Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 24 and 25 July 2023.[1][2][3]

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
VenueMarine Messe Fukuoka
LocationFukuoka, Japan
Dates24 July (heats and semifinals)
25 July (final)
Competitors62 from 56 nations
Winning time52.22
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Italy
bronze medal    United States
← 2022
2024 →

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[4]

World record   Thomas Ceccon (ITA) 51.60 Budapest, Hungary 20 June 2022
Competition record   Thomas Ceccon (ITA) 51.60 Budapest, Hungary 20 June 2022

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were started on 24 July at 10:51.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 5 Xu Jiayu   China 52.87 Q
2 7 1 Hubert Kós   Hungary 53.12 Q, NR
3 7 3 Ksawery Masiuk   Poland 53.15 Q
4 6 4 Ryan Murphy   United States 53.43 Q
5 6 7 Oliver Morgan   Great Britain 53.52 Q
6 5 3 Mewen Tomac   France 53.57 Q
6 6 6 Ole Braunschweig   Germany 53.57 Q
6 7 2 Roman Mityukov    Switzerland 53.57 Q
9 5 6 Hugo González   Spain 53.70 Q
10 5 1 João Costa   Portugal 53.71 Q, NR
11 6 1 Bradley Woodward   Australia 53.72 Q
12 7 7 Kacper Stokowski   Poland 53.81 Q
13 6 2 Andrew Jeffcoat   New Zealand 53.82 Q
14 7 4 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 53.84 Q
15 5 5 Yohann Ndoye-Brouard   France 53.90 Q
16 5 4 Hunter Armstrong   United States 53.94 Q
17 7 6 Isaac Cooper   Australia 53.95
18 6 3 Ryosuke Irie   Japan 53.98
19 7 5 Apostolos Christou   Greece 54.01
20 5 8 Lee Ju-ho   South Korea 54.21
21 5 2 Benedek Kovács   Hungary 54.24
22 6 8 Conor Ferguson   Ireland 54.36
23 7 0 Guilherme Basseto   Brazil 54.45
24 6 0 Tomáš Franta   Czech Republic 54.50
25 7 8 Cameron Brooker   Great Britain 54.54
26 5 7 Javier Acevedo   Canada 54.58
27 4 5 Markus Lie   Norway 54.66
28 4 7 Chuang Mu-lun   Chinese Taipei 54.95 NR
29 4 3 Berke Saka   Turkey 55.09
30 5 9 Erikas Grigaitis   Lithuania 55.23
31 7 9 Srihari Nataraj   India 55.26
32 4 4 Quah Zheng Wen   Singapore 55.30
33 5 0 Michael Laitarovsky   Israel 55.63
34 4 6 Andrei-Mircea Anghel   Romania 55.77
35 4 1 Diego Camacho   Mexico 55.80
36 4 2 Ģirts Feldbergs   Latvia 55.91
37 4 8 Ziyad Ahmed   Sudan 56.02
38 3 3 Jack Kirby   Barbados 56.08
39 3 5 Charles Hockin   Paraguay 56.56
40 3 8 Maximillian Wilson   U.S. Virgin Islands 56.65
41 2 5 Merdan Ataýew   Turkmenistan 56.96
42 3 9 Jack Harvey   Bermuda 57.04 NR
43 4 9 Armin Evert Lelle   Estonia 57.06
44 3 6 Noe Pantskhava   Georgia 57.10
45 2 3 Yazan Al-Bawwab   Palestine 57.16
46 2 6 Denilson Cyprianos   Zimbabwe 57.29 NR
47 3 0 Davante Carey   Bahamas 57.50
48 3 7 Filippos Iakovidis   Cyprus 57.51
49 4 0 Farrel Tangkas   Indonesia 58.06
50 3 2 Lau Shiu Yue   Hong Kong 58.21
51 3 4 Jerard Jacinto   Suspended Member Federation 58.40
52 3 1 Homer Abbasi   Iran 58.45
53 2 4 Zhulian Lavdaniti   Albania 58.48
54 2 2 Matthieu Seye   Senegal 58.59
55 1 4 Mohamad Zubaid   Kuwait 59.56
56 2 0 Zeke Chan   Brunei 59.61
57 2 8 Zackary Gresham   Grenada 59.68
58 2 1 Bede Aitu   Cook Islands 1:01.15
59 1 3 Omer Huraish   Iraq 1:03.15
60 1 5 Ali Imaan   Maldives 1:04.98
61 2 9 Adnan Kabuye   Uganda 1:05.57
2 7 Erkhes Enkhtur   Mongolia DSQ
6 9 Bernhard Reitshammer   Austria DNS

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were started on 24 July at 20:17.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 1 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 52.16 Q
2 2 4 Xu Jiayu   China 52.42 Q
3 1 5 Ryan Murphy   United States 52.56 Q
4 1 3 Mewen Tomac   France 52.86 Q
5 2 8 Yohann Ndoye-Brouard   France 53.06 Q
6 1 4 Hubert Kós   Hungary 53.17 Q
7 2 5 Ksawery Masiuk   Poland 53.20 Q
8 1 8 Hunter Armstrong   United States 53.21 Q
9 2 3 Oliver Morgan   Great Britain 53.26
10 1 6 Roman Mityukov    Switzerland 53.32 NR
11 2 2 Hugo González   Spain 53.38
12 2 1 Andrew Jeffcoat   New Zealand 53.46
13 2 7 Bradley Woodward   Australia 53.73
14 1 7 Kacper Stokowski   Poland 53.96
15 2 6 Ole Braunschweig   Germany 54.00
16 1 2 João Costa   Portugal 54.30

Final edit

The final was held on 25 July at 20:59.[7]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Ryan Murphy   United States 52.22
  4 Thomas Ceccon   Italy 52.27
  8 Hunter Armstrong   United States 52.58
4 5 Xu Jiayu   China 52.64
5 2 Yohann Ndoye-Brouard   France 52.84
6 1 Ksawery Masiuk   Poland 52.92
7 7 Hubert Kós   Hungary 53.11
8 6 Mewen Tomac   France 53.16

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ Sutherland, James (13 January 2023). "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 24 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 24 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 25 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.