Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Boys' 100 metre backstroke
Competition:	2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Year:	2018
Type:	Summer Youth Olympics
Venue:	Natatorium
Dates:	7 October (heats, semifinals) 8 October (final)
Competitors:	25
Nations:	24
Win Value:	53.26
Gold:	Kliment Kolesnikov
Goldnoc:	RUS
Silver:	Daniel Cristian Martin
Silvernoc:	ROU
Bronze:	Thomas Ceccon
Bronzenoc:	ITA
Prev:	2014
Next:	2026

The boys' 100 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 7 and 8 October at the Natatorium in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[1]

Results

The heats were started on 7 October at 10:38.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	54.26	Q
2	3	4	54.46	Q
3	2	4	55.33	Q
4	2	7	55.64	Q
5	4	5	56.01	Q
6	2	5	56.03	Q
7	3	6	56.24	Q
8	3	5	56.46	Q
9	4	2	56.75	Q
10	3	2	56.80	Q
11	4	7	56.81	Q
12	3	3	56.84	Q
13	4	3	56.93	Q
14	2	6	56.94	Q
15	4	6	57.03	Q
16	4	1	57.34	Q
17	2	2	57.46
18	3	8	57.57
19	3	1	57.65
20	3	7	57.84
21	4	8	58.27
22	2	1	58.31
23	1	4	58.40
24	1	5	58.63
25	1	3
	2	3

The semifinals were started on 7 October at 18:15.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	53.80	Q
2	1	4	54.08	Q
3	1	5	54.93	Q,
4	2	5	55.48	Q
5	2	3	55.77	Q
6	1	6	56.19	Q
7	1	3	56.20	Q
8	2	6	56.27	Q
9	2	2	56.48	Q
10	2	7	56.49
11	2	8	56.67
12	1	1	56.82
13	1	2	56.83
14	2	1	56.86
15	1	7	56.98
16	1	8	57.35

The final was held on 8 October at 18:00.^[4]