2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m backstroke (men)

sport	swim
discipline	100 meters back
gender	Men
place	London Aquatics Center
Attendees	43 athletes from 33 countries
Competition phase	29./30. July 2012

The competition over 100m backstroke men at the 2012 Olympics in London on 29 and 30 July 2012 at the London Aquatics Center held. 43 athletes took part.

There were six preliminary runs. The 16 fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the two semi-finals that were held on the same day. Here too, the finalists qualified by setting the eight fastest times in both semi-finals.

Abbreviations: WR = world record, OR = Olympic record, NR = national record, PB = personal best, JWB = annual world record

Existing records

World record	Aaron Peirsol ( United States )	51.94 s	Indianapolis , USA	July 8, 2009
Olympic record		52.54 s	Beijing , People's Republic of China	August 12, 2008

Title holder

Olympic champion	Aaron Peirsol ( United States )	52.54 s	Beijing 2008
World Champion	Camille Lacourt Jérémy Stravius both ( France )	52.76 s	Shanghai 2011
European champion	Aristeidis Grigoriadis ( Greece )	53.86 s	Debrecen 2012
German champions	Jan-Philip Glania	53.50 s	Berlin 2012

leader

Forward 1

July 29, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Bradley Ally	Barbados	56.27 s
2	Heshan Unamboowe	Sri Lanka	57.94 s
3	Zane Jordan	Zambia	58.77 s

Forward 2

July 29, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	George Bovell	Trinidad and Tobago	55.22 s	NO
2	Omar Pinzón	Colombia	55.37 s
3	Pedro Medel	Cuba	55.40 s	NO
4th	Oleksandr Isakov	Ukraine	55.43 s
5	Seon-gwan Park	South Korea	55.51 s
6th	Alexander Tarabrin	Kazakhstan	55.55 s
7th	I Gede Sudartawa	Indonesia	55.99 s
8th	Federico Grabich	Argentina	56.56 s

Forward 3

July 29, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Pavel Sankovich	Belarus	54.53 s	NO
2	Marco Di Tora	Italy	54.70 s
3	Chris Walker-Hebborn	United Kingdom	54.78 s
4th	Hey Jianbin	People's Republic of China	54.81 s
5	Richard Bohus	Hungary	54.64 s
6th	Lavrans Solli	Norway	55.00 s
7th	Mathias Gydesen	Denmark	55.31 s
8th	Daniel Bell	New Zealand	55.53 s

Forward 4

July 29, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Nick Thoman	United States	53.48 s
2	Helge Meeuw	Germany	53.83 s
3	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	54.01 s
4th	Aschwin Wildeboer Faber	Spain	54.36 s
5	Bastiaan Lijesen	Netherlands	54.88 s
6th	Yakov Toumarkin	Israel	54.91 s
7th	Juan Miguel Rando	Spain	54.93 s
8th	Daniel Orzechowski	Brazil	55.16 s

Morosow had qualified for the semi-finals, but refrained from further participation. Since the semifinals took place shortly before the final of the 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay, Morosow concentrated on his participation in the final in the relay with which he won the bronze medal.

Forward 5

July 29, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Camille Lacourt	France	53.51 s
2	Liam Tancock	United Kingdom	53.86 s
3	Arkady Vyatchanin	Russia	54.01 s
4th	Jan-Philip Glania	Germany	54.07 s
5	Charles Francis	Canada	54.08 s
6th	Aristeidis Grigoriadis	Greece	54.52 s
7th	Marcin Tarczyński	Poland	55.06 s
8th	Benjamin Stasiulis	France	55.36 s

Forward 6

July 31, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Matt Grevers	United States	52.92 s
2	Cheng Feiyi	People's Republic of China	53.22 s	NO
3	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	53.56 s
4th	Nick Driebergen	Netherlands	53.62 s	NO
5	Hayden Stoeckel	Australia	53.88 s
6th	Gareth Kean	New Zealand	54.26 s
7th	Daniel Arnamnart	Australia	54.28 s
8th	Charl Crous	South Africa	55.37 s

Semifinals

Run 1

July 29, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Camille Lacourt	France	53.03 s
2	Liam Tancock	United Kingdom	53.25 s
3	Cheng Feiyi	People's Republic of China	53.50 s
4th	Arkady Vyatchanin	Russia	53.79 s
5	Nick Driebergen	Netherlands	53.81 s
6th	Aristeidis Grigoriadis	Greece	54.20 s
7th	Charles Francis	Canada	54.42 s
8th	Daniel Arnamnart	Australia	54.48 s

Run 2

July 29, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Matt Grevers	United States	52.66 s
2	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	53.29 s
3	Nick Thoman	United States	53.47 s
4th	Helge Meeuw	Germany	53.52 s
5	Hayden Stoeckel	Australia	53.72 s
6th	Jan-Philip Glania	Germany	53.90 s
7th	Aschwin Wildeboer Faber	Spain	53.99 s
8th	Gareth Kean	New Zealand	54.00 s

final

July 30, 2012, 7:58 p.m. CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Matt Grevers	United States	52.16 s	OR
2	Nick Thoman	United States	52.92 s
3	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	52.97 s
4th	Camille Lacourt	France	53.08 s
5	Liam Tancock	United Kingdom	53.35 s
6th	Helge Meeuw	Germany	53.48 s
7th	Hayden Stoeckel	Australia	53.55 s
8th	Cheng Feiyi	People's Republic of China	53.77 s

Web links

• Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 100 m back in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )