2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming
| Men's 100m Backstroke | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 25 - Final | |||
 |  ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Evgeny Rylov | 51.98 |
 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Kliment Kolesnikov | 52.00 |
 |  USAUnited States | Ryan Murphy | 52.19 |
| 4 |  ITAItaly | Thomas Ceccon | 52.30 |
| 5 |  CHNChina | Xu Jiayu | 52.51 |
| 6 |  ESPSpain | Hugo Gonzalez de Oliveira | 52.78 |
| 7 |  AUSAustralia | Mitch Larkin | 52.79 |
| 8 |  ROURomania | Robert Glinta | 52.95 |
| 9 |  JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 53.21 |
| 9 | USAUnited States | Joseph Armstrong | 53.21 |
| 11 |  GREGreece | Apostolos Christou | 53.41 |
| 12 | AUSAustralia | Isaac Cooper | 53.43 |
| 13 |  GERGermany | Marek Ulrich | 53.54 |
| 14 |  FRAFrance | Mewen Tomac | 53.62 |
| 15 |  BRABrazil | Guilherme Guido | 53.80 |
| 16 | FRAFrance | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | DSQ |
| 17 |  GBRGreat Britain | Luke Greenbank | 53.79 |
| 17 | ITAItaly | Simone Sabbioni | 53.79 |
| 19 |  CANCanada | Markus Thormeyer | 53.80 |
| 20 | BRABrazil | Guilherme Basseto | 53.84 |
| 20 |  KORSouth Korea | Lee Ju-Ho | 53.84 |
| 22 |  SGPSingapore | Quah Zheng Wen | 53.94 |
| 23 |  POLPoland | Kacper Stokowski | 53.99 |
| 24 |  RSASouth Africa | Pieter Coetze | 54.05 |
| 25 | GERGermany | Ole Braunschweig | 54.14 |
| 26 | CANCanada | Cole Pratt | 54.27 |
| 27 |  INDIndia | Srihari Nataraj | 54.31 |
| 28 |  PORPortugal | Francisco Santos | 54.35 |
| 29 |  HUNHungary | Adam Telegdy | 54.42 |
| 30 |  CZECzechia | Jan Cejka | 54.69 |
| 31 |  ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 54.81 |
| 32 |  TRITrinidad and Tobago | Dylan Carter | 54.82 |
| 33 |  BLRBelarus | Mikita Tsmyh | 54.88 |
| 34 |  TKMTurkmenistan | Merdan Atayev | 55.24 |
| 35 |  AUTAustria | Bernhard Reitshammer | 55.26 |
| 36 | ISRIsrael | Michael Laitarovsky | 55.34 |
| 37 |  BULBulgaria | Kaloyan Levterov | 55.60 |
| 38 | ROURomania | Daniel-Cristian Martin | 56.91 |
| 39 |  BOLBolivia | Gabriel Castillo | 58.24 |
| 40 |  MADMadagascar | Heriniavo Rasolonjatovo | 59.81 |
| HUNHungary | Richárd Bohus | DSQ | |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 25 - Final | |||
| 1 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Kliment Kolesnikov | 52.15 Q |
| 2 | ITAItaly | Thomas Ceccon | 52.49 Q |
| 3 | CHNChina | Xu Jiayu | 52.70 Q |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Mitch Larkin | 52.97 Q |
| 5 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 52.99 Q |
| 6 | FRAFrance | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | 53.13 Q |
| 7 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Evgeny Rylov | 53.22 Q |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Ryan Murphy | 53.22 Q |
| 9 | ESPSpain | Hugo Gonzalez de Oliveira | 53.45 Q |
| 10 | FRAFrance | Mewen Tomac | 53.49 Q |
| 11 | BRABrazil | Guilherme Guido | 53.65 Q |
| 12 | ROURomania | Robert Glinta | 53.67 Q |
| 13 | AUSAustralia | Isaac Cooper | 53.73 Q |
| 14 | GERGermany | Marek Ulrich | 53.74 Q |
| 15 | GREGreece | Apostolos Christou | 53.77 Q |
| 15 | USAUnited States | Joseph Armstrong | 53.77 Q |
| 17 | GBRGreat Britain | Luke Greenbank | 53.79 |
| 17 | ITAItaly | Simone Sabbioni | 53.79 |
| 19 | CANCanada | Markus Thormeyer | 53.80 |
| 20 | BRABrazil | Guilherme Basseto | 53.84 |
| 20 | KORSouth Korea | Lee Ju-Ho | 53.84 |
| 22 | SGPSingapore | Quah Zheng Wen | 53.94 |
| 23 | POLPoland | Kacper Stokowski | 53.99 |
| 24 | RSASouth Africa | Pieter Coetze | 54.05 |
| 25 | GERGermany | Ole Braunschweig | 54.14 |
| 26 | CANCanada | Cole Pratt | 54.27 |
| 27 | INDIndia | Srihari Nataraj | 54.31 |
| 28 | PORPortugal | Francisco Santos | 54.35 |
| 29 | HUNHungary | Adam Telegdy | 54.42 |
| 30 | CZECzechia | Jan Cejka | 54.69 |
| 31 | ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 54.81 |
| 32 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Dylan Carter | 54.82 |
| 33 | BLRBelarus | Mikita Tsmyh | 54.88 |
| 34 | TKMTurkmenistan | Merdan Atayev | 55.24 |
| 35 | AUTAustria | Bernhard Reitshammer | 55.26 |
| 36 | ISRIsrael | Michael Laitarovsky | 55.34 |
| 37 | BULBulgaria | Kaloyan Levterov | 55.60 |
| 38 | ROURomania | Daniel-Cristian Martin | 56.91 |
| 39 | BOLBolivia | Gabriel Castillo | 58.24 |
| 40 | MADMadagascar | Heriniavo Rasolonjatovo | 59.81 |
| HUNHungary | Richárd Bohus | DSQ | |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 27 - Final | |||
| 1 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Evgeny Rylov | 51.98 |
| 2 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Kliment Kolesnikov | 52.00 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Ryan Murphy | 52.19 |
| 4 | ITAItaly | Thomas Ceccon | 52.30 |
