Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 12 and 13 February 2024.[1][2]

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
VenueAspire Dome
LocationDoha, Qatar
Dates12 February (heats and semifinals)
13 February (final)
Competitors53 from 50 nations
Winning time52.68
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Spain
bronze medal    Greece
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Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[3]

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 12 February at 09:48.[4]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Pieter Coetze   South Africa 53.32 Q
2 6 1 Evangelos Makrygiannis   Greece 53.43 Q
3 4 3 Hugo González   Spain 53.61 Q
4 6 4 Hunter Armstrong   United States 53.66 Q
5 6 7 Michele Lamberti   Italy 53.73 Q
6 5 3 Bradley Woodward   Australia 53.76 Q
7 6 5 Apostolos Christou   Greece 53.79 Q
8 6 2 Lee Ju-ho   South Korea 53.81 Q
9 5 1 Kai van Westering   Netherlands 53.84 Q
10 6 6 Jack Aikins   United States 53.87 Q
11 4 7 Conor Ferguson   Ireland 53.95 Q
12 4 5 Roman Mityukov    Switzerland 54.10 Q
12 4 6 Ole Braunschweig   Germany 54.10 Q
14 5 5 Miroslav Knedla   Czech Republic 54.20 Q
15 4 2 Kacper Stokowski   Poland 54.23 Q
16 5 2 Oleksandr Zheltiakov   Ukraine 54.24 Q
17 4 4 Ksawery Masiuk   Poland 54.33
18 4 1 Blake Tierney   Canada 54.46
19 6 3 Ádám Jászo   Hungary 54.51
20 5 7 Ulises Saravia   Argentina 54.60
21 5 6 Andrew Jeffcoat   New Zealand 54.63
22 6 8 Osamu Kato   Japan 54.70
23 4 8 Luke Greenbank   Great Britain 54.93
24 4 0 Gabriel Lopes   Portugal 55.08
25 5 8 Denis-Laurean Popescu   Romania 55.33
26 3 3 Kaloyan Levterov   Bulgaria 55.44
26 3 6 Ziyad Saleem   Sudan 55.44
26 6 0 Bernhard Reitshammer   Austria 55.44
29 5 0 Erikas Grigaitis   Lithuania 55.48
30 6 9 Yeziel Morales   Puerto Rico 55.50
31 4 9 Girts Feldbergs   Latvia 56.02
32 1 4 Remi Fabiani   Luxembourg 56.21
33 3 5 Yegor Popov   Kazakhstan 56.59
34 3 8 Denilson Cyprianos   Zimbabwe 56.82
35 3 4 Jerard Jacinto   Philippines 57.18
36 3 2 Charles Hockin   Paraguay 57.20
=37 3 7 Merdan Atayev   Turkmenistan 57.21
=37 5 9 Farrel Tangkas   Indonesia 57.21
39 2 5 Anthony Piñeiro   Dominican Republic 57.41
40 2 9 Akalanka Peiris   Sri Lanka 57.52
41 3 0 Lau Shiu Yue   Hong Kong 57.76
42 2 3 Alexis Kpade   Benin 58.03
43 2 4 Ahmad Safie   Lebanon 58.32
44 2 6 Dino Sirotanović   Bosnia and Herzegovina 58.81
45 3 9 Guido Montero   Costa Rica 58.88
46 2 2 Erkhes Enkhtur   Mongolia 58.89
47 1 5 Samiul Rafi   Bangladesh 58.95
48 3 1 Yazan Al-Bawwab   Palestine 59.31
49 2 8 Zackary Gresham   Grenada 59.81
50 2 1 Zeke Chan   Brunei 1:00.49
51 2 0 Alan Uhi   Tonga 1:01.47
52 1 3 Israel Poppe   Guam 1:02.83
53 2 7 Oscar Peyre   Rwanda 1:03.56

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were held on 12 February at 19:17.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 5 Hunter Armstrong   United States 53.04 Q
2 2 4 Pieter Coetze   South Africa 53.07 Q
3 2 5 Hugo González   Spain 53.22 Q
4 2 6 Apostolos Christou   Greece 53.62 Q
5 1 7 Roman Mityukov    Switzerland 53.64 Q
6 1 4 Evangelos Makrygiannis   Greece 53.67 Q
7 1 1 Miroslav Knedla   Czech Republic 53.70 Q
8 1 2 Jack Aikins   United States 53.72 Q
9 2 2 Kai van Westering   Netherlands 53.80
10 1 6 Lee Ju-ho   South Korea 53.82
11 2 1 Ole Braunschweig   Germany 53.89
11 2 3 Michele Lamberti   Italy 53.89
13 2 7 Conor Ferguson   Ireland 53.90
14 2 8 Kacper Stokowski   Poland 54.03
15 1 8 Oleksandr Zheltiakov   Ukraine 54.05
16 1 3 Bradley Woodward   Australia 54.20

Final edit

The final was held on 13 February at 19:59.[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Hunter Armstrong   United States 52.68
  3 Hugo González   Spain 52.70
  6 Apostolos Christou   Greece 53.36
4 7 Evangelos Makrygiannis   Greece 53.38
5 5 Pieter Coetze   South Africa 53.51
6 2 Roman Mityukov    Switzerland 53.64
7 1 Miroslav Knedla   Czech Republic 53.74
8 8 Jack Aikins   United States 54.50

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Start list" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 12 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 13 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.