The Men's 100 Backstroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 15 – 16 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On 15 December, 73 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning, with the top-16 finishers advancing on to the Semifinals that evening. The top-8 finishers in the Semifinals then advanced on to the Final the next evening.
The Women's 100 Backstroke event at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 15 – 16 December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The heats and semifinals were 15 December; the final was 16 December.
The Women's 100 Individual Medley at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 16 – 17 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The preliminary heats and semifinals were swum on 16 December; the final on 17 December.
The Women's 50 Butterfly event at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 16 – 17 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The heats and semifinals were swum 16 December; the final on 17 December.
The Men's 50 Backstroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 17 – 18 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In the morning session of 17 December, 76 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats, with the top-16 swimmers advancing to swim again in the Semifinals that evening. The top-8 finishers in the Semifinals then advanced to the Final the next evening.
The Women's 100 Breaststroke at the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 17 – 18 December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Preliminary heats and semifinals were on 17 December, the final on 18 December.
The Women's 100 Butterfly at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 18 – 19 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The heats and semifinals were swum 18 December; the final on 19 December.
The Women's 50 Freestyle at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 18 – 19 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The heats and semifinals were swum 18 December; the final on 19 December.
The swimming portion of the 2011 FINA World Championships was held July 24–31 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. Swimming is one of five aquatic disciplines at the championships.
The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 25 with the preliminary round and the semifinals and July 26 with the final.
The women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place on July 27 with the heats and the semifinals and July 28 with the final.
The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29 with the heats and the semifinals and July 30 with the final.
The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 12 – 13 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.
The men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 14 – 15 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.
The women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 15 – 16 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.
Etiene Pires de Medeiros is a Brazilian competitive swimmer who participates in backstroke and freestyle events. Widely regarded as the best Brazilian woman swimmer of all time, Medeiros was the first Brazilian to win an individual gold medal in a World Championship and Pan American Games, and the first to be a world record-holder in the modern era
Regan Smith is an American competitive swimmer. She is the current long course world record holder in the women's 200-meter backstroke and a former world record holder in the 100-meter backstroke. Smith competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in three events representing the United States, winning a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke, a silver medal in the 200-meter butterfly, and a silver medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay.
Joseph Hunter Armstrong is an American swimmer. He is the world record holder in the long course 50 meter backstroke. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 4×100 meter medley relay, swimming backstroke in the prelims, and finished ninth in the 100 meter backstroke. He won a gold medal as part of the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, swimming in the prelims heats, at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships as well as a gold medal in the 4×100 meter mixed medley relay, swimming backstroke in the final, a silver medal each in the 50 meter backstroke and the 4×100 meter medley relay, and a bronze medal in the 100 meter backstroke.
Analia Pigrée is a French Guianese swimmer who competes internationally representing France. She is the French record holder in the 50 metre backstroke, in both long course and short course, and the short course 100 metre backstroke. At the 2021 European Short Course Championships she won a silver medal in the 50 metre backstroke and a bronze medal in the 100 metre backstroke. She won the bronze medal in the 50 metre backstroke at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships. She is the 2022 European champion in the 50 metre backstroke.
