Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre backstroke
Championship:	2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	24 July (heats and semifinals) 25 July (final)
Venue:	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:	Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:	62
Nations:	56
Win Value:	52.22
Gold:	Ryan Murphy
Gold Nation:	USA
Silver:	Thomas Ceccon
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Hunter Armstrong
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 24 and 25 July 2023.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[4]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 24 July at 10:51.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	5	52.87	Q
2	7	1	53.12	Q, NR
3	7	3	53.15	Q
4	6	4	53.43	Q
5	6	7	53.52	Q
6	5	3	53.57	Q
6	6	6	53.57	Q
6	7	2	53.57	Q
9	5	6	53.70	Q
10	5	1	53.71	Q, NR
11	6	1	53.72	Q
12	7	7	53.81	Q
13	6	2	53.82	Q
14	7	4	53.84	Q
15	5	5	53.90	Q
16	5	4	53.94	Q
17	7	6	53.95
18	6	3	53.98
19	7	5	54.01
20	5	8	54.21
21	5	2	54.24
22	6	8	54.36
23	7	0	54.45
24	6	0	54.50
25	7	8	54.54
26	5	7	54.58
27	4	5	54.66
28	4	7	54.95	NR
29	4	3	55.09
30	5	9	55.23
31	7	9	55.26
32	4	4	55.30
33	5	0	55.63
34	4	6	55.77
35	4	1	55.80
36	4	2	55.91
37	4	8	56.02
38	3	3	56.08
39	3	5	56.56
40	3	8	56.65
41	2	5	56.96
42	3	9	57.04	NR
43	4	9	57.06
44	3	6	57.10
45	2	3	57.16
46	2	6	57.29	NR
47	3	0	57.50
48	3	7	57.51
49	4	0	58.06
50	3	2	58.21
51	3	4	58.40
52	3	1	58.45
53	2	4	58.48
54	2	2	58.59
55	1	4	59.56
56	2	0	59.61
57	2	8	59.68
58	2	1
59	1	3
60	1	5
61	2	9
	2	7
	6	9

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 24 July at 20:17.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	1	52.16	Q
2	2	4	52.42	Q
3	1	5	52.56	Q
4	1	3	52.86	Q
5	2	8	53.06	Q
6	1	4	53.17	Q
7	2	5	53.20	Q
8	1	8	53.21	Q
9	2	3	53.26
10	1	6	53.32	NR
11	2	2	53.38
12	2	1	53.46
13	2	7	53.73
14	1	7	53.96
15	2	6	54.00
16	1	2	54.30

Final

The final was held on 25 July at 20:59.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Time
	3	52.22
	4	52.27
	8	52.58
4	5	52.64
5	2	52.84
6	1	52.92
7	7	53.11
8	6	53.16

Notes and References

Web site: Schedule . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118125431/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/01/16/8d440e7e-1f63-4fe8-af1c-a96ba1af40bf/20th-FINA-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIPS-Fukuoka-2023-Schedule-12.01.23.pdf . 18 January 2024 . 17 January 2023.
Web site: Sutherland . James . 13 January 2023 . World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118152954/https://swimswam.com/world-aquatics-announces-competition-schedule-for-2023-world-championships-in-fukuoka/ . 18 January 2024 . 13 January 2023 . SwimSwam.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Start list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152445/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010102EC0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Records book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153205/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001160001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf . 18 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 24 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153300/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010102EC0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 18 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 24 July 2023 . Semifinals results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153348/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010102EC0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 18 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 25 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118125031/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010102EC0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 18 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.