Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke
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The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 12 and 13 February 2024.[1][2]
13 February (final)
| Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Aspire Dome | |||||||||
| Location | Doha, Qatar | |||||||||
| Dates | 12 February (heats and semifinals) 13 February (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 53 from 50 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 52.68 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Qualification
Each National Federation was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the "A" standard qualification time at approved qualifying events. For this event, the "A" standard qualification time was 54.03 seconds. Federations could enter one athlete into the event if they met the "B" standard qualification time. For this event, the "B" standard qualification time was 55.92. Athletes could also enter the event if they had met an "A" or "B" standard in a different event and their Federation had not entered anyone else. Additional considerations applied to Federations who had few swimmers enter through the standard qualification times. Federations in this category could at least enter two men and two women into the competition, all of whom could enter into up to two events.[3][4]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[5]
| World record |  Thomas Ceccon (ITA) | 51.60 | Budapest, Hungary | 20 June 2022 |
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| Competition record | Thomas Ceccon (ITA) | 51.60 | Budapest, Hungary | 20 June 2022 |
Results
Heats
The heats were started on 12 February at 09:48.[6]
| 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 | NR |
| 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
The semifinals were held on 12 February at 19:17.[7]
| 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
The final was held on 13 February at 19:59.[8]
| 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 |