Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre backstroke
Games:	2022
Venue:	Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates:	29 July (heats, semifinals) 30 July (final)
Competitors:	38
Nations:	27
Win Value:	53.78
Gold:	Pieter Coetze
Goldcga:	RSA
Silver:	Brodie Williams
Silvercga:	ENG
Bronze:	Bradley Woodward
Bronzecga:	AUS
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held on 29 and 30 July at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Friday 29 July 2022	11:49	Qualifying
	20:44	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon	Saturday 30 July 2022	style=background:lemonchiffon	21:05	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Results

Heats

^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4			53.91	Q
2	4	6			54.49	Q
3	3	3			54.54	Q
4	4	4			54.55	Q
5	4	5			54.68	Q
6	5	5			54.79	Q
7	5	4			54.85	Q
8	5	3			54.97	Q
9	4	3			54.99	Q
10	5	2			55.01	Q
11	3	6			55.09	Q
12	5	6			55.13	Q
13	3	5			55.67	Q
14	4	7			55.75	Q
15	4	2			55.90	Q
16	3	7			56.07	Q
17	5	7			56.54	R
18	3	2			56.55	R
19	4	1			57.27
20	5	1			57.31	NR
21	5	8			57.51
22	2	2			57.80
23	3	1			58.09
24	3	8			59.55
25	4	8			59.66
26	2	4			59.77
27	2	6
28	2	5
29	1	4				NR
30	2	3
31	2	7
32	2	1
33	1	6
34	1	5
35	2	8
36	1	3
37	1	2
38	1	7

Semifinals

^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			53.67	Q
2	1	4			54.00	Q
3	1	3			54.01	Q
4	2	5			54.02	Q
5	1	5			54.23	Q
6	2	6			54.26	Q
7	2	3			54.55	Q
8	1	6			54.78	Q
9	2	2			54.81	R
10	2	7			54.86	R
11	1	7			55.22
12	1	1			55.50
12	1	2			55.50
14	2	8			55.68
15	1	8			56.25
16	2	1			56.41

Final

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			53.78
	5			53.91
	6			54.06
4	3			54.13
5	2			54.28
6	7			54.30
7	1			54.31
8	8			54.83

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming - Daily Schedule. Birmingham 2022. 28 July 2022.
2. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-29/SWMM100MBA------------HEAT--------__C74A_1.0.pdf Heats Results
3. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-29/SWMM100MBA------------SFNL--------__C74A_1.0.pdf Semifinals Results
4. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-30/SWMM100MBA------------FNL-000100--__C73A1_1.0.pdf Final results