s | +0.44s | 4 | 27.10s | 77 |  | 5. Gordan Kožulj |   Croatia | 56.00s | +0.50s | 6 | 27.21s | 76 |  | 6. Marko Strahija |   Croatia | 56.10s | +0.60s | 3 | 27.48s | 75 |  | 7. Emanuele Merisi |   Italy | 56.15s | +0.65s | 7 | 27.17s | 72 |  | 8. Peter Horvath |   Hungary | 56.17s | +0.67s | 2 | 27.04s | 74 |   
| World Record: Lenny Krayzelburg, United States 53.60s Sydney, Australia 24.08.1999 |  | European Record: Stev Theloke, Germany 54.43s New York, United States 29.07.1998 |  | Championship Record: Martin Lopez-Zubero, Spain 55.03s Sheffield, Great Britain 07.08.1993 |   
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 Semi-Finals - Monday, 3rd July 18:40 |  | First 2 from each Semi and Best 4 times advanced to Final. |   
    | Semi 1 |   | time | gap | L | 50m | Y |  | 6. Emanuele Merisi |   Italy | 56.13s | +0.49s | 6 | 27.48s | 72 |  | 8. Derya Büyükunçu |   Turkey | 56.28s | +0.64s | 3 | 27.31s | 76 |  | 11.Bartosz Kizierowski |   Poland | 56.47s | +0.83s | 4 | 27.47s | 76 |  | 12.Razvan Florea |   Romania | 56.49s | +0.85s | 2 | 27.51s | 77 |  | 13.Vladislav Aminov |   Russia | 56.61s | +0.97s | 5 | 27.59s | 76 |  | 14.Miroslav Machovič |   Slovakia | 56.63s | +0.99s | 7 | 28.09s | 75 |  | 15.Luis A. Laera |   Italy | 56.68s | +1.04s | 1 | 27.34s | 72 |  | 16.Mattias Ohlin |   Sweden | 57.65s | +2.01s | 8 | 28.10s | 74 |   
    | Semi 2 |   | time | gap | L | 50m | Y |  | 1. Eithan Urbach |   Israel | 55.64s |   | 6 | 27.47s | 77 |  | 2. Volodymyr Nikolajtsjuk |   Ukraine | 55.67s | +0.03s | 5 | 27.46s | 75 |  | 3. Marko Strahija |   Croatia | 55.69s | +0.05s | 7 | 27.30s | 75 |  | 4. Gordan Kožulj |   Croatia | 55.88s | +0.24s | 4 | 27.36s | 76 |  | 5. Peter Horvath |   Hungary | 56.07s | +0.43s | 2 | 27.03s | 74 |  | 7. David Ortega Pitarch |   Spain | 56.18s | +0.54s | 8 | 27.30s | 79 |  | 9. Stev Theloke |   Germany | 56.29s | +0.65s | 1 | 27.19s | 79 |  | 10.Arunas Savickas |   Lithuania | 56.44s | +0.80s | 3 | 27.46s | 75 |   
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| Heat 5 |   | time | gap | L | 50m | Y |  | 7. Eithan Urbach |   Israel | 56.36s | +0.97s | 3 | 27.45s | 77 |  | 11.Marko Strahija |   Croatia | 56.66s | +1.27s | 2 | 27.52s | 75 |  | 13.Stev Theloke |   Germany | 56.90s | +1.51s | 4 | 27.57s | 78 |  | 16.Matthias Ohlin |   Sweden | 57.08s | +1.69s | 7 | 28.01s | 78 |  | 17.Jorge Sanchez |   Spain | 57.16s | +1.77s | 6 | 27.66s | 77 |  | 18.Darius Grigalionis |   Lithuania | 57.17s | +1.78s | 5 | 27.61s | 77 |  | 21.Nuno Laurentino |   Portugal | 57.33s | +1.94s | 1 | 27.74s | 75 |  | 36.Klaas−Erik Zwering |   Netherlands | 58.79s | +3.40s | 8 | 28.72s | 81 |   
