2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 11 and 12 December 2018.[1]

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
VenueHangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates11 December (heats and semifinals)
12 December (final)
Competitors48 from 41 nations
Winning time49.23
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    China
bronze medal    Russia
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Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Xu Jiayu   China 48.88 Tokyo 11 November 2018
Championship record Stanislav Donets   Russia 48.95 Dubai 19 December 2010

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 11 December at 10:52.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Guilherme Guido   Brazil 49.57 Q, SA
2 4 8 Ryan Murphy   United States 49.72 Q
3 4 4 Xu Jiayu   China 49.83 Q
4 3 0 Matt Grevers   United States 50.12 Q
5 4 3 Robert Glință   Romania 50.22 Q
6 4 5 Mitch Larkin   Australia 50.27 Q
7 3 3 Christian Diener   Germany 50.28 Q
8 5 5 Simone Sabbioni   Italy 50.62 Q
9 3 5 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 50.73 Q
9 5 6 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 50.73 Q
11 5 4 Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 50.76 Q
12 4 6 Apostolos Christou   Greece 50.92 Q
13 3 6 Guilherme Basseto   Brazil 50.94 Q
14 3 1 Anton Lončar   Croatia 51.09 Q
15 5 3 Andrei Shabasov   Russia 51.16 Q
16 2 4 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 51.30 Q
17 4 1 Gabriel Lopes   Portugal 51.48 NR
18 4 7 Viktar Staselovich   Belarus 51.59
19 5 2 Markus Lie   Norway 51.60
20 3 8 Bradlee Ashby   New Zealand 51.61
21 5 7 Tomáš Franta   Czech Republic 51.82
22 2 3 Omar Pinzón   Colombia 51.87
23 4 2 Yuma Edo   Japan 51.88
24 3 9 Conor Ferguson   Ireland 52.04
25 3 7 Hugo González   Spain 52.05
26 3 2 Cătălin Ungur   Romania 52.28
27 5 8 Bernhard Reitshammer   Austria 52.34
28 5 1 Li Guangyuan   China 52.36
29 2 2 Paul Lê Nguyễn   Vietnam 52.48
30 5 0 Dávid Földházi   Hungary 52.60
31 5 9 İskender Başlakov   Turkey 52.79
32 4 0 Thierry Bollin   Switzerland 53.02
33 4 9 Chuang Mu-lun   Chinese Taipei 53.81
34 1 8 Merdan Atayev   Turkmenistan 54.29
35 2 7 Ģirts Feldbergs   Latvia 54.79
36 1 1 Cadell Lyons   Trinidad and Tobago 54.92
37 2 5 Lee Ju-ho   South Korea 55.02
38 2 6 Armando Barrera Aira   Cuba 55.07
39 2 9 Filippos Iakovidis   Cyprus 55.87 NR
40 2 0 Matthew Mays   United States Virgin Islands 56.09
41 1 4 Eisner Barberena Espinoza   Nicaragua 56.78
42 1 7 Heriniavo Michael Rasolonjatovo   Madagascar 59.02
43 1 5 Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly   Qatar 59.41
44 1 3 Bede Aitu   Cook Islands 59.68
45 1 2 Omar Al-Rowaila   Bahrain 1:02.90
46 1 6 Joel Gjini   Albania 1:05.00
47 1 0 Ali Imaan   Maldives 1:08.71
2 8 Driss Lahrichi   Morocco DSQ

Semifinals

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The semifinals were started on 11 December at 19:17.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Xu Jiayu   China 49.21 Q
2 2 4 Guilherme Guido   Brazil 49.45 Q, SA
3 1 4 Ryan Murphy   United States 49.52 Q
4 2 7 Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 49.62 Q
5 1 5 Matt Grevers   United States 49.97 Q
6 2 3 Robert Glință   Romania 49.98 Q, NR
7 2 6 Christian Diener   Germany 50.04 Q
8 1 3 Mitch Larkin   Australia 50.12 Q
9 1 6 Simone Sabbioni   Italy 50.21
10 2 8 Andrei Shabasov   Russia 50.32
11 2 2 Radosław Kawęcki   Poland 50.43
12 1 2 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 50.45
13 2 1 Guilherme Basseto   Brazil 50.83
14 1 7 Apostolos Christou   Greece 50.91
15 1 8 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 50.96
16 1 1 Anton Lončar   Croatia 51.20

Final

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The final was held on 12 December at 19:08.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Ryan Murphy   United States 49.23
  4 Xu Jiayu   China 49.26
  6 Kliment Kolesnikov   Russia 49.40
4 8 Mitch Larkin   Australia 49.46
5 5 Guilherme Guido   Brazil 49.75
6 2 Matt Grevers   United States 50.02
7 1 Christian Diener   Germany 50.24
8 7 Robert Glință   Romania 50.36

References

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  1. ^ "Competition Schedule". Omega Timing. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  2. ^ Heats results
  3. ^ Semifinals results
  4. ^ Final results