Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre backstroke
Games:	2010 Asian Games
Venue:	Aoti Aquatics Centre
Date:	16 November 2010
Competitors:	29
Nations:	19
Win Value:	53.61
Gold:	Ryosuke Irie
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	Junya Koga
Silvernoc:	JPN
Bronze:	Sun Xiaolei
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Prev:	2006
Next:	2014

See main article: Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games.

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 16 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

There were 29 competitors from 19 countries who took part in this event. Four heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the finals.

Ryosuke Irie and Junya Koga from Japan finished with one and two, Sun Xiaolei from China won the bronze medal.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time

width=220	Date	width=50	Time	width=100	Event
Tuesday, 16 November 2010	10:07	Heats
	18:56	Final

Results

Heats

width=40	Rank	width=40	Heat	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
1	3		54.45
2	4		55.57
3	2		55.75
4	4		55.77
5	3		55.91
6	2		56.61
7	4		56.94
8	4		57.25
9	2		57.29
10	2		57.50
11	4		57.57
12	3		57.94
13	2		58.10
14	4		58.93
15	4		59.00
16	3		59.09
17	2		59.38
18	3		59.57
19	2		59.62
20	2		1:00.04
21	3		1:00.39
22	1		1:00.43
23	4		1:00.70
24	1		1:02.60
25	3		1:04.11
26	3		1:04.81
27	1		1:05.61
28	1		1:06.35
29	1		1:10.09

Final

width=40	Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
		53.61
		53.88
		54.46
4		54.57
5		55.36
6		56.11
7		56.30
8		57.03

References

• 16th Asian Games Results

External links

• Men's 100m Backstroke Heats Official Website
• Men's 100m Backstroke Ev.No.24 Final Official Website