| 5 | CHNChina | Xu Jiayu | 52.51 |
| 6 | ESPSpain | Hugo Gonzalez de Oliveira | 52.78 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Mitch Larkin | 52.79 |
| 8 | ROURomania | Robert Glinta | 52.95 |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 26 - Final | |||
| 1 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Kliment Kolesnikov | 52.29 |
| 2 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Evgeny Rylov | 52.91 |
| 3 | CHNChina | Xu Jiayu | 52.94 |
| 4 | ESPSpain | Hugo Gonzalez de Oliveira | 53.05 |
| 5 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 53.21 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Joseph Armstrong | 53.21 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Isaac Cooper | 53.43 |
| 8 | BRABrazil | Guilherme Guido | 53.80 |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 26 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Ryan Murphy | 52.24 |
| 2 | AUSAustralia | Mitch Larkin | 52.76 |
| 3 | ITAItaly | Thomas Ceccon | 52.78 |
| 4 | ROURomania | Robert Glinta | 53.20 |
| 5 | GREGreece | Apostolos Christou | 53.41 |
| 6 | GERGermany | Marek Ulrich | 53.54 |
| 7 | FRAFrance | Mewen Tomac | 53.62 |
| FRAFrance | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | DSQ | |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 26 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Ryan Murphy | 52.24 Q |
| 2 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Kliment Kolesnikov | 52.29 Q |
| 3 | AUSAustralia | Mitch Larkin | 52.76 Q |
| 4 | ITAItaly | Thomas Ceccon | 52.78 Q |
| 5 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Evgeny Rylov | 52.91 Q |
| 6 | CHNChina | Xu Jiayu | 52.94 Q |
| 7 | ESPSpain | Hugo Gonzalez de Oliveira | 53.05 Q |
| 8 | ROURomania | Robert Glinta | 53.20 Q |
| 9 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 53.21 |
| 9 | USAUnited States | Joseph Armstrong | 53.21 |
| 11 | GREGreece | Apostolos Christou | 53.41 |
| 12 | AUSAustralia | Isaac Cooper | 53.43 |
| 13 | GERGermany | Marek Ulrich | 53.54 |
| 14 | FRAFrance | Mewen Tomac | 53.62 |
| 15 | BRABrazil | Guilherme Guido | 53.80 |
| FRAFrance | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | DSQ | |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 25 - Final | |||
| 1 | FRAFrance | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | 53.13 |
| 2 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Evgeny Rylov | 53.22 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Ryan Murphy | 53.22 |
| 4 | ROURomania | Robert Glinta | 53.67 |
| 5 | GREGreece | Apostolos Christou | 53.77 |
| 6 | CANCanada | Markus Thormeyer | 53.80 |
| 7 | CANCanada | Cole Pratt | 54.27 |
| HUNHungary | Richárd Bohus | DSQ | |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 25 - Final | |||
| 1 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Kliment Kolesnikov | 52.15 |
| 2 | ITAItaly | Thomas Ceccon | 52.49 |
| 3 | AUSAustralia | Mitch Larkin | 52.97 |
| 4 | JPNJapan | Ryosuke Irie | 52.99 |
| 5 | ESPSpain | Hugo Gonzalez de Oliveira | 53.45 |
| 6 | ITAItaly | Simone Sabbioni | 53.79 |
| 7 | KORSouth Korea | Lee Ju-Ho | 53.84 |
| 8 | RSASouth Africa | Pieter Coetze | 54.05 |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 25 - Final | |||
| 1 | CHNChina | Xu Jiayu | 52.70 |
| 2 | FRAFrance | Mewen Tomac | 53.49 |
| 3 | BRABrazil | Guilherme Guido | 53.65 |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Isaac Cooper | 53.73 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Joseph Armstrong | 53.77 |
| 6 | GBRGreat Britain | Luke Greenbank | 53.79 |
| 7 | HUNHungary | Adam Telegdy | 54.42 |
| 8 | ROURomania | Daniel-Cristian Martin | 56.91 |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 25 - Final | |||
| 1 | GERGermany | Marek Ulrich | 53.74 |
| 2 | BRABrazil | Guilherme Basseto | 53.84 |
| 3 | SGPSingapore | Quah Zheng Wen | 53.94 |
| 4 | GERGermany | Ole Braunschweig | 54.14 |
| 5 | INDIndia | Srihari Nataraj | 54.31 |
| 6 | ISRIsrael | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | 54.81 |
| 7 | BLRBelarus | Mikita Tsmyh | 54.88 |
| 8 | AUTAustria | Bernhard Reitshammer | 55.26 |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 25 - Final | |||
| 1 | POLPoland | Kacper Stokowski | 53.99 |
| 2 | PORPortugal | Francisco Santos | 54.35 |
| 3 | CZECzechia | Jan Cejka | 54.69 |
| 4 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Dylan Carter | 54.82 |
| 5 | ISRIsrael | Michael Laitarovsky | 55.34 |
| 6 | BULBulgaria | Kaloyan Levterov | 55.60 |
| Men's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 25 - Final | |||
| 1 | TKMTurkmenistan | Merdan Atayev | 55.24 |
| 2 | BOLBolivia | Gabriel Castillo | 58.24 |
| 3 | MADMadagascar | Heriniavo Rasolonjatovo | 59.81 |
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