Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke explained

The men's 100 metre backstroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme.^[1] It was the sixth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Wednesday August 10, 1932 to Friday August 12, 1932.

Sixteen swimmers from nine nations competed.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:08.2	George Kojac	Amsterdam (NED)	August 9, 1928
Olympic Record	1:08.2	George Kojac	Amsterdam (NED)	August 9, 1928

Results

Heats

Wednesday August 10, 1932: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced to the final.

Heat 1

Place	width=230	Swimmer	width=90	Time	width=90	Qual.
1		1:08.9	QQ
2		1:13.0	QQ
3		1:14.2
4		1:16.4

Heat 2

Place	width=230	Swimmer	width=90	Time	width=90	Qual.
1		1:09.9	QQ
2		1:10.2	QQ
3		1:10.9	qq
4		1:12.9
5		1:21.0

Heat 3

Place	width=230	Swimmer	width=90	Time	width=90	Qual.
1		1:11.3	QQ
2		1:14.3	QQ
3		1:29.2
4		DSQ

Heat 4

Place	width=230	Swimmer	width=90	Time	width=90	Qual.
1		1:13.7	QQ
2		1:17.2	QQ
3		1:21.0

Semifinals

Thursday August 11, 1932: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	width=230	Swimmer	width=90	Time	width=90	Qual.
1		1:09.0	QQ
2		1:09.8	QQ
3		1:10.2	QQ
4		1:11.6
5		1:13.3

Semifinal 2

Place	width=230	Swimmer	width=90	Time	width=90	Qual.
1		1:10.9	QQ
2		1:11.6	QQ
3		1:13.0	QQ
4		1:13.9

Final

Friday August 12, 1932: Ernst Küppers who seems to be the main rival of the Japanese swimmers committed a false start, maybe this was the reason why he was only able to finish fifth.

Place	width=230	Swimmer	width=90	Time
1		1:08.6
2		1:09.8
3		1:10.0
4		1:10.9
5		1:11.3
6		1:12.8

External links

Olympic Report
Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 7 November 2008. pl.

Notes and References

Web site: Swimming at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170124/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1932/SWI/mens-100-metres-backstroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 11 September 2016 . Sports Reference.