2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m backstroke (men)
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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 )
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51.94 s | Indianapolis , USA | July 8, 2009 |
Olympic record |
Matthew Grevers ( United States )
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52.16 s | London , UK | July 30, 2012 |
Title holder
Olympic champion |
Matthew Grevers ( United States )
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52.16 s | London 2012 |
World Champion |
Mitch Larkin ( Australia )
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52.40 s | Kazan 2015 |
European champion |
Camille Lacourt ( France )
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53.79 s | London 2016 |
German champions | Jan-Philip Glania | 53.61 s | Berlin 2016 |
leader
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Merdan Atayev |
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56.34 s | NO |
2 | Timothy Wynter |
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57.20 s | |
3 | David Van Der Colff |
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57.77 s | |
4th | Driss Lahrichi |
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58.01 s | |
5 | Yaaqoub Alsaadi |
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59.58 s | |
6th | Hamdan Bayusuf |
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1: 00.28 min | |
7th | Noah Al-Khulaifi |
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1: 07.47 min |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Corey Main |
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53.99 s | |
2 | Hugo González de Oliveira |
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54.18 s | |
3 | Li Guangyuan |
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54.36 s | |
4th | Danas Rapšys |
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54.40 s | |
5 | Tomasz Polewka |
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54.52 s | |
6th | Won Young-jun |
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55.05 s | |
7th | Albert Subirats |
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55.44 s | |
8th | Viktar Staselovich |
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55.68 s |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Xu Jiayu |
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53.01 s | |
2 | Ryan Murphy |
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53.06 s | |
3 | Yevgeny Mikhailovich Rylow |
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53.25 s | |
4th | Ryan Shane |
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53.85 s | NO |
5 | Jan-Philip Glania |
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53.87 s | |
6th | Gábor Balog |
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54.48 s | |
7th | Yakov Toumarkin |
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54.66 s | |
8th | Simone Sabbioni |
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54.91 s |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | David Plummer |
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53.19 s | |
2 | Robert Glință |
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53.51 s | |
3 | Chris Walker-Hebborn |
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53.54 s | |
4th | Grigoriy Tarasevich |
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53.65 s | |
5 | Christopher Patrick Reid |
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53.68 s | |
6th | Javier Acevedo |
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54.11 s | |
7th | Quah Zheng Wen |
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54.38 s | |
8th | Radosław Kawęcki |
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54.39 s |
Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Camille Lacourt |
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52.96 s | |
2 | Mitch Larkin |
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53.04 s | |
3 | Josh Beaver |
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53.47 s | |
4th | Ryosuke Irie |
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53.49 s | |
5 | Guilherme Guido |
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53.80 s | |
6th | Apostolos Christou |
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54.12 s | |
7th | Junya Hasegawa |
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54.17 s | |
8th | Mikita Tsmyh |
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54.97 s |
Semifinals
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Ryan Murphy |
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52.49 s | |
2 | Xu Jiayu |
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52.73 s | |
3 | Yevgeny Mikhailovich Rylow |
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52.84 s | |
4th | Ryosuke Irie |
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53.21 s | |
5 | Christopher Patrick Reid |
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53.70 s | |
6th | Chris Walker-Hebborn |
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53.75 s | |
7th | Corey Main |
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54.29 s | |
8th | Shane Ryan |
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54.40 s |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | David Plummer |
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52.50 s | |
2 | Mitch Larkin |
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52.70 s | |
3 | Camille Lacourt |
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52.72 s | |
4th | Robert Glință |
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53.34 s | |
5 | Grigoriy Tarasevich |
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53.46 s | |
6th | Jan-Philip Glania |
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53.94 s | |
7th | Josh Beaver |
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53.95 s | |
8th | Guilherme Guido |
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54.16 s |
final
August 9, 2016, 3:38 am CET
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Ryan Murphy |
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51.97 s | OR |
2 | Xu Jiayu |
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52.31 s | |
3 | David Plummer |
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52.40 s | |
4th | Mitch Larkin |
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52.43 s | |
5 | Camille Lacourt |
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52.70 s | |
6th | Yevgeny Mikhailovich Rylow |
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52.74 s | |
7th | Ryosuke Irie |
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53.42 s | |
8th | Robert Glință |
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53.50 s |