2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Dates	13 December (heats and semifinals) 14 December (final)
Competitors	41 from 35 nations
Winning time	48.50 CR
Medalists
Ryan Murphy    United States   Lorenzo Mora    Italy   Isaac Cooper    Australia
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The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) will be held on 13 and 14 December 2022. ^[1]

Records

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

World record	Coleman Stewart  (USA)	48.33	Napoli, Italy	29 August 2021
Competition record	Stanislav Donetc  (RUS)	48.95	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	19 December 2010

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 13 December at 11:44. ^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Ryan Murphy	United States	49.34	Q
2	5	3	Mewen Tomac	France	49.99	Q
3	6	3	Apostolos Christou	Greece	50.01	Q
4	3	4	Thierry Bollin	Switzerland	50.10	Q, NR
5	6	5	Kacper Stokowski	Poland	50.14	Q
6	3	2	Isaac Cooper	Australia	50.16	Q
7	5	4	Lorenzo Mora	Italy	50.18	Q
8	6	6	Yohann Ndoye-Brouard	France	50.21	Q
9	6	2	Pieter Coetze	South Africa	50.26	Q
10	4	6	Ole Braunschweig	Germany	50.37	Q
10	5	5	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	50.37	Q
12	5	6	Tomáš Franta	Czech Republic	50.60	Q
13	4	3	Luke Greenbank	Great Britain	50.72	Q
14	5	7	Ksawery Masiuk	Poland	50.84	Q
15	4	2	Markus Lie	Norway	50.89	Q, NR
16	3	7	Marek Ulrich	Germany	50.92	Q
17	4	8	Hunter Armstrong	United States	50.93
18	4	5	Javier Acevedo	Canada	50.97
19	4	7	Daiki Yanagawa	Japan	50.99
20	4	1	Ng Cheuk Yin	Hong Kong	51.30	NR
21	3	1	João Costa	Portugal	51.34
22	6	7	Bradley Woodward	Australia	51.35
23	5	8	Wang Gukailai	China	51.85
24	6	1	Zac Dell	New Zealand	51.98
25	5	2	Armin Evert Lelle	Estonia	52.39
26	3	5	Ģirts Feldbergs	Latvia	52.44
27	6	8	Rasmin Oğulcan Gör	Turkey	52.54
28	6	4	Robert Glinta	Romania	52.65
29	2	6	Chuang Mu-lun	Chinese Taipei	52.79
30	5	1	Yeziel Morales	Puerto Rico	52.92
31	3	6	Kaloyan Levterov	Bulgaria	53.22
32	3	8	Maximillan Wilson	United States Virgin Islands	53.23
33	3	3	Charles Hockin	Paraguay	53.88
34	2	4	Merdan Ataýew	Turkmenistan	55.04
35	2	3	Yazan Al-Bawwab	Palestine	55.23
36	2	5	Abdellah Ardjoune	Algeria	55.54
37	2	7	Alan Koti Lopeti Uhi	Tonga	57.39
38	2	2	Abdalla El-Ghamry	Qatar	58.72
39	1	4	Carel Van Melvin Irakoze	Burundi	1:02.86
40	1	5	Mohamed Rihan Shiham	Maldives	1:07.35
	2	1	Mohamad Zubaid	Kuwait	Disqualified
	1	3	Abobakr Abass	Sudan	Did not start

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 13 December at 20:38. ^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Ryan Murphy	United States	49.17	Q
2	2	3	Kacper Stokowski	Poland	49.33	Q
3	2	6	Lorenzo Mora	Italy	49.57	Q
4	2	5	Apostolos Christou	Greece	49.66	Q, NR
5	1	6	Yohann Ndoye-Brouard	France	49.78	Q
6	2	2	Pieter Coetze	South Africa	49.85	Q, AF
7	1	3	Isaac Cooper	Australia	50.01	Q
7	1	4	Mewen Tomac	France	50.01	Q
9	2	7	Ryosuke Irie	Japan	50.08
10	1	5	Thierry Bollin	Switzerland	50.33
11	1	7	Tomáš Franta	Czech Republic	50.39	NR
12	1	2	Ole Braunschweig	Germany	50.55
13	2	8	Markus Lie	Norway	50.67	NR
14	2	1	Luke Greenbank	Great Britain	50.81
15	1	1	Ksawery Masiuk	Poland	51.01
16	1	8	Marek Ulrich	Germany	51.12

Final

The final was held on 14 December at 18:07. ^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Ryan Murphy	United States	48.50	CR
	3	Lorenzo Mora	Italy	49.04	NR
	1	Isaac Cooper	Australia	49.52
4	7	Pieter Coetze	South Africa	49.60	AF
5	6	Apostolos Christou	Greece	49.68
6	5	Kacper Stokowski	Poland	49.74
7	8	Mewen Tomac	France	49.94
8	2	Yohann Ndoye-Brouard	France	50.01

References

1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). Omega Timing. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
2. "Men's 100m Backstroke – Heats – Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
3. "Men's 100m Backstroke – Semifinals – Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
4. Final results