2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m backstroke (men)

sport	swim
discipline	100 meters back
gender	Men
place	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Attendees	39 athletes from 32 countries
Competition phase	7th / 8th August 2016

The men's back 100 meters competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on July 7th and 8th, 2016 in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium . 39 athletes from 32 countries took part.

There were five 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	Matthew Grevers ( United States )	52.16 s	London , UK	July 30, 2012

Title holder

Olympic champion	Matthew Grevers ( United States )	52.16 s	London 2012
World Champion	Mitch Larkin ( Australia )	52.40 s	Kazan 2015
European champion	Camille Lacourt ( France )	53.79 s	London 2016
German champions	Jan-Philip Glania	53.61 s	Berlin 2016

leader

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Merdan Atayev	Turkmenistan	56.34 s	NO
2	Timothy Wynter	Jamaica	57.20 s
3	David Van Der Colff	Botswana	57.77 s
4th	Driss Lahrichi	Morocco	58.01 s
5	Yaaqoub Alsaadi	Morocco	59.58 s
6th	Hamdan Bayusuf	Kenya	1: 00.28 min
7th	Noah Al-Khulaifi	Qatar	1: 07.47 min

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Corey Main	New Zealand	53.99 s
2	Hugo González de Oliveira	Spain	54.18 s
3	Li Guangyuan	People's Republic of China	54.36 s
4th	Danas Rapšys	Lithuania	54.40 s
5	Tomasz Polewka	Poland	54.52 s
6th	Won Young-jun	South Korea	55.05 s
7th	Albert Subirats	Venezuela	55.44 s
8th	Viktar Staselovich	Belarus	55.68 s

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Xu Jiayu	People's Republic of China	53.01 s
2	Ryan Murphy	United States	53.06 s
3	Yevgeny Mikhailovich Rylow	Russia	53.25 s
4th	Ryan Shane	Ireland	53.85 s	NO
5	Jan-Philip Glania	Germany	53.87 s
6th	Gábor Balog	Hungary	54.48 s
7th	Yakov Toumarkin	Israel	54.66 s
8th	Simone Sabbioni	Italy	54.91 s

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	David Plummer	United States	53.19 s
2	Robert Glință	Romania	53.51 s
3	Chris Walker-Hebborn	United Kingdom	53.54 s
4th	Grigoriy Tarasevich	Russia	53.65 s
5	Christopher Patrick Reid	South Africa	53.68 s
6th	Javier Acevedo	Canada	54.11 s
7th	Quah Zheng Wen	Singapore	54.38 s
8th	Radosław Kawęcki	Poland	54.39 s

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Camille Lacourt	France	52.96 s
2	Mitch Larkin	Australia	53.04 s
3	Josh Beaver	Australia	53.47 s
4th	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	53.49 s
5	Guilherme Guido	Brazil	53.80 s
6th	Apostolos Christou	Greece	54.12 s
7th	Junya Hasegawa	Japan	54.17 s
8th	Mikita Tsmyh	Belarus	54.97 s

Semifinals

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Ryan Murphy	France	52.49 s
2	Xu Jiayu	People's Republic of China	52.73 s
3	Yevgeny Mikhailovich Rylow	Russia	52.84 s
4th	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	53.21 s
5	Christopher Patrick Reid	South Africa	53.70 s
6th	Chris Walker-Hebborn	United Kingdom	53.75 s
7th	Corey Main	New Zealand	54.29 s
8th	Shane Ryan	Ireland	54.40 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	David Plummer	United States	52.50 s
2	Mitch Larkin	Australia	52.70 s
3	Camille Lacourt	France	52.72 s
4th	Robert Glință	Romania	53.34 s
5	Grigoriy Tarasevich	Russia	53.46 s
6th	Jan-Philip Glania	Germany	53.94 s
7th	Josh Beaver	Australia	53.95 s
8th	Guilherme Guido	Brazil	54.16 s

final

August 9, 2016, 3:38 am CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Ryan Murphy	United States	51.97 s	OR
2	Xu Jiayu	People's Republic of China	52.31 s
3	David Plummer	United States	52.40 s
4th	Mitch Larkin	Australia	52.43 s
5	Camille Lacourt	France	52.70 s
6th	Yevgeny Mikhailovich Rylow	Russia	52.74 s
7th	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	53.42 s
8th	Robert Glință	Romania	53.50 s

Web links

• Results of the preliminary runs
• Results of the semifinals
• Result of the final