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| Heat 4 |   | time | gap | L | 50m | Y |  | 1. Gordan Kozulj |   Croatia | 55.39s |   | 5 | 27.06s | 76 |  | 8. Emanuele Merisi |   Italy | 56.43s | +1.04s | 7 | 27.42s | 72 |  | 10.Razvan Florea |   Romania | 56.55s | +1.16s | 6 | 27.51s | 80 |  | 14.Luis Alberto Laera |   Italy | 56.95s | +1.56s | 8 | 27.71s | 71 |  | 15.David Ortega |   Spain | 57.00s | +1.61s | 3 | 28.12s | 79 |  | 28.Serguei Chevko |   Belarus | 57.90s | +2.51s | 2 | 27.63s | 81 |  | 29.Jakob Andersen |   Denmark | 57.94s | +2.55s | 1 | 27.53s | 77 |  | 30.Steffen Driesen |   Germany | 58.17s | +2.78s | 4 | 28.48s | 81 |   
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| Heat 3 |   | time | gap | L | 50m | Y |  | 2. Bart Kizierowski |   Poland | 55.86s | +0.47s | 8 | 27.05s | 77 |  | 3. Volodymyr Nikolaychuk |   Ukraine | 55.87s | +0.48s | 5 | 27.69s | 75 |  | 4. Vladislav Aminov |   Russia | 56.17s | +0.78s | 1 | 27.41s | 77 |  | 5. Arunas Savickas |   Lithuania | 56.32s | +0.93s | 3 | 27.03s | 75 |  | 6. Derya Buyukuncu |   Turkey | 56.33s | +0.94s | 7 | 27.46s | 76 |  | 9. Peter Horvath |   Hungary | 56.52s | +1.13s | 4 | 27.36s | 74 |  | 25.Evgueni Aleshin |   Russia | 57.50s | +2.11s | 2 | 27.88s | 79 |  | 26.Neil Willey |   Great Britain | 57.51s | +2.12s | 6 | 27.79s | 76 |   
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| Heat 2 |   | time | gap | L | 50m | Y |  | 12.Miroslav Machovic |   Slovakia | 56.87s | +1.48s | 3 | 28.14s | 76 |  | 19.Blaz Medvesek |   Slovenia | 57.29s | +1.90s | 2 | 27.65s | 80 |  | 20.Przemyslan Wilant |   Poland | 57.32s | +1.93s | 8 | 27.55s | 77 |  | 22.Markus Rogan |   Austria | 57.36s | +1.97s | 5 | 28.04s | 82 |  | 23.Joab Gath |   Israel | 57.40s | +2.01s | 1 | 28.01s | 80 |  | 27.Philipp Gilgen |   Switzerland | 57.83s | +2.44s | 6 | 27.71s | 76 |  | 34.Lubos Krizko |   Slovakia | 58.57s | +3.18s | 7 | 28.21s | 79 |  | 37.Gregor Tait |   Great Britain | 58.82s | +3.52s | 4 | 28.30s | 79 |   
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| Heat 1 |   | time | gap | L | 50m | Y |  | 23.Tom Eilert Karlsen |   Norway | 57.40s | +2.01s | 3 | 27.64s | 74 |  | 31.Mario Carvalho |   Portugal | 58.32s | +2.93s | 6 | 28.89s | 78 |  | 32.Martin Viilep |   Estonia | 58.42s | +3.03s | 4 | 28.06s | 81 |  | 33.Andrei Mikailov |   Moldova | 58.52s | +3.13s | 7 | 28.54s | 80 |  | 35.Alexander Ivlev |   Moldova | 58.70s | +3.31s | 2 | 28.70s | 81 |  | 38.Tero Raty |   Finland | 1:00.16 | +4.67s | 5 | 28.71s | 78 |   
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