Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre backstroke
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	19 June (heats and semifinals) 20 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	49
Nations:	45
Win Value:	51.60
Gold:	Thomas Ceccon
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Ryan Murphy
Silver Nation:	USA
Bronze:	Hunter Armstrong
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 June 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
19 June				52.09	CR
20 June				51.60	WR

The heats were started on 19 June at 09:15.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	4	52.81	Q
2	5	6	53.16	Q
3	6	3	53.21	Q
4	4	5	53.22	Q
5	6	2	53.33	Q, NR
6	6	4	53.42	Q
7	6	5	53.45	Q
8	4	3	53.60	Q
9	4	4	53.70	Q
10	5	3	53.74	Q
11	5	5	53.77	Q
12	4	2	53.84	Q
13	6	6	53.86	Q
14	5	2	53.87	Q
15	4	6	53.97	Q
16	5	7	54.22	Q
17	5	1	54.26
18	6	7	54.35
19	5	0	54.47
20	3	3	54.67	NR
21	4	8	54.86
22	4	0	54.97
23	6	0	55.22
24	4	1	55.25
25	3	7	55.43
26	4	7	55.52
27	3	9	55.57
28	3	5	55.75
29	5	8	55.76
30	4	9	55.82
31	6	9	55.95
32	5	9	56.52
33	3	8	56.90
34	3	4	57.01
35	2	4	57.06
36	3	0	57.17
37	3	1	57.37
38	2	3	59.31
39	2	5	59.54	NR
40	1	5	1:00.03
41	2	1	1:00.93
42	1	3	1:01.46
43	2	7	1:02.31
44	2	2	1:02.57
45	1	4	1:02.66
46	2	6	1:04.71
47	2	0	1:05.77
48	2	9	1:06.02
–	2	8	Did not start
	3	2
	6	8
	6	1
	3	6	Disqualified

The semifinals were started on 19 June at 18:18.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	5	52.09	Q, CR, NR
2	2	2	52.12	Q, NR
3	2	4	52.37	Q
4	2	3	52.58	Q, NR
5	1	5	52.72	Q
6	1	3	52.80	Q
7	1	4	52.85	Q
8	2	1	53.00	Q
9	1	6	53.41
10	2	6	53.49
11	1	2	53.50
12	1	1	53.55
13	2	7	53.73
14	2	8	53.99
15	1	7	54.07
16	1	8	54.18

The final was held on 20 June at 19:00.^[5]