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

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Event:	Men's 100 metre backstroke
Games:	2022 Mediterranean Games
Dates:	2 July
Location:	Bir El Djir, Algeria
Competitors:	11
Nations:	7
Win Value:	54.35
Gold:	Evangelos Makrygiannis
Gold Nation:	GRE
Silver:	Lorenzo Mora
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Stanislas Huille
Bronze Nation:	FRA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held on 1 July 2022 at the Aquatic Center of the Olympic Complex in Bir El Djir.

Records

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

World record		51.60	Budapest, Hungary	20 June 2022
Mediterranean Games record		52.38	Pescara, Italy	1 July 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 10:55.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	3			54.73	Q
2	1	4			55.02	Q
3	1	3			55.05	Q
4	3	5			55.09	Q
5	3	4			55.40	Q
6	1	6			55.41	Q
7	2	2			55.50	Q
8	3	6			55.52	Q
9	2	7			55.60
10	2	5			55.88
11	1	6			56.07
12	3	3			56.18
13	2	4			56.39
14	1	5			56.76
15	1	2			57.13
16	3	7			58.01
17	3	2			58.19
18	1	7

Final

The final was held at 10:55.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			54.35
	6			54.50
	4			54.66
4	2			54.69
5	3			54.84
6	7			55.05
7	8			55.59
8	1			55.82

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming – 100m Backstroke Men – Preliminary – Results. Oran 2022. 1 July 2022. 1 July 2022.
2. Web site: Swimming – 100m Backstroke Men – Final – Results. Oran 2022. 1 July 2022. 1 July 2022.