Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 June 2022.[1][2]

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
VenueDanube Arena
LocationBudapest, Hungary
Dates19 June (heats and semifinals)
20 June (final)
Competitors49 from 45 nations
Winning time51.60 WR
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    United States
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Records edit

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

World record   Ryan Murphy (USA) 51.85 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13 August 2016
Competition record   Xu Jiayu (CHN) 52.17 Gwangju, South Korea 22 July 2019

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
19 June Semifinal Apostolos Christou   Greece 52.09 CR
20 June Final Thomas Ceccon   Italy 51.60 WR

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were started on 19 June at 09:15.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Hunter Armstrong   United States 52.81 Q
2 5 6 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 53.16 Q
3 6 3 Apostolos Christou   Greece 53.21 Q
4 4 5 Yohann Ndoye Brouard   France 53.22 Q
5 6 2 Ksawery Masiuk   Poland 53.33 Q, NR
6 6 4 Ryan Murphy   United States 53.42 Q
7 6 5 Xu Jiayu   China 53.45 Q
8 4 3 Mewen Tomac   France 53.60 Q
9 4 4 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 53.70 Q
10 5 3 Hugo González   Spain 53.74 Q
11 5 5 Mitch Larkin   Australia 53.77 Q
12 4 2 Lee Ju-ho   South Korea 53.84 Q
13 6 6 Robert Glință   Romania 53.86 Q
14 5 2 Isaac Cooper   Australia 53.87 Q
15 4 6 Luke Greenbank   Great Britain 53.97 Q
16 5 7 Ole Braunschweig   Germany 54.22 Q
17 5 1 Guilherme Basseto   Brazil 54.26
18 6 7 Andrew Jeffcoat   New Zealand 54.35
19 5 0 Benedek Kovács   Hungary 54.47
20 3 3 Mohamed Samy   Egypt 54.67 NR
21 4 8 Oleksandr Zheltiakov   Ukraine 54.86
22 4 0 Javier Acevedo   Canada 54.97
23 6 0 Jan Čejka   Czech Republic 55.22
24 4 1 Michael Laitarovsky   Israel 55.25
25 3 7 Ģirts Feldbergs   Latvia 55.43
26 4 7 Joe Litchfield   Great Britain 55.52
27 3 9 Chuang Mu-lun   Chinese Taipei 55.57
28 3 5 Ziyad Ahmed   Sudan 55.75
29 5 8 Quah Zheng Wen   Singapore 55.76
30 4 9 Armin Lelle   Estonia 55.82
31 6 9 Omar Pinzón   Colombia 55.95
32 5 9 Yeziel Morales   Puerto Rico 56.52
33 3 8 Max Mannes   Luxembourg 56.90
34 3 4 Charles Hockin   Paraguay 57.01
35 2 4 Lau Shiu Yue   Hong Kong 57.06
36 3 0 Farrel Tangkas   Indonesia 57.17
37 3 1 Patrick Groters   Aruba 57.37
38 2 3 Yazan Al-Bawwab   Palestine 59.31
39 2 5 Bede Aitu   Cook Islands 59.54 NR
40 1 5 Omar Al-Rowaila   Brunei 1:00.03
41 2 1 Juhn Tenorio   Northern Mariana Islands 1:00.93
42 1 3 Mekhayl Engel   Curaçao 1:01.46
43 2 7 Samiul Islam Rafi   Bangladesh 1:02.31
44 2 2 Charles Bennici   Cambodia 1:02.57
45 1 4 Benjamin Ko   Guam 1:02.66
46 2 6 Dennis Mhini   Tanzania 1:04.71
47 2 0 Mohamed Aan Hussain   Maldives 1:05.77
48 2 9 Nasser Al-Kindi   Oman 1:06.02
2 8 Faizan Akbar   Pakistan Did not start
3 2 Jack Kirby   Barbados
6 8 Roman Mityukov    Switzerland
6 1 Bernhard Reitshammer   Austria
3 6 Erikas Grigaitis   Lithuania Disqualified

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were started on 19 June at 18:18.[4]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Apostolos Christou   Greece 52.09 Q, CR, NR
2 2 2 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 52.12 Q, NR
3 2 4 Hunter Armstrong   United States 52.37 Q
4 2 3 Ksawery Masiuk   Poland 52.58 Q, NR
5 1 5 Yohann Ndoye Brouard   France 52.72 Q
6 1 3 Ryan Murphy   United States 52.80 Q
7 1 4 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 52.85 Q
8 2 1 Robert Glință   Romania 53.00 Q
9 1 6 Mewen Tomac   France 53.41
10 2 6 Xu Jiayu   China 53.49
11 1 2 Hugo González   Spain 53.50
12 1 1 Isaac Cooper   Australia 53.55
13 2 7 Mitch Larkin   Australia 53.73
14 2 8 Luke Greenbank   Great Britain 53.99
15 1 7 Lee Ju-ho   South Korea 54.07
16 1 8 Ole Braunschweig   Germany 54.18

Final edit

The final was held on 20 June at 19:00.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 51.60 WR
  7 Ryan Murphy   United States 51.97
  3 Hunter Armstrong   United States 51.98
4 2 Yohann Ndoye Brouard   France 52.50
5 4 Apostolos Christou   Greece 52.57
6 6 Ksawery Masiuk   Poland 52.75
7 1 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 52.83
8 8 Robert Glință   Romania 53.63

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). fina.org. 15 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 16 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 19 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 19 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 20 June 2022.